by Clare Flynn | Aug 11, 2017
This is the first of a few brief tours of some of the locations from The Chalky Sea. It was a beautiful morning today (9th August) here in Eastbourne so I decided to take some pictures at Holywell which is a favourite haunt of Gwen in the book. The beaches here are...
by Clare Flynn | Oct 17, 2016
I’ve written before about Middlesbrough, the setting for my third novel, Letters from a Patchwork Quilt, but I read a fascinating piece this morning about the town in the 19th century that made me want to write about it again. It was an article from the...
by Clare Flynn | Jan 25, 2016
Location is always a vital part of my novels. I think of the setting as another character in the books. My work in progress, tentatively titled The Green Ribbons is set in a small village in Berkshire at the turn of the twentieth century. Sometimes I stick with real...
by Clare Flynn | Nov 25, 2014
My work in progress has just taken itself off to New York City. This is a classic case of being swept along in the wake of one’s characters. I get very little say in the matter. As a result I’ve been researching life in the tenements of NYC in the late...
by Clare Flynn | Oct 19, 2014
My first two books have faraway locations – a great excuse for combining research with holidays. I thought I was joking at first when I began to tell people novel number 3 would be set in Middlesbrough. For a start I’d never set foot in the place –...
by Clare Flynn | May 29, 2013
The start point for my books is often a location. Sometimes just being in a beautiful or interesting place makes me want to write about it. Sometimes the place itself triggers the idea for a book or a character. Either way it’s a good excuse to go back there to...
