by Clare Flynn | Jul 11, 2024
Why The Artist’s War is dedicated to the grandfather I never met Sadly, I never met either of my grandfathers – they both died in the 1930s when my parents were still children. My paternal grandfather, William Joseph Flynn served in the First World War on the Western...
by Clare Flynn | Apr 27, 2024
A False Start When I was in Sri Lanka recently, I started writing what would have been my seventeenth novel. At that stage, I hadn’t even had my structural edits back on number sixteen, which I’d only submitted to my publisher the day before I left. (Happily, my...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 25, 2024
A Change is as Good as a Rest – Writing and Research Trip to Sri Lanka People sometimes ask me why I love writing retreats. Surely you can write just as easily in your own home, or in a library or coffee shop? Isn’t it an unnecessary indulgence to travel somewhere...
by Clare Flynn | Nov 27, 2023
Penang – How a Location Spoke to me I’d had a writing drought for three months. Not what I’d expected when I set off to sail around the world in one hundred and thirty days. With all that time and having finished my previous book I was certain I would have the...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 31, 2023
It’s not all about the word count: inside a writing retreat | Research Tips for Writing Travel Writing Inspiration Writing Retreat Photo by Jean Gill I’ve been doing writing retreats for ten years. Not the sort with tutors but ones where you can hunker down and...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 17, 2022
Retreat at Mousehole | Writing Inspiration Writing Retreat I love writing retreats. Not organised ones with tutors, but small gatherings with other authors in attractive or new surroundings to write. Being in a different place is usually a stimulus to the creative...
