by Clare Flynn | Feb 6, 2015
I often get asked if I suffer from Writer’s Block and if so how I get over it? Disclaimer upfront! I don’t believe in Writer’s Block. I don’t think it exists as a condition. It’s no more than a euphemism for one of the following conditions – laziness,...
by Clare Flynn | Dec 29, 2014
I used to love that regular feature about writers’ rooms in the UK Guardian. It combined the pleasures of being nosy and having a peek into someone else’s home, with insights about how other writers work and whether they operate in pristine conditions or total chaos....
by Clare Flynn | Dec 17, 2014
One of the essentials of writing historical fiction is that you get your background details right. What I hadn’t realised when I started on this journey was that I would have to do so much research around modes of transport. I’d never shown the remotest...
by Clare Flynn | Aug 9, 2014
I originally planned only to publish my books electronically but at the last moment decided to go for a print version too as several friends requested one. I am so glad I did. For ages I’ve been primarily reading via electronic devices (often my iPad mini rather...
by Clare Flynn | Oct 27, 2013
This chap is the poet, Ernest Dowson. A rather glum fellow who had a very sad life and an early death. When he was four his sister tried to drown him; his father, while in the late stages of tuberculosis, died of an overdose; his mother hanged herself shortly after...
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...
