by Clare Flynn | Mar 26, 2013
My characters in Kurinji Flowers stay for a brief honeymoon at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne – in the winter of 1936. As I happened to be in Eastbourne this weekend to meeet up with old schoolfriends I asked the hotel if I could have a look around and was...
by Clare Flynn | Dec 3, 2012
Having completed my revisions to A Greater World and sent it back to my agent (a reworking of the way the protagonists meet) after a somewhat hesitant start, I’ve now begun a radical rewrite of Kurinji Flowers. Today my characters went to the movies at the...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 16, 2012
I just broke through the fifty thousand word barrier on my new book Kurinji Flowers. Being here in Devon in the pouring rain is a great incentive to getting the words down. And even in the Devonian deluge, a good tramp down the country lanes always helps get the...
by Clare Flynn | Apr 16, 2012
I’ve just used something that actually happened to me in my novel Kurinji Flowers. About five years ago (2007), I went to India for the first time and was driven at night from the airport at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu to my destination, a yoga retreat near...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 29, 2012
Despite Ginny’s efforts to the contrary (see post below) I’ve finally broken into India. Yay! In fact I’ve been so caught up with it this afternoon I’ve written 1200 words and just stopping now for a cup of tea I realise it’s 7pm when I...
