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 | Sep 11, 2023
“My” Chateau in France | France My Significant Items Travel Next March I will be heading to France to the Loire Valley with several of my writing friends for a week-long writers’ retreat. We’re looking forward to many writerly chats, boosting our word...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 26, 2023
Visiting Gallipoli | Museums and Galleries Research Travel Writing Inspiration I’ve visited Istanbul several times – once in the mid 90s on holiday and several times on business with the odd weekend tagged on. I even began writing a thriller set there (sadly...
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...
