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CLARE FLYNN
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Clare
Jul 11, 20244 min read
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,...
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Clare
Apr 27, 20242 min read
A False Start
Evening at the beach When I was in Sri Lanka recently, I started writing what would have been my seventeenth novel. At that stage, I...
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Clare
Mar 25, 20244 min read
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...
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Clare
Nov 27, 20233 min read
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....
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Clare
Mar 31, 20233 min read
It's not all about the word count: inside a writing retreat
I’ve been doing writing retreats for ten years. Not the sort with tutors but ones where you can hunker down and do some serious writing...
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Clare
Jun 17, 20223 min read
Retreat at Mousehole
I love writing retreats. Not organised ones with tutors, but small gatherings with other authors in attractive or new surroundings to...
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