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CLARE FLYNN
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On Location – at The Galle Face Hotel
Clare Flynn stays at Galle Face Hotel, a key location in two of her Penang Series novels.
Clare Flynn
Mar 73 min read
A Glimpse Inside the Editing Cave
Clare Flynn takes readers through the process of editing a book and getting it published.
Clare Flynn
Feb 194 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,...
Clare Flynn
Jul 11, 20244 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...
Clare Flynn
Apr 27, 20242 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...
Clare Flynn
Mar 25, 20244 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....
Clare Flynn
Nov 27, 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...
Clare Flynn
Mar 31, 20233 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...
Clare Flynn
Jun 17, 20223 min read
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