CLARE FLYNN

Novelist Clare Flynn discusses how good, supportive mothers actually undermine dramatic tension in storytelling—protagonists need challenges and setbacks, not loving parents ready to solve their problems.

Clare Flynn discusses the research she undertook when writing her novel The Star of Ceylon, and gives her tips for historical research

Clare Flynn stays at Galle Face Hotel, a key location in two of her Penang Series novels.

Clare Flynn takes readers through the process of editing a book and getting it published.

Sadly, I never met either of my grandfathers – they both died in the 1930s when my parents were still children. My paternal grandfather,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

I love writing retreats. Not organised ones with tutors, but small gatherings with other authors in attractive or new surroundings to...