#65 – Clare Flynn – Write Through The Roof

Podcast interview with historical novelist, Clare Flynn

‘Read everything I could get my little hands on.’

• Instinctive pantser who occasionally tries to plot
• The first book took 15 years to write but now tries to be more disciplined
• Writes most days
• Two solutions if the words are hard – walk away or force herself to write
• ‘Edit as you go’ person
• Once a week writing group to share work-in-progress
• Nanowrimo – to kick start a book or finish a book off
• Tea, coffee and water and wine o’clock
• Displacement: theme comes from childhood experiences, relationship problems, PTSD and impact of war, self discovery, religious bigotry
• Reading: taught to read by her father
• Learnt from editor; tough but also positive
• Read aloud
• Writing two books at once; keeps the writing fresh
• Classics: Hardy, Brontes, Anya Seton, Jean Plaidy, Agatha Christie, Mary Stewart, Tolstoy, Zola, Kate Atkinson, Amor Towles, historical research
• Hybrid publishing
• Storms Gather Between Us

‘A competitive person, even if the competition is myself.’

‘It’s got to have highs & lows and lights & darks.’

• Clare Flynn
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