by Claire | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
There’s a big New Year’s Eve party at Harry’s parents’ house and he cooks for Kat because she hasn’t eaten and ends up feeding half the party-goers. He makes a couple of easy dishes which are easy to bulk up and used what was in the fridge (leftover party food) and...
by Claire | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Keeping it real One theme of The Time of My Life is how some people wear a mask, live a fake life, don’t *keep it real*. For one character it’s to do with what she does online. Most people post a shiny, happy version of their life which is not 100% the truth. It can...
by Claire | Mar 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
When I was a child, I adored reading adventure stories. From The Magic Faraway Tree to The Secret Seven, I progressed to The Famous Five and then The Phoenix and the Carpet and Five Children and It, to name but many. Taking fairly ordinary people out of their lives...
by Claire | Feb 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
I wish more than anything that I’d written a journal when I was younger, but each time I started one it fizzled out. I’ve always loved writing, both the physical process of scribbling my thoughts on to a page as well as the creative aspect, but it was creating...
by Claire | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
I loved writing The Woman Who Turned Her Life Around. Filled with nostalgia and 80s flashbacks, it was a little different for me as my novels are usually firmly rooted in the present day. Here’s what inspired me to write this story. The Yorkshire setting As...
