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A Writer’s Relationship with Deadlines: Challenges, Triumphs, and Lessons Learned
How I dealt with challenges and deadlines as a writer.

Fran Clark
Dec 19, 20242 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: A Review of Black Cake
A review of Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Fran Clark
Dec 12, 20243 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Breathing Life Into Fiction With Real-Life Characters
Breathing life into fiction with real-life characters

Fran Clark
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Book Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Book Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Fran Clark
Nov 28, 20242 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Why I Decided to Outsource My Book Marketing
Reasons to outsource your marketing efforts as an indie author.

Fran Clark
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: The Celebrity Book Deal Dilemma in Fiction Publishing
The Celebrity Book Deal Dilemma in Fiction Publishing

Fran Clark
Nov 14, 20244 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Una Marson and the Creative Power of a Trailblazer
Thursday Thoughts: Una Marson, poet, playwrite, activist, journalist and broadcaster

Fran Clark
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: The One Game-Changing Book Marketing Strategy Every Author Needs
The One Game-Changing Book Marketing Strategy Every Author Needs

Fran Clark
Oct 31, 20244 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Book Review of The Butterfly Garden by Rachel Burton
Book Review of The Butterfly Garden by Rachel Burton

Fran Clark
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Why Understanding Your Genre Matters for Authors
Why Understanding Your Genre Matters for Authors

Fran Clark
Oct 17, 20244 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: The Top Secret Authors Use to Connect Deeply with Their Readers!
The Top Secret Authors Use to Connect Deeply with Their Readers!

Fran Clark
Oct 10, 20245 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: How to Promote Your Book in a Way That Suits Your Personality
How to Promote Your Book in a Way That Suits Your Personality

Fran Clark
Oct 3, 20246 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: How Creative Rest and Play Make Writers More Productive
How Creative Rest and Play make writers more productive.

Fran Clark
Sep 26, 20246 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Book Review of Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Book Review of Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

Fran Clark
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Why I Want to Quit Social Media (and What Comes Next)
Thursday thought about whether Social Media is worth engaging in.

Fran Clark
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Review of Jodi Picoult's *By Any Other Name*
This is a book review of By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Fran Clark
Sep 5, 20244 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: Writing to Market vs. Writing from the Heart
Writing to Market vs. Writing from the heart

Fran Clark
Aug 29, 20245 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: How to Support Authors in a Competitive Publishing World
Thursday Thoughts, how readers can support independent authors

Fran Clark
Aug 22, 20245 min read
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Thursday Thoughts: From Idea to Book - The Journey of Writing Holding Paradise
This is the journey of how I turned an idea into a book.

Fran Clark
Aug 15, 20244 min read
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Turning Real Life into Fiction: Researching Historical Fiction Set in World War II London
How I combine historical fact with my historical fiction

Fran Clark
Aug 8, 20244 min read
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