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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: 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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Monday Motivation: Toni Morrison's Path to the Nobel Prize
Monday Motivation post about the achievements of Toni Morrison

Fran Clark
Sep 23, 20243 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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Monday Motivation: How to Stay Motivated When You’re in a Bad Mood
How to stay motivated when you're in a bad mood.

Fran Clark
Aug 26, 20243 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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Monday Motivation: The Resilient Rise of Melody Gardot
This Monday Motivation is the story of Melody Gardot and her determination to never give up on her dream.

Fran Clark
Aug 19, 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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My Top Five Must-Read Novels with Powerful Female Leads
My top 5 Must-read Novels with Powerful Female Leads

Fran Clark
Jul 31, 20244 min read
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5 Ways Research Can Benefit an Author Writing Their Next Novel
5 Ways Research Can Benefit and Author Writing Their Next Novel

Fran Clark
Jul 25, 20243 min read
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7 Things To Do in the Morning for a Happier Start
7 steps to a quick and easy way to have a happier morning.

Fran Clark
Jul 22, 20244 min read
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Book Review: The Lagos Wife by Vanessa Walters
On my first ever trip to The Hay Festival this year I was lucky enough to get tickets for a talk with author Vanessa Walters, who is...

Fran Clark
Jul 18, 20243 min read
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10 Things You Should Know Before Becoming an Independent Author
10 Things You Should Know Before Becoming an Independent Author

Fran Clark
Apr 22, 20243 min read
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How to Master Productivity as a Busy Author: A Day in the Life
How to cope with productivity as a busy author

Fran Clark
Mar 31, 20244 min read
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New Book Release Holding Paradise - Publication Day!
Just me, grinning with a mixture of pride, happiness and relief that I made it in one piece to publication day. Ten years since edition 1...

Fran Clark
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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Blurb Reveal - Holding Paradise by Fran Clark
A sneak peek at the blurb of Holding Paradise novel by Fran Clark

Fran Clark
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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The 2 Main Reasons Marketing is Hard For Authors
For the last few weeks I have been going around in circles trying to make decisions about how I should spend my very meagre advertising...

Fran Clark
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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