Writing to Market vs. Writing from the heart

Thursday Thoughts, how readers can support independent authors

This is the journey of how I turned an idea into a book.

How I combine historical fact with my historical fiction

My top 5 Must-read Novels with Powerful Female Leads

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...

This is the picture that captured the spirit of my latest novel, The Long Way Home. Set on the West Indian island of Dominica, The Long...

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...

Chapter 1 of new book release Holding Paradise by Fran Clark

A sneak peek at the blurb of Holding Paradise novel by Fran Clark

After reading Steffanie Edward's debut, This Other Island I very quickly put My Mother's Gift on the reading list. Of course the second...

Book Review by Fran Clark Published in 2021, I somehow missed this one coming out but luckily came across it a little before Christmas....

This is a book review for The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

This is a link to the the first review of my new book Lovers by Fran clark

This is an excerpt of Lovers by Fran Clark. Out on Amazon on 5th October 2023

This is an excerpt of Lovers by Fran Clark

This is a look at the seamy side of 1950s Notting Hill Gate compared to the gentrified area of 2023.

The other week it was the book launch of the fabulous Amita Murray's Unladylike Lessons in Love. As Rosa Temple (my pen name) I was asked...

In the middle of a really busy year for me, I decided to self-publish my book, Lovers. I wrote this during lockdown and did my research...

Absolutely enjoyed this book! As my title says it's by far my Best historical fiction novel, Brit Bennett or any author, I've read this...