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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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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: 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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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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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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Exploring the Themes of Identity and Acceptance in 'Mad Honey' by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
This is a quick update of what I'm currently reading ie Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

Fran Clark
Apr 6, 20243 min read
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Book Review: The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
This is a book review of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson

Fran Clark
Mar 30, 20243 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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Book Review - When The Rain Ends by Mary Ellen Taylor
This is a book I borrowed from Prime Reading, which is free if you're a member. Being a lover of free things I stopped to look at this...

Fran Clark
Feb 21, 20243 min read
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This Other Island by Steffanie Edward - Book Review
Book Review by Fran Clark Published in 2021, I somehow missed this one coming out but luckily came across it a little before Christmas....

Fran Clark
Jan 3, 20243 min read
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