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Fran Clark
Feb 73 min read
The Real Mona Baptiste: A Voice from the Windrush Generation
Did you know that when you sign up to my mailing list you can read my latest novella, In 5 Days' Time for free?
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Fran Clark
Jan 313 min read
New Year, New Plans: Exciting Changes, A Free Read & My 2025 Author Goals
New Year, New Plans: Exciting Changes, A Free Read & My 2025 Author Goals
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Fran Clark
Dec 19, 20242 min read
A Writer’s Relationship with Deadlines: Challenges, Triumphs, and Lessons Learned
How I dealt with challenges and deadlines as a writer.
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Fran Clark
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Monday Motivation: Look How Far You’ve Come
How to get motivated by looking at how much you've achieved already.
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Fran Clark
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Thursday Thoughts: Breathing Life Into Fiction With Real-Life Characters
Breathing life into fiction with real-life characters
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Fran Clark
Nov 21, 20243 min read
Thursday Thoughts: Why I Decided to Outsource My Book Marketing
Reasons to outsource your marketing efforts as an indie author.
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Fran Clark
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Thursday Thoughts: The Celebrity Book Deal Dilemma in Fiction Publishing
The Celebrity Book Deal Dilemma in Fiction Publishing
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Fran Clark
Nov 7, 20242 min read
Thursday Thoughts: Una Marson and the Creative Power of a Trailblazer
Thursday Thoughts: Una Marson, poet, playwrite, activist, journalist and broadcaster
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Fran Clark
Oct 31, 20244 min read
Thursday Thoughts: The One Game-Changing Book Marketing Strategy Every Author Needs
The One Game-Changing Book Marketing Strategy Every Author Needs
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Fran Clark
Oct 17, 20244 min read
Thursday Thoughts: Why Understanding Your Genre Matters for Authors
Why Understanding Your Genre Matters for Authors
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Fran Clark
Oct 14, 20243 min read
Monday Motivation: How Laura Esquivel’s Journey to Success Can Inspire Us All
Monday Motivation: How Laura Esquivel’s Journey to Success Can Inspire Us All
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Fran Clark
Oct 10, 20245 min read
Thursday Thoughts: The Top Secret Authors Use to Connect Deeply with Their Readers!
The Top Secret Authors Use to Connect Deeply with Their Readers!
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Fran Clark
Oct 3, 20246 min read
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
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Fran Clark
Sep 26, 20246 min read
Thursday Thoughts: How Creative Rest and Play Make Writers More Productive
How Creative Rest and Play make writers more productive.
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Fran Clark
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Monday Motivation: Toni Morrison's Path to the Nobel Prize
Monday Motivation post about the achievements of Toni Morrison
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Fran Clark
Sep 12, 20243 min read
Thursday Thoughts: Why I Want to Quit Social Media (and What Comes Next)
Thursday thought about whether Social Media is worth engaging in.
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Fran Clark
Aug 29, 20245 min read
Thursday Thoughts: Writing to Market vs. Writing from the Heart
Writing to Market vs. Writing from the heart
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Fran Clark
Aug 22, 20245 min read
Thursday Thoughts: How to Support Authors in a Competitive Publishing World
Thursday Thoughts, how readers can support independent authors
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Fran Clark
Aug 15, 20244 min read
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.
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Fran Clark
Aug 8, 20244 min read
Turning Real Life into Fiction: Researching Historical Fiction Set in World War II London
How I combine historical fact with my historical fiction
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Fran Clark
Jul 31, 20244 min read
My Top Five Must-Read Novels with Powerful Female Leads
My top 5 Must-read Novels with Powerful Female Leads
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Fran Clark
Jul 25, 20243 min read
5 Ways Research Can Benefit an Author Writing Their Next Novel
5 Ways Research Can Benefit and Author Writing Their Next Novel
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Fran Clark
May 19, 20241 min read
Love, History and The Way Home
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...
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Fran Clark
Apr 22, 20243 min read
10 Things You Should Know Before Becoming an Independent Author
10 Things You Should Know Before Becoming an Independent Author
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Fran Clark
Mar 31, 20244 min read
How to Master Productivity as a Busy Author: A Day in the Life
How to cope with productivity as a busy author
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Fran Clark
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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...
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