Claire AllanMar 2, 20224 min readOn writing The NurseOn the day I submitted the first draft of The Nurse to my editor, the body of missing marketing executive Sarah Everard was discovered...
Claire AllanJul 3, 20214 min readOn creating charactersWhen writing a novel, some writers come up with a great plot first. Me? It's always the 'voice' which comes to me first. I know this...
Claire AllanJun 23, 20215 min readSeven things about rejectionBit of a bummer, isn't it? Rejection. It's definitely up near the top of the list of things that are sucky about writing for a living....
Claire AllanJun 16, 20215 min readSeven things about writing that I know now, but wish I knew thenI have always – and I mean always – wanted to be a writer. Some people may have dreamed of being a pop star, or a model, or an actress....