Claire Gallagher

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Claire is a self-published author of contemporary romances. She has a literary agent and is aiming to traditionally publish her more psychological novels.

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“Take what resonates, toss the rest”

Giving Feedback The title of this post is a sentence that’s often used at the end of a fellow writer’s feedback in the Lab, and...
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In Other Words…

I’m Fine Whenever I meet someone new, I try to learn their language. I don’t mean French or German; I mean things like what they...
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It’s Not the End of the World

Well, it sort of is… I’ve been fascinated by dystopian fiction for many years – any story which explores a dramatic change in the way...
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Writing Emotion

Out of the Mouths of Babes This post was inspired by a comment made by my eleven-year-old son. It was prompted by his question regarding...
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Experimenting

Be Brave I’ve been writing seriously for years. The more I wrote (and read the work of other authors), the more I experimented with different...
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Journeys and the Importance of Writing Communities

My Writing Journey During my formative years, I had spells when I thought I’d like to be an author when I grew up (if we...
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Play to Your Strengths

Be Up-Front Agent Pete often says that writers should play to their strength and put it front and centre in the opening of their novel....
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Titles: What’s in a Name?

A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet, Right? The Silence of the Lambs, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Elinor Oliphant is Completely...
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Writing ‘Rules’

Don’t Start with a Character Waking Up, Looking in the Mirror, or with a Hangover On Pop-Up Submissions, we received a lot of openings like...
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Self-Publishing

I decided to self-publish my contemporary romances after unsuccessful attempts at the traditional route. There are pros and cons to making this decision and lots...

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