Claire Gallagher

Claire is a self-published author of contemporary romances, often with a fantasy twist.

Secrets

1. My guilty pleasure is listening to 'Escape' by Rupert Holmes (aka The Pina Colada Song).

2. I was once rejected by a dolphin.

3. I get coat hanger rage. Nought to a hundred in less than a second!

Claire Gallagher is known inside the Colony as Claire G

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When You’re Not Reading Me

1. Fractured by Dani Atkins

Published as Then and Always in North America. I cried my eyes out at the ending.

2. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

The film is great too!

3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

A masterpiece.

What's On My Bedside Table

1. A water bottle.

Stay hydrated, folks!

2. Post-it notes and a pen.

For when the muse strikes in the night.

3. A stack of novels.

Did you ever doubt this?

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Writing Reflections

Great Novel Openings Quiz

As writers, we all know how important it is to grip the reader from the very start. Intriguing, surprising and thought-provoking, these opening lines are...

Working with a Literary Agent

The Querying In a previous post I mentioned that I was back in the query trenches. To recap, my earlier, experimental novel didn’t sell and...

The Power of Questions

How can questions drive plot? Here’s a summary of what I’ve learned. Un-put-downable books utilise these types of questions: The long (big) question: this...

Character

Character arc/emotional journey/B plot – whatever you call it, it’s vital that you have one. But what does this really mean? As usual, this post...

Plotting

I’ve watched some great webinars on plotting recently and I thought I’d compile what I’ve learned, as much for myself as for anyone else who...

Research

I tend not to write novels that require a lot of research (regular readers will be aware that I write romance/fantasy and psychological suspense-type books)....

You Don’t Know Me

On The Honest Authors’ podcast, Gillian McAllister once mentioned that she was asked, “Do you really think that?” about something controversial she’d written in one...