Ask the Author: Claire Boston
Answered Questions (6)
Claire Boston
Hi Ms. Phoenix,
Thanks so much! I'm currently writing The Flanagan Sisters series. The sisters are bi-racial, half El Salvadorian, half Irish and migrated to Houston from El Salvador when they were kids. The first book, Break the Rules will be out April 28th 2016. It follows Bridget who is struggling working in a male dominated industry and dealing with her attraction to her new boss. I'm currently working on the copy-edits for this book and have almost finished Change of Heart which is book 2 (out July 28th).
Happy Reading!
Claire B
Thanks so much! I'm currently writing The Flanagan Sisters series. The sisters are bi-racial, half El Salvadorian, half Irish and migrated to Houston from El Salvador when they were kids. The first book, Break the Rules will be out April 28th 2016. It follows Bridget who is struggling working in a male dominated industry and dealing with her attraction to her new boss. I'm currently working on the copy-edits for this book and have almost finished Change of Heart which is book 2 (out July 28th).
Happy Reading!
Claire B
Claire Boston
I have three pieces of advice.
1. Set up a routine. Whether it is times of the day that you write, or number of words per week, make sure you are writing consistently. I woke up at 5.15am each morning, wrote for just over an hour before I had to get ready for work. Then on the weekends or my day off, I had set writing periods. My friends and family learnt that those times were sacred and not to disturb me or ask me to do anything at those times.
2. Read. Know what others writing in your genre are doing, learn from other authors - why did you love that book, or hate it.
3. Find a good critique group or partner. My critique group meets monthly and a week before we meet, we send each other 1-2 chapters of our latest manuscript. We then critique the work and give each other feedback in the meeting. One word of warning: make sure you're ready for constructive criticism and if you don't believe the critique is constructive, find another group.
1. Set up a routine. Whether it is times of the day that you write, or number of words per week, make sure you are writing consistently. I woke up at 5.15am each morning, wrote for just over an hour before I had to get ready for work. Then on the weekends or my day off, I had set writing periods. My friends and family learnt that those times were sacred and not to disturb me or ask me to do anything at those times.
2. Read. Know what others writing in your genre are doing, learn from other authors - why did you love that book, or hate it.
3. Find a good critique group or partner. My critique group meets monthly and a week before we meet, we send each other 1-2 chapters of our latest manuscript. We then critique the work and give each other feedback in the meeting. One word of warning: make sure you're ready for constructive criticism and if you don't believe the critique is constructive, find another group.
Claire Boston
The short answer is, I just sit down and write. I don't believe you can wait for inspiration to hit before you start writing. I have my writing days and I can't afford to waste them. So I turn on the computer, read over what I last wrote and then get working on the next bit.
Claire Boston
Hi Jess,
I started writing when I was a child. I remember writing stories based on my favourite cartoons when I was six and always loved to write stories at school. I didn't start thinking about being an author until I graduated high school and I took a couple of creative writing units at university. That's when I started my first novel. It remained unfinished for many years as I began working full time and then one day, after a particularly hard week at work, I decided I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in that career. So I thought about it, decided I wanted to give writing another go and started writing regularly. It took me eight years and six novels before I got a publishing contract, and I have another three books coming out in the next twelve months.
I started writing when I was a child. I remember writing stories based on my favourite cartoons when I was six and always loved to write stories at school. I didn't start thinking about being an author until I graduated high school and I took a couple of creative writing units at university. That's when I started my first novel. It remained unfinished for many years as I began working full time and then one day, after a particularly hard week at work, I decided I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in that career. So I thought about it, decided I wanted to give writing another go and started writing regularly. It took me eight years and six novels before I got a publishing contract, and I have another three books coming out in the next twelve months.
Claire Boston
I don't believe in writer's block. If a story isn't going well, I'll do one of a few things:
* I'll skip the section I'm writing and go on with a scene I do know
* I'll brainstorm what could happen and then choose one idea
* I'll throw in some dialogue because that tends to get the writing flowing again
* I'll check if the scene is really necessary and if it's not, I'll scrap it.
* I'll skip the section I'm writing and go on with a scene I do know
* I'll brainstorm what could happen and then choose one idea
* I'll throw in some dialogue because that tends to get the writing flowing again
* I'll check if the scene is really necessary and if it's not, I'll scrap it.
Claire Boston
Hi Gilda,
What Goes on Tour is part of a series but each book in the series is a complete story. This means Adrian and Libby appear in the other three books, but those stories deal with other heroes and heroines. The publication dates for the rest of the series are April 2015, August 2015 and January 2016.
I hope this helps!
Warm Regards
Claire
What Goes on Tour is part of a series but each book in the series is a complete story. This means Adrian and Libby appear in the other three books, but those stories deal with other heroes and heroines. The publication dates for the rest of the series are April 2015, August 2015 and January 2016.
I hope this helps!
Warm Regards
Claire
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more