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Claire Allan

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The First Time I Said Goodbye

Dear reader, 
once again I have been neglecting you. The truth is I have been busy writing, and writing and writing (which is what you would expect of me in fairness) towards the deadline for The First Time I Said Goodbye.



At this stage I think it's timely to tell you a little about the book - and to confess that, perhaps unlike any other book I've written - it has got under my skin and I'm Read more of this blog post »
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“If I evaporated from this earth at this moment no one would really notice.”
― Claire Allan, Her Name Was Rose
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“There’s a time in a person’s life, if they are truly, truly wicked, when they move beyond the point of redemption.”
― Claire Allan, The Liar’s Daughter
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“Aoibheann (“Who on earth could pronounce that?”
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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway
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message 1: by Derick
Jun 15, 2012 02:26AM

Derick Hudson Thanks for the connection, Claire! You may like my 2012 debut,a hilarious Irish romcom called 'Dysfunctional Romance!' which has 19 five star reviews on Amazon and over 8,000 followers on Twitter already! see my blog for details:
www.derickhudson.blogspot.com
Kind regards,
Derick


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