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Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 6 other novels

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July 30, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Oh the Places You'll Go (To Write!)

To borrow from the good Dr. S:

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places! You’re writing away!
Mac and I spent five weeks this spring on our second overseas writing adventure. The first, which began just weeks after our nest emptied, was to the English Lake District, where I needed to go to research the setting for a new novel. This second jaunt was to France, where we meant to spend a few hours each day working together on a romantic comedy.
Well, let’s just say I ended up spending more time than I meant to with my mind in the world of that first trip–the English Lake District setting of “The Wednesday Daughters” (which Ballantine will publish in just under a year, on July 23, 2013). Let’s just say Mac is an amazingly supportive spouse.
But we also spent hours walking every day, in Cassis and Aix-en-Provence the first week, and then in Paris for a month. And we did get an oar into the Seine setting of that romantic comedy, and did all the romantic research necessary to write it!
We both find that being in a different environment stimulates our creativity. So we’re starting to wonder where we might go next. I’d love your thoughts on where you’ve had a great writing time, or where you think you might! – Meg

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Meg Waite Clayton


Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including the Good Morning America Buzz pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS, the National Jewish Book Award finalist THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, the Langum-Prize honored THE RACE FOR PARIS, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. Her novels have been published in 23 languages. She has also written more than 100 pieces for major newspapers, magazines, and public radio, mentors in the OpEd Project, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the California bar. megwaiteclayton.com

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