Not Too Busy To Write Clover Stroud - Death, life and writing memoir in real time
Clover Stroud is a Sunday Times best selling author of a number of books including The Wild Other and My Wild and Sleepless Nights. Her latest book, The Red of My Blood, is the story of her sister Nell's death and the immediate aftermath. Clover talks about how her writing benefits from the immediacy of writing in real time and how it felt natural for her to write about the extremities of grief when she was deep in its throws. We also talk about taking yourself to the edge creatively and how it makes life more vivid and putting a magnifying glass up to human experience as well as some of the positive aspects of social media. Clover also has some excellent reading advice for writers.
Links
The Red of My Blood - Clover Stroud
My Wild and Sleepless Nights - Clover Stroud
The Stone Mason - Andrew Zeminski
Devil in a Coma - Mark Lanegan
Atlas of the Heart - Brene Brown
You can find Clover on instagram @clover.stroud