Activities

Today I’m delighted to welcome Kim Nash, Publicity and Social Media Manager for Bookouture to the RNA Blog.
Hello and welcome Kim. Can you give us a few hints on how to promote our books using Social Media, p

I am delighted to welcome Tania Crosse to the blog today. Tania’s novel, The Street of Broken Dreams, is due to be published on the 19th February 2019 by Aria and is the second in her fabulous Banbury Street s

I often feel like a fraud writing this blog, mainly because the title implies I know what I’m doing, so this month I thought I’d do a round-up of some of the best books about writing by people who genuinely know

Today we have a chat with Mary from the Chick Lit Shop blog. Hi Mary, welcome to the RNA blog!
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Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

I am terribly shy.  On the one hand, I love meeting new authors &

Today we welcome Virginia Heath, Rachael Stewart and Lara Temple to the RNA Blog to tell us how a session at the RNA conference comes together and about the very exciting impact a workshop can have. 

Virginia

Today on the blog we have an author whose name you’ll all recognise – current RNA chair Nicola Cornick. Starting back in 1998 with her first novel, True Colours for Mills and Boon, Nicola now writes dual tim

Celia Anderson is the RNA’s Awards Organiser. And today she’s dropped by the blog to give us a behind the scenes look at how the Romantic Novel Awards come together…

Over to you Celia.

After months of

Margaret Kaine: The Black Silk Purse

Historical
Romantic Fiction
Magna Format Audio 1 January 2019January 2019

Sent to the workhouse as a child, all Ella Hathaway can remember is a voice

Today, I’m delighted to welcome writing partners Eleanor Harkstead and Catherine Curzon to the blog. Eleanor and Catherine write fabulous m/m stories that span a range of genres, and they are going to talk

Today I’m delighted to interview Isobel Akenhead, my fabulous editor and Associate Publisher at Bookouture. Hi Isobel, welcome to the RNA blog. Can you start off by telling us about a typical day in your working l

Today, we’re welcoming Mel Gough to the blog. Chances are, if you were at the RNA conference last year you might have already encountered Mel’s work via a sampler of her novella “Tainted Life” in your goodie

Keeping Tabs on Competitions and Entries
 

How do you keep tabs on both the writing competitions coming up, and those you’ve already entered? I have my own methods of dealing with both, which I find very

So we all know that writing is basically a repetitive cycle of optimism and self-loathing (and by the way, happy new year!) but now that the holidays are over we’re probably all facing the same problem of getting

It’s great to welcome Elaine Roberts to the blog on the publication day of her novel The Foyles Bookshop Girls at War. It’s the second installment of her Foyles Bookshop Girls series. She’s here to tell us abo

Today’s guest is Shaz Goodwin, who runs the fabulous book blog Jera’s Jamboree. Welcome to the RNA blog, Shaz. Let’s dive straight in with the interview.
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Your blog is called Jera’s Jamboree – can you tell us a

I’m really pleased to welcome Callie Langridge to the blog today. She’s the author of two historical novels – Keep You by My Side, a story about family secrets spanning the 1940s to the 1980s, and time-travel rom

JANUARY PUBLICATIONS

Louise Allen. The Duke’s Accidental Elopement

Historical romance (Regency)
Indie
ebook
December 1st, 2018

He’s a duke, she’s in disgrace and they never meant to elope… Her family

Christmas: Resting or Writing?

Christmas is fast approaching, which brings its own problems when you’re a writer, whether you’re entering competitions or writing for publishers. Most of us work at home, so

Recently I was chatting with a friend about keeping a writing journal. I’ve never been disciplined or practical enough to keep any kind of diary, but she made it sound so liberating and inspiring that I thought I