Activities

Today I’m delighted to welcome Jane Dixon-Smith to the RNA Blog. Jane is a freelance cover artist, winner of many awards including #theselfiesawards, London Book Fair 2019, thebookdesigner.com and Chill Out With a

It’s publication day for Mollie Walton’s debut saga, The Daughters of Ironbridge. Eleanor Harkstead decided to find out more about Mollie’s inspiration for the series and how she goes about writing sagas.

What

 
HEY YOU! Why are you reading this? You’re not a real writer. Why would you even look at this? Go away!!!
Okay, so PLEASE ignore that and come back! Because this month’s Hints & Tips is about dealing with

Today, I’m delighted to welcome Pernille Hughes to the blog to tell us about her new release, Probably the Best Kiss in the World, which is part set in the wonderful city of Copenhagen, and to talk a little about

This month’s blogger is Katie from A Novel Idea. Hello Katie, welcome to the RNA blog. Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
I’m Katie, a twenty-two-year-old blogger from Manchester, England. I’ve worked in the

Lorna Cook’s debut novel, The Forgotten Village, is out today. It’s a timeslip novel passing between WW2 and the present day set in the requisitioned village of Tyneham. Here’s Lorna to tell us about writing the h

Jenny Worstall: Love And Lies
Romantic comedy
DC Thomson (People’s Friend Pocket Novel number 883)
large print paperback
21st March 2019

The opening scene of ‘Love and Lies’ takes place on a remote Do

Today I’m delighted to welcome Jill Marsal, of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
 

Hello and welcome, Jill. First of all, many congratulations that one of your authors won the Shorter Romantic Novel category in

I’m delighted to welcome Janice Horton to the blog today. Janice’s latest book, Island in the Sun, is out now. She’s here to talk to us about research she did for it in the Caribbean!
A couple of years ago, while

Jo Allen has several romance titles to her name, but she’s here today to tell us about her move from romance to crime fiction. Her debut crime novel Death By Dark Waters, the first in her DCI Satterthwaite series,

This month’s hints & tips is about a subject every aspiring romance writer needs to consider at some point – whether or not to write love scenes.
Recently a few authors have been accused of not writing romance

A Bumper Crop of Competitions for Spring
 

Not only is there another abundance of competitions as we approach spring, but there’s a preponderance of short story contests to get stuck into.

Something a

I’m delighted to welcome Fenella J Miller to the blog today. Fenella’s latest novel, The Spitfire Girl in the Skies is released on April 2nd and is the second in an exciting new series. Fenella is going to cha

Getting published. It’s the end goal for most writers, yet it can sometimes feel incredibly hard to attain.

There are so many options these days: traditional publishing, digital-first, self-publishing, small p

Today I’m talking to Ali Williams and Trish Wylie from The Pink Heart Society. A warm welcome to you both!

First of all, you’re more than just a blog – can you tell us a bit about yourselves?
We started out

Today on the blog we say un grand bonjour to Ros Rendle, author of contemporary and historical fiction set in France. Ros lived in France for several years and she’s here to tell us how that experience influenced

Today we welcome New Writers’ Scheme member, Kate Baker, to the blog to give her impressions of the Romantic Novel Awards, as a first-time attendee…

It was with a wonderful calm that three hours before

MARCH PUBLICATIONS

A Summer of New Beginnings – Lisa Hobman
Romance
Aria Fiction
e-book
February 19th

Meet Zara Bailey, a travel writer paid to cover some of the globe’s most luxurious locations. Jetting

I’m delighted to welcome Katrin Lloyd, Commissioning Editor of Accent Press to the RNA blog today.
Morning, Katrin. Welcome to the RNA blog. Could you tell us a bit about Accent Press and how you came to work