Activities

When Catherine emailed me and said ‘we need to act fast’ to get my blog onto the RNA website, I felt excited, then immediately panicked because of the deadline. How to distil the year I’ve just had? So I thoug

Publication without payment?

The list of competitions seems rather a sparse month this time round, but for good reason. Four of the competitions I found declared they had the right to publish any entries,

Today, we welcome Glenda Young to the blog to tell us about her new book, The Tuppenny Child now available in hardback, audio and ebook. The paperback will be released in October. This is Glenda’s second novel, f

This month’s Hints & Tips is about the scariest of all scary subjects for an author – reviews! As a new writer these are particularly stressful, whether it’s a critique by a writing partner, comments from your

Today’s interview is with Kate Kenzie who runs the From Under the Duvet book blog. She is also a member of the NWS!
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Hi Kate, welcome to the RNA blog. Why don’t you start things off by telling us a bit about

Today I’m delighted to welcome Karen Sullivan, founder of Orenda Books
 

Hello and welcome, Karen. First of all, many congratulations that one of your authors was a finalist in the RoNAs this year. Can I st

Today we are delighted to welcome Jane Cable to the blog. Jane’s latest novel, Another You, will be published on the 27th of June and she is here to talk to us about her remarkable experiences as she

JUNE PUBLICATIONS

AnneMarie Brear: Southern Sons
historical
Ulverscroft Aurora
Large Print & audio
1 June 2019

Book 3 in the Kitty McKenzie series.
Will Tilly’s brothers survive the war? W

I’d like to extend a very warm welcome to Elisabeth Hobbes today. Elisabeth is sharing the details of her exciting new release, A Runaway Bride for the Highlander, which forms part of the Lochmore Legacy series

Nicole Locke’s Secret of a Highland Warrior, part four of The Lochmere Legacy series, is published on 27th June. Nicole dropped by to talk about the rivalries between Scottish clans and why she writes historical f

Francesca talks this month about keeping a record of your entries
This month I’d like to mention record keeping. I’m certain I’d have got into a right mess with my submissions without my spreadsheets. I

Today I’m delighted to welcome Kate Mills, editor with Harper Collins HQ
 

Hello and welcome, Kate. First of all, many congratulations that one of the authors you worked with on the editorial process was a fi

Today on the blog, we welcome Nicola Pryce, author of historical fiction set in Cornwall. Her fourth novel, The Cornish Lady, was published in March this year. She told us about how she researched opium a

Last weekend I went to the Author North: Writing Romantic Fiction event in Leeds (#SoAWritingRomance), which got me out of my writing cave, gave me the chance to catch up/moan/laugh with writer friends and btw

Today’s guest blogger is Aruna from the The Literary Shed. Welcome to the RNA blog Aruna!
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Can you tell us a little bit about The Literary Shed? What made you start it?

LS: Well, in London I had a garden

I’m delighted to welcome Lara Temple to the blog today to tell us about her new book, Unlaced by the Highland Duke. This is part of the Mills and Boon series, The Lochmore Legacy that we will

Today we’re welcoming Elaine Everest to the blog – it’s publication day for her fourth novel, The Teashop Girls.

Thank you so much for inviting me onto the RNA blog. I have happy memories of running social

MAY PUBLICATIONS:

Glenda Young: The Tuppenny Child
Saga set in 1919
Hardback, Audiobook and Ebook
May 2019

‘She’s not worth more than tuppence, that child!’ Those are the words that haunt Sadie

Lizzie Page’s new book, When I Was Yours is now available and she is with us on the blog today to talk to us about the inspiration behind it, and to tell us more about how she came to move from writing about WW1 t

A mix of competitions to keep you busy 
 

There’s a nice variety of competitions this month, including writing for children, fantasy, flash, spooky, a couple of non-fiction contests and genre mash-up.

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