Mary Smith: Chick Lit Shop Blog

...discovered that chick lit, or rom com, was having a resurgence in the Indie community. I had missed reading chick lit, and read voraciously for a year. After a very...

Elaine Everest – The Woolworths Saturday Girls

...1972, I moved into number 13 Alexandra Road and readers will recognise that as Ruby Caselton’s house in the Woolies series. I got to know people who had lived in...

Cass Grafton And Ada Bright: The Particular Charm Of Miss Jane Austen – Release Date 12th September 2019

...the inspiration behind your book? Can you tell us a little about it? The initial inspiration arose from our friendship. We’d had fun writing together online in the past and,...

Karen King – The Best Christmas Ever

...character come to life? Lexi came to me before the actual story idea. I had this character in my head of a woman who loved Christmas and really sold into...

September 2018: Competition Monthly

...Details   The Tom-Gallon Trust Award Theme: Short story, published or unpublished. 5,000 words max. Entrants must had had at least one short story published. Prize: £1,000 / £500 Closing...

RNA Conference: From Workshop To Publication With Fanny And Roger

...it too, to Harlequin Mills & Boon! His Second Chance Valentine will be launched as a fourteen day online read in February and we are so excited to see it...

Jessica Redland: My Path To Selling One Million Books

...backlist titles was a great success so they added contract addendums for the rest of my titles, bringing this up to a twelve-book deal. In October 2020, I signed a...

Julie Ryan: How Much Research Do You Do?

...or do we need to read the book to find out? Ha ha – you’ll have to read the book! Seriously though, there is a contemporary element and two historical...

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...the book I simply had to write. My love of Jane Austen’s novels began as a teenager when I stayed with my adopted Aunt. Many happy hours were spent reading...

February 2021: Competition Monthly

...other for a variety genres, including memoir and biography. There’s a bit of fun added with the Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest, which is looking for bad opening sentences for a...

Ask An Industry Expert: Michael La Ronn

...podcast network, and guidebooks for authors. We also host a free to the public, twice-yearly online author conference called The Self-Publishing Advice Conference, where we bring in industry professionals to...

Ask An Industry Expert: Clare Wallace

...Simons handles romantic (and all other types) of women’s fiction and if you’re writing YA romance I would LOVE to see it. A young adult romance that really reminds me...