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Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...old signal box at the end of my road. Since it became automated about fifteen years ago, I’ve always thought it a shame that the building was lying empty. Every...

Dark Highland Skies By Lizzie Lamb

...called her Halley. The hero is the son of the local laird and comes from a military family. He had to have a more traditional name, so I called him...

The team

...century, notions of social identity, and all things French. Ali Henderson Management Team Member/Secretary Ali joined the NWS in 2020 and writes romcoms. She’s been the RNA’s company secretary since...

Ask An Industry Expert: Charlotte Brown

...non-fiction genres – especially those read by the author if autobiographical – tend to be popular. It always adds something extra to hear someone’s story told in their own voice!...

Michelle Cunliffe: Boonies123 Blog

...have a hobby and I like being on social media, also I love reading this was perfect for me and I could fit in while looking after my husband.  ...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Motivation And Writer’s Block (part 1)

...truth is that some days are harder than others … It would be a delusional to think that every writer produces perfect, flowing words daily until the book is delivered.”...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #21

...one finds or discovers something) you always had to experience aporia (an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in text, argument or theory ie; the expression of doubt) first. During...

Industry Expert Interview: Kim Nash

...your writing, can follow you and that you don’t saturate your personal profile with book related posts all the time. Keep your profile page for your personal and family interactions....

Rosie Parker – Only Hummingbirds Fly Backwards

...Butler. Who were your favourite childhood authors? Richmal Crompton and her Just William stories, Jean Plaidy for her historical romances, Paddington books – these are the ones which stick out....

Ask An Industry Expert: Julie Morris

...popular blogs, they are all as individual as the people who write them. Some are very serious, mine is quite irreverent and fun, I think. Also, it is really important...

Fenella J. Miller – The War Girls Of Goodwill House

...what I call “faction” – fictional books about real people. If I want to know about actual historical figures then I’ll read research books. I write World War II, Regency...