Lynne Shelby – The Summer Of Taking Chances

...draft, I went through the manuscript again four times in all, re-writing sentences or phrases that didn’t sound right when I read them aloud, and moving paragraphs around, rather than...

Ann Evans:  Hints & Tips For New Writers #17

...to love and be drawn willingly into. A tropical paradise perhaps, a Parisian art gallery, a windswept castle in the Outer Hebrides?   You could have all that worked out...

Conference Speaker: Anna Caig, Explore Your Author Brand, Sat 1:30-3pm

...possible before, but the options can feel overwhelming. Always keep in mind what you’re trying to achieve. Social media should form part of your overall marketing strategy focused on a...

Jo Allen: From Romance To Crime

...even offer a sniff of it. She can be unloved. He can be difficult. She can be a bully. He can be a wimp. It doesn’t matter as long as...

The Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award

Today we’re finding out more about The Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award nominees. Francesca Capaldi Francesca says: I couldn’t believe it when Hera told me I’d been shortlisted for...

New Releases: June 2020

...From Cinderella to Countess Historical romance Mills & Boon paperback and ebook May 28th After penniless Eleanor spurns a cynical proposal of marriage from Lord Lavenham, she has no alternative...

LoRNA Cook: The Pain Of Blending Fact And Fiction

...to tell us about writing the historical thread of the novel, and about the real-life tragedy that inspired it. When I started writing The Forgotten Village, I had no real...

New Releases: February 2020

...When former Olympic Swimmer, Michael Adams—now reluctantly Canada’s hottest reality TV star— insults his fake showbiz wife on social media, he escapes the ensuing scandal and jumps on the first...

March 2019: Competition Monthly

...from the RNA, she’s also a member of the Society for Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca runs a writing blog along with RNA member Elaine Roberts called Write Minds.  ...

R J Gould: Finding The Man In Romance

...and social commentary to describe the tragi-comic journeys of protagonists in search of love, that fundamental need for all of us, male or female. My readers, definitely substantially women, tell...

Ask An Industry Expert: Juliet Pickering

...it we’re making it so! But in the traditional sense we might assume that ‘commercial’ fiction encompasses the books that have the higher sales potential. Currently, that might imply that...

Elaine Roberts: Moving Forwards With History

...present day and is published by Pride. Historical paranormal series The De Chastelaine Chronicles will be unleashed this Spring by Totally Bound. You can find out more about Eleanor at...