Sue Moorcroft: Let It Snow

...book? Can you tell us a little about it? I like to write about something that interests me and I’d met a lady in a same-sex relationship who had had...

Ask An Industry Expert: Charlotte Ellis

...thrilled and so am I! I’ll look forward to reading it. Like many readers during lock-down, I’ve been visiting my county library’s website to download ebooks to read. In so...

The Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award:

...the RNA’s 2021 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards in the debut romantic novel category. Thanks to everyone who has read and championed Cow Girl, or should I say mooochas...

Liam Livings: Writing, Publishing And Promoting

...write a first draft. You can edit a bad first draft into a publishable book (it’s what I do every single time as my first drafts are shockingly bad. Terrible....

What’s That Sound? By Eleanor Harkstead

A huge welcome today to Eleanor Harkstead. Writers have different ways to get into the “zone”. Some achieve this by going to a particular corner of their home which they’ve...

Ask An Industry Expert: Debi Alper

...they already have. For this reason, l advise authors to divide all feedback into accept, adapt or reject. Accept is what I think of as slap-yourself-on-the-head moments. Something you were...

February 2019: Competition Monthly

...Beginnings. I now know several people who’ve had stories with that title, or the similar A New Beginning, including my blog partner, Elaine Roberts. Other common titles include Lost and...

Jan Baynham – Her Sister’s Secret

...found out. How would she react? What would she think about the people who had kept her in the dark for almost eighteen years? As with all my novels, I...

RNA – Romantic Novel Awards Winners

...Larry Lamb revealed the winners of each category in an online event, compèred by author and broadcaster Jane Wenham-Jones. The RNA’s awards are the only national literary prizes that recognise...

Instructions for NWS readers

Instructions for NWS readers Below you can download documents for NWS readers, which will also have been sent to you by email. The readers’ guidelines include all the information you...

Ask An Industry Expert: Emily Ruston

...to adapt to changes.   In your experience what are the most common things an author needs help with? In other words, what are you most likely to be querying...

The List By D. Wells

...found that the hardest aspect of creating the story, but I am so glad I pushed through and kept going. Ultimately, it isn’t a depressing read, but insightful instead, and...