Jessica Redland – All You Need Is Love:

...that new contract will be out in August. It’s set in a café just outside Whitsborough Bay called The Starfish Café which has featured in a couple of my other...

Ask An Industry Expert: Alice Lutyens

...fitting us into your busy schedule, Alice. It’s been so interesting to hear from you. For more about Alice see: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/agent/alice-lutyens * Alice was talking with Susan Leona Fisher (www.SLFisherAuthor.co.uk)...

Ask An Industry Expert: Lisa Firth

...books for their beautiful covers alone, like this gorgeous edition of Rebecca I own (actually even prettier in real life, with the metallic embossing): https://cdn.waterstones.com/bookjackets/large/9781/8440/9781844080380.jpg I also love a design...

Florence Keeling – A Little In Love

...your book? I really wanted Rose to have a pretty name and mixing it with Pedal made it a play on words especially when we mix our love interest James...

Sandy Barker – The Dating Game

...the rest of the cast – eleven other Does and Daniel, the Stag – while failing miserably to keep her crush on Jack in check. Lots of madcap fun and...

Sam Eades: Searching For The Next, Great Love Story

...psychological thriller genre. If a character was married, it would be death do them part by the mid-point reveal. That cute person they saw in the coffee shop? Well they...

Janice Horton: The Backpacking Housewife

...Caribbean, the USA, Canada, parts of Central America, Mexico, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. We had the most amazing time and met so many wonderful new friends. Travelling so...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #5

...goal is to reach 20 miles a week. Right now my speed is around 1.5 miles per hour. I opted for a desk that I can easily raise and lower,...

Ask An Industry Expert: Emily Bedford

...note Canelo is seeking submissions from ‘marginalised voices’. How do you encourage this and how does Canelo’s selection of books and authors reflects these principles? Canelo is always actively seeking...

Rachel Dove: It Takes A Village

Today we welcome Rachel Dove to the blog talking about writing a standalone novel versus a series and her experience of both. Winner of the Prima Magazine Mills & Boon...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Plotter Or Pantser?

...adds. “I can’t start until I know the direction of travel but never really plan in a detailed way.” For Barbara Erskine, who writes dual period novels, it’s a case...

May 2018: Competition Monthly

...of the RNA New Writers’ Scheme and the Society for Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca runs a writing blog along with RNA member Elaine Roberts called Write Minds. Twitter  ...