Ask An Industry Expert: Liz Gardner

...always such a fantastic, joyful event and we get over 1,500 people coming along on the day. Unfortunately, the pandemic has put a stop to physical events for now, but...

A Midwinter Match – Jane Lovering

...work in our local Co Op). I was at that stage of ‘trying on’ different names by finding people of the right sort of age and asking their names. It’s...

Suzanne Fortin – The Forgotten Life Of Arthur Pettinger

...quite a long list of revisions too! All in all, the actual writing spanned about 2 years on and off. What is your writing day like? I try to get...

The RNA Industry Awards 2022

...support, mentor, nurture and promote their authors’ careers, the genre in general and the RNA in particular. Publisher and / or Editor of the Year For an individual editor, publishing...

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...

Conference Speakers: Julia Boggio, Podcasting On Saturday 11:30-12:30

...said something stupid? The usual carousel of self-doubt circled through my head. It can be daunting to put yourself out there because, as writers, we all know that once you...

Ros Rendle: Writing Historical Romance

...Royal British Legion branch we visited many of the WW1 historical sites regularly and even attended re-burials of soldiers who were rediscovered during building work. This is both fascinating and...

Why I Love The Winter Party By Laura James

...last year’s event, I had a fascinating conversation with one of the Narrator finalists about voice recording for video games. As an original girl gamer from the nineties, I was...

The Matchmaker, The Milliner And The Man From Maastricht By Ali Simpson

...and the natural world. When need demands, Ali has also been known to turn her hand to cookery writing and crossword compiling. When not writing, Ali and her husband David...

Miss Rose And The Vexing Viscount By Catherine Tinley

...names for your characters and the setting for your book? I wanted the three sisters to have linked names, but wanted to avoid the names starting with the same letter....

Leonie Mack: Italy Ever After

...food! The names of my characters I think I do unconsciously pinch from various people I’ve met over the years, although the characters are not based on anyone real! So,...

Lucy Morris ‘a Nun For The Viking’

...Medieval, and Highlander romances. Writing for Harlequin Historical is a dream come true for her and she hopes you enjoy her books! https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-viking-chiefs-marriage-alliance-mills-boon-historical-lucy-morris?variant=32794001244238 https://lucymorrisromance.com/ https://www.facebook.com/LucyMorrisAuthor/ https://www.instagram.com/lucymorris.author/ https://twitter.com/LMorris_Author   About the...