Jill Barry – The House Sitter

...you for inviting me. The House Sitter is a psychological suspense novel. Why did this romantic novelist decide to desert her usual genre? Having once lived in a remote Welsh...

Julia Ibbotson Tells Us About Her Self-published Time-slip Novels

...general research topics in different files online and in physical boxes as appropriate (eg archaeological procedure and evidence) which I add to or change as necessary. But then I find...

RNA Industry Awards: Finalists For Editor Of The Year 2023

...industry for 21 years, 16 of them at Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 12 as Special Sales Director and 4 in the Editorial team as Brand Development Director (Fiction) working...

April 2018: Competition Monthly

...of making sure I follow all the rules of a competition, is to print them up. I read them several times then underline them if they’re all in one paragraph....

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Meet The New RNA Committee

...eclectic career in the real world. I’ve worked at British Airways, the Daily Mirror and the BBC. I also spent a decade as the Head of History in a local...

Ask An Industry Expert: Robbie Guillory

...debut novelists. Being an agency that doesn’t have a central office, we were already aware of the versatility of being able to hold events online, and this is something that...

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)...

The Fantasy Romantic Novel Award

...suddenly appeared everywhere – a fictional TV series, a big exhibition at the British Museum and several factual TV programmes caught my attention – it was clearly serendipity!   About...

Sue Cook – Tara’s African Adventure

...I needed from being on holiday, as our guide was very chatty and knowledgeable about his country. He told us all about how family structures and tribal norms work in...

RNA Conference 2018: Meet The Industry Professionals: Julia Silk

...love story is, for example, always on my wishlist, as is a gripping, textured historical novel based on factual events and characters. Obviously you should do your research, and there’s...

Sandy Barker – The Dating Game

...Snark and illustrious recapper of British reality television shows for online magazine, Feed Your Mind. When her recap of reality dating show, The Stag, goes viral, the show’s producers practically...