The Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award

...story: Hope Farm is based on a real place called Animal Antiks that provide alternative education for children/YA with behavioural/mental health issues.       About the book: Christmas is...

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...

2021 RNA Industry Award Winners

...an outstanding contribution to indie romance publishing Winner: Alliance of Independent Authors The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is a professional business membership organisation for self-publishing authors. As a non-profit,...

Kate Baker: Awards First Timer

...it’s all going wrong. My own husband, known as ‘Man of the Woods’ in my blog posts, has been my loyal supporter – whereas my teenage kids nod, accept at...

Sarah Hardy: By The Letter Book Reviews

...all my life, a few years ago I found myself lucky enough to get into the publishing world where I started off with a small digital publisher and after nearly...

Seven Writers, Seven Novels

...readers. The blog will demystify the publishing process, but it will also show the personal side of getting published, as each month, I’ll be sharing the emotional and real-life side...

Joan Hessayon Award 2021 – Meet The Contenders 2

...someone over email?! – knowing that telling off a random stranger online means she has reached an all-time low. Everything changes when her boss asks her to go to a...

July 2018: Competition Monthly

...West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival and Writing Magazine. She’s had stories and a serial published in magazines worldwide and in three anthologies, including Diamonds and...

Jo Allen: From Romance To Crime

Jo Allen has several romance titles to her name, but she’s here today to tell us about her move from romance to crime fiction. Her debut crime novel Death By...

Ask An Industry Expert: Marina De Pass

...Agency was founded in 2019, bringing together two leading agencies with long-term reputations: the literary agency LAW (Lucas Alexander Whitley) and TV and digital agency Factual Management. Theatrical agent Helen...

Callie Langridge: Unearth Treasures In Archives

...a multi-generational story spanning the 1930s to the 1980s, including a story thread set in Second World War London. Access to historical records has been crucial in my research. Each...

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