July 2018: Competition Monthly

...worth it, particularly if you’re early on in your writing career. With closing dates in place, it’s good practice for writing to a deadline. Whether you’re new to the fiction...

Jo Allen: From Romance To Crime

...they solve the crime. Writing a crime series also offered me the opportunity to try out several complicated relationships that will play out over a long time. My protagonist, Jude...

Redditch Library

Goldsboro Books

Linda Tyler: The Laird’s Secret

...lives with her young family. Christina meets handsome but reserved Alex MacDonald, the Laird of Craiglogie, a man physically scarred and emotionally wracked by his experiences in World War Two....

A. L. Lester – The Fog Of War

...Philippa down with Koli (read The Ramparts Trilogy by M. R. Carey if you fancy a dystopian future set in West Yorkshire with dangerous plants) and Philip Eslingen and Nicholas...

Celebration For The Woolworth Girls By Elaine Everest: Author Interview

...think about my time as a Saturday Girl in 1969 and the story blossomed. Woolworths is such a memorable company that it seemed the ideal place for my girls to...

Ask An Industry Expert: Juliet Pickering

...act on every single day, and we aim to consistently push for better both at the agency and around the industry. What do you yourself read for leisure (assuming you...

Snow Days With You By Leonie Mack: Author Interview

...very scared on the first day, but I managed to see out my five mornings of lessons and even skied a red slope with my family on our last day....

The Sapere Books Popular Romantic Fiction Award

...special Hannah Smith at Aria and, as always, my lovely agent Anne Williams at KHLA An interesting story: SING ME A SECRET was inspired by my own venture into musical...

Just One Day – Autumn By Susan Buchanan

...series. When did you realise you wanted to be an author? Unlike many other writers, I didn’t always know, although I always loved books and creative writing, but I also...

October 2018: Competition Monthly

...be able to submit it elsewhere. Consequently you won’t be able to make any money for all your hard work. Therefore, be careful always to read the small print on...