October 2018: Competition Monthly

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

April 2021: Competition Monthly

...mind this, but you’re usually asked to inform the organiser if your entry is placed elsewhere. More often though, it can’t even be currently entered into another comp, or ‘simultaneously...

Ask An Industry Expert: Rhonda Penders

...in a few hours every Saturday and then I shut down for the weekend, but even then many times I’m reading manuscripts or contest entries to ensure they are done...

Anita Faulkner – A Colourful Country Escape

...I need an extra boost of inspiration, I light a candle and call on ALL the snacks! Can you tell us a little about your relationship with the RNA? Oh...

Glenda Young: Are Sagas A Feminist Issue?

...now, so I visit often. I use as many sources as I can – chatting to people is the most valuable, but also libraries, archives, maps and online sources too....

Meet The RNA Team – Bella Osborne

...Dalmatians by Dodie Smith was my favourite book as a child and I also loved I Capture The Castle which I read in my teens. I was also a big...

June 2019: Competition Monthly

...Weekly Pocket Novels at the end of 2018. Apart from the RNA, she’s also a member of the Society for Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca runs a writing blog along...

New Releases: May 2023

...Cathy Bramley: The Sunrise Sisterhood romance/ summer read/ commercial fiction Orion Fiction paperback original 11th May Three generations of women, and the summer that saved them. The holidays are here,...

About the RNA

...meets girl, or boy meets alien – romantic fiction explores and celebrates love in all its messy, unexpected, improbable imperfection. Romance is the highest-earning genre of fiction. It has a...

RNA Learning By Jean Fullerton

...with depth, motive and internal conflicts that readers can identify and sympathise with. Of course, once you have your cast of characters you have to set about leading the reader...

Liam Livings On Gender And Sexuality

...wrong, teenagers all over the world will be thinking about these things too. The difference though is that if you’re trans, gay, lesbian or bisexual, then you will also be...

The Oath By Patricia M. Osborne

...refuses then her vulnerable parents risk the workhouse as they will become penniless. On arrival to England, Françoise finds the bridegroom evasive and aloof. Lonely and missing home she befriends...