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...

Jenny Kane – Spring Blossoms At Mill Grange

...my youngest child to school for the very first time, that a story idea came into my head. I don’t know where the idea came from, or why it arrived...

Ask An Industry Expert: Rhonda Penders

...It sounds like your way of working may have adapted very readily during this past year of Covid restrictions? Yes, our company was virtual way before virtual was cool. We...

Eleanor Harkstead And Catherine Curzon: Writing Romance And Romantic Fiction Series

...do it. Here’s just a few. One couple, more than one book If your couple are extremely busy, then you might want to extend your story over several books. CF...

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...

Press Release: The Romantic Novelists’ Association Honours Katie Fforde With Lifetime Achievement Award

...spent years trying to write her very own Mills & Boon. All in all, she wrote eight novels, either entirely or partially, before she finally accepted defeat and thought it...

Glenda Young: Are Sagas A Feminist Issue?

...child is an incredibly emotive subject. Could you tell us a little about your inspiration for this? Ryhope is an incredibly tight-knit community, even more so one hundred years ago....

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

...you’ll be able to publish it elsewhere and therefore never make a penny from your hard work. This is particularly galling if someone else has made money from your efforts....

New Releases: May 2023

...Destiny Historical/Saga Boldwood Books All Formats 25 May 2023 May sees the publication of the Strong/sugar trilogy set in the early 1800s. First book in this trilogy is set on...

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

...to be addressed as such? If you were called Sharon, and somebody started calling you Shaz, and you didn’t really like this, is it really so difficult to understand that...