Hints & Tips For New Writers #9

...the central love story, and toning down the secondary characters, so I did that. That’s what led to the contract, and my name on an actual book. Since then, I’ve...

Refund Policy

...ticket for anyone else, or sell/transfer a ticket to anyone else. This is partly due to security and safety issues, but also due to our commitment to allocating tickets on...

Festival in Croftwood Park

...special, and she has stopped expecting more. After all, what are the chances of finding that kind of love again? Sebastian Thorne is about to lose everything. He’s already lost...

Conference Speakers: Carrie Elks – From Failure To Fortune: Saturday At 9am

...book overall. Although it’s harder to sell the rights of self-published books than traditional ones, my fabulous agent has secured audio and foreign translation deals for sixteen of my books....

RNA Joan Hessayon Award Contender: Stella Holt – Last First Kiss

...series, Stella has been plotting sexy, tear-jerker stories since she was old enough to hold a pencil. Born in Georgia, USA, Stella loves all things country but calls the beach...

RNA Joan Hessayon Award Contender: Suzanne Merchant – Their Wildest Safari Dream

...to the success of the scheme but also to the enduring appeal of the romance genre. Well done to all of you.’ RNA Chair, Jean Fullerton, added, ‘Congratulations to all...

Ask An Industry Expert: Nia Beynon

...spending time setting up our internal processes, from contracts through to production and distribution. I’ve also been setting up our agreements with the retailers, acquiring books for the list and...

Vicky Walklate – Sacrifice

...of fiction for both adults and children. She has also written several short stories for women’s magazines. Currently published by Bookouture and Headline. Karen writes about the light and dark...

Miss Rose And The Vexing Viscount By Catherine Tinley

...up something she really wants, because it’s ethically the right thing to do. But of course this is a romance, so all ends well! How did you decide on the...

Francesca Capaldi – Hope In The Valleys

...medical discharge several months later, while still training, due to severe tachycardia. I wondered how he might have felt about being left behind when his pals were going off to...

R J Gould: Finding The Man In Romance

...and social commentary to describe the tragi-comic journeys of protagonists in search of love, that fundamental need for all of us, male or female. My readers, definitely substantially women, tell...

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

...recipients of the bursary so far, almost all of them have gone on to subsequently secure publishing deals. Katie also sponsors the RNA’s Debut Romantic Novel Award. Locally, she works...