Ask An Industry Expert: Becci Mansell

...any queries!   Can I now ask a little about the remit of Avon. The website describes it as a commercial fiction division of HarperCollins. What does the label commercial...

Marilyn Rodwell – The Wedding Drums

...Caribbean history. More specifically, the Indo Caribbean story. I came across many who were very curious – especially my student nurse friends in Wales – a long time ago. I...

Linda Corbett – Love You From A-Z

...how to go about it and was too scared to tell anyone in case they laughed. I had no English A-Level, or creative writing qualifications, just this bonkers idea that...

Ask An Industry Expert: Emily Bedford

...note Canelo is seeking submissions from ‘marginalised voices’. How do you encourage this and how does Canelo’s selection of books and authors reflects these principles? Canelo is always actively seeking...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #23

...Jenni x   The NWS helped me get published, and our goal is to help all our members become published authors. Here are some ‘before’ and ‘after’ tips. When you...

New Releases: August 2022

...Novel Shona’s head-turning appearance isn’t always a positive. Escaping a possessive fiancé, she takes a job in a boutique hotel perched on a tropical island. But does someone who seems...

The Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Novel Awards 2024 Finalists Announced

...Stapley (Atlantic Books) Snowed In, Catherine Walsh (Bookouture) The Shorter Romantic Novel Award Becoming the Earl’s Convenient Wife, Louise Allen (Harlequin Mills Boon) Cinderella’s Deal With the Colonel, Jenni Fletcher...

Fantasy Romantic Novel Award – Sara Downing

Image credit by Camilo Queipo Photography Worcester author Sara Downing has WON the Fantasy Romantic Novel Award with her novel, I Let You Fall, for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s (RNA)...

Interview With Susan Watson, Fiction Editor From My Weekly

...once a month. I also review books for the My Weekly Special each month. I arrange fiction and book content for My Weekly’s website, too, so some of my day...

RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2024: Winners Announced

...Pro Writing Aid) Be More Octopus, Suzanne Lissaman, (Octosulis Publishing) The Christmas/Festive Holiday Romantic Novel Award Only for Christmas, Tracy Corbett, (Canelo) The Shorter Romantic Novel Award Cinderella’s Deal with...

Jackie Collins Award For Romantic Thrillers – Dani Atkins

...The Fantasy Romantic Novel Award, the Jackie Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers, the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award, the Christmas/Festive Holiday Romantic Novel Award, the Shorter Romantic Novel Award,...

Jen Gilroy – A Wish In Irish Falls

...Wishing Tree in Irish Falls, although both books also stand alone. It’s a contemporary romance set in the fictional Irish Falls in the Adirondack Mountain area of New York state...