A Wedding At Café Lompar – Jacqui And Anna Burns

...else. It’s an undiscovered gem, and we’re actually going back this summer to visit. We can’t wait, although we’re a little nervous we’re going to spot all of the inaccuracies...

The Keeper – Diane Saxon

...it all up when her husband said “follow that dream”. Having been hidden all too long, her characters have burst forth demanding plot lines of their own and she’s found...

Jennifer Page – The Little Board Game Cafe

...very well, but still found it helpful to walk around, putting myself in Emily’s shoes and trying to conjure up ways of capturing the quirkiness an sense of community that...

Mandy Baggot: Desperately Seeking Summer

...I am now (and hopefully where I am going to grow to next!). I’m very proud to have come from a working-class background, the daughter of a single-dad, scraping by...

RNA Joan Hessayon Award For New Writers 2023 – Eight Contenders Announced

...being held at Imperial College, London on Saturday 12th August 2023. The eight contenders for 2023 are as follows:   Dark Sanctuary, Sarah Callejo, SpellBound Books Love You From A-Z,...

Ask An Industry Expert: Agent Louise Buckley

...tense place you can think of. This may sound obvious, but you would be surprised at the number of authors who start with backstory, or a character waking up to...

June 2019: Competition Monthly

Publication without payment? The list of competitions seems rather a sparse month this time round, but for good reason. Four of the competitions I found declared they had the right...

Sue Moorcroft Announced As New RNA President

...their anthologies. She said, “It’s an undreamed-of accolade and honour to be asked to represent the Romantic Novelists’ Association as its President. The RNA is dear to my heart. I’ve...

RNA Learning By Jean Fullerton

...get their head around let me state clearly the most important thing about becoming or being a published author is the actual story. The author’s job is to weave a...

Wait For You By Lianne La Borde

...throw April and Dylan in at the middle of their story was a gruelling rewrite to undertake. Especially with a newborn baby! Emotionally, though, the mental health themes I explored...

Ask An Industry Expert: Charlotte Ledger

...publishing. One More Chapter needs to and is doing more to publish books by and for areas that are underrepresented. In the past it has been dependent on what comes...

Sheila Norton – Winter At Cliff’s End Cottage

...to win this very prestigious award would be an understatement. I’m immensely grateful to the RNA, and to the readers who voted for ‘Winter at Cliff’s End Cottage’, which was...