Joan Hessayon Award 2021 – Meet The Contenders 3

...help, support, and friendship.” Nancy Peach, Love Life (One More Chapter) Palliative care doctor Tess Carter is no starry-eyed heroine. After all, if your dad left without a backward glance...

New Releases: September

...Jennifer Howells upside down. The discovery of a secret that fractured the family in 1947 leaves her spiralling, unsure who she is. First, she travels to Cardiff and then to...

Meet The Contenders For The Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award 2020

...lying to her followers and herself. The pair become unlikely friends and start to realise what truly matters. A heartwarming and, funny tale of female friendship. How does it feel...

The Romantic Novelists’ Association announces exciting new membership categories for aspiring writers

...opportunities. Priority Access to our New Writers’ Scheme which includes a manuscript appraisal. Romance Matters, our quarterly magazine (packed full of author interviews and writing tips.) We are excited to...

Why We Should Take Romantic Fiction Seriously By Julie Cohen

As it’s Romance Reading Month we’re featuring different blogs on writing romance. This week is #RNADiverseLoveWeek so this article from Julie Cohen is very apt. Thank you, Julie. Love matters....

UKRomChat Initiative

...who is on the RNA New Writer’s Scheme is interviewing her about it. Over to you, Denise. Hello Jeanna. I am on the RNA’s wonderful New Writers Scheme. I had...

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Top tips for a brilliant author newsletter by Anna Caig

...their brand and reach more readers. She now works with traditionally, indie and self-published writers, as well as helping creatives in any discipline find a wider audience. https://www.annacaigcomms.co.uk/ Twitter: @AnnaCaig...

Kate Baker: Awards First Timer

...chapters meetings, and online. * Kate Baker lives in Suffolk with her husband of 25 years on his family farm. She has two grown up children and is ‘between pets’...

Caroline Day – Hope Nicely’s Lessons For Life

...feedback, help and encouragement. Writing Hope Nicely’s Lessons for Life was a real education for me. Hope Nicely’s Lessons for Life is written in first-person point-of-view. What were the biggest...

New Releases: July 2023

...for… Clare Flynn: The Colour of Glass Historical fiction Cranbrook Press Ebook and print June 2023 She’s dutiful. He’s defiant. Each knows what they want. Neither knows what they need....

Susie Riddell – Finalist In The Narrator Of The Year Category

...hard work and talent of any person, group or organisation who has championed the broad genre of romantic fiction in a positive way. Susie is an actress and voice artist....