Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

We have twenty one amazing debut authors this year who are all contenders for the Joan Hessayon Award Over the next few days we will be sharing with you a...

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

We have twenty one amazing debut authors this year who are all contenders for the Joan Hessayon Award Over the next few days we will be sharing with you a...

Jennifer Bohnet   A French Affair.

Today we welcome Jennifer Bohnet.   Jennifer, what was the inspiration behind your book? Can you tell us a little about it? A French Affair is set mainly in a...

What’s That Sound? By Eleanor Harkstead

A huge welcome today to Eleanor Harkstead. Writers have different ways to get into the “zone”. Some achieve this by going to a particular corner of their home which they’ve...

Ask An Industry Expert: Sara-jade Virtue

Today I’m delighted to welcome Sara-Jade Virtue, brand development director for fiction at Simon & Schuster UK Hello and welcome, Sara-Jade. Could I start by asking about your fairly new...

Competition Monthly: August 2020

How to make a good impression How can you make a good impression with your competition entry? Although not all competitions stipulate a writing font and size, it’s a good...

Judy Leigh – The Old Girls’ Network

We are delighted to welcome Judy Leigh to the blog today to talk to us about her latest novel, The Old Girls’ Network. Judy, could you tell us a little...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Conflict/emotion/tension!

In honour of the RNAs 60th anniversary year, we have put together a special series of blog posts on various aspects of writing romance. These will feature advice and comments...

Flirting With Romance Or Serious Relationship? – Alison Morton

Flirting with romance or serious relationship? I joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association because it embraced every type and sub-genre of romance and romantic fiction, from the sweet, inspirational, gritty contemporary...

Ann Evans: Hints & Tips For New Writers #5

Writers are always being told to ‘write about what you know’. But I’ve always thought that if we stuck too rigidly to that idea, we’d never write anything. I’m more...

A Gentleman In Love – Arabella Sheen

Please welcome British author of Contemporary and Regency steamy romances, Arabella Sheen, What was the inspiration behind your book? Can you tell us a little about it? There were a...

Carol Thomas: Maybe Baby

We are delighted to welcome Carol Thomas to the blog today to talk to us about her upcoming new release. Carol, could you tell us a little more about it?...