Sunny Days and Sea Breezes

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...alongside other fantastic authors. I’m also extremely grateful for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s amazing New Writers’ Scheme which gives us all such an amazing opportunity.” Zoe is a medic who...

The Dance Teacher of Paris

Conference Speaker: Laura James, Magic Spells & Creative Wells, Sat 9-10am

...magic going and the creativity flowing. Do green fingers nurture the novel? Does embroidery help with tying up loose ends? Can singing show tunes bring harmony to the characters? It’s...

Kendra Smith – Everything Has Changed

...personal experience I had: a head on car crash which obviously affected me and if we set aside the physical injuries, it also left me thinking (as a novelist) ‘what...

A Changing World – Tania Crosse

...now! It achieved coverage in all the local newspapers and magazines, of which there were many more in those days, and local radio stations. The book sold like hot cakes...

Janice Horton: The Backpacking Housewife

...Caribbean, the USA, Canada, parts of Central America, Mexico, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. We had the most amazing time and met so many wonderful new friends. Travelling so...

December 2018: Competition Monthly

...RNA, she’s also a member of the Society for Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca runs a writing blog along with RNA member Elaine Roberts called Write Minds.   Twitter  ...

Fenella Miller: Why I Became A Historical Romance Writer.

...longer read contemporary romance, I only read historical fiction and thrillers. I didn’t want to write thrillers – too much violence – so I switched to historical romance. A year...

Glenda Young: Belle Of The Back Streets

...called The Tuppenny Child. Right now, I’m researching my third novel. All three books are set in the north-east coastal ex-coal mining village of Ryhope, where I grew up, and...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Plotter Or Pantser?

...adds. “I can’t start until I know the direction of travel but never really plan in a detailed way.” For Barbara Erskine, who writes dual period novels, it’s a case...

May 2020: Competition Monthly

...she’s also a member of the Society for Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca runs a writing blog with RNA member Elaine Roberts called Write Minds. Twitter Facebook      ...