Liam Livings: Writing, Publishing And Promoting

...Alison writes emotional fiction. She also writes modern retellings of misunderstood classics, in collaboration with Janet Gover, under the penname Juliet Bell. Alison is currently Vice-Chair of the Romantic Novelists’...

What’s That Sound? By Eleanor Harkstead

...live without such things, but many writers need some sort of routine or ritual to get into their creative headspace and concentrate on their work. When I was thirty, I...

February 2019: Competition Monthly

...Winchester Writers’ Conference, Twyford Writers, Chorley & District Writer’s Circle, Retreat West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival, and Writing Magazine. She’s had stories and a serial...

Jan Baynham – Her Sister’s Secret

...read all of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five and Secret Seven series. I can also remember loving Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. The character of Jo appealed to me and I...

Instructions for NWS readers

Instructions for NWS readers Below you can download documents for NWS readers, which will also have been sent to you by email. The readers’ guidelines include all the information you...

The Liberta Books Shorter Romantic Novel Award

...I am honoured to be a part of the 2021 RONAs. An interesting story: Local connections – The heroine, Lady Ellena Swein, comes from a place called Swein. Although this...

Learn with the RNA

...members and non-members alike. RNA Learning Find out more about our RNA Learning programme and the courses and workshops available. Find out more View all events on EventBrite Industry advice...

RNA Learning

RNA Learning Establishing an online learning programme has been a great success for both the RNA and attendees alike. We are now entering our third year of courses, designed to...

Suzie Hull – In This Foreign Land

...a dual-timeline, and went through the scheme twice as a dual, once as a pure historical. I also subbed another #WW1 partial. I think I was always able to write...

Whatever IT Takes

...as it seems. While there, a fatal accident occurs that changes their lives. They don’t all return. But those that do, are hiding a huge secret . . . and...

A Concert For Christmas By Helen Hawkins

...Lawson is a primary school teacher and is leading the town choir in their annual Christmas concert, but when their musical director leaves in a hurry, he’s replaced by handsome...

March 2021: Competition Monthly

...following year should things change. There’s an unusual competition to write a play on a topic affecting the LGBTQ+ community, which is free to enter, and you can even write...