Launching RNA Learning

...to RNA members and non-members alike. Each course is likely to be available for one month so participants can work at their own speed. There are no special technical skills...

Ella Allbright – The Last Charm

Please welcome today, Ella Allbright. Ella is not only a prolific author but also happens to be bestselling author Sue Moorcroft’s niece Ella, what was the inspiration behind your book?...

Why We Should Take Romantic Fiction Seriously By Julie Cohen

...so are all the romantic novels I like to read.’ People who have never read a romantic novel also like to explain to me that these books give women an...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #19

...Fishguard Bay Hotel, Wales Cost: £249 all inclusive   Residential courses run by Alison May and Janet Gover Time to write in peaceful surroundings, unhampered by distractions. Our retreats are...

The Sapere Books Popular Romantic Fiction Award

...special Hannah Smith at Aria and, as always, my lovely agent Anne Williams at KHLA An interesting story: SING ME A SECRET was inspired by my own venture into musical...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Heroines!

...main characters irritating which can undermine all of that. I want my reader to feel that they know them and would recognise them if they walked into a room.” Elaine...

Nicola Pryce – When A Standalone Book Turns Into A Series.

...ploy is to link your stories through family connection. In a chronological series the time frame is as critical as the story. Like baking, you can’t have a soggy middle....

Kate Ryder: Secrets Of The Mist

...Everything is connected; not only in the natural world but also the spiritual. Many people are sceptics, rejecting the possibility of ghosts and dismissing their existence, as it takes them...

October 2018: Competition Monthly

...the 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  ...

The Lumberjills – Mick Arnold

...original tagline stated – Captain Vimes is looking for a fifty foot dragon he believes can help him with his enquires (or something like that?)! Can you tell us what...

Jenny Kane – Spring Blossoms At Mill Grange

...quick walk) I work on my current script project. (I write historical audio dramas for the original cast of ITV’s 1980’s series Robin of Sherwood, as Jennifer Ash.) At 2...

Historical Romantic Novel Award – Natasha Lester

Image credit: Stef King TUESDAY 7TH MARCH 2023 Perth bestselling author, Natasha Lester has WON the Historical Romantic Novel Award with her novel, The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre,...