Hints & Tips For New Writers #17

...person who wrote them realises we’re actual human beings with emotions. So naturally bad reviews are also the most memorable. They’re humiliating and depressing and can make you want to...

Joan Hessayon Award 2019 – Meet The Contenders 1

...Francesca? After several years in the wonderful New Writers’ Scheme, it is lovely to graduate and stand alongside my fellow contenders. You can find out more about Francesca on her...

Victoria Cooke – Single Mums’ Book Club

...out. What was the inspiration behind your book? What prompted you to tell this story? I’ve mentioned above where the book club idea came from but the ‘mum’ element came...

Ask An Industry Expert: Tara Loder

...I can quantify which romance genre we represent the most. What one reader calls a saga, another calls historical fiction. What some would call a romance, others would call women’s...

Launching The RNA’s Instagram Live By Fiona Mountain

...from Sheffield to London, living in the BBC hostel in Bayswater and attending sessions at Broadcasting House. We learned how to record on uhers, now described as ‘vintage’ reel-to-reel tape...

Kate Kenzie: From Under The Duvet

...it when they make her laugh. She also writes multi-cultural romances as Jeevani Charika. You can find out more about her award nominated books and manuscript critique services on www.rhodabaxter.com...

Annemarie Brear – Beyond The Distant Hills

...in 2006. She has now published over twenty-seven historical family saga novels, becoming an Amazon best seller and with her novel, The Slum Angel, winning a gold medal at the...

Love Lindisfarne By Kimberley Adams

...debut, but it was integral to the story so once again I blithely carried on (you can see a pattern emerging here!) However, all that said, I’m pleased I stuck...

Glenda Young: Are Sagas A Feminist Issue?

...feel very proud to be writing about my culture and heritage.” Although these are Glenda’s first published novel, she has already built an impressive reputation as an award-winning short story...

Helen McAlpine – Finalist In The Narrator Of The Year Category

South Lanarkshire audiobook narrator, Helen McAlpine, is a finalist in the Narrator of the Year category for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s (RNA) annual Industry Awards for 2022. The awards celebrate...

Meet The RNA Team – Bella Osborne

...Dalmatians by Dodie Smith was my favourite book as a child and I also loved I Capture The Castle which I read in my teens. I was also a big...

Single All The Way – Karen King

...YA books and 120 children’s books published. She has also written several short stories for women’s magazines. Karen, I am a Christmas addict and ‘Single all the way’ promises to...