Ask An Industry Expert: Becci Mansell

...everything should be commercial really! Commercial fiction can be a very broad and all-encompassing term! At Avon, we publish a wide range of fiction that spans the largest commercial genres,...

Marilyn Rodwell – The Wedding Drums

...The Wedding Drums.   What is the inspiration behind The Wedding Drums? I wanted to write about something unusual, interesting, and real. Something in the back of my mind needed...

Linda Corbett – Love You From A-Z

...keep going. After five books clocked up a total of 221 rejections, it was book six that hit the jackpot, although I was so excited to get such positive feedback...

Ask An Industry Expert: Emily Bedford

...appeals to a broad audience, but I have found that there’s not always overlap in readership between general romance and romantic suspense/thriller – not all romance fans want crime, danger...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #23

...Jenni x   The NWS helped me get published, and our goal is to help all our members become published authors. Here are some ‘before’ and ‘after’ tips. When you...

New Releases: August 2022

...Novel Shona’s head-turning appearance isn’t always a positive. Escaping a possessive fiancé, she takes a job in a boutique hotel perched on a tropical island. But does someone who seems...

The Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Novel Awards 2024 Finalists Announced

...Ibbotson, the Awards Coordinator, at: To purchase tickets please click here THE CATEGORIES AND SHORTLISTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: (authors are listed alphabetically) The Fantasy Romantic Novel Award Girl, Goddess, Queen,...

Fantasy Romantic Novel Award – Sara Downing

...annual Romantic Novel Awards for 2023. The awards celebrate excellence in romantic fiction in all its forms. Sara lives in Worcestershire with her husband, three almost grown-up children, a Labrador...

Interview With Susan Watson, Fiction Editor From My Weekly

...once a month. I also review books for the My Weekly Special each month. I arrange fiction and book content for My Weekly’s website, too, so some of my day...

RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2024: Winners Announced

...kind, brilliantly astute, with a wicked, mischievous sense of humour. She was a consummate storyteller and made her craft look easy, like all great practitioners. I – along with many...

Jackie Collins Award For Romantic Thrillers – Dani Atkins

...annual Romantic Novel Awards for 2023. The awards celebrate excellence in romantic fiction in all its forms. Dani is the author of nine novels and one novella. Her first book...

Jen Gilroy – A Wish In Irish Falls

...Wishing Tree in Irish Falls, although both books also stand alone. It’s a contemporary romance set in the fictional Irish Falls in the Adirondack Mountain area of New York state...