An Interview With Education Officer Sonja Price

...in this predominantly Muslim region in the 1960s? What would happen if she eventually had to choose between love and her calling? I must admit that I’ve never been to...

Rosie Hendry – The Mother’s Day Club

...children. A former teacher and research scientist, she started off writing short stories for magazines, her stories gradually becoming longer as her children grew bigger. She writes uplifting, heart-warming historical...

The Romantic Saga Award – Finalists

...full-time. Diane and her husband live in the Dales market town of Settle. She commented, ‘Being shortlisted is absolutely brilliant! Writing can be a lonely life and this along with...

RNA Conference 2018: Meet The Industry Professionals – Juliet Pickering

...a balanced amount of dialogue, and something happening very soon into the opening chapter. There’s nothing worse than wondering when the exciting bit will finally arrive! It doesn’t need to...

New Releases: September 2022

...on her mind than her fast-approaching 50th birthday. Not only is her daughter about to set off for a round-the-world sailing race, but unexpectedly, two men in her life are...

November Releases 2017

...from co-worker Don, romantic sister Olivia, and — astonishingly — the usually sceptical Great Uncle Charles, Marley decides to save this modern-day Mr Scrooge from himself, despite having no well-meaning...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #24

...who seem to have no idea that they’ve said anything remotely soul-destroying or offensive. And in all fairness, they probably don’t mean to be. Ignorance isn’t much of a defence,...

Meet The RNA Team – John Jackson

...his family tree and found a lively lot of ruffians, rogues and chancers, all of whom are conveniently dead, so they can’t sue, and who make great subjects to write...

Joan Hessayon Award Contender: Laura T. Leeson, The Valentine Retreat

...Murray, even when he totally ignores her and runs off. Repeatedly. She writes contemporary women’s fiction and loves to explore the messy bits of life and if there’s a way...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #6

...the New Writers Scheme, says to remember we’re all probably worrying about the same things – ‘don’t assume that someone who looks unfriendly is actually unfriendly–they’re probably just shy or...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #3

...At the end of chapters, leave your character in a precarious position emotionally, physically or both. Remember, try not to round everything up perfectly at the end of a chapter....

Ask An Industry Expert: Anna Davis

...and writing workouts. Plus we have a monthly Twitter writing competition called #WriteCBC (taking place on @cbcreative on the first Thursday of every month). It’s really fun and friendly, for...