My Indie Journey – So Far So Good – Fiona Mountain

...indie with this musical story. It’s exciting and daunting. There are lots of decisions to make; structural edits, proofreading, jacket design and puff, formatting, marketing, how, where and when to...

Ask An Industry Expert: Emily Ruston

...me, the relationship between an author and editor should always be collaborative; after all we are all working to achieve the same goal – getting great books into readers’ hands!...

Finalists: Jackie Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers 2024

Congratulations to all the finalists in the Jackie Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers 2024! For stories featuring a substantial thriller, suspense, mystery or crime story, alongside or fully entwined with...

Ask An Industry Expert: Sara-jade Virtue

...some of the usual processes associated with acquiring novels and look at digital-first or digital-only in a very different way. Initially we were inspired by the success of digital-only publishing...

Juliet Greenwood – The Ferryman’s Daughter

...develop women writers born or living in Wales. It was a brilliant experience, and I’ll always be thankful to have learnt all about structural edits and copy edits and the...

Sunrise

Ann Evans: Hints & Tips For New Writers #14

...the consequences are should he/she fail to overcome these problems. Express the emotional journey your protagonist endures before reaching their goal. Say how the story ends. If you didn’t already...

Lola Jaye – The Attic Child

...Julia Boggio is a writer, photographer, mother, Peloton lover, runner, and Christmas card enthusiast. She is also an original You Tube star. Her wedding dance went viral, sparking a worldwide...

Deborah Carr- An Island At War

...A moving historical novel inspired by the German occupation of the Channel Islands during WW2. This is a story of courage, resilience and everyday acts of defiance from ordinary people...

RNA Industry Awards: Agent Of The Year

...include saga authors Libby Ashworth and Sheila Riley as well as heart-warming, thought-provoking, hilarious and historical women’s commercial fiction authors such as Kirsten Hesketh, Kerry Barrett, the inaugural winner of...

Finalists: Debut Romantic Novel 2024

...my lockdown project – I never expected it to be published, let alone to be shortlisted for an award. Website Facebook Instagram: @jenniferpagewrites Twitter: @jenpagewrites Sal Thomas for The Accidental...

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...