2021 RNA Industry Award Winners

...of Annie’s acting life and is an area she greatly enjoys.   INDIE EDITOR OF THE YEAR For an editor who has worked on an independently published novel that falls...

The Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award

...turned down marriage with the son of a well-to-do neighbouring family and against her family’s wishes married an English stranger. Family legend has it that they eloped! I have often...

The Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award – Finalists

CJ Connolly – The Love of My Other Life Vancouver-based author, CJ Connolly, has been shortlisted in the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award category with her novel, The Love...

Liam Livings: Writing, Publishing And Promoting

...lot of terribly-judged decisions. He has his mum and his best friend Tony to help pick up the pieces when it all inevitably goes wrong. Kev also has very bad...

Pernille Hughes: Smartphones And Swoony Kisses

...tell us a bit about your plans for the future? Really, it’s just to keep writing and hopefully get more books out there. I’ll be staying with the romcom genre...

Ask An Industry Expert: Annie Aldington

...remember what my characters sound like as I’ve read through the cast list beforehand. Occasionally a producer will say “Billy sounded a bit like Fred there”. Producers are so crucial....

Lynne Shelby – Love On Location

...and has three adult children who live nearby. Website: www.lynneshelby.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/LynneShelbyWriter Twitter: @LynneB1 Instagram: lynneshelbywriter   Buy Links Love on Location: An irresistibly romantic comedy full of sunshine, movie...

Bridget’s War By Shirley Mann

...nightmare because I suddenly found myself writing a bit of a detective novel and I got in a complete muddle. Fortunately, the publishers put the deadline back and I was...

Joan Hessayon Award 2021 – Meet The Contenders 1

...will solving a romantic mystery from the past convince Kate that true love and ghosts do exist? Penny’s writing journey really only started in earnest when she took early retirement...

Joan Hessayon Award 2021 – Meet The Contenders 2

...her emails and Grace keeps replying. Only to make sure he doesn’t send any more heart-breaking emails, obviously. Grace’s life has suddenly gone from stagnant to brimming with possibilities. But...

The Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award:

...with Joely Chevalier, just as it was heating up. And when she gets to Yorkshire, Billie’s shocked to discover the family dairy farm is in dire straits – the last...

Kate Ryder – Into A Cornish Wind

...heroine’s name, Katherine Maddox, aka Kat, came to me fairly quickly, but the hero, James ‘Mac’ MacNamara, went through a series of reinventions until I found the name that perfectly...