Emma Cooper: Uplit

...of highs and lows, good and bad, but has a truly bitterly-sweet uplifting outcome of hope and self-sacrifice. So, ‘Up-lit’ can contain many elements; it can have all the things...

Tracy Baines: Debut Novel – The Variety Girls

...all as my brain is so busy working things out. It’s all work in and off itself, it’s all building towards the writing of it. Fathoming lots of things out...

New Releases: December 2019

...Louise Allen: Contracted As His Countess Historical romance Harlequin Mills & Boon Paperback & ebook December 2019 Madelyn Alylmer’s father was wealthy and exceedingly eccentric – he brought up his...

Lizzie Page: The Best War To Write About

...feel indignant on behalf of WW1. I grew offended for it. Why didn’t WW1 have bigger appeal? Why no Hollywood treatment for 14-18? Why was it always the bridesmaid never...

RNA Conference 2018: Meet The Industry Professionals – Hattie Grunewald

...short as possible. Put your elevator pitch – two or three sentences that outline your entire novel – at the top. Then try and explain the story in a paragraph...

New Releases: December 2020

DECEMBER RELEASES 2020 Merryn Allingham: Ladies Who Dare Regency Romance The Verrall Press Ebook 1 December 2020 A Regency Romance Collection. Scandal and Betrayal. Mystery and Adventure. Amid the elegance...

Ruth Frances Long: Writing Fantasy

...Heart, which is coming out on the 19thFebruary 2019. This will focus on Bel’s bodyguard Petra Kel and comes after events of The Queen’s Wing. It will also feature Bel’s...

Mel Gough: Reverse Harem – An Old Fantasy Turned On Its Head

...a large ginger cat who resembles a Viking. Her m/m romantic fiction, co-written with Catherine Curzon, spans WW1 to the present day and is published by Pride. Historical paranormal series...

Eleanor Harkstead And Catherine Curzon: Writing Romance And Romantic Fiction Series

...m/m with a HEA. We roam from WW1 to Regency, contemporary romcom to paranormal. What unites the Captivating Captains isn’t sub-genre but theme – each novel features a captain, be...

Penny Hampson – The Unquiet Spirit

...a rut, Penny also writes contemporary suspense with paranormal and romantic elements. Her first book in this genre is The Unquiet Spirit, published by Darkstroke. Penny lives with her family...

New Releases: October 2020

...manmade surfer dude who’s more flash than Frankenstein?     Tanith Davenport: Spiritwalker Paranormal erotic romance Totally Bound Ebook 20th October Tamar Steele, a successful medium and paranormal investigator, is...

Kate Johnson: By Royal Appointment

...RONA in the Paranormal category last year, congratulations. What three tips would you advise for authors thinking about self-publishing? Rather like Hamilton’s Angelica Schuyler, I’ve realised three fundamental truths at...