December 2018: Competition Monthly

...you’re off to someone else’s house for the festive season. So, the problem is when to find time to write, if that’s what you want to do. I always take...

Fenella Miller: Why I Became A Historical Romance Writer.

...to be checked. I am writing surrounded by a dozen open books as well as several folders of printed material. Isn’t the Internet a wonderful place. When trying to find...

May 2020: Competition Monthly

...Writer’s Circle, Retreat West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival Book for Children, Writing Magazine and The People’s Friend serial competition. She’s had stories and a serial...

Elaine Everest: Wartime At Woolworths

...hit our shelves in 2016; where did the inspiration to travel back in time and use the setting of Woolworths come from? Historical sagas are set in the past and...

Ask An Industry Expert: Marina De Pass

...Agency was founded in 2019, bringing together two leading agencies with long-term reputations: the literary agency LAW (Lucas Alexander Whitley) and TV and digital agency Factual Management. Theatrical agent Helen...

Linda Tyler: The Laird’s Secret

...has made an enemy of Helen, who wants Alex for herself. The glamorous Helen sets out to drive a wedge between Christina and Alex, with dramatic consequences. What was the...

Why We Should Take Romantic Fiction Seriously By Julie Cohen

...relationships; others are more egalitarian. You can find all of these varied points of view in romantic novels. Romantic novels aren’t throwbacks to some mythical golden age of patriarchy; they’re...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #19

...recommend or endorse any specific courses, all of the (randomly listed) ones below are run by RNA members who responded to a Facebook request for information. Please note, this blog...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Heroines!

...shape. “I had a glut of small, curvy women and realised I needed some taller women with different figures so that there is plenty to appeal to all women. We...

October 2018: Competition Monthly

...Writing, Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival, and Writing Magazine. She’s had stories and a serial published in magazines worldwide. Her first book, Christmas Mystery at Sealfarne Island, is due...

The Lumberjills – Mick Arnold

...for pure enjoyment. Before Terry came along, the one I recall was Enid Blyton and her ‘Secret Seven’ series when I was younger, though no-one in particular comes to mind...

Jenny Kane – Spring Blossoms At Mill Grange

...Castle (Accent, 2016). These three seasonal specials are now available in one boxed set entitled Jenny Kane’s Christmas Collection (Accent, 2016) Jenny is also the author of quirky children’s picture...