June 2018: Competition Monthly

...Davies Closing date: 13 July 2018 Entry: £10 Details Writing Magazine 1,000 Word Short Story Competition Theme: Open Prize: £200 plus publication in magazine / £50 plus online publication Closing...

Love Is An Art By Kathy Strobos

...the book can still be enjoyed. I first wrote a screenplay treatment (similar to a three-page outline) of this novel during an online Gotham Screenwriting class over the pandemic. And...

Complaints

...the RNA Online Complaints Form. 4.3 If a complaint concerns the conduct of the Chair of the association this should be specified in the complaint form so that the matter...

Ask An Industry Expert: Sara-jade Virtue

...– so our relationships with our supermarket and online retail partners had to work twice as hard to fill the gaps. Someone likened it to rearranging the deckchairs on the...

RNA Industry Awards: Library Or Librarian Of The Year

...and a part-time co-ordinator. During the Covid-19 lockdowns, they have focussed on online provisions by building a website, providing an order and collect for books, and changing the events and...

#respectromfic Week: Interview With Amy Richards Of Words & Kisses

For Valentine’s Day and Respect Romantic Fiction week, we spoke with Amy Richards, owner of Words & Kisses online romance bookstore, about her love of romance, current trends, the RNA,...

Jane Wenham-jones Award For Romantic Comedy Category

...Portia MacIntosh – Life’s A Beach Portia is a best-selling author of twenty romantic comedy novels. This year she celebrates eight years since her first title was published. An ex-showbiz...

New Publications: January 2019

...Jill Barry: Melting Evie’s Heart Contemporary Romance DC Thomson My Weekly Pocket Novel 10th January 2019 Evie flees London, dumped by her showbiz boss Marcus and seeking a tranquil Christmas...

RNA Conference 2018 Round Up

...Serge Gainsborough version of J’taime loudly on the speakers as the delegates came in. Instead of putting them off, bizarrely that made them all smile. To our delight, our Jackanory...

New Releases: February 2020

...When former Olympic Swimmer, Michael Adams—now reluctantly Canada’s hottest reality TV star— insults his fake showbiz wife on social media, he escapes the ensuing scandal and jumps on the first...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #12

...the idea, think of those times when you’ve been put off reading a book because of a too-small, too bizarre font. Fonts matter. If that doesn’t work, maybe try printing...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #14

...authors have been accused of not writing romance because their books don’t include sex scenes. Which is a bizarre claim for a lot of obvious reasons (romance = sex?) but...