The Sapere Books Popular Romantic Fiction Award

...Josie Silver Josie says: I’m absolutely over the moon that The Two Lives of Lydia Bird has been nominated for the Popular Romantic Fiction Category, especially in this year when...

Jo Lovett – The House Swap

...The Holiday will fall head over heels for The House Swap. Purchase links: Amazon: https://bit.ly/3da6FVl Apple: https://apple.co/2LLYkvR Kobo: https://bit.ly/3iqd1kh Google: https://bit.ly/3sF99k0   The House Swap: An absolutely hilarious feel-good romance...

Julia Ibbotson Tells Us About Her Self-published Time-slip Novels

...it absolutely terrifying to suddenly have to do it all myself. I won’t lie – I struggled. But RNA folks were, as always, amazingly helpful, especially on the Facebook RNA...

Jennifer Bibby – The Cornish Hideaway

...shape before planning what happens in the next bits. Everybody has a word (or two) that they completely overuse when they write that first draft. What is yours? I actually...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #7

...really doesn’t need to be in the book. Bella Osborne (A Family Holiday) Write the bloody book. You can’t edit a blank page. If you really want to write then...

Jean Fullerton: Romance Is A Feminist Issue.

...grim Christmas, especially in the East End of London as they’d lived through 4 months of nightly bombing during the Blitz. Everything was in short supply except Christmas spirit as...

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...

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...

Hints And Tips For New Writers #1

...If you get a rejection letter read it carefully. Undoubtedly, when you glimpse the word unfortunately… that is usually the trigger to switch off and not want to read on....

Meet The RNA Team – Sheila Riley

...went on for a second read. I was so thrilled I can’t tell you. Especially as only 5% of submissions deemed good enough would then go on for a second...

The Romantic Comedy Novel Award

...to celebrate Christmas the way we usually do. I had no idea that would happen when I was writing it, so it really was an honour to give readers a...

Hodder & Stoughton Announce The Takeaway Girl As Winner Of Love At First Line Writing Prize

...Read’, at the 2021 Cheltenham Literary Festival and hosted the 2021 ‘Headliners’ online festival which celebrates the hottest books for the summer. She also hosted the 2021 student radio ‘Amplify...