Clare London: Zest – An Accidental Baker Story

...but, more excitingly, I realised I could try writing my own, upload them to the net, share them with readers, and get feedback. My thirst for publication began right then....

Competition Monthly: May 2021

...and/or maximum (more often the latter), then make sure your entry complies. A few contests will give a 10% leeway, but if it’s not mentioned, don’t do it. Be careful,...

What’s It Like To Be On The RNA Committee?

...varied, all-embracing organisation that reflects the broad range of romantic fiction and its authors in 2020. And (in previous times) tea, biscuits, cake & laughs.     Jean Fullerton, Education...

January 2020: Competition Monthly

...has its own rules about this. The Evesham competition also insists that your entry must never have been previously published, in print or online (including self-published, magazines, journals, websites, blogs,...

Kate Kenzie: From Under The Duvet

...if the blurb grabs me, I will try it. One of the exceptions is novels about aliens, they give me nightmares. A more in-depth policy is on my blog, but...

An Interview With Library Liaison Officer Laura E. James

...an awards evening. I attended my first Industry Awards as the organiser, drank chilled, sparkling wine, and shared a hotel room with my good friend, Celia Anderson, who, at the...

From The Chair Of The RNA…

...and online. However, we expect our members to disagree respectfully and while being mindful of the words they use, particularly online, and we should not allow ourselves to be oblivious...

Tea Leaves And Reads – Romantic Bookseller Of The Year Category

...Library or Librarian of the Year, Indie Editor of the Year, Cover Designer of the Year, Narrator of the Year, Media Star of the Year, Agent of the Year, and...

April 2019: Competition Monthly

...Conference, Twyford Writers, Chorley & District Writer’s Circle, Retreat West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival, and Writing Magazine. She’s had stories and a serial published in...

New Releases: October 2018

...voice whispering, `Dearie, promise you will never forget what you saw. Your Ma was killed deliberate . . . and someone oughter pay for it.’ When young, wealthy spinster Letitia...

Sue Moorcroft – A White Christmas On Winter Street

...had Sky do the same, so she abandoned her birth name of Murray and chose Terran, which means ‘of the Earth’. Daz, I’m afraid, was trickier. I saw the name...

Meet The RNA Team – Clare Flynn

...Milan and Sydney, she is now based on the coast in Sussex, England, where she can watch the sea from her windows. When not writing, she loves to read, quilt,...