April 2019: Competition Monthly

...genre mash-up. A more unusual challenge this month is to write a poem for a greetings card. The competition guidelines suggest we write about real emotions and feelings, so as...

Lottie Cardew: Love On A (very Big) Spectrum

...to have to be fearless about it. We don’t want the narrow, prescribed view; the cardboard cut-outs or rehash of the same characters. Our tropes and protagonists deserve rawness and...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #19

...SPARKLE 1- HOOK AND HOLD – working on that vital first 10% first look, so that a reader just HAS to buy your book. SPARKLE 2 -BLING IT UP! –...

RNA Romantic Novel Awards 2023: Winners Announced

...all, fall in love. I am delighted to congratulate them for their success in our awards.’ At the conclusion of the awards ceremony, RNA president and bestselling author Katie Fforde...

July 2018: New Releases

...years. He’s involved in prostitution and trafficking, but there’s never been any real proof. To complicate matters further, Bryony’s best friend from childhood is his daughter Imogen. Bryony worries about...

Independent Bookshop Week

...been cancelled or moved online where possible. Thanks to Covid 19 the ways to support bookshops for many are limited. However, you can support them. In England bookshops opened this...

Jennifer Bohnet   A French Affair.

...the place she so loved and once called home? Website: http://www.jenniferbohnet.com/index.html Newsletter: http://bit.ly/JenniferBohnetNewsletter Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/@jenniewriter Amazon.com author page: http://amzn.to/299rvVv Facebook Author page: goo.gl/PDKQ8D Bookbub: jennifer-bohnet About the interviewer.  ...

Ask An Industry Expert: Julie Morris

...just not for me though, and I don’t read them. Sagas, for example, (sorry, fabulous Saga authors!) and most books set in war time. Very complicated sci-fi novels. Erotica. There...

Kate Kenzie: From Under The Duvet

...the perfect way to share my recommendations and talk to fellow book lovers. What’s the best and worst thing about being a book blogger? The best thing, apart from receiving...

Just One Day – Autumn By Susan Buchanan

...Just One Day – Autumn – https://books2read.com/u/3Lj18J Just One Day ebook box set – https://books2read.com/u/m0E6vy Website – https://www.susanbuchananauthor.com Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/susancbuchananauthor Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/susan_buchanan Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/AuthorSusanBuchanan Threads – https://www.threads.net/authorSusanBuchanan...

Ask An Industry Expert: Karen Sullivan

...Thanks so much for talking with us today, Karen. Find out more/contact Orenda on: www.orendabooks.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrendaBooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendabooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orendabooks/ * Kate was talking with Susan Leona Fisher: http://www.SLFisherAuthor.co.uk...

Emily Royal – Roderick’s Widow

...in Regency London. Author links: Website: http://www.emroyal.com/ Newsletter signup: https://mailchi.mp/e5806720bfe0/emilyroyalauthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eroyalauthor Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14834886.Emily_Royal Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emily-Royal/e/B07NCBKJZ4 Twitter: @eroyalautor UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081ZJ5ZP3 US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081ZJ5ZP3 AU https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B081ZJ5ZP3 CA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B081ZJ5ZP3 About the interviewer.  ...