Hints & Tips For New Writers #19

Welcome back! After the last blog a reader asked what writing courses/workshops were available specifically for writing romance so this month we’ve compiled a helpful list. Whilst the RNA cannot...

November 2018: Competition Monthly

...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 magazines...

Carol Thomas: Maybe Baby

...reading, writing and people watching.   Where to keep up with Carol: http://carol-thomas.co.uk http://facebook.com/carolthomasauthor http://twitter.com/carol_thomas2 https://www.pinterest.co.uk/carol_thomas2/ https://www.instagram.com/carol_thomas2/ http://carol-thomas.co.uk/blog Purchase Links: Amazon: http://getbook.at/MBAmazon Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/maybe-baby-35 Ruby Fiction: https://www.rubyfiction.com/dd-product/maybe-baby/ iBooks | GooglePlay...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Writing Hot Scenes!

...writing [for Mills & Boon], the lines weren’t divided as clearly as they are now. These days, writing for Modern/Presents demands “high sensuality and sky-rocketing sexual tension.” Many would-be authors...

Sandy Barker – The Dating Game

...would never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down.   http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoone  ...

New Releases: September 2019

...you every month by Sheila Riley. Sheila writes gritty, heartwarming family sagas set around Liverpool Docklands. She is published by Boldwood (https://www.boldwoodbooks.com) and represented by Felicity Trew (https://carolinesheldon.co.uk) http://my-writing-ladder.blogspot.co.uk twitter@1sheilari...

July 2019: Competition Monthly

...of any successes.   Click May 2019 and June 2019 to check competitions detailed in past blog posts that are still open.   *   Rolling Competitions Writers’ Forum Short...

Jen Gilroy – A Wish In Irish Falls

...never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down.   http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoon    ...

Jill Barry – The House Sitter

...would never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down.   http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoon  ...

Ask An Industry Expert: Juliet Pickering

...that ‘commercial fiction’ is an unhelpful term, especially for writers trying to figure out what their book is: surely we’d wish that every book is commercially viable, and by publishing...

Jean Fullerton: Romance Is A Feminist Issue.

...because I don’t think we do. Just write romance, that is. We write much, much more. While it’s true our heroines in any setting and time period search for the...

Rosie Parker – Only Hummingbirds Fly Backwards

...to do, but you lost your confidence. Keep writing and learning. What advice would you give to aspiring authors? Write. You can only truly learn to write by writing. But...