As far as I go, novellas (short books) are notoriously hard to write. That’s because their length requires believable characters and...

Like most aspiring authors, there are a few things that I really struggled with in my journey to writing my first novel: self-doubt, not having a clue where to start, and having a full-time job that consumed a lot of my energy and time. These three books really helped me overcome these barriers to get my first novel finished, and so I thought I would share them with you in case you find yourself in the same position. 1. THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING by Rick Rubin Self-doub

I have three words to describe the Romantic Novelists' Association Conference - inspirational, informative and community. What an...

After going home and rediscovering herself in Mennonite in a Little Black Dress , Rhoda Janzen gets a second chance at love in Mennonite...

Janzen's prose is so beautiful and so entertaining that Mennonite in a Little Black Dress has become one of my references for good...

Happy Place by Emily Henry was voted Best Romance of 2023 in the Goodreads Choice Awards. So I read it to find out why. And I wasn’t...

In 2024, romance readers and writers attended the first ever Love Stories etc... Festival in Manchester. If you're a romance lover, live in the northern parts of the UK, and didn't attend this event... You missed out.

What is on offer at Wallasey Central Library, Wirral. Including history and setting, facilities, and what you can access.

The Satsuma Complex is a romantic suspense novel - boy meets girl at a bar; boy falls for girl; but girl might be involved in a murder,...

Our Fault is the third and final instalment in the Culpable trilogy. I enjoyed the first book in this series, My Fault , rating it four stars. But the second one, Your Fault , had me wanting to burn paper. It only scraped a two-star rating from me because I somehow managed to finish reading it. So did the final novel in the saga make up for the sins of the second book? BOOK SPECS: Number of pages: 512 Format: Paperback Genre: YA Romance, Billionaire Romance Tropes: Forbi