#Romance15: an online weekend Romance Festival for authors, readers and lovers of romance

February 6, 2015February 5, 2015 Helena Fairfax6 Comments

This weekend is the second virtual Romance Festival organised by Harper Collins and Mills and Boon (Harlequin). The event begins at 2pm on Saturday (UK time) and runs all day Sunday. The organisers say that Saturday will be “a professional development day for authors (last time we had Script Doctor sessions with editors, Goodreads, tips…… Continue reading #Romance15: an online weekend Romance Festival for authors, readers and lovers of romance

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A Christmas recipe for real Italian Pizzelles, with author M.L. Guida

December 2, 2014December 1, 2014 Helena Fairfax5 Comments

It’s great to welcome author M.L. Guida today with another delicious recipe for the holidays – this time all the way from Italy. Magnifico! M.L. Guida is one of the contributors to our Bake, Love, Write dessert recipe book and my first guest with an Italian recipe. Bienvenuto, M.L. Guida! * * * Christmas is…… Continue reading A Christmas recipe for real Italian Pizzelles, with author M.L. Guida

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Good to meet you…author Renee Charles

July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 Helena Fairfax22 Comments

Today’s been another lovely summer’s day. We’ve had brilliant weather all July, and the roses in my garden have great, heady blooms. Their scent is gorgeous, too, and it’s the perfect place to sit with my guest and have a chat. Welcome to Yorkshire, Renee Charles. Lovely to meet you! Where do you live, Renee?…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Renee Charles

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A man’s world? The lot of the heroine in contemporary romance

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 Helena Fairfax36 Comments

At the Romantic Novelists’ Association Conference last week I attended a seminar entitled Universal Elements of Romance Fiction, hosted by Catherine LaRoche. Catherine LaRoche is a professor of gender and cultural studies at a college in the US, and has just finished a year at Leeds University in the UK. (My old uni, and home…… Continue reading A man’s world? The lot of the heroine in contemporary romance

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Good to meet you…author Beverley Eikli

July 22, 2014July 21, 2014 Helena Fairfax10 Comments

My guest today has come all the way from Down Under. Normally when my Australian friends and family visit me in northern England they often mention the cold, but luckily today has been one of the hottest days of the year so far, and I think even a resident of Oz won’t need to put…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Beverley Eikli

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Addiction to romance novels is a thing – and science proves it!

July 18, 2014July 17, 2014 Helena Fairfax14 Comments

Last week I was at the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association conference, and there was plenty going on – old friends to meet up with, cyber friends to get to know in the real world, and new friendships to make. I had a brilliant time, but a lot of it was intense. Usually I spend…… Continue reading Addiction to romance novels is a thing – and science proves it!

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Good to meet you…author Caitlyn Callery

July 15, 2014July 17, 2014 Helena Fairfax14 Comments

It’s a beautiful summer’s day, and my roses are looking their best ever in the back garden. The scent is gorgeous! I’m here with fellow British author Caitlyn Callery, and we’re outside making the most of a rare English summer day, eating some of my strawberries with a dollop of fresh cream. And we’re talking…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Caitlyn Callery

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Good to meet you…author Kristen Ethridge

June 24, 2014 Helena Fairfax11 Comments

What a beautiful day to day! Me and my guest are sitting outside admiring my roses, which have finally come into bloom after a cold and rainy spring. They’re looking gorgeous, and their scent is so heady in the sun. A lovely setting to welcome romance author Kristen Ethridge! Where do you live, Kristen? I…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Kristen Ethridge

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Good to meet you…author Jolie Pethtel

June 10, 2014June 9, 2014 Helena Fairfax16 Comments

At this time of year I should be outside with my guests drinking Pimms on ice in the garden. We’ve had one or two sunny days recently, but nothing like the sunshine today’s guest is used to :) Thanks for coming all the way to rainy Yorkshire, Jolie Pethtel! What a lovely name! Where do…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Jolie Pethtel

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Good to meet you…author Romy Gemmell

June 3, 2014June 2, 2014 Helena Fairfax61 Comments

It’s not often I have a guest from further north than where I live in Yorkshire, but my visitor today is coming all the way from over the border in bonny Scotland. I like to make my guests welcome with traditional food whenever I can. I’m afraid I have to draw the line at haggis…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Romy Gemmell

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Romance author and editor, insatiable book lover, Yorkshire lass

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