Patience Bloom is a senior editor with Harlequin in the US, and I’ve been following her blog (Romance is My Day Job – great title!) for quite a while now. Although Patience doesn’t post very often, when she does it’s always useful, and I’ve picked up many a tip, especially on things to avoid when…… Continue reading Starting in the right place and staying focused on your story. 5 tips from Patience Bloom
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
Today my visitor has come from just across the Pennines. For anyone not familiar with UK geography, the Pennines are a range of hills running down the north of England, separating Lancashire and Yorkshire. In the fifteenth century there was fierce fighting between the two counties in the Wars of the Roses. And even today…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Sarah Mallory
My visitor today comes from Down Under – my first author visit from Australia, and I’m very excited! I’ve made us the usual brew and would have loved to get Jennie Jones some Tim Tams (a delicious Australian biscuit which some friends once brought me back from Brisbane) but sadly they’re not available in the…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Jennie Jones
Helena Fairfax 