romance

New blog post by Claire G – discussions in this thread, please --- The Long and Short of It I enjoy writing short stories, which is a complete one-eighty compared to how I used to feel. I used to wonder how an author could convey so much meaning in so few words. It took practice and the...

I’m delighted to announce the winners of October’s One Perfect Sentence competition! This month, we made all the entries anonymous, so there was no possibility of favouritism. The votes simply reflected your own unfiltered perception of the entries. However, I’ve just unmasked the entrants, and...

I’m delighted to announce that we have two joint winners for this month’s ONE PERFECT SENTENCE contest… Claire & Jonny! Graphics for both are below, and are going out on our social media right now. I loved all the entries! Here are the top three places together with a special mention...

Hi all, from sunny Down Under... I'm a newbie here, returning from a submission/publishing hiatus. I've been officially writing for 5yrs, and before that, worked in the travel industry as a copywriter and travel agent. It's a thrilling world and I love writing about it...and photographing it...

Are you writing romance....or is it the tragedy of the folie a deux? Smash the place to pieces. Crash and burn it to ashes. Everyone needs a good slap. As in Wuthering Heights. No need for added cowbell. In honour of the she-wolf of Rome, foster mother of Romulus and Remus, this is the day of...

Hi! I may look a tad like Adele I don't sing quite as well. Good thing then I chose to be a writer! I am a French native and I've been writing forever in my mother-tongue, I even published a novel last year, a bitter romance called "L". I've always loved the English language and lived a few...

One week to go to the deadline. Do you have a love story, any kind, 5,000-10,000 words? Read on.... Sceptre Love Story Submissions

Hi, I'm Fran Connor, a British novelist living in SW France. It rains less here! I have three novels published and one series of novellas. They can be seen on my Amazon author page. http://www.amazon.com/Fran-Connor/e/B00EIIEUE2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1449772749&sr=1-1 I write in several...