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I am always keen to encourage aspiring authors and on this page there are various resources available. I have seven years experience working with authors in the Romantic Novelists' Association New Writers' Scheme and have run workshops and longer writing courses. I am available to run talks, workshops and courses.

All articles have been revised and updated. If you would like an e-copy of any of the following, please Email me:

bulletTrade Secrets for the Regency Author
bulletArticle on writing historical romance for Harlequin Mills & Boon
bulletFormer HQN editor Abby Zidle's article on how to write the single title romance
bulletNotes on any aspects of my historical romance writing courses including heroes, heroines, background and setting, great beginnings, first encounters, and using dialogue.
bulletNotes from my online course "Learning from Jane Austen," including an analysis of old flame stories (Persuasion), the friends to lovers plot (Emma) and the archetypal rake (Mansfield Park.)
bulletHow to write a strong synopsis
bulletThe Cult of Celebrity in the Nineteenth Century (originally published in the Historical Novel Review)

 

 

 

 

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