A Love-ly Conference with the RNA by Ann Evans
Karen King, Ann Evans, Chrissie Bradshaw, Sheryl Browne, Lynda Stacey. Last weekend was one of my writing highlights of the year – the Romantic Novelist Association's annual conference. This year is was held at Lancaster University, and it was my third conference. My good pal, author Karen King and I teamed up, and we took the train north feeling really excited to be going along to another RNA gathering. It's the thought of meeting up with familiar faces, making new friends, and basically just being around so many people who share that love of writing. It's such an amazing atmosphere, lots of buzz and noise, lots of laughter and chat – and of course plenty of time to eat and drink. Of course it wasn't all socialising. It was brilliantly organised with th e programme of talks, workshops and one-to-ones sent out to delegates some weeks before the event so that you can say which sessions you plan on attending, and arrange a one-to-one consultation with ...