Have you heard of the Romantic Novelists Association? It’s a wonderful association for anyone who enjoys writing romance and ,this year, I am lucky enough to be one of their members under their new writers’ scheme.
This membership allows me and other unpublished authors who have joined the association to take part in all RNA activities and also submit a typescript of a full-length
novel for appraisal. I must send my novel in before September so I’m keeping
busy!
I’m so looking forward to going to the RNA annual conference next month. It’s
held at Harper Adams University over the weekend of the 13 th to 15 th July and
sounds like a writer’s dream. There will be a variety of workshops, lots of
book browsing, an awards dinner and, most important, the chance to meet up
with writing friends, twitter friends and authors I admire.
- RNA conference 2014
I can also have a 121 meeting with an editor who will have read a chapter and
the synopsis of my novel. All great stuff! In fact there is only one thing that
is causing me distress. There’s a competition.
I hate competitions but if there is a competition and it involves writing, I
feel I should give it a go. If I do give it a go then I have to write up to
2000 words to begin a novel that is based on a fairy tale. Oh yes! I can think of many fairy tales but I can’t think of one that I can write a novel about
I think that the very best story to come out of a fairy tale recently is the back story of Maleficent the evil fairy in Sleeping Beauty. Angelina Jolie played her character beautifully and her love story had me in tears. The film transported me to another world and I recommend seeing it with or without a child in tow.
Sadly for me, that story been done so what else is there? I was thinking of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ as a theme but couldn’t get Lady GaGa’s real life outfits out of mind. Lady GG appearing on the red carpet and a lone child calling out ‘ She’s wearing the butchers shop!’
All of this musing about writing a modern day fairy tale is stopping me from finishing my novel and that is delaying me from living my real life fairy tale of being a published writer so I’m just going to have to stop.
First of all, I’ll just read one more tale. Maybe this new hen should look at the cockerel Chanticleer and his wife Partlet for inspiration. 2000 words shouldn’t take long…
