![]() It was difficult always to get my point across in this way at first but when I got used to the concept I found I was cutting out unnecessary repetitions and not making points which ought to have been obvious. I found the American market requires a fast moving story, which they helped me to create by requesting shorter, sharper sentences. This is an exciting departure for me and I´m greatly enjoying the challenge of dipping a toe in the US market. My sixth Regency based mystery-romance, A Reason to Rebel, is being published on 21st April by Samhain, firstly as an e-book and then ten months later as a paperback. This, of course, offers the hero the opportunity to to act as her protector, if she´ll let him! These romances all feature a mystery that keeps the reader guessing until the last chapter and, inevitably, a nare-do-well out to exploit the heroine. All of them are set in the Regency period – post Napoleonic wars. ![]() Wendy Soliman: Hi, I´ve written five novels for Robert Hale in the last three years. My website gives details of books, contests, extra snippets on historical research, free stories and out-takes. My Regencies take contemporary themes such as winning the national lottery, or being a celebrity, and look at them in a Regency context. There are still some ideas that UK print publishers have not yet embraced: Regencies with paranormal or time travel elements in them, for example, although I was thrilled to see the TV programme Lost in Austen leading the way in this last year. I’m generalising here, of course! In recent years I think that the two markets have moved much closer together in style with books by more US based romance authors appearing in British bookstores and vice versa. Many of the UK books were drawing room Regencies, charming, traditional, but without the robustness and vitality that characterised some of the US writing. When I started reading Regencies many, many years ago (!) I think that the markets were quite different. My most recent Regency historical, Unmasked, was published in the US last summer by Harlequin’s HQN Books imprint and is coming out here in the UK this month. Nicola Cornick: Like some of the other authors who belong to the UK Regency Authors’ Group I have dual publication in both the US and UK and so have a great interest in the market on both sides of the Atlantic. Just send a blank e-mail here and we’ll do the rest!Ĭompetitions have a closing date of 28th March unless otherwise stated! We run the Historical Romance UK blog so please drop by and visit us! And if you sign up for our monthly email newsletter, you can enter more competitions to win books and goodies. We’re a group of British Regency writers and we got together a few years ago. Hi! It’s great to be here on the Risky Regencies blog again. It’s the British invasion! Here’s the second appearance of the ladies of the Historical Romance UK Blog, so sit down on the comfy chair, pour yourselves a nice cuppa, and butter that bun…
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