Rachael Thomas's Blog

 

In 2020 I began a new chapter in my writing career and today I’m excited to say, it’s publication Day!

After a year of being on a massive learning curve, my first self-published title, under the banner of Fabrian Books, is out today.

The Greek’s Outrageous Marriage Deal is the story of Kostas and Athena’s journey back...

Writing requires discipline, commitment, energy, and above all, self-belief. So how do you manage to keep all those elements positive, which in turn will keep you moving forward with your writing?

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Today my husband and I are celebrating twenty-seven years of marriage. As confetti was thrown at me after our wedding in the local chapel, it was definitely my happy ever after moment.

But the story continues...

Which got me thinking, how would life be for the characters of my stories twenty-seven years on?

So, I delved back into one of my...

About thirteen years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Liz Fielding when she attended an afternoon at my local writing group to talk about writing romance. I’d known since I was nine years old, that I wanted to write and the discovery of Mills and Boon in my local library when I was a teenager made sure that whatever I wrote would be...

It's another New Year's Eve and it is as much a time of reflection, as one of excitement and looking forward. Only this year, it's a chance to look back over a decade and welcome another. A whole new set of pages! As 2009 clicked over to 2010, I was still dreaming of becoming a published author and had just embarked on a road of discovery that took...

Creating Characters You and Your Readers Will Love This post is later than I had anticipated because I was buried deep in revisions on my latest book. Actually, I was buried deep in rewrites because my characters didn’t leap off the page. The didn’t bring their story to life. The reason why. I couldn’t envisage them as real...

Welcome to my brand new monthly post From Rachael's Desk! This month it's all about what to do once you've written your first draft. Congratulations! You’ve written a book and added those magical words ‘the end’ and that achievement alone deserves celebration. Whether you have just taken part in NaNoWriMo or have been writing for...

This time two weeks ago I was walking - make that slipping and sliding down the Great Wall of China for the final time. And at the end of it we were all presented with a medal. The whole week was amazing from start to finish. My fellow trekkers were brilliant and we had such fun getting to know one another as we took on the Great Wall. The trek was...

One of the fun things about being a Harlequin Mills and Boon author is all the translated copies of my books that are available and seeing the variations of the covers always makes me smile. Here are some to them. These are my latest deliveries of author copies. These Manga copies of A Deal Before the Altar are just fabulous! Rachaelxx...

One of the fun things about being a Harlequin Mills and Boon author is all the translated copies of my books that are available and seeing the variations of the covers always makes me smile. Here are some to them. These are my latest deliveries of author copies. These Manga copies of A Deal Before the Altar are just fabulous! Rachaelxx...