If you’re interested in submitting to Harlequin as part of our #RomanceIncludesYou initiative, one of the first questions you might be asking yourself is…which romance series is my voice right for? We publish twelve different series, with 4-8 books per month within each individual series. To help you make that all-important decision, below is a…
If you’re interested in submitting to Harlequin as part of our #RomanceIncludesYou initiative, one of the first questions you might be asking yourself is…which romance series is my voice right for? We publish twelve different series, with 4-8 books per month within each individual series. Yesterday, we gave you a snapshot of six of our…
Harlequin/Mills & Boon is the home of romance, and no matter your background or community, we want to read your love stories! If you’re a writer from a community you feel is under-represented when you browse the bookshelves for romance, and think you could write for us, we want to hear from you. We’re…
By Katie Gowrie It’s officially summer! And we at SYTYCW are more than happy to invite the warm-weather season back into our lives. With long weekends and sunny months ahead, many of us are gearing up to go on vacation. This is the perfect time of year to reach for that romance that seems written…
You might have seen Connolly’s name on the SYTYCW blog before since she is one of our contributors. Today, we are asking her a few questions so that you can get to know her a little better. How did you get started at Harlequin? Did you always know you wanted to be an editor? As…
This week at So You Think You Can Write we’ve been talking about how to include exposition and backstory in your book without bringing the story to a shuddering halt. But how much backstory and explanation are needed, anyway? Withholding information is an effective way to create tension – for the characters and the reader.…
We’re thrilled to have Harlequin Intrigue author Lena Diaz joining us. Read on as she gives us the scoop on her writing process and her advice for aspiring authors! How did you get into writing? I blame my husband. He knew I enjoyed creative writing and that I toyed with the idea of writing a…
by Deirdre McCluskey, Administrative Coordinator, Harlequin Series Romance readers, writers and editors have been talking a lot lately about power dynamics in romance fiction in the age of #MeToo. Authors want to create a world of fantasy and escape, while depicting romantic relationships that are healthy, equitable and aspirational. In a recent article in the…
If you need some inspiration for where you set your book, take a visual tour of some of the most beautiful places in the world via film. No passports needed! Under the Tuscan Sun (Italy) How Stella Got Her Groove Back… (Jamaica) Eat Pray Love (Italy, India, Bali) P.S. I Love You (Ireland) The Big…
Details are an essential part of any story, whether they’re used to tell us something about a character, build a vivid world or simply to tell us where we are, when, and with whom. Without description, every romance novel would just be a few hundred pages of talking blobs in a plain room. To put…