Longtime critique partners USA TODAY bestselling author Cathy Mann and Joanne Rock met up at the RWA national conference in Denver to discuss how the arrangement has worked for them, particularly as their Desire stories have evolved with more complex subplots. Check out this adorable video!
Category: Archive
Advice from the Archives: Creating Backstory
Today’s Advice from the Archives post, for Harlequin editor Grace Thiele, who offers tips on working backstory into your romance without the dreaded “Info-dump!” Harlequin editors are used to working out the use of backstory with authors. What they want is exciting on-page interaction between the hero and heroine and for that excitement to be focused…
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#RomanceIncludesYou: Submit to Harlequin!
Harlequin is the home of romance, and no matter your background or community, we want to hear 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. Whether you write an…
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#RomanceIncludesYou: Finding your romance voice
This post was previously published in a different version on So You Think You Can Write. We’re republishing here as part of our #RomanceIncludesYou initiative to introduce new authors to writing for Harlequin. Read on for tips from Senior Editor Patience Bloom on the sometimes elusive concept of “voice” in writing. A writer’s voice is…
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Make a Date with Desire: Writing the Desire Hero, Then and Now
USA TODAY bestselling author Katherine Garbera wrote her first book for Desire in 1997. More than twenty years later, she talks about how her heroes have evolved up until this month’s Craving His Best Friend’s Ex. In her own words… My first book came out in 1997 and the world has definitely changed since then.…
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Five Tips for Effortless Exposition
To get everyone motivated for our #RomanceIncludesYou writing blitz, we’re bringing this wonderful post by Katie Gowrie from our Advice from the Archives… For any writer, exposition is an important aspect of what makes up their story. To be specific, exposition is simply the facts. All those details about setting, characterization and the situation. This…
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Make a Date with Desire: Meet August Desire debut author Kimberley Troutte
SYTYCW caught up with the New York Times bestselling author as her first Desire, Forbidden Lovers, hits the bookshelves… SYTYCW: You’ve written for other publishers besides Desire. What was the road to getting your first book published? Kimberley Troutte: I’m not an overnight success. I worked on my first novel for twenty years because I was…
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Make a Date with Desire: Desire editor roundtable
Turns out, you can judge a book by its cover. In August, Harlequin Desire has a new cover look, and the stories are getting bolder, too. SYTYCW will be checking in with Desire all month, starting today with a Desire editor roundtable. Watch our video introduction, and read the full transcript of the discussion that…
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Finding Your Tribe
by Harlequin Heartwarming author Anna J. Stewart Today we’re happy to host Harlequin Heartwarming author Anna J. Stewart on the blog! I’m thrilled to be here with you all on the So You Think You Can Write blog! This is one of my favorite places to visit so thank you for having me back. I’ve…
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Getting the Call: Meet Traci Douglass!
We are so delighted to introduce Traci Douglass, new author for Harlequin Medical Romance. Join me in welcoming her to the Harlequin family! Here is her Call story, in her own words… I’m so thrilled and excited to join the wonderful team of authors for the Medicals line. My Call Story has been a while…