by the Harlequin Presents Editors
New Year’s Resolutions, 2008:
1. Lose weight…
2. Rationalize shoe closet…
3. *Enter the Harlequin Presents First Chapter and Synopsis Competition – and win an editor for the year!*
Submissions welcome at instantseduction@hmb.co.uk from 12.00 AM, 1st January, 2008 – have you sent yours?
Wishing you compliments of the season
The Editors at Harlequin Presents

by Malle, Digital Team Member
 

 
Harlequin Presents author Sandra Marton’s novel, The Spanish Prince’s Virgin Bride, has been awarded “Year’s Best Series Romance” from Romance: B(u)y the Book at LifetimeTV.com.!  You may view the full 2007 “Year’s Best” Romance Novels feature here.
Michelle Buonfiglio said, “I very seriously considered hundreds of submissions this year, and featured less [...]

by the Editors at Harlequin Presents
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS…
On the first day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
the boss’s secret baby.
On the second day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Two hired wives,
And the boss’s secret baby.
On the third day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Three French men,
Two hired wives,
And the boss’s [...]

by Natalie Anderson, author of All Night with the Boss
Handy Tips on how to motivate yourself and enter the Instant Seduction Writing Competititon! 
Ok, so you’ve heard about this writing competition then? You’re up for the chance of working with a London editor for a year?!
Fantastic!
Only what have we got coming up – Christmas? Hanukkah?? New [...]

by Malle, Digital Team Member
We came across a great blog post from Scribbles, in response to a recent Guardian Article on Mills & Boon.  Scroll down to the Dec 5 post titled Mills & Boon Knows Sex.
The Guardian article covered the pros and cons of M&B, but I think the blogger really delved into the appeal of fantasy [...]

by Suzanne Clarke and  Jenny Hutton, Mills & Boon Editors

The Harlequin Presents Writing Competition is asking for the 1st chapter and synopsis of a novel aimed at Harlequin Presents. Editors Suzanne Clark and Jenny Hutton share what they are looking for in a synopsis.
Let’s start with the basics: what is a synopsis? It’s the story in [...]

by Lucy Monroe, author of The Rancher’s Rules
Believe it, or not, my passion for travel was spawned by reading Harlequin Presents novels at an impressionable age.  My oldest sister (the one who got me started reading them – quite unknowingly) and I have discussed this since becoming adults and we both agree that the wonderfully [...]

by Tessa Shapcott, Executive Editor
 
Generating Emotional Conflict
 
Emotional conflict is the key to writing a Harlequin Presents novel.  Ultimately, the characters, their romance and indeed the plot are all driven by it.  To understand it better, let’s ask a few questions and get some answers. 
Why does a Presents novel need emotional conflict?
Really, you can’t have a [...]

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