Archive for September, 2008

by Sandra Marton, author of The Sheikh’s Defiant Bride
Harlequin Presents makes a promise to readers and it’s a BIG promise!
Presents says it will deliver the very best romantic fiction in the world. Okay, I’m biased… but I believe it does. Our books can transport a woman from the pressures of her daily life to a [...]

More News from the Web

Posted by Amy

by Amy Wilkins, Digital Production Coordinator

The Pink Heart Society’s birthday celebrations are coming to a close — but they have some goodies left to win
Congratulations to Ally Blake, whose first Harlequin Presents book The Magnate’s Indecent Propsal, was released in North America this month!
Kate Hardy got a great review for Hotly Bedded, Conveniently [...]

A Little Western Interlude

Posted by Amy

Here’s a little note from Harlequin Historical authors Kate Bridges, Pam Crooks, Stacey Kayne, Elizabeth Lane, Charlene Sands and Cheryl St. John, and their blogging friends. Who doesn’t like to hear about free stuff?
Petticoats and Pistols is romancing the west! Ten western romance writers create enthusiasm for the western genre with bits of [...]

by Kimberly Lang
As a new author, it’s a bit daunting to follow up such amazing posts by the other Modern Heat authors. But these wonderful, informative posts are just examples of how really, really, cool it is to be part of this line. In the future when I’m asked, “What excites you about writing [...]

Harlequin author Alison Kent read Lynn Raye Harris’s post about revising and has written her own post about the process at her blog.
And while we’re talking about editing, don’t forget that our Meet the Editors podcast recently featured the Harlequin Presents editors talking about the line (use the drop down menu at the bottom of [...]

Learning to Love Revision

Posted by Amy

By Lynn Raye Harris, Instant Seduction Contest Winner
It’s hard to believe that almost 6 months have gone by since the Instant Seduction contest! Now the lovely editorial team has a new set of entries to read as they search for the winner of the Modern Heat: Feel the Heat contest. Writers are waiting [...]

by Joanne Carr, editor
This morning, the editors here in Richmond gathered together to start the first round of judging for the Feel the Heat Writing Competition. We received 150 entries in total, which considering the short deadline and the fact we limited it to one entry per person, was just brilliant! We had great fun [...]

by Amy Wilkins, Digital Production Coordinator
eHarlequin has launched its own Twitter account!
Twitter is a micro-blogging site — think of a blog consisting of short, text-message length (only 140 characters per post). Updates are quick and spontaneous, so you’ll get all the up-to-date scoop about what’s new on the eHarlequin homepage, Community, and the Harlequin [...]

by Jenny Bullough, Harlequin Digital Content Team
Thanks to everyone who made it into Second Life on Sunday, Sept. 14th to attend Harlequin Presents’ International Ball! The event was a great success, well attended and tons of fun – people danced the night away to live-streaming music via their dressed-to-the-nines avatars on Harlequin’s Island (see screenshots), [...]

Book Blogger Appreciation Week!

Posted by Amy

by Amy Wilkins, Digital Production Coordinator

Blog My Friend Amy has named September 15-19 Book Blogger Appreciation week, a time to celebrate the reviewers, publishers, writers, and readers who love to read and blog about books!
To show our blog appreciation, I Heart Presents is giving a shout-out to some of our favorite book blogs:
Dear Author – [...]