Archive for July, 2009
What a conference! Editor Joanne Grant on RWA
16 Comments July 31st, 2009 in editor, romance writer conference Posted by Amyby editor Joanne Grant
All of the UK editors who attended this year’s RWA conference in Washington D.C. are now back in the office, and wow, what a conference!
It is always great for editors to get a chance to meet with authors face-to-face, to chat about work, but also to have some light-hearted banter. And [...]
Series Spotlight: Author Sabrina Philips on her favourite Part of Reading a Harlequin Presents
7 Comments July 29th, 2009 in author, sheikh, writing Posted by Amyby Sabrina Philips, author of The Desert King’s Bejewelled Bride (Harlequin Presents Extra, August 2009)
Since I devoured my first Harlequin Presents about twelve years ago, the way I approach reading them has undoubtedly changed. It began, as it does for many teenage girls, as a secret pleasure — hiding them behind my school textbooks, losing [...]
Series Spotlight: Author Kimberly Lang on Being a Harlequin Presents Newbie
6 Comments July 27th, 2009 in 60th anniversary, author Posted by AmyAuthor Kimberly Lang made her Harlequin Presents/Mills & Boon Modern Heat debut earlier this year with The Secret Mistress Arrangement (Harlequin Presents, April 2009). Kimberly joins our series spotlight celebrations with this post about being a newbie Presents author:
by Kimberly Lang
Um, wow. According to Tessa’s post about the history of the line, I’m the same [...]
Tina Duncan: “You don’t have to win the competition to get published.”
28 Comments July 24th, 2009 in author, writing contest Posted by AmyIn 2007, Tina Duncan entered the Instant Seduction writing competition…but didn’t win. Little did she know, it was still the first step in becoming a published Mills & Boon author! Tina’s here to tell us about how it happened…
by Tina Duncan
When I read about the Instant Seduction competition on the I Heart Presents site back [...]
Series Spotlight: Becoming a Presents Author by Annie West
27 Comments July 22nd, 2009 in 60th anniversary, author Posted by AmyAuthor Annie West tells us about her path to becoming a Harlequin Presents writer in honor of the Presents series spotlight for Harlequin’s 60th anniversary…
by Annie West, author of The Savakis Mistress (out in August in the UK)
My parents played a huge part in me becoming a Presents author. Some of my earliest memories are [...]
Backlist Presents eBooks by Penny Jordan, Sandra Marton & Sharon Kendrick Now on Sale!
6 Comments July 21st, 2009 in 60th anniversary, eBooks Posted by Amyby Amy Wilkins, Harlequin Digital
eBook readers love two things: Harlequin Presents, and the possibility of getting backlist eBooks that have gone out of print. So that’s why I’m happy to bring you some news from Harlequin’s eBook program….
To tie in with the July series spotlight on Harlequin Presents, we have released a slew of backlist [...]
Author Kate Hewitt on the Tormented Hero
4 Comments July 20th, 2009 in author, heroes, miniseries, sheikh Posted by Amyby Kate Hewitt, author of The Sheikh’s Love-Child (on sale now in North America from Harlequin Presents and Modern Romance in the UK) and The Sheikh’s Forbidden Virgin (available end of July/August in the UK and in October in North America)
I wrote a few weeks ago about my hero, Khaled, in my International Billionaires’ book, [...]
Natalie Anderson on Harlequin’s 60 Years of New Zealand Romance
17 Comments July 17th, 2009 in 60th anniversary, author Posted by Amyby Natalie Anderson, author of Pleasured by the Secret Millionaire (Harlequin Presents, June 2009) and Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress (coming January 2010)
What an honour and thrill it is to be helping celebrate 60 wonderful years of Harlequin romance — in particular the Presents series!
Like many of you out there I started reading Harlequin/Mills & Boon [...]
Selections from the Harlequin Art Exhibit Now Online & Other Fun Stuff
0 Comments July 16th, 2009 in 60th anniversary, community, on the web, writing, writing contest Posted by Amyby Amy Wilkins, Harlequin’s Digital Production Coordinator & Blogger
To celebrate our 60th Anniversary, Harlequin sponsored an exhibition of original cover art at the Open House Gallery in New York City. Spanning 60 years of Harlequin novels, these original covers offer a look into how women’s lives — and desires — have changed through the decades. [...]
Tagged with: eHarlequin Community Bingo • Harlequin Presents series spotlight • Harlequin's 60th Anniversary • romance writing tips conflict“Feel the Heat” Contest Winner Lucy King: Extracts from my Diary (Had I Kept One)
9 Comments July 15th, 2009 in author, writing contest Posted by AmyOn Oct 1, 2008 Lucy King was announced as the winner of the Mills & Boon FEEL THE HEAT writing contest. And in October 2009, her first book BOUGHT: DAMSEL IN DISTRESS will hit the shelves in the UK, and in North America January 2010!
Lucy’s here to blog about her experiences as a writing [...]


