Blog

Latest Posts

Category:

From Alpha Hero to HEA: A Harlequin Romance Glossary

  We all know the romance genre has conventions and guidelines that set it apart from other types of stories. […]

Posted on: September 16, 2015
Category:

The Black Moment: How to raise the romantic stakes before the HEA

By Patience Bloom, Senior Editor, Harlequin Romantic Suspense What is a black moment? In a romance novel, the black moment […]

Posted on: September 16, 2015
Category:

Plot Points: How to outline your novel with Tawny Weber and Jennifer Faye

Writing a novel is a big undertaking. Where do you even start? We asked two Harlequin authors to share their […]

Posted on: September 16, 2015
Category:

Today’s Challenge: The First Meeting

Today’s Challenge: The Meet It’s the moment most readers wait for (well, one of the moments): when the hero and […]

Posted on: September 16, 2015
Category:

Today’s Challenge Results: First Page feedback

Results of our First Page Challenge are in! Our team of editors randomly selected five of your first pages. Here […]

Posted on: September 15, 2015
Category:

Sex on the Page: How to keep the romance in your sex scenes

By Laura Barth, Associate Editor, Harlequin Blaze and American Romance Do you like the steamy bits best? Sex is an […]

Posted on: September 15, 2015
Category:

Romantic Endings: Happy For Now or Happily Ever After?

By Karen Reid, Associate Editor, Harlequin Superromance We all want a happy ending in a romance story—or as I prefer […]

Posted on: September 14, 2015
Category:

Keeping Pace: Plot your romance with excitement and tension

By Rachel Burkot, Associate Editor, Harlequin Kimani Spanx—and pacing—can fix a saggy middle! If you were setting up a bookshelf […]

Posted on: September 14, 2015
Category:

Today’s Challenge: The First Page

Are you up for the challenge? From a great opening line to an intriguing character, snappy dialogue to an enticing […]

Posted on: September 14, 2015
Category:

Welcome to So You Think You Can Write!

By Birgit Davis-Todd, Senior Executive Editor, Series Once again Harlequin and Mills & Boon are searching globally to find new authors […]

Posted on: September 14, 2015