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Today’s Challenge: Write Your Pitch

If you had to hook an editor in 100 words, how would you do it? Remember that editors have heard […]

Posted on: September 18, 2015
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The Pitch, Query and Synopsis: A Primer

By Susan Litman, Editor, Harlequin Special Edition Congratulations! You’ve finished your new manuscript. Now you’re getting ready to enter So […]

Posted on: September 17, 2015
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Born to be Bad: Horrible bosses, evil exes, and other romance villains

By Adrienne Macintosh, Editor, Harlequin Blaze and American Romance   What type of Harlequin villain are you? Take our quiz […]

Posted on: September 17, 2015
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A Family Romance: Babies, children and other supporting players

By Julia Williams, Editor, Medical Romance Babies, children and family – what have they got to do with romance? Well, […]

Posted on: September 17, 2015
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Today’s Challenge Results: First Meeting Feedback

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

Posted on: September 16, 2015
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Say it with Style: How to write great dialogue

By Rhonda Helms, Carina Editor We’re all aware that dialogue is a vital part of a story. We get to […]

Posted on: September 16, 2015
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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
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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
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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
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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