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Advice from the Archives: How to Write an Alpha Heroine

In today’s archive, we bring you a post originally published during Dare Week in 2018 to introduce Harlequin Dare. This […]

Posted on: July 9, 2020
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Advice from the Archives: 50 Shades of an Active Heroine

By Carly Silver Today we bring you a post from our Archives written by Carly Silver, Associate Editor of Harlequin […]

Posted on: July 7, 2020
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Advice from the Archives: Romance 101 – Writer’s Block

On Tuesday, we posted an Advice from the Archives about writer’s block from Historical author Nicole Locke. In keeping with […]

Posted on: July 2, 2020
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From the Archives: Pancakes and Writer’s Block

In this post from 2017, Harlequin Historical author Nicole Locke admits writer’s block is like taming wild animals and making […]

Posted on: June 30, 2020
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Writing Challenge: Cliché Away!

by Evan Yeong Just yesterday we dug into our archives and reposted a fantastic piece about romance plot clichés that we’ve […]

Posted on: June 26, 2020
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Harlequin Refresh: Romance plot clichés

(We loved this post so much, we’re re-posting from our archives. Enjoy!) Harlequin editors read a lot of romance books. […]

Posted on: June 25, 2020
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Let’s Talk about Plot

We wanted to talk a little about plot and found this useful blog post from one of our past contributors. […]

Posted on: June 23, 2020
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Harlequin Welcomes More Submissions from Black Authors

The romance writing and reading community includes people of all backgrounds, communities and cultures who share an enjoyment of stories […]

Posted on: June 17, 2020
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Getting the Call: Meet New Harlequin Presents Author, Kali Anthony

That elusive thing, ‘the call’ takes a kind of mythical status in the minds of a writer. Hopes for it, […]

Posted on: June 16, 2020
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Writing Challenge: When You’ve Scene It All

by Evan Yeong First off, apologies to everyone who’s been wondering when the next Writing Challenge would be coming along. […]

Posted on: June 12, 2020