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Advice from the Archives: What Are the Best Ingredients for a Fresh Story?

Today’s post is a 2016 gem from our Archives! Special Edition Editor Susan Litman walks us through the key elements […]

Posted on: October 23, 2019
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What We’re Reading

Autumn is in full swing for the SYTYCW team, and we’re agreed that this is a wonderful time of year […]

Posted on: October 21, 2019
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A Romance Includes You Update

Update: RIY Mentorship Submission Window Closes Thank you to all aspiring romance writers who made a submission to the Romance […]

Posted on: October 17, 2019
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Final Call for the Romance Includes You Mentorship!

This is the final day to send in your submission to the Romance Includes You Mentorship! We’ll be accepting submissions […]

Posted on: October 15, 2019
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Advice from the Archives—Character 101: Building Complex, Interesting, Memorable Characters

Today we bring you a post from our archives! At the heart of a great romance are characters we can […]

Posted on: October 11, 2019
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A #RomanceIncludesYou Mentorship Checklist

The Romance Includes You Mentorship is open for submissions until October 15th. If you’re an aspiring romance author from a […]

Posted on: October 9, 2019
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Writing a Dare Alpha Hero

Today we present to you a post from our Archives. Read on as associate editor Dana Grimaldi breaks down the […]

Posted on: October 3, 2019
Harlequin Dare Author Jamie K. Schmidt
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Getting the Call: Meet Jamie K. Schmidt!

This week we are thrilled to introduce Harlequin DARE‘s newest author, Jamie K. Schmidt. Read on to learn about her […]

Posted on: October 1, 2019
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A Day at the Northern Hearts Conference

By Katie Gowrie Last weekend the second annual Northern Hearts conference was held by the Toronto Romance Writers, and it […]

Posted on: September 27, 2019
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The Dare Editors’ Three Wishes for Submissions

This week we imagined that a magic lamp showed up in the mail room addressed to DARE editorial. After being […]

Posted on: September 25, 2019