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Harlequin at the 2024 Festival of Literary Diversity

Harlequin is proud to support The Festival of Literary Diversity, Canada’s leading festival for diverse voices and storytellers. Running April […]

Posted on: April 19, 2024
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Understanding A Villain’s Motivation (and How to Write It)

Of course, your heroes and heroines have clear goals and motivations that resonate with readers. But what about your villains? […]

Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Romance Includes You Mentorship: In Conversation with Author Emma-Claire Sunday and Editor Hannah Rossiter

In May of last year, we announced that Emma-Claire Sunday was the recipient of the 2023 Romance Includes You mentorship […]

Posted on: April 11, 2024
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A Romance Glossary Deep Dive: The Synopsis

Synopsis “An outline or summary of the story, including plot and character development, from the beginning to the end. Most […]

Posted on: April 8, 2024
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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Why is Romance Important?

As we come to the end of Women’s History Month, we’re thinking about the incredible female authors who have created […]

Posted on: March 28, 2024
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Character Essence: Why It Matters to the Story

“A romance driven by your leading characters is key to keeping your plot from becoming episodic. To put it simply, […]

Posted on: March 26, 2024
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Staying within Series Parameters without Losing the Creative Spark

There are three main components in the recipe for a perfect Harlequin romance: establishing the characters’ motivations from the beginning, […]

Posted on: March 20, 2024
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A Romance Glossary Deep Dive: Query Letters

Query Letter “A letter accompanying a manuscript submission to a publisher. The query (or cover) letter should showcase the book […]

Posted on: March 18, 2024
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Goal, Motivation, Conflict: The Key to Character Development

This post has been updated from its previously published version. In one of our recent Roadmap to Writing Romance posts, […]

Posted on: March 14, 2024
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I Got the Call! Meet Harlequin Medical Romance Author Kate MacGuire

Kate MacGuire has loved writing since forever which led to a career in journalism and public relations. Her short fiction […]

Posted on: March 11, 2024