By Diane Gaston When I wrote my first Harlequin Historical, The Mysterious Miss M, I was merely trying to write a story an editor would buy and readers would love. I didn’t realize I was creating a niche for myself. On the back cover of The Mysterious Miss were the words: The Regency Underworld—sex, scandal, [...]

It has been something of a hellish few weeks. As in no net connection, YAY net, no net, YAY, Boo…. for about three days…. with the silly, silly, silly expectation of me getting it fixed. On that note anyone know of a good class to take on learning about wireless connections?

A Message from the Harlequin Mills & Boon ® Historical Team about how to submit and what they look for…

We will have some of the Harlequin Historical Editors dropping in today. If you have questions for them, ask away. I am not sure about the timezone thing (it always confuses me) so it is possible they take questions later. But to start us out and just in case you haven’t read them before… Writing [...]

By Victoria Bylin What makes a good love scene? Better yet, what makes a great love scene? That might be an odd question from a writer who’s moved from mainstream westerns to inspirational, but I think about it a lot. I especially considered love scenes when I was working on “The Christmas Dove,” my contribution [...]

We have a bit of a tease for you today as part of our on-going Harlequin Historical extravaganza! An anthology I am already hotly anticipating, The Magic Of Christmas by Carolyn Davidson, Victoria Bylin and Cheryl St. John is due to hit stores in October 2008. We’ve already brought you an excerpt of Cheryl’s story, [...]

by Kathryn Albright Thank you Sybil for having me on TGTBTU spotlight. I love to talk writing and especially about historicals so this is a treat. My next book, The Rebel and the Lady, takes place during Texas’ fight for freedom from Mexico. What is it about times of war that lend itself to storytelling? [...]

This just makes me sqqquueee so much because I don’t think I have ever seen a Texas Revolution setting in anything other than James Michener’s Texas and those wonderful books I had to read for Texas History in college. Yes, I had to take Texas History in college, to be a history teacher in Texas, [...]

by Cheryl St.John Sometimes when I’m invited to write a novella, I pull out my binder of story ideas that haven’t come together and plots that didn’t pan out for a novel-length book. I select something that sounds fun and then I work in the theme. When I was invited to be in this Christmas [...]

The Magic of Christmas (Anthology) by Carolyn Davidson, Victoria Bylin, and Cheryl St.John, coming October 2008. It is shaping up to be a not fun day… I know excuses excuses… here is something to read while you wait *g* The excerpt was first posted May 10, 2008. And most likely the guest post will go [...]

I just finished, as in closed the book about 15 minutes ago, Bedded by Her Lord by Denise Lynn. It was fabulous. And I was all excited thinking maybe William of Bronwyn’s story was the novella. Hey, I read the guest post a while back… needless to say this isn’t William’s tale instead it is…

by Denise Lynn Usually, when I’m writing a story I’m in love with the hero. However, in Falcon’s Heart (January 2007 HH release) I fell in love with a secondary character—Jared, the Dragon of Warehaven. To my shame, I was committing adultery. It wasn’t meant to happen, it just did. Then, to make matters worse, [...]

Hallowe’en Husbands by Denise Lynn, Christine Merrill, and Lisa Plumley October 2008 Marriage at Morrow Creek by Lisa Plumley During an unexpected stopover in Morrow Creek, Arizona Territory, sassy medicine show assistant Rose Tillson decides to indulge her longtime infatuation with her driver, Will Gavigan, unaware that the rugged bagman plans to pair her up [...]

by Carol Townend His Captive Lady was not a book I planned to write. I was about to start writing another novel (my current work in progress) when out of the blue the hero of His Captive Lady barged into my mind. Wulf told me in no uncertain terms that his story had to be [...]

by Jenna Kernan Writing romance is such a glamorous business. I thought I’d give my fans a little vignette of how alluring my life can be.