Writing tips

Mills & Boon Romance Writing Masterclass

We are generally prone to excitement here at Paradise Heights, but we are extra enthused about something we’ve been developing for a while. We are delighted to announce that in January 2015, we will be hosting our first ever Mills & Boon Romance Writing Masterclass here at Paradise Heights in Richmond. Read More

So You Think You Can Write Contest 2014

Are you ready to write for the world’s leading publisher of romance fiction? SO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE IS ALMOST HERE! SO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE?! Here’s your chance to find out!! SYTYCW is a Harlequin/Mills & Boon GLOBAL writing… Read More

Historical Heroes Winner Tora Williams

After weeks of writing, plotting an planning, one author was chosen as tournament champion in our Historical Heroes writing competition. Our very worthy winner is Tora Williams who’s entry ‘The Welsh King’s Spy’ won the public vote.  … Read More

3 Steps to Romance Writing Success

Three of the Harlequin UK Editorial Acquistion team – Sheila, Charlotte and Nic – left Paradise Heights to venture to the headquarters of WHSmith in Swindon to give a Romance writing Masterclass. This is what happened… (report by Nic)   This was a slightly unusual gig for us,… Read More

#HistoricalHeroes Writing Tournament: What do our editors look for?

It’s Week 3 of our #HistoricalHeroes contest and here at Paradise Heights the Historical editors have been introduced to more hunky historical heroes than they could ever have imagined! And after reading the hottest Regency/Victorian and Medieval/Tudor heroes around, it’s time for those Warrior Heroes to get their swords out… Read More

Who are the best #HistoricalHeroes of all time?

With our #HistoricalHeroes contest well under way, here at Paradise Heights we thought the beginning of Week 2 was the perfect opportunity to chat Historical Hunks, and what it is about men from the past that get our pulse racing (I know, right, any excuse to chat… Read More

#HistoricalHeroes Top 10 Tips

It’s finally here, everyone! Our #HistoricalHeroes are armoured up, their swords are at the ready and they are set for battle! Our email address, Historical.Heroes@hqnuk.co.uk is now live and all this week we will be accepting submissions for the hottest Regency/Victorian heroes around!… Read More

#Historical Heroes Writing Competition

Calling all writers and lovers of historical romance! Look out for news of a very exciting writing competition we are running soon. We will be posting the details of our #HistoricalHeroes writing tournament on Mills and Boon Socialise, Facebook, Google + and Twitter… Read More

#TemptedToWrite – The winning story

Thank you to everyone that entered #TemptedToWrite, it was a fabulous competition with a very high standard of entry! The judges, Heidi Rice, Charlotte Phillips and Joss Wood, definitely had a tough time deciding who was the winner, but after long deliberation, they decided it was Kara… Read More

Modern Tempted – In your words…

Recently we asked you on Twitter and Facebook to describe Modern Tempted in 3 words.  Here is what you had to say… Thank you to everyone that entered! If you’d like to read more from our passionate, sexy and fun… Read More

#TemptedToWrite: My Top 10 Tips

So with submissions officially open for #TemptedToWrite, we thought we’d pick the brains of Modern Tempted editor (and competition judge!) Flo Nicoll! We asked Flo for her best advice when writing your #TemptedToWrite short story. Here’s what she said: 1 Start with a bang, not a whimper! Throw… Read More

Are you #TemptedToWrite?

Welcome to our Modern Tempted writing competition, #TemptedToWrite. 10 questions. 10,000 words. 1 winner. We will be asking daily questions for ten days on our #TemptedToWrite Facebook app, designed to get people thinking about their characters, conflicts and plot. Each day, we will choose our favourite answer,… Read More