I know you’ll all be very sad to hear that my first attempt at writing a Mills & Boon novel was rejected. I know. It’s devastating. My eyelashes are matted with hot tears and my pale cheeks flushed pink under the weight of my emotion. I feel as though my very soul is torn in…
As you know, lovely readers, I have been attempting to write (and generally musing on) Mills & Boon for some time now. I kicked off my blog series with a snide look at why I was absolutely, definitely capable of penning such an opus (here), followed by sarky deconstructions of the plot (here), characters (here),…
It’s been a while since I last updated you on my Mills & Boon project/plight. I could tell you I’ve been squirrelled away penning the great opus but that would be a lie. Having said that, I did submit a manuscript to Harlequin, oh yes. I entered their fast track submissions and pitched a story…
Guess what… I’ve written a chapter. A WHOLE chapter. I know. What happens? Well, nothing, obviously. There are no actual plots in Mills & Boon. Basically how it works is this: It starts with a woman who meets a man. So far, so good. Of course, she initially hates him and thinks he hates her…
Francesca Da Rimini 