Whether it’s a nail-biting thriller, a faith-filled suspenseful romance, or a passionate love story during a crisis, we are looking for suspenseful books from underrepresented authors to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
The romance writing and reading community includes people of all backgrounds, communities and cultures who share an enjoyment of stories that celebrate love and happiness. Harlequin is committed to bringing readers a wide range of stories that reflect our diverse society.
This is an opportunity to showcase your story for one of the three Harlequin lines and get some helpful feedback from Harlequin editors in addition to consideration of your manuscript — and maybe even become our newest author!
#SuspenseIncludesYou Twitter Pitch–everything you need to know:
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 from 8am ET to 6pm ET, Harlequin Intrigue, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, and Love Inspired Suspense editors will be monitoring the #SuspenseIncludesYou hashtag on Twitter for book pitches from own voices authors.
Add a hashtag for #HarlequinIntrigue #HarlequinRomanticSuspense or #LoveInspiredSuspense to let us know which Harlequin suspense series you are targeting.
If one of our editors gives your pitch a “like” please send your first chapter and story synopsis to Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Love Inspired Suspense, and Harlequin Intrigue for review as requested by the editor and submit it at Harlequin.Submittable.com. Also, include “Suspense Includes You” in the subject line.
Make sure your submission is long enough. One chapter should be about 3000-5000 words.
All submissions will be read and responded to within 60 days.
If we love your submission, we’ll invite you to submit a full manuscript for consideration for one of our suspenseful romance lines. You’ll find the writing guidelines and word counts for Harlequin’s suspense series here.
This Twitter pitch even is specifically looking for underrepresented voices who love to write romantic suspense and inspirational romantic suspense. We welcome submissions from all authors at any time to Harlequin Intrigue, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, and Love Inspired Suspense via Submittable.
3 replies on “Announcing #SuspenseIncludesYou Twitter Pitch Day on Sept. 23, 2020”
When do you accept submissions for mills and boon s modern
What does “own voices” mean?
Are older (middle-aged; 40s-50s) main characters included in “underrepresented?”
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I spent the entire shutdown working. Had no time to wind down. I didn’t see my son much when school shutdown. My one co worker was told to stay home for 3 weeks so I picked up her hours. This year has been really crappy.
Ugh, Janell. Here’s hoping the rest of your summer is better.
Thanks for the info, Carol! Everyone is different in how they deal with the shutdown! I stay at home all the time since I don’t work so I haven’t been too effected but my shopping and errands sure have been effected!
Valri, I’ve been doing most of my shopping online. My local Target is still low on some items – mostly cleaning supplies. Grocery store is pretty much back to normal. Most of the dining in our town is outdoor. I can’t imagine have school-age kids!
Wow–getting your creative process on track must have been daunting–especially with “extra-large dog” glad to have you home. You don’t like coffee–I love coffee and have enjoyed my fortifying 2 cups in the morning even more than usual! How as COVID affected your story lines and characterizations? Best Wishes for all releases!
Interesting question, Virginia. You’ll have to tell me if the tone of my “COVID” books changed any! LOL
Life has changed so much! My dad passed Feb 2. The assisted living facility my folks were at went into hardcore lockdown the beginning of March. Mom couldn’t leave her apartment for 4 months! She was on the third floor, Will be 89 in two months & doesn’t use the phone. My husband and I remodeled the lower level completely and moved her in with us July 1. What a life change and difficult transition for the 3 of us! But we’re working thru it!