(Left to right: Emily Rodmell, Elizabeth Mazer and Shana Smith)
So tell us your exciting news!
The editors of the three Love
Inspired lines (Love Inspired, Love Inspired Suspense and Love Inspired
Historical) are looking for new writers for the lines. And we’re hosting a
speed dating pitch session where you can tell us your idea in under 100 words
and get instant feedback. The pitch is called Happily Editor After and will
take place on May 8 at 1 p.m. in the Harlequin.com chat rooms. It’s a chance to
skip the slush pile and pick the editor that you think will love your
manuscript based on our online profiles. Last year we did a similar pitch, and
offered contracts to 9 new authors as a result.
What
does this mean for new authors?
It’s an opportunity to get your
idea in front of an editor and get instant feedback that possibly could lead to
a book contract. If you sign up now, you have three months to start a
story that will wow us. Or you can pitch a story that you already have. We’re
especially eager to see romantic suspense books.
Describe
Love Inspired books in a nutshell:
Love Inspired books are sweet
romance novels (and romantic suspense and historical) that offer sweeping love
stories. We want heroines readers can relate to and heroes that they dream of.
Love Inspired Suspense is a fast-paced inspirational line where the hero and
heroine fall in love while facing danger and intrigue. Love Inspired Historical
is a historical romance line. We’d love to see stories from any time period up
to World War 1.
All of the Love Inspired lines
should be geared toward women of faith. But we prefer that the faith element be
intrinsic to the story rather than didactic. While some authors choose to have
a conversion story or high level of faith element, it’s not required. The
characters can simply be living Christian lives.
What,
in particular, are you and the other editors looking for?
Since Love Inspired Suspense,
our romantic suspense line, is expanding from 4 books a month to 6, our
greatest wish is for awesome, high intensity romantic suspense stories. We also
would love to see your contemporary romance novels and historical as well. For
individual editor wishes, check out our online profiles:
Where
can we sign up?
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