Sally Quilford's Blog

I am delighted to welcome bestselling (and my personal favourite) Mills and Boon novelist, Kate Walker onto my blog this week. Kate's romances often deal with broken marriages, and how they're mended, with a lot of heartache on the way, and so the hero and heroine often feel very 'grown up' to me, which I love. Following on from last week's C is for Category Romance, Kate gives her five C is for ... listings, along with a few extra bits of advice beginning with C! Kate says: Five things about writing romance beginning with the letter C That’s what I’ve been asked for . . . Hmmm . . .let’s see Well, the first one is easy. It’s important – vital in fact to writing any romance – really, and sort of popular fiction.   So my first C is CHARACTER 1.          CHARACTER I can’t start writing any story until I’ve got to know my characters.   It’s obvious really, isn’t it?   The characters,   especially your hero and heroine, are the o...

Forgive me for being a week behind with this. Last week I was waiting to take my driving test (which I passed!) and this week I've been running around with hubby looking for a car (which we've found). Next week's guest blog will be from the brilliant Kate Walker , who will bring her five things beginning with C, but for now, here is my C is for ... tropes of romance. As Kate is next week, and she's one of Mills and Boon's finest authors, it seems fitting that my 'C is for...' should be about category romance. C is for Category Romance Also known as Cat-Rom, category romances have been around for years. Mills and Boon  have been publishing them for over 100 years. They're called Category Romances because they're divided into series, and then you have lots of subdivisions. So, for example, Mills and Boon have several imprints all with their own particular style, such as Modern, Historical and Medical (please note the imprints often change names, and th...