The Joy of Competitions
My success in the Yorkshire Ridings competition has reminded me how much I love writing competitions. Writing to a strict brief can be challenging, as I wonder how to fit a whole story into just a thousand words, or what location is best suited to showing the romantic side of this beautiful county. Yet, in other ways, it's a relief to have clear boundaries, otherwise it's easy for the creative side of my mind to spiral off, moving further and further from the original project I had in mind.
So, after hearing that I'd won the first prize in the Yorkshire Ridings short story competition, I decided it would be a good idea to look around for another competition to focus my attention. And then a friend reminded me of this:
It's a fantastic opportunity for anyone who hasn't got a full-length romance out, to work with Mills & Boon editors, gain a wider audience, and perhaps even be published with the most successful romance publisher of all time.
And even if you don't write romance, only read it, the site is well worth a visit, for all the fascinating opening chapters that have already been posted.
Enjoy!
So, after hearing that I'd won the first prize in the Yorkshire Ridings short story competition, I decided it would be a good idea to look around for another competition to focus my attention. And then a friend reminded me of this:
It's a fantastic opportunity for anyone who hasn't got a full-length romance out, to work with Mills & Boon editors, gain a wider audience, and perhaps even be published with the most successful romance publisher of all time.
And even if you don't write romance, only read it, the site is well worth a visit, for all the fascinating opening chapters that have already been posted.
Enjoy!
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