How to Build A Career as a Category Writer with Ally Blake

• Date/Time: 10.30-11.10 (Sydney Time), Saturday 7 March 
• Price: $49 - members, $65 - non-members

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Workshop Details: Did you know that in 2024, Harlequin Mills & Boon celebrated their 50^th anniversary in Australia? For a deep dive into the world’s most iconic publisher of romance fiction––so much so they are in the Oxford dictionary for just that fact––join RuBY-winning, bestselling author Ally Blake, who has been published with Mills & Boon, as well as category romance publishers Entangled and Tule, for over twenty years, with over 4 million sales worldwide.

·         look at what it means to write ‘category’ or ‘series’ romance, and how brand and author loyalty play their parts 

·         cover the different categories and editorial requirements of each

·         speak on the pathways to publication with category publishers

·         dish about the most beloved category tropes, settings and all the things category readers love best

·         share insight direct from the biggest publisher of category romance in the world, with the up-to-date wish-lists direct from Mills & Boon

·         and shine a light on building a sustainable category romance writing career via the mechanics of series deadlines, contracts, writing multiple books a year, tackling sub-genres, editorial, while juggling plotting/planning with writing and revising, sometimes all at once.