We swooned into one anothers arms when we heard the news... our hearts raced... could it be true? It was love - pure, passionate, unbridled love. Love for an idea we had only dreamt about... A writing competition to find a new Mills and Boon author - an opportunity beyond our wildest dreams! It was all our daydreaming and fantasising had trained us for.
Launched today, Romance is Not Dead is an X-factor style competition to find a new Mills and Boon author. Aspiring novelists should submit their first chapter by October 10th, and the winner will be decided by public vote and a panel of judges (including lifelong Mills & Boon fan Jodie Prenger, above).
After submissions have been read, a shortlist of 20 writers will be announced on October 13th and assigned a mentor. After a selection process that draws on the discerning judgement of romantic fiction fans (members of the public) who can vote for their favourites, four finalists will be chosen, and announced on October 24th.
The winner, announced on November 4th 2011, will have their book published by Mills & Boon, and an editor for a year.
Check the website for tips, pointers and advice from bestselling novelists and their editors, plus here are some quirky factoids to make you go hmmm...
- 4: �the frequency of seconds a Mills & Boon is sold UK
- 9: Mills & Boon series: Blaze, Desire, Cherish, Historical, Intrigue, Medical, Modern, Nocturne and Riva
- 11: varieties of Mills & Boon romances, with heroes from vampires to doctors!
- 23: the youngest Mills & Boon author
- 26: languages Mills & Boons are published in
- 60: Mills & Boon titles published every month, globally
- 103: the oldest Mills & Boon author, Jean Macleod who died in 2011
- 109: countries Mills & Boon sold in.
- 200: Mills & Boon authors in the UK
- 1200: Mills & Boon authors worldwide
- 1908: the year Gerald Mills and Charles Boon founded Mills & Boon
- �2,000 - �30,000: average money made through Royalties by a Mills & Boon author, per book - depending on their popularity
- 50,000 and 70,000: the average word count for a Mills & Boon
- 6.5 million: number of Mills & Boon sold in the UK each year�
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Source: http://www.easyliving.co.uk/blog/news/09-2011/mills-and-boon
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