MUSE MONDAY
Please join me in welcoming Rachel Brimble to Muse Monday. Hi Rachel. Tell us your story!
I have
been writing romance since 2005, steadily chipping away and learning my craft
over the last nine years. Each book I’ve had published and each editor I’ve
worked with has taught me something to take forward into the next project. I
have had no formal education or tuition for my writing, but have enrolled in
many online courses and made lots of invaluable friends who have helped me on
my journey.
All the
rejections (there have been MANY!) and disappointments, frustrations and tears
were all made worthwhile during 2012 when my dream of writing for Harlequin
came true. I wrote Finding Justice from the heart and of course, hoped and prayed
an editor would love it as much as I did. However, nobody could have prepared me
for the shock of receiving an email from my agent saying Harlequin loved the
book but would I consider some minor revisions?
Would
I?? Hot damn, yes! I set to work and made the relevant changes that I
immediately understood made the book stronger. These done, I sent them back and
three weeks later, I was offered a contract. Woohoo!
By the
time I sent FINDING JUSTICE out into the big, wide world, the setting of
Templeton Cove had become very dear to me and I soon realized I wasn’t ready to
let this small fictional UK seaside town belong to just one book. Would
Harlequin consider more books set in the same town? There was only one way to
find out. I feverishly wrote a sequel and A MAN LIKE HIM was accepted by my Harlequin
editor six months later.
The cast
of characters continues to grow and with each book I write in the series, more
and more potential stories evolve from the secondary characters that leap into
my imagination. I am thrilled to say in May this year, Harlequin offered me a
further three-book contract, which means Templeton Cove continues to flourish
with book three, WHAT BELONGS TO HER (Mar 2014) and now book four, my latest
release, CHRISTMAS AT THE COVE!
I often
get asked what the secret is to breaking into Harlequin – my answer? The only aspect
I am one hundred percent sure of is the Harlequin brand thrives on emotion.
Emotion, emotion, emotion! Make sure the reader can feel what’s going on inside
every character on every page and I’m pretty confident you’ll hook an editor.
Good luck!
More family for Christmas?
Scott Walker doesn't have time for a
relationship. The sexy mechanic has career ambitions, not to mention a mother
and three sisters to take care of. The last thing he needs is Carrie Jameson,
the beauty he never forgot, arriving in Templeton Cove over the holidays with
some unexpected news.
Scott still finds Carrie
irresistible, and he's not one to shirk responsibility. Scott's issues with his
own dad make the prospect of parenthood a minefield. But if he and Carrie can
overcome their fears, this Christmas could bring them the best gift of all.
Templeton Cove Trailer
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