Can you write a Mills & Boon with local flavour?
Penny Jordan was all of 11 when she read her first Mills and Boon. She fell in love – forever. Jordan would borrow books and hide them from her mother. Sounds familiar? The story has been so, for teenaged girls the world over, since time immemorial. The plot too remains more of the same – independent, career-oriented woman as the protagonist, the philanthropic hot hero, their chemistry, romance, travails and, of course, a happy ending. For Jordan, the thrill multiplied because she went on to become an “MB” author, just like 1,300 others across the world today. Local wannabe Jordans, despair not: ye shall soon get a chance to pen mush. “We are in search of Indian authors to write for us and are even looking at introducing the books in other languages,” said Andrew Go, director, Harlequin Mills and Boon India. The publisher plans a contest where local aspirants could submit their plot. “But we have not decided whether we are going to have Indian characters,” Go said. “Right now we are op
