If you’re a lesbian, bisexual, or queer woman, you have probably encountered prejudice at least a couple of times when coming out to people. Even in this day and age, not everyone is accepting of different sexual orientations—or of [...]
Why Lesbian Fiction Is Awesome And You Need To Check It Out Today Of course, we’re all for lesbian fiction here at Ylva Publishing. Plus, we also get annoyed at critics who claim that there is something cheap about [...]
What does the “lesbian” in “lesbian fiction” mean to you? Something saccharine sweet with a happy ending? You aren’t alone, but still: we need to talk. A while back I wrote for this blog about why I don’t think [...]
I’m a queer woman of color. I’m also a comic book fan. Sometimes, those things feel incompatible. It’s easy to understand why it often feels like comic books are written for fifteen-year old boys (or gross man-children) who spend [...]
Inspiration comes from all sorts of places for authors. I didn’t expect it to tap me on the shoulder one day while I was downing a drink or two at the local pub, but suddenly I found myself drawn [...]
Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in publishing. Little wonder so many lesbian authors and publishers are jumping into the audio game. Ylva’s no exception, and right now we already offer lesbian audiobooks, including feelgood dating romance Popcorn Love, [...]
I love writing about desire between women. It’s a delight and also a privilege – how many women throughout history ever got a chance to do that? Living at a time when silly, joyful lesbian smut can be shared [...]
The hard part of selling any book in today’s lesbian fiction market is to make potential readers aware that it exists. It’s a struggle to get your voice heard among the huge number of lesbian books published daily. Ylva [...]
A huge part of our history and culture is the Pride events that are a celebration of queer communities and are held—usually—annually in many cities around the world. This is a huge gathering of people proud to be who [...]
I am not a romantic. I’m not kidding. Ask my wife, she’ll tell you and have a major eye roll to go along with it. I brought her flowers once, and when I tried to give them to her, [...]