Today is a very special day: We’re celebrating World Book Day in Germany, it’s four year since we’ve published the first (German) lesbian fiction paperback, and it’s my (the publisher’s) birthday, all rolled into one. As an avid reader, I always [...]
As a lesbian fiction publisher I spend most of my time at my desk. There is not a lot of contact with readers in my daily routine. I guess the same is true for authors. So, I was happy [...]
Whenever I talk to people about writing, I tend to stress the fact that it’s “just a job.” I mean, there’s a story to tell, there are words to find, and then there’s the matter of putting them in [...]
I find it interesting how much emphasis is put on coming out the first time, because really, as members of the LGBTQ community, we spend our entire lives coming out. We do it over and over again to each [...]
This morning, we at Ylva Publishing heard about the death of Lexa (Europe lags a bit behind the US TV schedule). It goes without saying that we are heartbroken about the withdrawal of our favorite lesbian character of The [...]
No such thing, they have to suffer—pages fluttering in the balmy Aegean breeze, sand up their French grooves (please Google), covers covered in sweaty palm prints. And all because you dragged them down to the beach when you should [...]
“The flesh beneath Sam’s fingers was hot. Her heart raced; her muscles trembled. This was heaven. Or at least as close to heaven as she would ever get. Minutes ago she had finally managed to pin Gillian up against [...]
Romance: one genre, many different tastes. What’s yours? The term “romance” calls to mind a few stereotypical images of hearts, lit candles, flowers, candy, and couples hand-in-hand. But romance readers are actually a pretty diverse bunch of people with diverse reading tastes. [...]
What do a contemporary medical romance and a romantic urban fantasy have in common? Well, honestly, our two new releases this week—Blurred Lines by debut author KD Williamson and First Blood by veteran author JD Glass—really couldn’t [...]
At Ylva, we are always looking for something new to try, some way to innovate and bring something interesting to our readers, One small but great way to do that is by partnering with others in little adventures like [...]