To celebrate Valentine’s Day with our readers, we are offering one of the stories from our newest anthology, Connected Hearts, for free. Jae kindly volunteered one of her stories and would like to say a few words to her [...]
After the publication of Connected Hearts, Astrid Ohletz took the time to interview Joan Arling, who published her first story with Ylva Publishing. First of all, thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions. How [...]
Most of the submissions we had so far—and most lesbian fiction—are romance novels. The success of the book stands and falls with the writer’s ability to develop a believable, satisfying romance. Unfortunately, many of the submissions we received failed [...]
Today we’re going to talk about Smashwords, an e-book store and distributor that is growing rapidly but is still relatively unknown in Germany. Smashwords is an e-book publishing and distribution platform based in the US and used mostly by [...]
We are happy to announce that Connected Hearts – Four Lesbian Romance Stories by Jae, RJ Nolan, and Joan Arling is not only available on Smashwords but also on Amazon. Those who would like to know what happend to [...]
In the course of a seminar I was able to visit the S. Fischer Verlage, one of the top five publishers in Germany. For two hours, the heads of each department explained how their operational procedures work. It was [...]
It’s freezing outside and and everywhere I look is snow and ice. I have to be honest: I do prefer this to gray and dreary weather. And I love to stay on my sofa, drink a cup of tea or [...]
The characters are the lifeblood of every story. You can have a great story idea and beautiful prose, but if readers don’t care for your main characters, they’ll put your book aside and never pick it up again. Readers [...]