When I tell people I write lesbian romance novels for a living, I often get raised eyebrows. What surprises people even more is that I, as a German, write my books in English and then translate them into my [...]
Where are the other superheroes? The different ones who break the mold? Not the ones in tights who mimic birds or planes racing across the sky. Nor the real-life ones in blue who show up after a desperate call, [...]
When it comes to representation of queer women on TV, we’re having something of a boom at the moment. Shows pop up all over the place in this era of peak TV, and even full-time television reviewers can’t keep [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
After reading lesbian romances set in exotic Western locales, I always wondered what it would be like to read a story based in my own world. Since, as far as I could ascertain, such a story didn’t exist, at [...]