Curious about what it takes to create good lesbian fiction covers? Designer and cover artist Glendon Haddix reveals the big tips and slips made when putting out book covers. Tell us some important, funny, or unusual things about [...]
New Orleans author KD Williamson got a crash course in LGBT+ politics and a tough skin when she started writing lesbian fiction books. Here’s what she’s learned. Please tell us five unusual or important things about yourself. I [...]
It never occurred to me I could be an author. Even though I was a journalist for decades, I just assumed I wasn’t good enough to be in that mystical creative writers’ club. Then one day a fanfiction I [...]
Lesbian fiction pet peeves. With those four words you have the spicy formula for a raucous debate or a duel to the death. Quite possibly both. In a fit of madness, I decided I wanted to know all the [...]
I’m not about to go into the science-y definition of the term color blind. No, I’m about to get sociological on your ass. See? Fun. Color blind is a term used by people who say they don’t see color [...]
I love romance. Love it, love it, love it. Nothing satisfies me more than getting to the end of a well-written lesfic romance, closing the book (or switching off the Kindle), and breathing out that deep sigh of bliss [...]
Many factors affect how we, as writers, approach sex scenes. Of course, no matter our approach, there will always be readers who love the end result and readers who emphatically don’t. Just as people’s sexual preferences vary, so do [...]
Sometimes ideas hit you. Sometimes they don’t. The latter sucks. When trying to come up with an idea for a crime novel or novella, the last thing you want to do is to sit around for weeks pondering dark [...]
By nature, we are a flawed species. No, I’m not Neil DeGrasse Tyson and I’m not about to talk about the Universe; it’s vastness and how people fit in. I am nowhere near as cool as him. I’m like [...]
In part two of our series on e-mail management, our senior editor, Sandra Gerth, talked about how to set up your e-mail account more effectively. But now that you live in the e-mail castle of your dreams, how can [...]