What makes a perfect kiss? As a lesbian reader, there’s nothing I love more than a perfect fictional kiss. But having to write a good kiss? That scares the hell out of me. Kisses—especially first kisses—are hard to write. [...]
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 [...]
What’s a day like for a lesbian fiction publisher? Headache-shaped! And also rewarding. Ylva’s CEO, Astrid Ohletz, reveals what she’s learned since she got into publishing. Tell us five important, funny, or unusual things about yourself. When I [...]
Today, we want to blog about something we noticed in many of the manuscript authors send us: Often, authors don’t seem to know where to start and end paragraphs—and I admit that’s not easy to learn since there’s hardly [...]
One of the reasons why publishers reject manuscripts is that authors did not read—or chose to ignore—the submission guidelines. Most publishers have a specific focus and a specific format in which they want to receive submissions, usually described in [...]
In our last post on writing tips, we gave general advice on how to write good dialogue. Today, we want to blog about so-called dialogue tags. A dialogue tag is a verb such as “said” or “asked.” The function of a dialogue [...]
It’s been a while since we last posted an article about the most common mistakes in manuscripts, but today, we want to talk about a very important part of writing: dialogue. Here are eleven tips for writing good dialogue: [...]
You might have heard the saying: your first chapter sells your novel, and your last chapter sells your next novel. Even if you write a captivating beginning and an interesting middle, readers will want to hurl your book across [...]
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 [...]