The heroine usually becomes clear in my head right from the start of a story. It’s easy to focus on them, creating characters we’ll love, in pursuit of their happily ever after. But what about the characters we love [...]
Defining Tropes Indelicates.com states: ‘The closest two definitions [of ‘trope’] I can attempt are: 1. Anything at all which has been in at least two fictions and 2. A Cliché.’ The writer—Simon Indelicate, aptly named—explicitly states that we should [...]
She was a nun. She was also tall, stern, brilliant, noble, and above all else–cold. At least, on the surface. But as my twelve-year-old self continued to watch Rosalind Russell’s incredible performance as Mother Superior in The Trouble With [...]
We were lucky enough to spend an afternoon with bestselling author, Jae, and discuss her latest lesbian romance novel, Not the Marrying Kind. What do small towns, cupcakes and flowers have in common? Read more to find out! Your [...]
It’s the festive season, and here at Ylva, we feel a personal responsibility to make the yuletide gay! We’ve collected eleven different stories from authors all across the globe, who have shared with us what the festive season means [...]
Catherine Lane discusses her love of American football and why she thinks it’s the most romantic lesbian sport. Romantic and football are not two words you usually string together. American football is a game of hard hits and precision [...]
Movies come and go, like this summer’s splashy Ocean’s 8 with Cate Blanchett playing it gayer than she did in Carol. Television though. That’s the real MVP, where the shows and characters that come into our lives once a [...]
Imagine your favourite characters pulled into a universe almost exactly like their own, except in this one, instead of English, they speak German, Italian, Spanish. This is a brave new world where stories are being opened up to a [...]
Jae reveals what makes her tick, as well as the mistakes and lessons learned on her way to being a best-selling author of lesbian romances. Please tell us five unusual or important things about yourself. Okay, let’s see… [...]
Humor is a subjective thing. So much so, that when I was a junior reporter, our cadet trainer warned us never to inject humor in stories. Not just, “Hey, maybe not till you’re older and more experienced”. Nope, like [...]