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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so fine and normal about @SmoochPit results being revealed tomorrow...

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 3d

The coziest romance is the one where two women fall in love over hot chocolate 🍵💕

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 5d

Sapphic romance is joy, softness, and belonging 🌈

What does queer love mean to you?

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 8d

it's my birthday 💙

some things you can do for me for my birthday:
- buy my book! or request it for your local library
- read book
- tell me nice things about book
- leave a review with the nice things
- tell other people about my book
- make fanart of book

Conveniently Hers: out now! Features internet friends to lovers, marriage of convenience, a fictional European kingdom, slow burn with spice, and sapphic romance (bi x demi women). Find it at books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 9d

Girls will be like "I needed that" and it's getting railed by your best friend, who married you for a green card and fell for you in the day-to-day of the sapphic fake relationship

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#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚

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Cat Rector @catrector.com · 12d

Learning to Bleed comes out March 18th and artist @scherville.com is so deeply talented I can hardly believe it!

This book is the 2nd in a trilogy that explores queerness and trauma through vampire lore, all against the backdrop of an impoverished rural community that has its own monsters 👀

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The cover of Learning to Bleed by Cat Rector, the sequel to Coal Gets In Your Veins. The cover is in the style of a classical painting, with a blush-grey background. In the foreground are two characters locked in a dipping embrace. Spencer, a pale man in a dark blue turtleneck sweater and jeans, with blonde bed-head hair, is holding up another character as she loses control and seems to be falling. His expression is lost and loving as he looks down at her. Laurel is leaning back in his arms, her long brown hair in waves over her back, her face up to the sky as her expression of uncontrolled rage stares upward. Her eyes are red and her mouth is wide open, showing her vampire fangs. A pool of blood soaks into the shoulder of Spencer’s sweater, coming from Laurel’s hand as it hangs above his shoulder. Laurel wears a tank top and red and black plaid. A red mist obscures their legs, making room for the title and author text. The cover artist is Scherville.

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 12d

One month until Make the Yuletide Gay is out!

This contemporary holiday lesbian romance novella is full of all the seasonal tropes we love, plus a little spice for good measure.

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#sapphfic

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 15d

Goodreads review highlight for CONVENIENTLY HERS:

"I am a simple reader: I see marriage of convenience and I pick up the book. But what keeps me reading are the characters. And Mariana and Silvina captured my heart from the start."

books2read.com/Conveniently...

#lesfic 🌈📚 #sapphfic 💙📚

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Conveniently Hers: A Hearts in Hartsville Novel by Ivy L. James

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 17d

I'm now on Patreon!

patreon.com/authorivylja...

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚

Ivy L. James | Patreon

Sapphic romance author, poet, editor, DM

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 19d

my brain is just making the dialup noise today...

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 21d

Sometimes sapphic love stories are quiet. Sometimes they’re fireworks. I like to write both. ✨

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 22d

Goodreads review highlight for CONVENIENTLY HERS:

"There are so many little moments of affection, humor, and feelings these two have for each other while doing everyday activities, it just made me smile every time I went to pick up the book.

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

🌈📚 #lesfic 💙📚

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Conveniently Hers: A Hearts in Hartsville Novel by Ivy L. James

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 23d

My exvangelical poetry chapbook, COAL HEARTED, is in edits! I can't wait to share it with you all!

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 24d

Since I haven't been able to buckle down on 75 hard/medium, I'm thinking about trying a shorter-term challenge instead.

Specifically, I'm eyeballing the #3Day30K challenge by AK Mulford.

Has anyone here tried that one before? Or do you have another one to recommend?

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 25d

Being indie means being a writer, editor, marketer, and coffee enthusiast… all before noon. ☕📖

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 26d

I would love to do a writing retreat in 2026. Do you have any experience with established group retreats vs. solo/DIY?

#indie #author #lesfic 🌈📚 #writingcommunity 💙📚

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 27d

tbh 75 hard (even 75 medium) isn't happening for me right now. and that's okay. I'll try again when I have the mental space for it.

Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 28d

Ensemble casts get me every time. I love seeing characters before and after they find love. It's like waving at a friend across the street!

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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈 @authorivyljames.bsky.social · 29d

highlight of Goodreads review for CONVENIENTLY HERS:

"It's a warm, delightful read I'd recommend to anyone who wants a slow-burn that doesn't make you suffer."

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

#lesfic 🌈📚 #sapphfic 💙📚

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Conveniently Hers: A Hearts in Hartsville Novel by Ivy L. James

books2read.com