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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈
@authorivyljames.bsky.social
I write adult sapphic romance and poetry. I offer line edits, copy edits, and proofreading. She/fae.

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My contemporary lesbian holiday romance novella, Make the Yuletide Gay, is OUT NOW!

Enjoy as an ebook, paperback, or audiobook, or read for FREE on KU!

books2read.com/GayYuletide

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm so fine and normal about @SmoochPit results being revealed tomorrow...
October 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The coziest romance is the one where two women fall in love over hot chocolate 🍵💕

books2read.com/GayYuletide
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Sapphic romance is joy, softness, and belonging 🌈

What does queer love mean to you?
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted by Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈
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 👀

Links⬇️
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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.

books2read.com/GayYuletide

#sapphfic
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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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September 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
my brain is just making the dialup noise today...
September 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Sometimes sapphic love stories are quiet. Sometimes they’re fireworks. I like to write both. ✨
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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
books2read.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My exvangelical poetry chapbook, COAL HEARTED, is in edits! I can't wait to share it with you all!
September 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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?
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Being indie means being a writer, editor, marketer, and coffee enthusiast… all before noon. ☕📖
September 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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 💙📚
September 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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.
September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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!
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Marriage of convenience… but what if it turns into forever? 💍✨

Small-town sapphic love is my favorite trope to write (and read).
September 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
how will you show up for yourself today?
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
not me looking at vlogging cameras...
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The sapphic bookstore section is my happy place. 📚

🌈 What’s the last book by a queer author you couldn’t put down?
September 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
gender of the day: fog hanging on a meadow at sunrise
September 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM