A few years ago, I published a sapphic poetry chapbook called The Orange and Pink Sunset. Today, the revised second edition is officially live. 🧡🤍 🩷 I updated poems, replaced others entirely, revised references that no longer reflected my life, and added pieces inspired by the person I love now.

My beloved spouse: please watch the road, the car ahead is braking Me, reassuringly: I hit curbs, not people

Where are the queer writers and poets in northern Arizona? I neeeeeed a group to write with 💙 I've got bevvies and snacks (shakes bag of treats)

I did the math and my sapphic fantasy romance novella THE MOON PRINCESS'S KNIGHT is 37% spice. spicy chapters: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 (epilogue). anyway, available now on Kindle and KU. authoraurora.carrd.co

me listening to Hilary Duff's new remake of What Dreams Are Made Of: SING TO ME PAOLO 🎤

I've renamed this account to Holly Jaeger. I'm still writing cozy sapphic romance + poetry as Ivy L. James, + soft sapphic omegaverse romance as Aurora Blackwood, but brought everything together under one creator account. Same books. Same me. Just a clearer home for my writing. - Holly 💙

Hey hey! My second sapphic poetry chapbook is now Done-zel Washington, which means I'm looking for beta readers! If you enjoy queer contemporary poetry and would like an early look at I Cannot Weave, I'd love your feedback. Reply here or DM me and I'll send it your way. 💙 #PoetryCommunity 🌈📚

If you'd like to read a little somethin' by me (as Cassia King), check out the Scholarly Pursuits antho by @duckprintspress.com! My sapphic fantasy romance short story, "Partnered Up," features an elf phys-ed professor + a shy orc literature professor in a cozy academia setting. #sapphfic #lesfic

Hi! I'm Holly. 👋 If you've followed me for a while, you probably know me as either Ivy L. James or Aurora Blackwood. I write cozy sapphic romance and poetry as Ivy, and soft-hearted sapphic omegaverse romance as Aurora. (1/3)

Here's what I'm reading this month: - The Postman Becomes a Bunny Goddess in Another World by Autumn Wolff - She Came for the Pack by Darva Green They're both delightful so far!

ah yes.... the classic literary agent Emily Agent....... (tbh at least they called me Ivy)

Paid patrons who are Fan Tier and above get to see the finished cover of Witch-Touched on my Patreon at 2pm Mountain time today! a lesbian friends to enemies to allies to lovers, necromancer x healer, butch x femme romance 🩷 www.patreon.com/authorivylja... #lesfic 🌈📚 #sapphfic 💙📚

when people cold-email/cold-DM me to sell me something, they're always addressing it to "Dear James" try harder, buddy. maybe you'll successfully scam me if you put more than half a second into deciding what to call me.

Looking for an editor or proofreader? I've got you covered! I work in fiction and select nonfiction, and I'm taking on new clients. Come say hiiii Reedsy: reedsy.com/james-ivy-l Website: www.authorivyljames.com/editing-serv...

Okay this doesn't have anything to do with writing, but it's a conversation my spouse and I have been having for like a week. It should be called the Inuyasha run. He does it too, and Inuyasha came out before Naruto. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Recently I decorated and modge-podged my new sketchbook! I've never done this before, and it was so fun. I'm already more inclined to draw in it. The bigger stickers were bought at a con that weekend, and the smaller plant ones were from a book I already had.

So tempted to rope my dogs into my book marketing efforts. Pros: - Extremely cute - Even if it doesn't sell books, more people will see my extremely cute dogs Cons: - Blatant engagement bait - Seriously, dogs can't even read (dog tax below)

I got SHORN!

NASA spelled out the names of my FMCs in Relentlessly Hers -- Yelena and Embry -- using satellite imagery. Amaze amaze amaze 💙 science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

pspspsps paid patrons (Connection Tier and up) on my Patreon get a sneak peek at the WIP for the cover of Witch-Touched today like rn immediately!!! go look!!! patreon.com/authorivyljames #indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚

Y'all are NOT ready for the cover of Witch-Touched that Gabbie Mara (@/gabbie.maraaa on IG) is working on. Just saw a sketch and I'm screaming crying throwing up /pos

Paid tiers (Connection Tier and above) get access to the first chapter of my sapphic contemporary romance Relentlessly Hers on my Patreon at 2pm Mountain time today! a bi4lesbian gym rivals to lovers romance 🩷 www.patreon.com/cw/authorivy...

Here's what I'm reading this month: - The Orc and Her Spy by Lila Gwynn - The Hells of Notre Dame by R. L.. Davennor - The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling So far I'm loving them!

Conveniently Hers, book 1 in Hearts in Hartsville (my sapphic contemporary romance series), has a NEW COVER! Thank you so much to Anette Sommerseth (@sapph.dsgn) for revamping this series so beautifully! 🛒: books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers #lesfic 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚

this started as a joke but then the further i got, the more i was like..... wait a second......... 💙 ❤️ anyway, it turns out I've always been writing about my spouse. they pointed out it's very astronaut "always has been" meme coded, and they're so right.

Thank you to my RETURNING client, Harry, on Reedsy for this 5-star review! In two different collaborations, I edited and proofread Harry's story -- this review is for the latter. Collaborate with me: reedsy.com/james-ivy-l

I feel like I'm constantly behind. Book 3 of my Hearts in Hartsville series should have come out today, and instead I haven't even started the revamp. My lesbian fantasy romance R&R is technically in the works but so late it's embarrassing. (1/3)

Paid tiers (Connection Tier and above) get access to the first chapter of my sapphic contemporary romance Conveniently Hers on my Patreon at 2pm Mountain time today! a bi4demi friends to lovers, marriage of convenience romance 🩷 www.patreon.com/cw/authorivy...

I think it's awful how people get away with so much 😮‍💨 This one book by an indie author was so weird. The author somehow makes these women obsessed with each other when they keep competing at the local gym. One of them has PTSD episodes during storms and the other helps her through it???

So, I had a lot of life upheaval in 2025. It was rough, but it was also an opportunity to reassess what I value and prioritize. Here's my guidelines going forward. Am I...? 🧵(1/3)

"You should make a spice-free version of your book—" And take out the part where they play strip Twister as foreplay? No way, that's art!

unsure how I'm supposed to get ANY writing done when there's a puppy to love on..... oh, the trials I face..... anyway dog tax

Thank you to my Reedsy client, Wesley, for this kind 5-star review! "Amazing help!!!! I had a wonderful experience working with Ivy and would definitely recommend her services to anyone looking for professional, attentive, and engaged editing!" Collaborate with me: reedsy.com/james-ivy-l

DNF. thought it was a soft, emotional contemporary sapphic romance but the petty gym rivals keep jumping each other's bones in semi-public places. how does that add to the plot?

My spouse made me new friendship bracelets! Two are Frieren jokes: "Zoooltraak" (in yellow and red) and "AK Ferny-7" (in white, black, and purple). The third is in memory of my late cat, Lil Bit. He was black and white with green eyes, so those are the bracelet colors. Thanks, my love! 💙

Every so often a new post comes up with someone complaining about terms used in spicy scenes. Y'all. There's always gonna be terms you prefer, terms you don't. There's nothing wrong with them either way. We're all doing our best to make things sensual rather than clinical. Chill.

i'm totally fine and normal about the new cover for Conveniently Hers...... [jittery eyeballs emoji]

The autism that accidentally came through in my older stories is wild. Good thing now it's autism coming through on PURPOSE.

"You need to understand your niche author brand." My brand: 🌟 Everybody's sapphic, get over it 🌟 No homophobia, I get enough of that irl 🌟 Spaced-out book releases bc I'm tired 🌟 Ensemble casts so you get cameos of your faves 🌟 Spicy scenes that get more and more out of hand with every book

I am currently GLORIFYING SIN by getting ready to send my audiobook narrator books 1 and 2 in my Hearts in Hartsville series (spicy and spicier contemporary sapphic romance). 🥵 I cannot wait to corrupt more sinners, I mean readers, with these audiobooks later this year.

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What the L in Ivy L. James may stand for: - Legend-of-zelda - Lady-of-the-lake - Legendary - Liminal-space - Luminous - Lustrum - Loitering - Lycanthropy - Lizard - Lobotomy - Labor-unions - Last-will-be-first - Loosey-goosey - Late-fees - Live-laugh-lesbian - League-of-legends - Losing-my-religion

An ill-timed cold has meant I’ve done less promo than usual on our current Kickstarter. We’ve got 48 hours left in our campaign, and we’re about $1700 short of our goal All you need to do to help is boost this post! Ready to learn more? Visit our Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚

One thing I will always do is defend authors from "just smut" allegations. Not everything is smut or pörn. This is, though: books2read.com/RelentlesslyHers

Relentlessly Hers is OUT NOW in both ebook and paperback! This contemporary sapphic romance (gym rivals to begrudging teammates to lovers) is such a great time -- fun, sexy, and soft. books2read.com/Relentlessly... #indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚

POV: my "petty gym rivals to begrudging teammates to friends to lovers" contemporary sapphic romance comes out TOMORROW! I'm so excited to share these soft but spicy ladies with you all 💙 books2read.com/RelentlesslyHers

I just received the KINDEST review from a recent editing client on Reedsy! Thank you, Harry!

I canceled the preorder for Book 3, Royally Hers. It was the right choice for me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I'm not in a position to put out the revamped book by May 2. I'll have a much better story if I take my time on it. In the meantime: books2read.com/RelentlesslyHers

finally touched up my author website for things like the new book cover, updated poetry chapbook links, my Threads profile, and such. Small things, but they add up! authorivyljames.com

finally got my new cover and updated formatted files for Relentlessly Hers uploaded to Amazon... and Amazon is down. Why must you betray me in new ways every day, capitalism?? anyway, if you're interested, you can read an ARC and review on BookSprout: booksprout.co/reviewer/rev...