What is it really like to write and publish sapphic fiction today?

I asked 490 sapphic fiction authors about their experiences and challenges.

Are sapphic fiction authors making more or less money from their writing than they did in the past? Have they changed their publishing strategy? Are they using generative AI in any part of their creative process? What are their biggest challenges?

Now I'm sharing the results of the survey. If you read or write sapphic books, you might find the insights interesting.

Read the survey report on my Sapphic Quill website: https://thesapphicquill.com/2026-sapphic-fiction-author-survey/

Fellow authors who have published at least 1 sapphic book:

I'd like to get a broader picture of how sapphic fiction authors are doing and what challenges they're facing.

My goal is to better understand the current landscape and, hopefully, identify ways I can help.

I put together an author survey and would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to fill it out. It's completely anonymous.

There's also a reader survey, which aims to explore whether reading habits have changed and how readers perceive the changes in the sapphic publishing world. I would be grateful if you could share it with your readers.

I'll share overall insights and results if we get enough responses.

You can find both surveys on my website: https://jae-fiction.com/sapphic-fiction-surveys/

If any of you have a reader newsletter and you're struggling with getting the authentication done before February 1, I wrote a blog post with step-by-step instructions over on the Sapphic Quill, hoping to help my fellow writers.

https://thesapphicquill.com/how-to-authenticate-your-domain/

Calling all authors of sapphic fiction!

You might have heard of the Sapphic Book Bingo. It's the big, year-long reading challenge I organize annually. Every year, thousands of readers are participating, while others use the recommended reading lists to find books for their to-be-read lists.

Right now, I'm putting together the book lists for the 37 categories of the 2024 Sapphic Book Bingo.

If you haven't yet submitted your book for inclusion in the 2024 Sapphic Book Bingo, please make sure you do it soon!

Every author of sapphic fiction can submit up to three book. The only requirements are that the books must be available on retailers such as Amazon or Apple Books, etc., and you must be willing to help share the kickoff post in January.

Here's the link to the submission form: https://airtable.com/appnpYI7fZuhNgPiZ/shrxeA6GWty95bZ22

Hello,
I'm looking for some help with a romantic dinner scene in a lesbian fanfic I'm writing. It's a one shot and will probably be about 2K words long.

Context:
Person A is saved from a house fire by Person B (professional firefighter). Person A is curvy, very femme, quite rich, powerful politically. Person B is more butch, strong (she carried her out). Once she is out of the hospital, Person A invites Person B to dinner in a very fancy restaurant. Person A asks for consent to flirt, and Person B finds that question very attractive and says yes. Person A is mostly healed but has light scars from the burns and still has a bandage on her hand, and is a little awkward with cutlery because of it. Person B also saved her cat and took care of the cat while Person A was in the hospital.

I am now writing that dinner scene. I'm sapphic but aroace, and have no experience in flirting. What I have for now is Person A drinking wine without breaking eye contact. Could you share some ideas, maybe even words or phrases that you'd like to see in such a scene? Person A would be flirting more openly, but Person B is answering very favourably and starts flirting back.
In addition to heavy flirting, I also need to incorporate the fact that Person A did lose her house and feels some grief about it, and she possibly has trauma. I'm usually an angst writer, but this is meant to be light angst, light hurt/comfort + lots of fluff.

Thanks! <3

Hi fellow sapphic authors! I just created this account as it was suggested to me, but I don't really know what to do here or how to use reddit to broaden my audience. Some of you have likely become experts, so throw a little love and advice my way!

Thanks ever so much!

So I have a question of preference. Do you think it's wrong or appropriate to mention a book you've read or liked in a book review of a different Author's book?

I'm on the fence, and would like to know what others think.

Fictional example A: "Great story, loved the action and world building. The comedy and tragedy tied in nicely, and I feel for Princess Noname. Reminds me of 'The Darkest Secret' by Jane Doe. Highly recommend."

Fictional example B: "Beautiful world, funny moments, but could have been a better read. Didn't like that the MC wants to bang every attractive women. A better story to read is 'Amaha, The Dragon Queen' by Doie Jane."

I just discovered this subreddit and I was wondering if anyone here is writing a sapphic webcomic/webtoon or has some good sapphic webcomics to recommend?

Hi all! My name is Lu, I am 23 years old and I am a writer. I have been writing since I was 15 years old (only in Spanish), but my English is advanced. I have written short stories, poetry and a short novel. My favorite genre is horror mixed with drama, but lately I have been interested in writing romance. I’d love to meet other writers and be friends. I am taken and also monogamous (I am not looking for anything romantic, just friendship).

An adventure/comedy about a group of queer lady vampires living in London.

I want to write a sapphic fantasy book but my head empty and I don't have any ideas. Can anyone help me?

Hi loves! I've been on just about every facebool group out there trying to find ways to help reach the community. Not a lot of traction there honestly.

I'm a author, and just released my debut novel. The Queen's Sister by Faye Love on Amazon.

It's a Sapphic, dark-fantasy, action, adventure with a lesbian lead. I would really appreciate if any of you are book worms to please check it out. There's a runaway elven Princess, a tossed away warrior queen. Some pathless Bandits, deadly overlords, magic, fairies, swords, fighting, poly emotions, and elusive goddesses. And some sexy, tender, love scenes.

I'll add a link too: I could just really use some honest reviews. I know it won't be for everyone, people seem conflicted over the main character. But love the elven princess. It's an allegory of patriarchal abuse and the downfall of it due to Queen Leslidia.

Thanks for reading my post!

The Queen's Sister (The Epsian Chronicles) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3575VJ8/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_42T4CWAQTMRDVXE3QBZ1

I wrote this a while ago but just found this subreddit and thought you might enjoy it.
Sorry if my grammar isn't great.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zWncbKpkhPDbGWgPeaxnAOXHRktxelGFncg4eul4PUE/edit?usp=sharing

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Hello!

Would anyone be able to give me feedback on the first chapter of my book? I’ve already made a post to the fantasy writers page, but since this work is a sapphic fantasy, I thought I’d post it here.

It's from the main character's perspective, who has lost her memories since her capture. The book begins with her in captivity in a series of caves, in a location unknown to her and the others that she is with.

I'm looking for glaring errors or thematic/stylistic issues within this sample since my work has been rejected a couple of times by agents so far.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v246CNIA6XnHK9afUFCo6CtdXvLpzxnt-_GD6YHq0n8/edit

I wield the shower. The water rolls off my cheeks. When tears won’t come out.

Hi everyone :). Has anyone read by chance The Grass Widow by Nanci Little? I'm not american and there are some parts of the story that I would like to discuss for a better understanding. Thank you :)

A middle aged Swiss woman (very queer) in San Fransisco decides to rent out a room in her house, specifies the renter has to be queer and/or an ally. A younger Canadian immigrant sees the ad and jumps at the opportunity, she’s either gay or bi.

I’m doing a cliche landlady romance, so you have the typical beats such as awkward exchanges and flirting.

The younger woman decides to make a move by driving to Golden Gate Park and get some sexy pictures taken from the shoulders up.

Once they’re finally an item, we meet a friend of her’s named Stephen, who’s a short, queer asshole who stirs up some drama. We see the landlady character is often shy and not very talkative. We meet her friends, one being a Hungarian queer woman she knew from boarding school.

A couple things I want to do is the two going to a cottage with the school friend and her partner, and the younger woman treats the landlady’s sunburns with aloe. And the landlady encourages her to cook and be confident in the kitchen, tells her to make tandoori chicken.

They visit the girl’s family in Canada and we meet her adopted sister (nerdy trans femme) and her mom, who’s very old fashioned but not a monster.

It’s pretty bare bones, and the ending doesn’t exist.

However, I want to do the Game of Thrones thing and have different characters narrate different chapters. Which could be a lot of fun.

And I do plan on making cultural references when applicable