Tag Archives: Shira Glassman

Have a dragon Valentine!

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Shira

The Second Mango‘s warrior woman Rivka being lovingly admired by a certain dragon. Get the eBook package for $4.79 during the publisher’s 20% off sale — now through Sunday — using the coupon code LOVE Artwork by Rebecca Schauer, who … Continue reading →

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Ladies in love

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Shira

Aviva and Queen Shulamit, the f/f couple from The Second Mango (Prizm Books.) Shulamit has multiple food allergies, and Aviva is the cook who figures out how to keep her from getting sick. Over the course of the three books … Continue reading →

Image | Posted on February 3, 2014 by Shira | Tagged allergy, books, celiac, fairy tale, fairy tales, fantasy, femslash, food allergies, glbt, gluten allergy, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtqia, mangoverse, queer, qwoc, Shira Glassman, shoujo ai, the second mango, women-of-color, yuri | Leave a comment

When Gluten Attacks!

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Shira

Queen Shulamit is gluten-intolerant, which is why she fell in love with the palace cook. Never fear, Queenling — Aviva will save you from the evil bread-monster! (Characters are from the queer YA fantasy novel The Second Mango and were drawn here by … Continue reading →

Image | Posted on January 20, 2014 by Shira | Tagged allergies, allergy, bisexual, book, books, bread, cartoon, celiac, celiac disease, chef, cook, culinary, fairy tales, fantasy, food, food allergies, food allergy, funny, gluten, gluten allergy, gluten intolerance, gluten intolerant, gluten-free, glutenfree, gsm, gsrd, humor, lesbian, novel, queer, queer fantasy, quiltbag, qwoc, Shira Glassman, stories, women-of-color | 2 Comments

You don’t want to get on Rivka’s bad side

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Shira

Rivka, the warrior woman from The Second Mango, in all her powerful and amazing glory. Even the lizard thinks she’s awesome. Drawn by the admirable Rebecca Schauer.

Image | Posted on January 6, 2014 by Shira | Tagged Art, fantasy, fantasy art, fantasy fiction, feminism, feminist, fiction, jewish, lizard, mangoverse, military, rebecca schauer, rivka, Shira Glassman, warrior, warrior woman, yiddish | Leave a comment

Where do you get your ideas?

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Shira

I keep hearing about writers who get asked “where do you get your ideas?” Famous writers talk about it, and works of fiction about writers show them faced with this question as well. Since so much of my writing is fueled by … Continue reading →

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I love you but I’m sleepy

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Shira

Queen Shulamit and her sweetheart/personal chef Aviva from The Second Mango by Shira Glassman, as drawn by Erin Ptah. Erin Ptah, available on deviantArt, is one of the most talented artists in fandom and the creator of the webcomic But I’m … Continue reading →

Image | Posted on October 18, 2013 by Shira | Tagged Art, books, cartoon, Erin Ptah, fiction, jewish, jewish lesbians, lesbian, lesbian fiction, lesbian young adult, lesbians of color, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqia, mangoverse, Prizm Books, queer, queer books, qwoc, reading, same sex marriage, sapphic, Shira Glassman, women-of-color | Leave a comment

The Second Mango has hetero romance in it, too

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Shira

She forbade herself even to think the words. But the idea itself, wordless, bubbled forth from her heart and could not be contained. Try as she did, she couldn’t suppress a sudden thought of the thick solidness of his body—tall, … Continue reading →

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