Image: Overlapping violets with a sapphic flag at the top. Text: Happy Sapphic Visibility Day!

Image: Overlapping violets in the background with the book covers of Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1) and Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2) by Britney Jackson. Text: Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons. Sapphic Representation: Lesbian protagonists, lesbian and bisexual secondary characters, basically sapphics everywhere.

Image: Overlapping violets in the background with the covers of The Tomb of Blood (Creatures of Darkness: Book 2), The Assassins of Light (Creatures of Darkness: Book 3), and The Reign of Darkness (Creatures of Darkness: Book 4) by Britney Jackson. Text: Creatures of Darkness. Sapphic Representation: Bisexual and lesbian protagonists, bisexual and lesbian secondary characters.

Happy Sapphic Visibility Day from this very sapphic lesbian who writes very sapphic fantasy! 💜

Image: IAN Award seal on a black background with a gold ribbon and the cover of Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1) by Britney Jackson. Text: IAN Book of the Year Awards. Winner. LGBTQ+ Fiction.

I’m excited to share that Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1) won the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Award in LGBTQ+ Fiction! This makes, I believe, the fourth literary award it’s won. 💙

It was also a finalist in Fantasy!

I’m beyond grateful. 💙

From Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2). 💙

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Snippet on rough, blue waves background with a white dragon separating the text: “You're asking me to risk you.” Em’s lips parted. The floorboards creaked beneath Maria’s boots, as she closed the space between them. “I’d risk everything before you. Do you understand that?” — from GODDESS OF THE SEA, LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2, by Britney Jackson.

From “Of course I’d kill you,” to this. 💙

For the #lesficfri theme, “risk.”

Michigan and Canada We have so many sapphic books to recommend for the reading challenge this week. Find lots of books on sale, too!

A vampire colony in the Arctic wilderness of Canada, to be specific.

You can find more sapphic books set in Canada on the I Heart SapphFic website! 🖤

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The Assassins of Light (Creatures of Darkness: Book 3) is featured in this week’s IHS Reading Challenge category, which includes books set in Canada!

If you’ve read this series, you know Rose and Kara do a lot of traveling in it. One of several places they end up is Canada.

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Sapphic Book Bingo 2026 Join the Sapphic Book Bingo 2025 to find new sapphic authors and new sapphic books you’ll love. You can also win book prizes.

You can find out more about Sapphic Book Bingo on @jaeauthor.bsky.social’s website! 💙

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Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1):

❤️ Autistic Main Character
🧡 Tattooed Main Character
💛 Character with a Disability
💚 Takes Place on a Ship or Boat
💙 Character is Hiding a Secret
Hidden Gems:
💜 Pirates
🖤 Unusual Pet(s)

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Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2):

❤️ Autistic Main Character
🧡 Tattooed Main Character
💛 Character with a Disability
💚 Takes Place on a Ship or Boat
💙 Established Couple
Hidden Gems:
💜 Pirates
🖤 Unusual Pet(s)

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Image: Cover of Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2) by Britney Jackson on rainbow flag background with a white dragon beside the text. Text: SAPPHIC BOOK BINGO: Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2): • Autistic Main Character • Tattooed Main Character • Character with a Disability • Takes Place on a Ship or Boat • Established Couple Hidden Gems: • Pirates • Unusual Pet(s)

Image: Cover of Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1) by Britney Jackson on rainbow flag background with a sword beside the text. Text: SAPPHIC BOOK BINGO: Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1): • Autistic Main Character • Tattooed Main Character • Character with a Disability • Takes Place on a Ship or Boat • Character is Hiding a Secret Hidden Gems: • Pirates • Unusual Pet(s)

I finally made some book cards for Sapphic Book Bingo! (In my defense, I’ve been sick for AGES.)

If you’re participating, here are some categories Pirates of Aletharia & Goddess of the Sea fit! 💙

(The dragons would absolutely be offended by us calling them “pets,” but…I think they count. 😅)

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In all seriousness, though, along with my desire to focus on personal themes like trauma and recovery, another reason I wanted to stick close was so the reader wouldn’t see the “epic” plot too soon. (Trees, not the forest, you know?)

But Book 3 is time for reveals, so… 😬

They’re all still lesbian, though. 😅 Not all human. Not all human-SHAPED. But all lesbian-shaped.

Book 1 of the series: “I need to stick close for this one. So, I’ll do mostly one POV—with a few necessary shifts.”

Book 2: “Okay… Two points of view. Not a huge change. We’re okay.”

Book 3: “Oh, dear god. How many points of view do I have now?”

I’ve been so unbelievably sick this week that I’m starting to forget what it feels like to NOT have a fever.

And I’m severely anemic on top of it, so, you know…maybe the room is supposed to spin? Maybe equilibrium is a myth.

I stopped to get oranges on the way home from ReadOUT and saw a baby alligator.

*BABY* alligator. 💚

I’m home from ReadOUT & already missing everyone. 💙

This was such an incredible weekend. It’s always great to talk about books & writing—& queer books, specifically—but more than that, being together in this moment filled me with more hope than I’ve felt in a while. I love this community so much.💙

Friday:
I’m a panelist on the Building Queer Worlds panel at 2:15 PM.

I’m also a panelist on the Queering Romantasy panel at 6 PM.

Saturday:
I’ll be at the 6:30 Author Signing, (and I’ll have my gay dragon stickers again)! 🐉

I’m so excited to see you all! 💙

If you’re at ReadOUT this weekend, here’s where you can find me! 💙

P.S. — I’m operating on about two hours of sleep, so fingers crossed my brain still works! 😅

Officially on the road to ReadOut! 💙

You don’t have to do evil to be part of it. You just have to not care.

As a r*pe/SA survivor, the news has been absolutely destroying me lately. I can’t even count the number of panic attacks I’ve had in the last week.

This world has never felt safe to me, but seeing the apathy of so many people on full display is just…

Snippet on blue dragon-scale background with white dragon separating the text: “She and my mother disagreed a bit about my magical training,” Em said. “My mother liked it deadly. Nymeth—not so much.” She waved a hand. “You know, typical parental disagreement—with growling and fireballs.” She tilted her head and squinted. “And people running and screaming...” — from GODDESS OF THE SEA, LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2, by Britney Jackson.

Nymeth was a perfectly normal dragon-mother. 😅

For the #lesficfri theme, “run.”

Time to play, “Is this another depression spiral or just the state of things?”

In less than a month, we’ve watched these monsters murder two people on video. Without remorse. Without humanity.

We’ve seen it from every possible angle, and every video shows the same thing. Don’t let them lie to you about what you saw.

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Text on black and white background: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - from 1984 by George Orwell. — Abolish ICE.

Text on black background: Sapphic Books Are Political. Fantasy Books Are Political. Books Are Political.

If anyone was surprised by my feelings on this, I’d have to assume they’d never read my books—because what did they think Catherine represented? King Eldric? The Assassins of Light?

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Image: Cover of Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1) by Britney Jackson on a red background with a green dragon, a checklist, and the GCLS and SASS logos at the bottom. Text: Perfect Gift For Fans of Sapphic Fantasy: - Lesbians Pirates - Autistic Protagonist - Honest Portrayals of Mental Illness - Threats & Sword-fighting as Flirting - Meddling Ship Cats - 2022 Goldie Award Winner Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1 #SapphicBooksAreGifts

The holidays can be a tough time for a lot of us, but…books make everything better, right? 💚 I hope you all have a lovely week!

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#SapphicBooksAreGifts

Image: Cover of Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2) by Britney Jackson on a green background with a red dragon, a checklist, and the GCLS and SASS logos at the bottom. Text: Perfect Gift For Fans of Sapphic Fantasy: - Lesbian Pirates - Autistic Main Character - Honest Portrayals of Mental Illness - Sarcastic Dragons - Sapphic Sea Goddess - 2025 Goldie Award Winner Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2 #SapphicBooksAreGifts

This holiday season, SASS and GCLS are celebrating sapphic books with #SapphicBooksAreGifts, which is awesome for many reasons—not least of all because I require some form of coercion in order to market my books. 😅

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An Interview with sapphic author NAME Peek behind the scenes for exclusive details about BOOK TITLE, a sapphic CATEGORY book

If you enjoy those, you’re…welcome, I guess? 😅

Here’s the link, if you’re interested:

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#sapphicbooks

Image: Screenshot of I Heart SapphFic interview with sapphic author, Britney Jackson, about Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2) on rainbow flag background with a cute, green dragon holding a purple book. Text: Lesbians, Pirates, and Dragons interview.

I really enjoyed doing this interview with I Heart SapphFic several weeks back about Goddess of the Sea! 💙

I was having a bit of a scary flare-up at the time, and my mind wasn’t at its clearest. So, I MIGHT have dropped more hints about The Dragon Child than intended.

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…than I was with this one. (And if you’ve known me for long, you know that’s saying something.) This book was so vulnerable and so personal. Every positive reaction has meant the world to me.💙

I couldn’t be more grateful that you were receptive to what I was trying to do with Em & Maria. Thank you.