Six years ago, I was afraid to even say the word “lesbian” because I couldn’t imagine a world in which I was out and okay. Now, not only am I out and okay, but I’m writing queer books and feeling absolutely fulfilled by it. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I know, when you’re taught to hate this important part of yourself, it sounds like the most absurd thing you’ll ever hear, but it really does get better. 💙
Come out when you’re ready, and know you have people loving you from afar until you are. 💙
This is the month every year where the LGBTQ community gets supercharged by rainbows, and bigots have their socks eaten by dryers. If the universe gets the formula wrong, don’t forget to file a formal complaint, okay?
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Seriously, though, I hope you all have a wonderful month!
Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈 And in case no one has told you recently…you’re perfect the way you are. ❤️
I haven’t shared many romantic moments between these two (mostly because they won’t stop trying to kill each other), but here’s a sweet one for you! 🖤
Happy Teaser Day! 🏴☠️🌈
Maria dropped her sword and pulled Emilia into her arms. “How many times do I have to trick you,” she said, breathless and exhausted, “before you learn to stop making deals with pirates?”
Emilia wiped the blood from Maria’s face, before kissing her. Her response was the softest, loveliest thing Maria had heard in weeks.
Happy Saturday! I have another weekly teaser for you! 💙 It’s another new one from Pirates of Aletharia (a.k.a. – Lesbians, Pirates, and Dragons). I hope you like it! 💙
Emilia’s been a pirate for less than a day, and already, her captain’s eviscerated two people in front of her. She’s starting to question her choices. (Just a little.) 😅
Happy Spring, y’all! 💙 For my northern hemisphere folks, anyway. Autumn for the rest of you, right? 💙
I’m sorry for being so absent lately. It’s been a little over a month since my mother was found dead, and . . . obviously, it was hard to go back to business as usual after that.
I hope you all had a good holiday and a good start to the year. 💛 I missed a few of our Teaser Days during the holidays (and the craziness that followed), but I’m…back now, I guess? 😅
I’m still working on the lesbian pirate book, and I can’t wait to share more of that with you. 💛 But until then, here’s some more Rose and Kara. 💛 Happy Teaser Day! Stay safe. 💛
I’m so amazed and grateful (and sort of in shock, still 😅). I poured my whole soul into that book (and series), and I can’t tell you how much it means to me to know that people enjoyed it. ❤️
I love you all so much. Thank you for giving Rose and Kara a place in your hearts. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
And be sure to check out the whole list! There are lots of awesome lesfic authors on there! ❤️
I know I haven’t been on here in a while. Sorry about that. I went through a pretty rough patch of depression. But…I’m feeling a little better now, and I plan to be more active in November! (I do have some lesbian pirates to share with you, after all! 🖤)
I hope you’re having a great Spooky Day, and as always, here’s our traditional Alana teaser! 🧛♀️🖤
Happy National Coming Out Day to everyone who is coming out, already out, or not ready to come out yet! No matter which category you’re in, you’re just as valid and just as worthy of acceptance and love. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Sometimes, hiding the truth from others, or even yourself, is a matter of survival, and sometimes, coming out is a matter of survival. When I first came out to a few people I trusted, that’s what it was for me—a last ditch effort at just…surviving. I was so suicidal, and I felt like holding the truth inside had poisoned the air I breathed. But I also didn’t feel safe coming out to most people I knew. So, I came out to only a few people—people that I knew weren’t cruel or hateful, people who didn’t make me afraid. And it saved my life.
Eventually, I’d written books about queer women and had enough of an online presence that most everyone knew, and there was no point in hiding it anymore. And that was so freeing! 💙 But in the beginning, it was terrifying.
I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t STILL terrifying.
I’m sharing this for this reason: if this is you, if you feel like you’ll die if you have to bottle it up for one more day, but don’t feel safe coming out, let me know. I’ll be your substitute friend or family. I’ll tell you you’re perfect, just as you are, and worthy of love, just as you are.
Because I’ve been there, and someone did the same for me. We lose too many LGBTQ people to suicide, and I desperately don’t want that to be you. No matter who you are, I want you to know that I love you and want you to be here. Take care of yourselves, whether that means coming out or not. 💙
Happy Bi Visibility Day to all of my bisexual friends and readers! 💖💜💙 You’re amazing and valid and valued, and I hope you all feel extra-valued today! 💖💜💙
And in honor of the day, here’s a pretty bi line from my bisexual, vampire protagonist, Rose Foster. 😅💜
Here’s the fantasy world map I made for my lesbian pirate book! 🏴☠️🌈 With color and without! And unfinished, obviously. 😅
Emilia, our witch-turned-pirate, is from Drakon Isle. Catherine, the ex-girlfriend who arrested her, is from the Illopian Kingdom. And our lovely pirate captain, Maria, was born in Aevaria, raised in Illopia, and now lives at sea. 🏴☠️
I think this might be my favorite world-building thing I’ve ever tried. 🖤 It was so time-consuming—but also so much fun! 🖤
Rose handles jerks with sarcasm, and her girlfriend handles them with dismemberment. Minor differences, you know? 😅
Happy Teaser Day! ❤️
“You cut off someone’s finger?!” Rose exclaimed. “Are you insane?”
“A bit, yeah,” Kara said, taking another sip of her wine. She chuckled, as she lowered the glass. “Don’t worry. He assured me there’d be no hard feelings.”
“Yeah, I’m sure I’d say that, too, if you sliced off my finger,” Rose said.
Happy (belated) Teaser Day, and I hope you have a great weekend! 💙
Kara dropped her battle-axe, as if to emphasize that she was not, in fact, going anywhere. Her blue gaze shifted toward Rose—glistening like ice, piercing Rose to the core. “You want me to betray you?” she said, her voice a low growl.
“Why not?” Rose said with a weary shrug. “You’d betray anyone else.”
“Because you’re not anyone else,” Kara said. Her shoulders relaxed, and everything about her seemed softer, all of the sudden, as if she’d cracked herself open, left herself vulnerable—for the first time in her life.
I’m a little late (again) because of internet troubles (again). Thursdays are clearly bad luck. 😅 Buuuuuut…I have something new for you! 💙 I’ve been working on my lesbian pirate WIP a lot lately, and I finally felt comfortable enough to share a scene this week! 💙
(Keep in mind this is definitely a rough draft, still. 😅)
I haven’t decided on a title for it yet. In my computer, it’s called Lesbians, Pirates, and Dragons, but uhh…obviously, that’ll change. 😂 But it follows Emilia, a dragon-commanding sorceress who joins a pirate crew—and Captain Maria Welles, the pirate captain she’s totally not in love with (wink, wink). These characters are so much fun, and I can’t wait to tell you more about them. But for now…here’s a fun scene:
In which my witch-turned-pirate threatens to steal my pirate captain’s ship—and my pirate captain is simultaneously appalled and…into it??? 😂 Like I said, they’re fun. 😂 Happy Teaser Day! 💙
(P.S. – Ignore the title in the teaser. I change it like once a week. 😅)
I haven’t started making teasers for my next book yet. So, today is another one from The Reignof Darkness. 🧛♀️🌈
But I do have some aesthetics and character pictures for the new project to share with you soon. So, keep an eye out for those! 💚 I’ve also been talking about my new project on Twitter. 💚
I hope you have a great weekend! 💚
“Are you telling me that the fate of the world rests in the hands of a nerd with fangs and her crazy, battle-axe-wielding girlfriend?”
I completely forgot to share our teaser on Thursday, so for the last teaser of Pride Month, here’s Kara being “very proud of herself” …instead of preparing for an apocalypse. 😂
Rose gave her a skeptical look. “You haven’t had time to warn them that they’re all going to die, but you’ve had time to tell them I’m your new girlfriend?”
Kara grinned, her light blue eyes sparkling. “I’m very proud of myself.”
Rose tilted her head, flashing a sassy smile at her. “Aren’t you always?”
“Uhh, hello?!” the vampire interrupted. “You said the world is ending?!”
“I know,” Kara sighed. “And I have no right to ask you to do it again.”
Rose turned toward Kara, studying her with a frown. “Ask me, anyway.”
Kara’s light blue gaze shifted up, meeting Rose’s. “What?”
Rose stepped closer. She reached up, brushing her fingertips over Kara’s face. She watched as Kara’s eyes closed, as she leaned forward. “Ask me, anyway,” Rose repeated. She tilted her face, her lips brushing Kara’s. “Because I’ll say yes.”
Her voice was barely a whisper, now. “I’ll always say yes.”
For the second Teaser Day of Pride Month, here’s Rose and Kara having a Totally Normal™️ bedtime dispute. 😅
“You’re not keeping a battle-axe in the bed that we share.”
Kara stepped closer, before taking another sip of her drink. “Why not?”
Rose lifted both eyebrows, unable to hide her smile. “Because it’s sharp!”
Kara leaned closer. “So are you,” she said, tapping Rose’s chest with the bottom of her glass. Her lips curved into a smile. “But I still keep you in my bed.”
Rose opened her mouth and closed it again, blushing at the implications. Finally, she managed, “Mental sharpness doesn’t hack people’s heads off, Kara.”
Always relevant, I think, but definitely right now. ❤️
“Hatred doesn’t win with numbers or weapons. It wins with silence. It wins when people sweep it under the rug or try to justify it. It wins when people defend the indefensible. It wins when we’re too scared or too apathetic to fight back. And I won’t let it win. Not today. Not ever.”
Rose may not be scared of ancient vampires, vengeful telepaths, killer queens, entire armies, bombs, or world wars. But going on a date with the woman she’s loved for months? Truly terrifying. 😂
Happy Teaser Day! 💙
“I’m not sure I even remember what a real date is!” Rose squeaked. “Like…does it involve flowers? Murder?!”
Kara snorted, “Both, in my experience.”
“What I do remember,” Rose said, “is that I’m terrible at them.”
Kara raised an eyebrow. “You said you were a terrible girlfriend, too.”
“I am!” Rose said defensively. “I’m a total disaster.”
Kara sat up, slowly, leaning toward Rose. “Yeah?” she said, affection and amusement sparkling in her intense, ice-blue eyes.
It’s Teaser Day again (or a few hours after, actually), so here’s another from The Reign of Darkness. 💙I hope you’re having a good week. 💙
“You think my battle-axe is hot, don’t you?”
“I’m not attracted to inanimate objects, no,” Rose said in her grumpiest tone. But when she heard Kara’s soft, breathy laugh, she couldn’t resist the urge to smile. She laughed, “Are you really flirting with me in the middle of a battle?”
Kara shrugged, her smile tilting mischievously. “What else would I do?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” Rose muttered. “Maybe focus on not dying?”
I meant to post this one last night, but here’s Rose being secretly sappy. 💙 Happy (belated) Teaser Day! 💙
But the feeling in her chest, now? The warmth and comfort and security that settled inside of her? The desire to go nowhere else but here? Was that home?
Because if it was, then maybe this was the closest Rose had ever gotten.
Hey, guys. I hope you’re all doing well and staying safe. 💛 My internet’s been down a lot lately, so I’m a little behind on our weekly teasers. But here’s the one for this past Thursday! 💛
Rose turned to the princess. “And what’s wrong with who I’m dating?”
The princess started to laugh—until she noticed Rose’s glare. She cleared her throat. “Oh, you’re…serious,” she mumbled, her eyes wide. She set her glass on the table and straightened. “Well,” she said nervously, “you must know…Kara Unnarsdóttir has quite the reputation. She’s defeated entire armies by herself, assassinated world leaders, seduced queens and conquered their kingdoms…”
Rose shrugged. “People are allowed to have hobbies.”
P.S. — A small request for anyone who’s already finished The Reign of Darkness: It doesn’t appear to have any reviews on Amazon yet. So, if you enjoyed it and don’t mind leaving a review there, I’d be super, super, super grateful. 💛 Regardless, though, thank you so much for reading! Love you guys! 💛💛💛💛
And a massive thank you to those of you who have left reviews elsewhere! 💛💛💛💛
If you’re one my of paperback readers, they have the paperback up on Amazon, now. ❤️ (It went up yesterday, I think?) They don’t have it linked to the Kindle version yet, so I’ll include both links. ❤️
Powerful vampire, Rose Foster, and her girlfriend, Kara Unnarsdóttir, take refuge in a hidden kingdom of vampires, as war breaks out between vampires and humans. Rose is shocked to find that even though she doesn’t know them, the vampires of this kingdom know her. Not only that, but they’re prepared to follow her into battle. Yet, they refuse to tell her why.
World war rages on in their absence, threatening the extinction of both species. Rose soon realizes that, even though she doesn’t want power, if she wants to prevent genocide, she’ll have to take her place as a Commander of Power.
But when Kara uncovers a terrifying piece of information about Rose, she must decide, once and for all, if her loyalty to the woman she loves is strong enough to withstand even the end of the world. Or if it’s time to do what she does best: betrayal.
AHHHH, it’s (finally) up! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 (Now, pardon me while I go panic and cry for like three years. 😭)
Powerful vampire, Rose Foster, and her girlfriend, Kara Unnarsdóttir, take refuge in a hidden kingdom of vampires, as war breaks out between vampires and humans. Rose is shocked to find that even though she doesn’t know them, the vampires of this kingdom know her. Not only that, but they’re prepared to follow her into battle. Yet, they refuse to tell her why.
World war rages on in their absence, threatening the extinction of both species. Rose soon realizes that, even though she doesn’t want power, if she wants to prevent genocide, she’ll have to take her place as a Commander of Power.
But when Kara uncovers a terrifying piece of information about Rose, she must decide, once and for all, if her loyalty to the woman she loves is strong enough to withstand even the end of the world. Or if it’s time to do what she does best: betrayal.
In this final installment of the Creatures of Darkness series, the Eklektos will either save the world or destroy it.
The Reign of Darkness, the fourth and final book of the Creatures of Darkness Series, will be released on March 3, 2020! 🧛♀️🌈 So…just a little over two weeks from now! 🖤
I’ve been reluctant to post a release date because, between life events and rewrites, it can get really unpredictable. This last year (or so) has been a tough one, and my writing time has been more limited than ever. And on top of that, each time I would get close to finishing, I would decide to rewrite it all over again. 😅
My anxiety is partly to blame for that. This is the final book of the series, after all. I want it to be perfect (or as perfect as possible, anyway). I’ve been dreaming up this book for so long (since I started the series), and I want it to be the satisfying, worthy conclusion that I’ve always hoped it would be. 🖤
Your support of this series—and of Rose and Kara—has meant the world to me, and I will never be able to thank you enough for it. 🖤 But I hope I can at least give you a satisfying conclusion to the series—and one that was worth the wait. 🖤
Two more weeks! 🖤
P.S. — I’m extremely sleep-deprived, so if this sounds a little sappy and rambly, that’s probably why. 😅
I haven’t posted any teasers on here in a while, so here’s the newest one from The Reign Of Darkness, Book Four of the Creatures of Darknessseries! 🧛♀️🌈
Happy (belated) Thanksgiving to my American readers, and Happy How-Is-It-December-Already to everyone else. 💙 Thanks to the holidays, kids’ birthdays, the flu, and then a bit of a depression spiral, I’m pretty behind on updates, but I’ll try to share one within the next few days. 💙 Until then…teaser! 💙
I hope you enjoy it! And have a wonderful week! 💙
Oh, you know, just your typical bedtime bickering…
Happy Halloween! 🎃 (And Teaser Day! 🖤) I’m still getting The Reign of Darkness ready for release, but here’s a blood-themed scene from the night Rose and Kara met. ❤️
I joke sometimes about how I basically just snuck out of the closet while no one was looking and hoped no one noticed.
But the truth is…coming out is hard. It’s a long process that is sometimes painful, sometimes dangerous, and never easy.
I hope you know that wherever you are in the process—already out, coming out, or not ready—you’re not alone, and you’re loved. And you have a queer family out there cheering for you. So, whether you stay in, come out slowly, or jump out when you’re ready…happy Coming Out Day. 💙
Since it’s World Mental Health Day, I’m sharing this scene from The Assassins of Lightagain—as a reminder that mental illness doesn’t mean you’re less or weak or any other stigma people have attached to it. It’s okay to not be okay. 💙
If you follow me on social media, you probably know that I struggle a lot with mental illness, too. That’s why it’s so important to me to write characters like Rose, who have PTSD and depression—or other mental illnesses. I want you to know that, even if you feel alone in this, you’re not. 💙 And if you ever need internet hugs, I’m happy to send them. 💙 Love you guys. Take care of yourselves. 💙
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