Category: Pirates of Aletharia

Reading Challenges

Two of my books were featured in reading challenges this week. 🖤

If you participate or are interested, I’ve included both below. 🖤

Text on rainbow background: SAPPHIC BOOK BINGO. Hidden Gems. Morally ambiguous main character.

Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book One) was featured in this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category, Morally Ambiguous Main Characters! 🖤🏴‍☠️🖤

If you’re participating (or simply adore morally ambiguous women as much as I do), you can see all fifteen books here:

Morally Ambiguous Characters
Text on rainbow book background: I HEART SapphFIC 2024 READING CHALLENGE, Week #37: BISEXUAL / PANSEXUAL CHARACTER.

The Reign of Darkness (Creatures of Darkness: Book Four) is featured in this week’s I Heart SapphFic reading challenge category, Bisexual/Pansexual Characters. 🖤🧛‍♀️🖤

Check out all of the books featured here:

Bisexual/Pansexual Characters

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GCLS Conference

If you’re at GCLS in Minneapolis—St. Paul this year, here’s where you can find me! 💙

I’m so looking forward to seeing you! 💙 But be warned: however shy and awkward you’re expecting me to be—quadruple that. 😅

(P.S. – I definitely meant to share this before the Romantasy panel, not after. 😅)

GCLS schedule on rainbow background: Britney Jackson GCLS Annual Conference Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota July 10-13, 2024 WEDNESDAY 3:00 p.m.: Romantasy: The Fun of Fantasy in a Romance Setting FRIDAY 8:00 a.m. Scissor Me Timbers! Pirates, Assassins, and Gangsters, Oh My! 11:00 a.m. Author Spotlight Reading from Goddess of the Sea SATURDAY 2:00 p.m. Author Signing
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Snippet and Sapphics with Swords

I hope you’re having a wonderful week! 💙

I’m a few days late in sharing it here, but I have our weekly snippet and a fun announcement! 💙

Snippet

Never blame the dragons. 🐉

(In front of Emilia.)

Snippet on blue sea background: "We had vastly different childhoods." Maria raised both eyebrows. "It was my sex life that told you that?" she said. "Not the dragons?" Em turned to frown at her. "No, no, no. You have it all wrong." She held up her hand. "The dragons were the most normal part of my childhood!" Maria couldn't help but laugh. "You're only proving my point, love." — GODDESS OF THE SEA, LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2, by Britney Jackson.
Preorder Goddess of the Sea

Also…

Did you see this? 💙

Pirates of Aletharia was second in I Heart SapphFic’s Sapphics with Swords poll! 💙

Thank you so much to everyone who voted! 💙

And congratulations to the other winners! 💙

You can see them here:

Sapphics with Swords

Oh, and the newsletter should be finally going out tonight, so be sure to check your inboxes for that! 💙

Lots of love,

Britney

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Goddess of the Sea and a (very blue-ish) Cover

Have you seen the cover for Goddess of the Sea yet? 💙

I shared it in the newsletter and on social media in August, but if you’re not following any of those, you might’ve missed it.

I’ve been taking care of sick kids lately and forgetting literally everything, but now that they’re feeling better (yay!), I’ll try to catch it all up.

So, if you missed it, you can see the (very blue-ish) cover below! 💙

Goddess of the Sea

Lesbians, Pirates, and Dragons: Book 2

by Britney Jackson

Goddess of the Sea, sequel to Pirates of Aletharia, will be here this December. 💙

🏴‍☠️ lesbian pirates (obviously)
🏳️‍🌈 healing from trauma
🏴‍☠️ dragon-riding
🏳️‍🌈 ship cats getting much-deserved treats
🏴‍☠️ a certain navy admiral and her many secrets
🏳️‍🌈 sapphic sea goddess

Eeek, what do you think? 🫣

December! 💙

(And I’m absolutely panicking about it. 😅)

When my panic dies down a bit, I want to start sharing weekly(-ish) snippets, so stayed tuned for that.

Until then, stay well, and stay safe! 💙

Lots of love,

Britney

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Fan-Art! 💙

I shared this on social media a while ago, but I never shared it here. So, if you haven’t seen it yet, please, feast your eyes upon this beautiful Pirates of Aletharia fan-art. 💙💙💙💙

A very talented reader sent this to me, and obviously, I’m a puddle of happiness and will never recover.

Thank you so much to the artist, Helle Rahel Niguman! 💙💙💙💙

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Look at these lesbian pirates flirting—ahem, I mean sword-fighting! 🏴‍☠️🌈

Emilia Drakon and Captain Maria Welles from Pirates of Aletharia
Fan-Art by Helle Rahel Niguman

And there’s one of Catherine, too! ⚔️💙

Admiral Catherine Rochester from Pirates of Aletharia
Fan-Art by Helle Rahel Niguman

Isn’t it just wonderful? 🥹💙

Our Pride Month newsletter will (hopefully!) go out today or tomorrow, so until then, I hope you have an awesome day. 💙

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Drakon Leaders

I told myself that the possible downfall of Twitter had opened my eyes to the importance of sharing book stuff everywhere, rather than just one place, and yet, I continue to forget. 😅

I’m coming out of my latest migraine now and trying to find all the places I let fall behind this time. One of them is definitely the newsletter, but also, here. So, I’ll try to fix that this weekend! 💙

Recently, I shared Em’s (less-than-accurate) adorable beasties with you. This time, I thought I’d introduce you to the chosen leaders of the Drakon people. 💚🐉💚

At the moment, they have a couple of scenes in Book 2, but whether those scenes will survive edits or not is anyone’s guess. (I’m an overwriter. So, editing involves a lot of cutting for me.)

But if nothing else, it was fun! 💚

P.S. – Emilia’s mother is easy to spot because she’s the one with the angry eyebrows. 😅

(These were made with this picrew maker. 💙)

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Thank You!

Pirates of Aletharia has officially passed the 900 rating and review mark on Amazon! 💙 And we seem to be approaching 200 on Audible? 💙 I (obviously) never expected this, and I’m so grateful. 💙

Thank you for giving my snarky lesbian pirates a chance! 💙

Beach graphic with heart and the words: “Thank you.” Screenshot of 900 reviews for Pirates of Aletharia on Amazon and a screenshot of 189 on Audible.
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A Book of the Year?! 🥹

An award from I Heart SapphFic with champagne in the background. Shows the cover of Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson on the left and reads, “2022 Book of the Year - Fantasy” on the right.

Gosh. How wonderful is this?! 🥹💙

Pirates of Aletharia was voted 2022 Book of the Year in the Fantasy category on I Heart SapphFic. 💙💙💙💙

Thank you to everyone who voted! 💙 You’re amazing, and I’m so grateful to have been able to share the first part of Em and Maria’s story with you. 💙

And thanks to I Heart SapphFic for the amazing work they do for the sapphic book community. 💙

Congratulations to the other winners! 💙

You can see them all here: https://iheartsapphfic.com/2023/02/23/the-best-sapphic-books-of-2022/.

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Dragons of Aletharia

Obviously, Aletharian dragons are massive and terrifying with broken scale, scars, and big teeth, but in Em’s head, they’re the adorable beasties who listen to her stories when they’re not barbecuing people.

I put her in charge of the graphic, so here we are.

Meet (some of) the dragons of Aletharia. 🏴‍☠️🌈

Baby dragons on Pride flag background with names underneath: Nymeth, Astral, Emryn, Caelu, Igrunn. Dragons of Aletharia.
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