Tag: sapphic pirates

Happy Holidays

For those who celebrate, I hope you had an awesome Christmas, and I hope your holidays are going well. 💙

And if the holidays are hard for you, like they are for me, I hope you know you’re not alone. 💙

Sending lots of love and well wishes your way. 💙

Sapphic couple exchanging gifts in front of a Christmas tree.

In case you missed it:

The very entertaining literary podcast Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am discussed Pirates of Aletharia last month. 💙🏴‍☠️🌈💙

Listening to this episode left me both giddy (because holy-cow-that’s-my-book-oh-my-gosh 😅) and with a sore stomach because I laughed so much. 💙

It’s so much fun. 💙

I’ve included links for anyone below who’d like to check it out. 💙

Screenshot of the podcast episode on Spotify. Text: “12 - It's Britney, Bitch! (Pirates of Aletharia)” Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma'am! • Nov 8 • 2 hr, 33 min In our Season 2 Premiere, we discuss Pirates of Aletheria by Britney Jackson. Pirates, Dragons, and Lesbians Oh My! This tale has the Ma'ams impressed and ready to surrender to Captain Maria Welles.
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I have a new snippet to share with you, an announcement, and a newsletter to send out, but until then, happy New Year’s Eve! 💙

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Siren Teeth

Silly human. 😅

Snippet on underwater background: "I wish you'd been a little more clear in your descriptions." From the breathlessness of Maria's voice, Emilia figured she could only be talking about one thing. "You mean the breasts? I didn't think it would bother you," she admitted. "You grew up in a tavern, for Aletha's sake." "Not the breasts," Maria threw out her hands in frustration. "The teeth, Em! The f*cking teeth!" Several curious heads poked out of the water. Emilia took the shouting pirate by the arm and led her away from the hungry sirens. When they were out of earshot, she whispered, "I told you they had smiles like sharks." "I thought you meant not to trust them," Maria said. With a puzzled frown, Emilia said, "If I'd meant that, I would've said it." — GODDESS OF THE SEA, LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2, by Britney Jackson.
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This week’s snippet fit the #lesficfri theme on Twitter, which was “wish.” 💙

I know this was a bit of a random one, but I hope you enjoyed it, anyway! 💙

I’m on a mission right now to hunt down all of the messages I missed when my physical and mental health were taking turns being awful. So, if the message can be found, I hopefully will find it and reply soon! 💙

I hope you have an awesome week, and for anyone already celebrating, happy holidays! 💙

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Chunk of Ice

Snippet, anyone? 💙

It’s been so long since I shared one, but I’m going to try to share them weekly from here on out (if my mental health will cooperate).

Snippet on dark sea background: "Captain," Zain said, once they were alone, "who is Nydia, and why would our surgeon need to question her about Catherine?" Maria crossed her arms, hiding her feelings well—if she did say so herself. "Nydia Drakon is the unfeeling chunk of ice who somehow gave birth to Em." With a stare that was more exhausted than confused, Zain said, "I thought Em's mother was dead." "Yes," Maria said. "She's that, too." — from GODDESS OF THE SEA, LESBIANS, PIRATES. & DRAGONS: BOOK 2, by Britney Jackson

Also, for those of you who like to preorder, the Kindle link is up. 💙

Preorder it here

The date it shows at the moment is just a placeholder. I’ll fix it as soon as I have the exact date—which will be very soon. 💙

Happy December! I hope you have an awesome month! 💙

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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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Sapphic Book Bingo

(I finally remembered to do the thing!)

If you’re participating in Jae’s Sapphic Book Bingo this year, here are some of the categories my books fit into. (I’m sure I missed something, but hopefully, it’s still helpful. 😅💙)

If you’re doing the Unicorn card, Pirates of Aletharia fits the 5-Star Read qualifications on Amazon, and both Pirates of Aletharia and The Reign of Darkness have unusual settings. 💙

If you decide to read (or re-read) any of mine, I hope you enjoy! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Sapphic Book Bingo Categories for Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson: Bingo Calegories: • Enemies-to-Lovers Romance • New-to-you Author? • Boss/Employee Romance (Captain/Surgeon, to be exact.) Unicorn: • Five-Star Read (💙!) • Unusual Setting
Sapphic Book Bingo Categories: The Tomb of Blood by Britney Jackson: • Age Gap Romance, sort of? (about 1,402 years) • Second book in a series. • Country or state vou haven't visited vet? (Florida and Norway) The Assassins of Light by Britney Jackson: • Age Gap Romance? • Country or state vou haven't visited vet? (Norway, Florida, New York. and Canada) • Angsty Romance The Reign of Darkness by Britney Jackson: • Age Gap Romance? Unicorn: • Unusual Setting

Learn more about Sapphic Book Bingo here: https://jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book-bingo-2023/

And you can find the book links here:

🏴‍☠️ Pirates of Aletharia: https://geni.us/piratesofaletharia

🧛‍♀️ Creatures of Darkness Series: https://geni.us/creaturesofdarkness

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