Happy weekend!
Housekeeping Note: Miranda and TB are out of town for the three-day weekend. Please note, they won’t be reading emails or messages until Tuesday.
Now for today’s post.
Saturdays are when we curate all the sapphic book news and queer happenings of the week into one convenient location. Think of it as your personal reading directory! After all, we know the weekend is when so many of us are able to unwind for a minute and want to get lost in a good woman loving woman book. What could be better?
In today’s post, you’ll find cheerful LGBTQ+ news stories to combat all the negative ones bombarding our screens.
Sapphic reader Deb shares a Caturday photo of an adorable feline who loves blankets.
One of the things we love about the weekly lesfic author selfie is getting to know the personality behind the words. Check out sapphic fiction author Elisa Greb with Actually Invisible.
Finally, scroll to the bottom of the post to see photos of TB and Miranda’s visit to Concord.
Before we get to today’s post, it’s time to reveal the identity of this week’s Guess the Author!
Every week we provide five clues about a sapphic author. On Saturday, we reveal the author’s identity.
Before we unveil this week’s author, here are all 5 clues in case you missed them:
1. I’ve had five different careers so far and none of them have been in the field I went to college for, and that includes writing.
2. My cats have silly, ridiculous names. When my wife and I had our wills written, our lawyer delighted in getting to add their full names (and royal titles) into a legal document.
3. I’ve done four playthroughs in the video game Baldur’s Gate III and each time I tried to romance a new companion, but I can’t do it because I feel like I’m cheating on the big cinnamon roll butch character, Karlach, so I end up romancing her again every time.
4. I visited five local Virginia wineries to find the perfect photograph for the cover of one of my 2020 releases. Of course, I had to do a wine tasting at each to be polite. The writing life is so hard.
5. I had the idea for my new book when I took a wrong turn on the same unfamiliar road where my characters get lost in a snowstorm. For the record, I did not get stuck in a cabin with a beautiful woman when it happened to me.
Now it’s time to reveal their name. Drum roll please…
This week’s author is Tagan Shepard!
Check out Cabin Fever, Tagan Shepard’s new release!
Morgan Allen arrives at her first national trade show expecting to make a splash and a ton of sales.
She didn’t expect her biggest rival, Shelby Howard, to be there, stealing her thunder and all her clients. Why couldn’t Shelby just stay home and let Morgan have this one? After all, Shelby doesn’t believe in her product, not like Morgan does. She’s just successful because she’s charming and magnetic with a killer smile and legs for days.
Still, Morgan has a heart. When a major snowstorm cancels both their flights home and Morgan snags the last rental car, she offers Shelby a ride. That kindness turns into a nightmare when bad cell reception and a missed exit leaves them stranded in a secluded hunting cabin with a wrecked car and no way to call for help.
Tagan Shepard’s bio:
Tagan Shepard (she/her) is the author of eleven books of sapphic fiction, including the 2019 Goldie Winner Bird on a Wire. When not writing about extraordinary women loving other extraordinary women, she can be found playing video games, reading, or sitting in DC Metro traffic. She lives in Virginia with her wife and two ridiculous cats.
Visit Tagan Shepard’s website.
Monday kicks off a fresh Guess the Author game!
NEED A BOOK FOR THE WEEKEND?
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, below you’ll find 13 books on sale.
Need more choices? Check out the BookFinder, which has more than 6,560 books for you to choose from, ranging from steamy sapphic romance books, ice queen wlw romances, lesfic audiobooks, queer superheroes, best friends to lovers lesbian romances and so much more!
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Without further ado, let’s get to all the weekly queer news!
TB is determined to spread good rainbow news during 2024, which let’s face, is going to be a rough year. There are a lot of elections all over the world, which means we’re in for a lot of scaremongering. While it’s important to stay informed, it’s also vital not to lose sight of all the kindness in the world. Below are the happy queer stories that made TB smile this week. They’re queer news links worth clicking!
Dwyane Wade and transgender daughter Zaya launch new resource for trans youth and families — What a wonderful idea!
This Methodist pastor was defrocked 20 years ago for being gay. She just got reinstated. — About time!
‘The Voice’ crowns first out LGBTQ+ winner Asher HaVon — Congrats!
Jonathan Bailey raises over $42K to help empower LGBTQ+ school kids — Fantastic!
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder slams Harrison Butker: “People of quality do not fear equality” — Go Eddie!
Meet my 6.5 year old Sphynx YaYa. She cuddles when SHE wants, loves the sun, watching the birds outside and cuddling in my arms just like a baby. She hates clothing so she has many blankets. Submitted by Deb, a sapphic reader.
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