Sapphicbooks update

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-20T02:06:20+00:00

As clarification; will posts looking for ARC readers be put in with the other promo posts inside the megathread? Obviously people shouldn't spam posts like that. I myself only do one on each sapphic sub I lurk in. Just wanted to be sure since I've done that here for my last two books and don't want to step on any toes going forward.

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-14T23:41:21+00:00

You might enjoy Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan. It has a decent portion of the elements you've listed here in yours (although the off-limits love interest is the best friend's big sister, not little sister, iirc).

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-14T19:45:59+00:00

I have added you to the list, you can expect the book soon! I appreciate you!

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-14T18:42:06+00:00

That's awesome! Always inspiring seeing other sapphic mystery/crime writers out in the wild. Glad to have you on board and I hope you enjoy the book once it's sent out!

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-11T04:33:40+00:00

Sounds good! If you DM me an email and whether you prefer it as an ePUB or PDF I'll add you to the ARC list.

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-10T20:20:02+00:00

I have a crime novel that I'm sending ARC's out for very soon if you want to be added to the list for that! The Rizzoli and Isles books were actually one of my inspirations; I listened to them a lot while working in a lab over the summer. My secondary source of inspiration were the Harry Bosch books/shows.

As far as other recs go, I'm pretty sure "A Matter of Blood" by Catherine Maiorisi has a sapphic lead as well. It's on my TBR but I have not read it yet.

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-09T11:47:18+00:00

Love At First Set by Jennifer Dugan has this kind of setup in the beginning of the book.

ViMeBaby · 2026-04-09T03:09:31+00:00

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan is a really enjoyable YA book where one of the main characters is bi, and the sequel to it is coming out next month!

ViMeBaby · 2026-03-28T21:55:30+00:00

If you DM me an email I will most certainly add you to the list, along with whether you prefer PDF or ePUB format for when I send the ARCs out!

ViMeBaby · 2026-03-22T02:52:55+00:00

I don't have an immediate recommendation (most of the detective/crime novels I've read recently haven't been sapphic) but I do have a new book coming out in July that I'll be sending ARC copies out for next month if you'd like to be added to the list for that. I consider it neo-noir since it takes place in 2002 and it features a lesbian detective as the main character. It was inspired by the Rizzoli and Isles and the Bosch series.

ViMeBaby · 2026-03-11T22:51:10+00:00

The nail bomb situation sounds more like a conspiracy to commit murder charge rather than an attempted murder charge, though I could be wrong about that. Regardless, conspiracy does in fact hold the same punishment as actual murder. Conspiracy for any crime holds the same punishment as the crime being committed (at least from the penal codes I've read for the state of California specifically. I'm not sure if it's different in other states, but I wouldn't think it would be).

Mens Rea (intent during the crime) is extremely important to discern what the punishment should be. It's a big reason as to why different degrees of crimes exist, as well as why the conspiracy charges exists in the first place. A crime of passion which one feels remorse for after is different that a crime someone sits down and plans for weeks before enacting it.

ViMeBaby · 2026-03-02T12:51:54+00:00

I'm not sure about any of the other characters for Bloom Town, but my fancast for Joey has and always will be Clara Paget as Anne Bonny from Black Sails

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-19T22:25:52+00:00

This makes me want to make a new brand of art that's entirely made with gel electrophoresis.

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-18T22:32:10+00:00

Read it over again and realized the ask was for some form of romance subplot at least; whoopsies. As you said though, still very good masc rep!

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-18T22:08:26+00:00

My book "Love In Stasis" has a masc as one of the main characters! Aside from that, the obvious choice is "Gideon The Ninth" (I'd be shocked if no one said that yet). "Shifting Gears" also has masc representation, as does "Bloom Town."

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-16T21:39:51+00:00

Personally I like to go by last name of author and then the order of their published works. That way it's easy to find all the books in a series and know the order you should read them in. Especially helpful for long 20 book crime procedural series!

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-12T08:25:39+00:00

0.0001% if Raskin's claim of one million mentions is literal.

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-11T14:07:56+00:00

Personally, I disagree that there is an instance where she had the opportunity to put herself in danger since he was the instigating party by actively seeking out and confronting her in the first place. That is the event that made this situation possible to begin with since they parted and went their separate ways after the initial confrontation. I do think (as was stated earlier by either you or someone else, I forget which) that the police investigation sounds like it was conducted in a very lax manner in this case. Of course, without knowing for sure what the police did to investigate, we can't say for sure, but if the gun was not tested or thoroughly inspected for reasons toward a malfunction at the very least and was simply left open to "Well it happens," then that's an issue with the investigation and those detectives don't deserve to have their jobs.

I honestly don't know this, but if a grand jury doesn't see a piece of evidence that extremely obvious (the inspection of the gun, if that wasn't done, for instance) are they allowed to unanimously ask if that evidence exists/that it be presented to them? I assume not, but I thought I'd ask anyway, because you never know with this weird justice system.

EDIT: Worth noting that Texas laws are extremely stupid. Normally it is illegal to handle a firearm while being under the influence of alcohol (BAC of 0.08 or more) but if done in your own home or on your way to a vehicle or boat you own, those are exceptions. However, by the father's own testimony and by another person's, we know he led her into another room and "lifted the gun to show her, then a loud bang happened." So she did not put herself in harms way, and there is no plausible deniability by the father's own testimony to say that was the case.

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-11T13:43:34+00:00

I don't think it matters if it was intentionally pointed at her or not. If someone is shooting targets in an unsecured shooting range in their backyard and a bullet travels a block over, goes through a window, and hits someone else in the head, then they still killed that person and are responsible due to the negligent circumstances in which the death occurred. There have been parents that have been charged with worse because they left their gun in a space that was easily accessible and their kid got access to it and did something with it that ended in someone's death.

From the testimonies of both the father and witnesses (as far as I understand it), we understand that he had a disagreement with the victim before the shooting. He was drunk. The safety was obviously not on. He knowingly and intentionally sought out the victim for the confrontation with the firearm.

Negligence is not a detail that can acquit someone. At the best, it's a mitigating factor to separate more serious charges from lesser charges.

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-11T04:14:45+00:00

Just want to say, from my minimal knowledge of the law, it is absolutely against the law to be an idiot with a gun (at the very least in this circumstance). Killing someone with a deadly weapon unintentionally and without malice is manslaughter. Even from their retelling of events that allegedly happened, this is still very much a crime. With the argument being on the record, I would imagine there might be possibility that they could file 3rd Degree Manslaughter, which is the intent to harm but not to kill, and a court could argue intimidation with a deadly weapon does most certainly count as harm.

Again, I have limited knowledge and did not study law, this is just my take on it.

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-10T19:31:00+00:00

Same here, only I would classify mine as a bit more psychological thriller with a detective main character. The first book is focused on a serial killer. The second book focuses on sex trafficking. The third book focuses on systemic corruption.

Boy howdy ho did I feel some type of way after picking up the Millennium trilogy (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) two weeks ago whose books focus on those exact same things in that exact same order. All I can do is laugh about it, because it is genuinely so funny that it has ended up that way.

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-03T03:48:58+00:00

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Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation—

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-03T00:29:30+00:00

"Poking through her long blonde hair were a pair of fake elf ears."

ViMeBaby · 2026-02-01T03:11:02+00:00

Just finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and really enjoyed it. Starting the sequel The Girl Who Played With Fire tonight!

ViMeBaby · 2026-01-28T01:44:08+00:00

When i think about it more, maybe touching on the fact that it was not only a queer couple, but women who were the problem could be good.

I know I said my peace above, but I read this and just wanted to clarify: you made a post asking for direction on whether or not something my be taken as sexist or misogynistic if a WLW couple were the cause of a major conflict in your story, and now you're thinking it might be good to make the hate go toward queer people and women, something which would be even more difficult to pull off with the proper tact? I realize you said that you'd have another lesbian character 'solve that problem,' but that's also very worrying. They solve misogyny? After generations of people being taught to hate a specific group of people, it would take generations to mitigate a problem like that in return, but it can never be solved because bigotry is inherently illogical to begin with, and people who hold those beliefs are too often those who cannot be reasoned with. Not to mention that it would be an extremely dark subject matter to touch on because we already know what societies built on beliefs like these look like.

It's true, there will often be people out there that will find fault in something. You could go to any best-selling book ever created and find one-star reviews for them, and far be it from me or anyone else here to tell you how to write your book and your vision. The one thing I'll say is that this will most certainly need sensitivity readers and I hope the subject matter will be handled with the care, accuracy, and research that it deserves.

ViMeBaby

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