𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖

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𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚑𝚎𝚛 | ʟᴠʟ 39 | 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥 ✨ Writer of #sapphic, sci-fi #romantasy #hopepunk championing diverse representation that’s brimming w/witty banter, yearning, warmth, & heart ☀️❤️‍🔥🌈

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𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 25

The girl who was made to save the galaxy (Veyla, right) & the girl who would absolutely make that harder (Ash, left). ⚡️✨ Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials ARCs open, audiobook narration beginning 💖 #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #WIP #Authors #Writesky #Romantasy #AmWriting #Scifi #Sapphic

Procreate illustration I did of two young women standing back-to-back in a crystal cave. On the left, a pale Fae girl, Ash, with a white asymmetrical undercut, pointed elf type ears, & a black leather jacket, with a blue thunderbird, Spite, perched behind her. On the right, a brown-haired girl with freckles, Veyla, in an iridescent white jumpsuit and opal cloak, with a small fluffy winged creature floating beside her, Poof.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 21

Just me. ☺️🫶 #writingcommunity #writers #authors #sapphic #wlw

I have short blond hair, greenish/blue eyes, and am wearing 2 necklaces, a bracelet, earrings, & lots of rings. Standing next to a plant in the sunroom.

I have short blond hair, greenish/blue eyes, and am wearing 2 necklaces, a bracelet, earrings, & lots of rings. Standing next to a plant in the sunroom. Wearing my glasses in this one. They’re dark green my tank top is dark blue.

I have short blond hair, greenish/blue eyes, and am wearing 2 necklaces, a bracelet, earrings, & lots of rings. Standing next to a plant in the sunroom. Black and white photo.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 17

ARC READERS WANTED! 📖✨ ARC applications are OPEN for my YA/NA sapphic sci-fi romantasy, Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials, Book One: Clash of Metal & Magick (which is told in 2 parts)! 🌟 🔗 Link in bio! #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #Writesky #Romantasy #sapphfic

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 17

Author & illustrator, proudly writing the sapphic sci-fi romantasy adventure I needed growing up. ✨🌈 #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #Writesky #Romantasy #SFF #AmWriting #Scifi #Sapphic #Skywriters #lesfic #sapphfic #LGBTQIACommunity #ButchFemme #SapphicBooks #mascfemme

Me. Short blonde haircut. Greenish/blue eyes. Black Fabric of the Universe tank. Couple of necklaces.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 13

Saphiris is the divine opal matriarch, the first of her kind, & mother to an entire species. Her daughters hatch from radiant spring waters. Bound by no mate, they carry her legacy forward through parthenogenesis. ✨ #art #writingcommunity #dragon #easterndragon

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 12

ARCs for Star*Relic (Part One) are officially open! 🙌🥳🎉 Do you like #sapphic, #scifi, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, frenemies-to-lovers, neurodivergent & disability-championing #romantasy? Find my LinkTree in my profile & click on the ARC Signup Form! 💖✨ #WritingCommunity #WLW #QueerWriters #SFF

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 11

Drawing progress of my character Saphiris, the Mistira. There were even earlier iterations I disliked & didn’t think to save. Just finished the lineart yesterday, & happy with how she’s turning out! ✨🐉💖 #writingcommunity #art #dragon #dragontattoo #tattoo #indieauthors #WIP #writers #fantasy

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 10

Today, I finished editing Part One of Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials & sent it off to @amber.does.audio to begin narrating!! 😱🤩 I’m SO excited to be working with her and to hear her bring this passion project of mine I’ve been working on for the past 2 years to life! 🙌✨ #writingcommunity

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· May 6

“My entire world has contracted to this small, fluffy menace who claimed me through muffin theft and unmitigated emotional demolition.” —Veyla, the FMC of my sapphic sci-do romantasy, Star*Relic, on her animal familiar

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Apr 24

Author. Illustrator. Person who talks about fictional world too much. 😄 I’m Velora Venn, & Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials is my original sci-fi romantasy series. I’m getting closer to finishing editing Book 1 & can’t wait for you to meet these characters! 💫 #WritingCommunity #sapphic #wlw

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Apr 21

Happy Lesbian Visibility Week! 🏳️‍🌈💖✨ See the full post (with more images & tropes) on my Instagram: @VeloraVenn #wlw #sapphic #lesbianvisibilityweek #lesbianvisibility #lesbian #lgbt #lgbtqia #writingcommunity #indieauthor

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Apr 18

Viric Vahlayr looks like every brooding Fae romance archetype: tall, shadowy, entropic soulcraft, wyrm familiar, low rough voice. But there just might be more to him than meets the eye… 🖤🌙 #charactersrt #drawing #writingcommunity #wlw #sapphicbooks #romantasy

Character card for Viric Vahlayr from Star*Relic. The same young Fae man from the other drawing is shown against a vibrant magenta and teal halftone background. Krathos the wyrm looms behind him. A bold title banner at the bottom reads “VIRIC VAHLAYR” in orange lettering, with the subtitle “THE BROODING KNIGHT” in a graffiti-style font.

Illustrated character art of Viric Vahlayr, a young Fae man with messy dark brown hair, pointed ears, and light stubble. He wears a lavender double-breasted vest over a button down shirt with a striped tie, a gold capelet, and lavender boots (his outfit in Skyspire Academy color). He stands with one hand raised as dark entropic energy radiates from his fingers while the other hand has summonsed a necrotic scythe. His familiar Krathos, a dark serpentine wyrm with glowing spots, coils behind him. Soulcraft energy pools at his feet.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Apr 14

Two hearts, one battlefield, and a very inconvenient propensity to feel everything at the worst possible moment. Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials is my upcoming hopepunk sapphic sci-fi romantasy. ✨🎶🪐💖 #WritingCommunity #wlw #sapphic #queerwriters #WIP

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Apr 14

Veyla and Ash… The grumpy ⛈️ sunshine ☀️ romance you didn’t know you needed, featuring a happy-go-lucky, wears-her-heart-on-her-sleeve, newly-awakened clone of an ancient alien and a sharp-tongued Fae who would literally rather fight than admit she has feelings. #WritingCommunity #wlw #sapphic #lgbt

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Mar 31

Had my hair cut pretty drastically last week (see the last 2 photos for what I looked like hours before it was cut). I was going for a bixie (bob+pixie hybrid), but my stylist got a bit carried away, so now I gotta wait for a couple inches to grow back to see if I like a true bixie look on me. 😅✨

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Mar 31

#WIPSnips “step” 👣 Veyla (the protagonist in Star*Relic) just finished ADAPT (Adaptable Density Photonic Tactility) training in this excerpt, which is a hard light simulation. 💪 #WritingCommunity #WLW #sapphic #Snippet #QueerWriters #WIP #lesfic #sapphfic #SFF

I throw my head to the side, catching her meaning. “No. Not at all. I am ready for the year-end exam," I insist, teasing, “despite your best efforts to best me. I've passed every test and trial you've thrown at me, including this last extra-punishing one. I'm more than qualified."

My tone's pure confidence. There's even a bounce in my step, which is impressive, considering my legs are still burning. But pride's a great analgesic.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Mar 31

Part planet-hopping adventure, part #sapphic slow-burn, & all heart, ✨Star*Relic✨ follows a found family of soulcrafters (magick users), some of whom are #queer, #neurodivergent, aroace, or disabled heroes, all fighting to save the galaxy. 💖 #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Scifi

Book cover design for Part One. The back reads:

A malfunctioning, planet-regulating artificial intelligence.

Six interconnected planets teetering on the brink of collapse.

An impending extraterrestrial invasion.

Who could possibly save an entire solar system?

Naturally, the task falls to Veyla, a newly-awakened clone of an extinct Primordial species. If she fails, AION, a holographic Al owl with a flawed mission to preserve planetary balance, will succeed in her latest pursuit: wiping out every magick user with her army of nightmare-fuel bots.

On top of that, there are interplanetary tensions and cute girls with questionable agendas to contend with. Typical teenage problems.

No pressure, right? At least she has an unreasonable amount of optimism to work with!

Armed with ancient magick (that she's still kind of winging) and cutting-edge tech (mostly under control, give or take a few explosions) Veyla and her friends might just be the only ones capable of uniting people, planets, and the slightly-unhinged Al who was supposed to protect them in the first place. And if enthusiasm, stubborn hope, and the occasional wildly-improvised plan can save a system, then they've got a real shot.

The only question is: can they do it all in time?

Just another day in the life of a relic from a lost age: wildly overwhelmed, running on fumes, and improvising my way through this whole hero-in-progress thing!

SPIRITUAL COUSINS/INFLUENCES:

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018 animated series)

Horizon Zero Dawn (

video game series developed by Guerrilla

KPop Demon Hunters (2025 animated film)

Book cover design for Book One Part Two. Back of book reads:

WE BURN, AND MAYBE THAT'S THE COST, TO HOLD SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL LONG ENOUGH TO FEEL THE LOSS.

The pressure's mounting for Veyla, the teenage clone of an ancient, extinct alien species. Alongside her ragtag team, Veyla races across the system with one impossible goal: restore a corrupted planetary Al owl with a goddess complex before magick disappears forever...along with all the people who wield it.

Of course, nothing ever goes smoothly. Magick is not accessible on most planets, and a botched portal jump scatters the group. Oh, and then there's Ash, heartbreak incarnate, clad in leather and smoldering with the sharp, electric tension of lightning before it strikes, who only grows more questionable by the second.

Their path winds through volcanic wastelands, singing caverns, and territories bristling with secrets and betrayal. Along the way, Veyla uncovers fragments of knowledge hidden in her DNA while also wrestling with feelings she'd rather keep buried under a mountain. There's no room for detours and no time for grief or awkward confessions. Certainly not at the Solstice Starlight Ball, where music, masks, and one unguarded dance threaten to unravel everything.

But duty doesn't wait. To stop AION from purging Elysia of all sentient life, Veyla must secure the last Al cores. And naturally, the final stop is Ash's homeworld where the core is locked behind the most heavily-guarded defenses yet, and survival might require teaming up with the one person Veyla swore she couldn't trust.

What could possibly go wrong?

Her voice is smoke and starlight, smooth yet marked by gentle ruin and burnished with rasp, with hidden barbs that catch in all the places I wish they wouldn't. She pours herself into the haunting, aching vocals, every note vulnerable and laid bare. It's beautiful but raw as an open wound, as if she cracked herself apart just enough to let the song bleed out.

Artwork I did of Veyla, the main character, and Ash, her love interest, along with Poof, Veyla’s animal familiar, and AION the holographic owl

Evil planet Gharm were the alien Gral are from

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Dec 18

Xyra, 1 of 3 Star*Relics from my upcoming book ✨💥 She is known as the Defender of the Star System. In her Star*Relic Mode, her wrist cuff transforms into a plasma cannon bracer. #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #Sapphic #Art #Illustration

illustration of a young woman with a short brown bob and freckles who is standing confidently. She has visible cybernetic enhancements, including a glowing mechanical arm, reinforced legs with illuminated joints, and a softly lit core embedded in her abdomen. She wears a white tank crop top & black shorts.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Dec 16

I updated the logo & book covers! ✨💖🪐🤖✨ Star*Relic is a sapphic sci-fi romantasy about lost worlds, magick, & girls who refuse to let the universe decide who they get to be. #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #Writesky #Romantasy #SFF #Scifi #Sapphic #Art #BookIllustration

Full book wrap design for Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials, Book One, Part One. The cover is vibrant and neon-toned with a circular cosmic emblem at center featuring planets, stars, and a glowing prismatic sword and a star-studded DNA helix. The title is large and colorful against a galaxy background. The front cover includes the illustrated cast of characters. The back has a small floating AI core orb, a fluffy white animal familiar named Poof, and a sci-fi fantasy synopsis about a clone heroine, a rogue planetary AI, and saving interconnected worlds.

$Full book wrap design for Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials, Book One, Part Two. The cover mirrors the circular cosmic emblem style, with planets and glowing symbols surrounding the title. The back cover features an illustrated scene of two young women in an intimate embrace. The front has a dramatic magical confrontation between them, emphasizing romance and conflict. The synopsis text describes rising stakes, lost companions, fractured trust, and emotional tension. The color palette is bright purples, pinks, blues, and electric accents, blending sci-fi with fantasy imagery.$

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Dec 11

Just finished this drawing that took me a while but that was absolutely so fun to make of my FMC from Star*Relic, Veyla, & her snarky frenemy-to-lover, Ash, along with some magickal companions & the barn owl hologram of AION, overseer of worlds. #WritingCommunity #WIP #Art #Writesky #SFF #Sapphic

Two girls (Veyla and Ash) stand together in a vivid, sci-fantasy sunset scene. The girl on the left, Veyla, has long brown hai, freckles, and a warm smile. She wears an iridescent white bodysuit and a shinmering opal cloak, extending one hand as pastel-colored magick swirls from her palm. A fluffy white creature with big purple eyes and small feathered wings floats beside her. The girl on the right, Ash, has pale skin, an asymmetrical undercut with white hair swept to one side, sharp fae ears, and intense blue eyes. She wears a cropped black jacket and dark pants, looking back over her shoulder with a confident edge. A glowing blue holographic owl hovers over an obsidian obelisk behind her, while a bright blue thunderbird flies above. A huge crescent planet dominates the sky, framed by neon clouds in pink, purple, and orange hues.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Dec 2

Loving my new setup 🤩 After years on the same chair, I finally upgraded. Dual monitors, a chair that lights up and plays audio, a bigger desk, & a gorgeous keyboard! Thanks, Black Friday. Total glow-up ✨ Only survivor is my multi-button gamer mouse. Excited to write (and eventually game 😆) here!

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 30

Hi! I’m Vel, sapphic romantasy writer crafting Star*Relic, a grumpy/sunshine, masc/femme, frenemies-to-lovers #romantasy with She-Ra, Horizon Zero Dawn, & K-Pop Demon Hunters vibes 💖✨🎶🎤🪐🤖🐉 #QueerPrompts #WIP #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #Authors #Scifi #Sapphic #sapphfic #mascfemme

Mirror selfie. I’m in a navy blazer over a white shirt, ripped black jeans, and black high top Converse. I have blondish hair with bangs

Colorful sci-fi fantasy book cover for Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials. Features Veyla (the FMC) in glowing armor with a prismatic sword, her friends, and their familiars against a cosmic background. The back cover shows story blurb, machines, and an illustration of Veyla and Ash facing each other with soft, romantic tension.

Vibrant sci-fi/fantasy book cover for Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials — Book One, Part Two. The front features Veyla in prismatic armor wielding a glowing sword facing Ash in a dark tech exosuit with crackling lightning. The back has a purple-pink backdrop with a portal gateway, a dramatic blurb, and an illustration of the two girls kissing.

Promo art featuring Veyla and Ash embracing in a kiss. Around them are phrases describing Star*Relic themes: magick girls with layered identities, neurodivergent representation, disabled and differently-abled heroes, queer strength, complex emotions, grief, humor, AI with a god complex, and cute animal companions. The background has cosmic colors for Veyla’s magick, lightning for Ash’s, and stars.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 29

#WIPSnips “dedicate” The moment Kael, the Merperson, joins Team Star*Relic ✨🫧 #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #Writesky #Romantasy #SFF #AmWriting #Scifi #Sapphic #Skywriters #FantasyWriters #lesfic #sapphfic #LGBTQIACommunity #ButchFemme #SapphicBooks #mascfemme

Poof, somehow attuned to the shift in mood, lets out a soft peep. The sound is so gentle and oddly well-timed, it draws a faint, surprised chuckle from Fenn.

"Guess even the furball gets it," he smiles.

"Poof is wise in ways we can only begin to understand," Kael agrees.

Poof lifts her chin proudly, as if she's just delivered a moving speech of her own.

"Star*Relic?" Kael then turns to me, an expectant look softening his pale, iridescent features. "Respectfully, may I place a humble request before you?"

My brows lift. "Oh, uh...? Sure."

He straightens. "Althea, Tyros, and I have dedicated our lives to the words of the ancestors, waiting for this moment. This purpose. While my companions have formerly expressed interest in remaining in our underwater home, I made a vow in my youth: if I were ever granted the honor of meeting the Star*Relic and entrusting her with our salvation, I would offer her not only our sacred Pearl, but also myself. I'd pledge my service to her, however small my role may be. Therefore, if you would have me, I would like to join you on your journey."

A drawing I did of Kael. He’s a biped capable of manifesting find the moment he’s in water. His hair is silvery-green and floats around him as if underwater. His eyes are large and black to see in low light conditions. He has gills on his neck and wears a variety of trinkets and textures. He also has a mechanical gauntlet capable of a variety of things.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 27

#WIPSnips “disorganize” ✨ Happy Thanksgiving! May today offer a moment of gratitude, no matter how it arrives. 💖 Excerpt from Ash’s POV, the grumpy half of the grumpy/sunshine dynamic in my #sapphic sci-fi #romantasy, Star*Relic. 🫂 #WritingCommunity #Writers #Excerpt #Snippet #AmWriting

I don't remember everything that happened to me while in the portal's grasp. What stuck most weren't the sights or sounds. It was the sensation of it, a nauseating prolonging that stretched me thin and warped me sideways, as if something were probing my limits to see just how far I could be twisted before something finally snapped. Instead of being instantaneous, time seemed to dilate. Everything stretched and warped while the universe took me apart piece by piece, studying each fragment with a strange, morbid curiosity. Then, it shoved me back together in some haphazard, disorganized way, deciding, "Yeah, sure, close enough."

Teleporting through the Ebonycliffs gateway wasn't travel in the ordinary sense. It was disassembly. Obliteration sprinkled with indecision and an excess of creative liberties. I was pulled in every direction at once and unraveled molecule by molecule before finally being flayed and rewoven by forces that couldn't care less if I survived the trip. Every nerve burned as though I were trapped within a funeral pyre. Every breath felt borrowed.

At some indeterminate point between existence and oblivion, after limbo got bored of playing tug-of-war with my insides, I hit the ground hard. Air punched from my lungs in a single, ragged gasp. For a few heartbeats, I was convinced I was still dying. And then came the disappointing revelation: I wasn't. I just wished I were. That was the level of misery broken gateway travel offered. Would not recommend.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 18

This is the emblem of the Restorer of Balance Star*Relic. AION is a hyper-advanced AI hologram, and her 6 eyes represent the 6 artificial planets (known as Nodes) that she was designed to oversee, maintain, and regulate in my upcoming #sapphic #romantasy, Star*Relic. #Art #Drawing #WritingCommunity

A drawing I just finished featuring a pink barn owl with 6 eyes. There is a diamond in the background with circuitry patterns on it and opal colors towards the center.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 18

Everyone on the planet Elysia in my #WIP, Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials, has an animal familiar from the age of 10. Veyla, the protagonist, has Poof, a Floon. Poof is cat-like with a giant personality. #WritingQ #WritingCommunity #SFF #Sapphic #Romantasy #SciFi #Fantasy

Drawings I did of Poof, who is a white puff ball. This also includes her mount form, which includes armor and a saddle. She also has tusks.

Veyla and Poof. Veyla is holding a sword and is wearing an opal cloak.

A card design I drew featuring Floons, which have the colorings and markings of cats.

Me with my Poof plushie someone from Etsy made me (along with my card binder and stickers & my 3D printed AION owl)

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 17

#WIPSnips “spend” A reflection from Ash’s POV (the frenemy/lover) in Star*Relic: Legacy of the Primordials, a #sapphic sci-fi #romantasy with She-Ra, Horizon Zero Dawn, & KPop Demon Hunters vibes. ✨ #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #Writesky #Romantasy #SFF

I wouldn't call myself a great musician. More like dingy-dive-bar-at-midnight material at best. But I know enough to get by. My mother used to teach me every single evening, guiding my fumbling fingers with the kind of patience she didn't often have the luxury to spare. I paid close attention, not just because I wanted to learn, but also because it was one of the few activities reserved for women, thus a rare opportunity to spend precious, uninterrupted time with my mother. It was perhaps one of the only things that belonged to us. Something hers and something mine.

My mother used to say I had the voice of a goddess. Rare. Unique.

"Special," she'd call it. The silver lining to the tracheomalacia I was born with. A soft, narrow windpipe. It meant breathing issues as a kid, and it still gives me grief with every cold or respiratory bug, making them hit harder than they should. Not exactly a divine gift. But mostly these days, it just means my voice is rough. Raspy. Smoky. Distinct.

Too distinct, if you ask my father. Or brothers. It's "too unpolished" for royalty. Too masculine for a female. Too me. But my mother liked my voice. She heard something beautiful in it.

more. And because of that...I appreciate it all the

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 15

Everix Goldspire and Venyra Vespera. One the ancestor of the headmistress of Skyspire Magick Academy. The other the Primordial whom Veyla, the FMC/Star*Relic was cloned from. Because Venyra was a lesbian, so too is Veyla. 😄 #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Sapphic #mascfemme

A drawing I did of 2 women. Everix has fake skin and hair, golden eyes, a robotic arm, a cybernetic head implant, and wears a futuristic suit with yellow and purple accents. Venyra has short brown hair, pale skin, freckles, brown eyes, and we’re an exosuit with orange and blue accents.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 13

“Ha. Boob.” One of my favorite little humorous parts in Star*Relic from Ash’s perspective (the frenemy/lover). 😄 #WritingCommunity #Writers #QueerWriters #WIP #Excerpt #Snippet

"Thanks," Ryn sighs, stretching her arms overhead with a dramatic groan. "I just want a foot massage, some strips of jerky, and twelve hours of sleep. Is that so much to ask?"

"I'll second the jerky," Drax says, visibly perking up at the mere mention of meat.

"Lucky for you," Ryn replies, "I've got a decent amount left."

She begins rummaging through her bag with the determination of a woman on a mission. Out comes her battered leather journal (which she treats more lovingly than most people), a steel water bottle, various survival supplies, a blow-up pillow, and enough provisions to qualify as a miniature general store. The only thing still attached is her bedroll.

Drax exhales the slow, beleaguered sigh of someone witnessing their own personal apocalypse. I eyeball him, already knowing where this is going and bracing myself.

"Excuse me while I reorganize the catastrophe you just unleashed," he grumbles, crouching beside her bag as though he's about to defuse a bomb.

Drax is, without question, the most pathologically orderly person I know. He can't abide a mess. Watching Ryn empty her bag on the ground is, for him, a spiritual attack. Woe to anyone outside our little gang foolish enough to disrupt his carefully-curated order. I'd almost pity the poor soul if I weren't too busy marveling at the spectacle of righteous fury he'd unleash.

Naturally, Ryn ignores him completely.

He starts folding things that don't want to be folded and tucking away rations with the reverence of a librarian handling sacred texts.

Meanwhile, having located it, Ryn tears into a pouch of dried meats with zero ceremony. The smell hits Drax, and he freezes, fist curled around one of Ryn's wrinkly shirts (one I instantly recognize, being that it's among Ryn's favorites, marked by that angled zipper slicing down to its asymmetrical hem).

"Relax, big guy,” she says, tossing him a strip, and I conceal a chuckle, since the action feels reminiscent of a zookeeper feeding an animal.

He drops the shirt, catches the jerky, and tears off a chunk with his carnassials. All the while, he watches her with sharp and unreadable eyes.

I let them be, turning my attention to the surrounding cliffs. I can see why my father picked this spot. The tall sandstone walls on either side act like a natural windbreak, which is crucial now that the desert gusts are gaining speed, angling toward full-blown haboob territory.

Ha. Boob. Still funny.

What? I'm allowed one childish indulgence.

Okay, fine. One among many. Take it up with my middle finger.

𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖@veloravenn· Nov 12

Here are 2 generations of Skyspire Academy’s guardians: Dorm Master Zara Goldspire & her mother, Headmistress Zorina Goldspire. Their bloodline can be traced back to the age of the Primordials. ✨ #WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #CharacterArt #Drawing #Art #Fantasy