Alexis Veenendaal 🫎 is querying
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(she/her) Fantasy Comedy author, tech writer, mapmaker, cat enthusiast, D&D nerd, Canadian in Wales.
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a Comedic Adult Fantasy satirising the heroes’ journey from the perspective of a failed wizard mentor.
Athragast wants to retire from the monotony of training Chosen Ones, but to afford that, he has to go on one last mission with Jon, the annoyingly optimistic busboy
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When you get feedback from an agent that the premise and characters are great and it's well written, but they still reject you 😭
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I got the most positive and detailed feedback on a full request, but alas, the agent still passed. It feels so close, yet so far!
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The requests for fulls are rolling in! Is it too early to start hoping?? 🙏
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I want to publish traditionally, but I'm considering paying for developmental edits. Do people think it's worth it before finding an agent?
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When my non-writer friends say, "Oh, you've written a book? When will it be published?"
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I'm afraid to get too excited about the full requests!! 😖
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I'm going to be participating in
#1stLinePit
so let me know if you'd like to swap support and I'll add you to my list! 📖
Love all the excitement surrounding
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Attached are four images with updated guidelines. Pinning this post for easy access.
Thanks to everybody for asking clever questions, prompting me to clarify the details. 😍🥰
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A really thoughtful full MS agent rejection. Sometimes, the manuscript is there, but it just doesn't connect with that agent.
I'm going to keep pushing ahead through the disappointment! It's a tough journey!
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Athragast:
🧙♂️ failed wizard mentor
🍹ready to retire
📜1 last quest to fulfill
🫅🏼his hero says no
🙋🏿♂️he recruits a busboy named Jon
🐉🚬🧚♀️🪄 anarchy ensues
The Reluctant Mentor learns about friendship, love, and fixing old habits.
Adult fantasy comedy
#F
#LGBT
#Q
#UnhingedPit
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In my latest agent rejection, the agent told me a Terry Pratchett-esque Comedic Fantasy isn't what the market wants, and I'm now rethinking having spent the last year of my life on my
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project 🫠
#cry
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I think we can all agree that fantasy could use more comedy, right? Or is that just me? 🤗
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The Reluctant Mentor!
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Eli stared at the kitchen counter, wishing he could be anywhere else but the party celebrating him.
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#YA
#R
#Con
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GAP YEAR - A queer YA travel rom-com
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Me, whenever an agent I've been waiting for announces that they're open for queries
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I know some people dislike Fantasy swearing, but I love it - the weirder, the better 😀
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When an old wizard has spent his life training Chosen Ones and is sick of 14 year olds waving a sword for a week before running off and saving the world.
It's safe to say Athragast is ready to retire.
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The Reluctant Mentor, a cozy, comedic fantasy.
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The gods’ damned storm came out of nowhere, a black mark on the horizon heading straight for them — against the wind.
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TIDE OF SANDS - epic 2nd world fantasy
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I printed out the first chapter of my book. My cat sprinted to the printer, threw the pages down, and proceeded to tear them to shreds. Does this mean she doesn't like fantasy books? Or my writing in particular? 😅
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Writers, has anyone tried querying 2 manuscripts at the same time? Or do you focus on one at a time?
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Nothing makes me more excited than when I have a story in my head and I just can't wait to get it out. That's the most fulfilling part of being a writer.
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Summarizing my
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project in the most unhinged way. (I promise the actual plot makes more sense than this jumble).
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ADULT FANTASY COMEDY
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THE RELUCTANT MENTOR: A standalone Adult Fantasy Comedy satirising the heroes’ journey from the perspective of a failed wizard mentor.
Athragast wants to retire, but he has one last quest. Now, he needs a hero dumb enough to help.
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#comedicfantasy
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Really late to the game for
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Athragast is done with the drudgery of being a wizard mentor; but before he can retire, he needs to hook one last capable hero to help him. When the capable hero says “No”, Athragast recruits Jon the busboy instead.
#q
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I'm so pleased to have my short story "Lights of the Lidth" featured in this month's Peasant Magazine publication! Check out mine and other talented authors' work.
#peasantmagazine
#fantasywriter
#literarymagazine
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Athragast the wizard is sick of training Chosen Ones to wave a sword around for a week before running off and saving the world; but before he can retire from mentoring, he needs a hero for one last mission. Like Jon, the optimistic pickpocket.
THE RELUCTANT MENTOR
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One of my character's goals is to travel the land, finding new recipes to try out. Am I only now realising that's also one of my life goals...? Gimme all the desserts
#cozyfantasy
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For those who liked my comedic fantasy pitch, you can read my first chapter on my website :)
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Querying my cozy, comedic fantasy:
THE RELUCTANT MENTOR: A standalone satirising the heroes’ journey from the perspective of a failed wizard mentor.
Athragast wants to retire, but he has one last quest. Now, he needs a hero naive enough to help.
#amquerying
#comedicfantasy
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Kept telling my husband today was my day. So convinced I'd get good writing news! Instead, I got a parking ticket in the mail 🤣
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#amquerying
THE RELUCTANT MENTOR, a Cozy, Satirical Fantasy about a failed wizard mentor stuck doing one last quest before retirement.
#fantasy
#satirical
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Had so much fun joining the
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with everyone! Thanks for all your support! I love this
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Anyone else write their outline in first person even if their book isn't in first? I feel like it helps me get into the protagonist's head.
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Want a grumpy old wizard + an overly optimistic pickpocket + a cigar-eating, rainbow-spewing rodent?
Did I mention the croissants?
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THE RELUCTANT MENTOR:
Adult Fantasy Comedy satirising the heroes' journey.
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Does anyone have cozy fantasy book suggestions? I would love to read some more to stave off the chilly autumn weather!
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This GIF is the best way I can describe the vibe my characters give off.
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A failed wizard mentor wants to retire, but he's given one last (impossible and downright irritating) quest.
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Me, buying more books.
The TBR books on my shelf:
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Writers, join a writing group! I can't recommend it enough. I've learnt so much, and it's a great support system to keep you motivated 💪
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Trying to make sense of my outline after the MC has run off to do something off-script
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#amquerying
THE RELUCTANT MENTOR:
Athragast is done with the drudgery of being a wizard mentor; but before he can retire, he needs one last capable hero to help him. When the capable hero says “No”, Athragast recruits Jon the cheerful busboy instead.
Discworld-inspired fantasy.
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Who wants to be a bloody hero anyways? 😄
#bookquotes
#heroquotes
#fantasybooks
#dragonreborn
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The Reluctant Mentor: satirising the heroes' journey from the POV of a failed wizard mentor. (Adult Fantasy Comedy)
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Just finished reading
#cantspellteawithouttreason
and now thinking maybe I should leave the world behind and start a tea bookshop...? 🤔
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I looked at a crow.
The crow looked at me.
I said, "You're not a bad omen, are you?"
The crow said, "Did you get any sleep last night? You're starting to hallucinate talking animals."
#coffeethoughts
🐦⬛☕️
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Started writing a new project today...!
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What genre do you want to write in but haven't tried yet? For me it's sci fi!
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I'm joining in the Authors introducing themselves!
I am a twice-time immigrant now living in the UK. I love to travel and snuggle with my cat. I play Zelda and D&D, bake just so I can eat desserts, crochet up a storm, drink beer and bourbon, and draw fantasy maps.
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A sneak peek at the first chapter of my fantasy book, "Tide of Sands" - a magical twist on colonising the new world.
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🇬🇧🏴🇨🇦
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Another of my favourite quips from my fantasy comedy WIP 😀
Follow my blog to get updates on my most recent stories!
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#terrypratchett
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Was trying to figure out how to summarize the Comedic Adult Fantasy book I
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. How do my stick figures stand up? They say a picture is worth 1,000 words 😄
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I didn't say I was an artist 😅
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Create characters you love so you keep going back to their chapters ☺️
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About to start writing book
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because I can't stop, won't stop!! And in another new genre for me
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I've shelved 3 books and
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1 - maybe someday I'll go back to the others to revise and improve, but for now, I'm pushing forward to new projects 💪
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Excerpt from my
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piece, an Adult Comedic Fantasy titled THE RELUCTANT MENTOR.
#fantasy
#comedy
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As a kid, I read every single book with a dragon, unicorn or centaur on the cover.
As an adult, not much has changed. 😁
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My reluctant wizard mentor has a to-do list that just keeps getting longer!
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#amquerying
my Adult Fantasy Comedy
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As an insufferable optimist, I always somehow write pessimistic MC's who have to deal with cheerful go-getters 😄
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The first "book" I wrote (without pictures) was called 'The Case of the Evil Librarian'. I wrote it when I was 11.
I have no idea what happened to it, but that's what started my epic writing journey.
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The Reluctant Mentor: satirizing the heroes' journey with a failed wizard mentor, his cigar-eating rodent companion, and a busboy named Jon who can't help his pickpocketing urges.
What's this poor wizard to do?
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Adult Fantasy Comedy
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Currently writing a short story about a skyship pirate who accidentally looses magic-siphoning rabbits on the kingdom. Now, she and her all-too-perfect Sorceress sister have to retrieve them. 🏴☠️🐇🔮
#WritingCommunity
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Finished writing my short story today about a skyship pirate, her sorceress sister, and a set of magic-siphoning, world-destroying flying rabbits.
So, all in all, a good day 😄
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A Fantasy satirising the heroes’ journey from the perspective of a failed wizard mentor: THE RELUCTANT MENTOR.
Athragast wants to retire, but he has one last quest. Now he needs to find a hero dumb enough to help.
It's a new generation of DISCWORLD.
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#Q
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What to ask your beta readers to look out for, in my experience.
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Enrolled in the Science Fiction & Fantasy writing course at Cardiff uni! So excited!
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I think cosy fantasy has always been for me. I love just following a character through the ups and downs of life, and the fantastical elements make it all the better ❤️
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British or American spelling for book submissions when
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As a person based in the UK but used to spelling in both that and American English (I'm Canadian), I'm always curious to know what people choose to write in primarily.
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Querying is a long journey, and some days can be disheartening. I always try to have a new project on the go whilst sending out my batches, but it's tough facing the rejections 😞
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Listen to the first chapter of my epic fantasy wherever you get podcasts. "Short Stories by Alexis Veenendaal".
Or read the first chapter at
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#sneakpeek
#epicfantasy
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#AuthorsOfTwitter
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I'd love to connect with more writers on here! Share what you're working on.
My new WIP is a fantasy about a cheerful necromancer who falls in love with the daughter of a Death God :)
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2 of my short fantasy stories made it to the final round with a lit magazine - so close yet so far!
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I've made some updates to my Author Page, so make sure you subscribe to my newsletter!
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Long before King Arthur and his round table, before the Vikings, Normans, and Romans–even before they called this land ‘Wales’, there lived the Faeries and the Festia.
Read the Excalibur-inspired short story:
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#fantasy
#faeries
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Just finished writing another short story. This one is a fun twist on magic in Wales, in a time before Vikings, Normans, or Romans - in a time even before King Arthur 😉🏴
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I want to tell the saga tales but being a protagonist sounds like too much work 😝
#johngwynne
#quotes
#storytelling
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Looked EVERYWHERE for my cat. Started panicking. Turns out she was sleeping in the bathtub 😹
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My wip is a sapphic romantasy - with my usual comedic fantasy twist ☺️
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New editing strategy: download your manuscript on Kindle and read it like you just bought it off the shelf. Honestly, picking up stuff I never would have by reading it off my screen (yes I do have a printer, but no I can't afford that much ink 😅)
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Reading and editing my Fantasy Comedy. This line is the essence of my main character, Athragast: the wizard who just wanted to retire.
#writing
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I 100% recommend joining a writing group!
#WritingCommunity
Getting that feedback is so helpful to building your skills and catching things you totally overlooked
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Planning out life is as daunting as it is exciting. Can't wait to see where my writing (and other life adventures) take me next! 🖊
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I've created a Spotify playlist for the adult fantasy comedy that I
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The Reluctant Mentor: Athragast has one last wizard mentoring gig before he can retire. Cosy + quirky + sprinkle of romance.
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A Fantasy Satire of the heroes’ journey from the POV of a failed wizard mentor.
THE RELUCTANT MENTOR: Athragast wants to retire, but he has one last quest & needs to find a hero dumb enough to help.
Can one have a summer fantasy read? I'd like to think so 😊
#PitchtoDA
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