Author Alexis Veenendaal
@alexisveenendaal.bsky.social
(she/her) Author of Cozy Comedic Fantasy, rep'd by Madison Potter at Olswanger Literary. 📖
Not the main character.
Short story published, mapmaker, crocheter, D&D nerd, Canadian in Wales.
Currently ✨ VAGUE ✨
https://linktr.ee/alexisvauthor
Not the main character.
Short story published, mapmaker, crocheter, D&D nerd, Canadian in Wales.
Currently ✨ VAGUE ✨
https://linktr.ee/alexisvauthor
Obsessed with this character art 😍 from Nev_the_artist on twitter
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Obsessed with this character art 😍 from Nev_the_artist on twitter
Postcard from my Hero Adjacent character (part 2)
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Postcard from my Hero Adjacent character (part 2)
October 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
October 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
You can listen to my sci-fi short story excerpt on my Substack! open.substack.com/pub/alexisve...
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You can listen to my sci-fi short story excerpt on my Substack! open.substack.com/pub/alexisve...
Subscribe to my author newsletter! www.alexisveenendaal.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Subscribe to my author newsletter! www.alexisveenendaal.com
Some things my beta readers/family and friends have said about my upcoming debut, HERO ADJACENT 🤣
#cozyfantasy #heroadjacent #writingcommunity
#cozyfantasy #heroadjacent #writingcommunity
September 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Some things my beta readers/family and friends have said about my upcoming debut, HERO ADJACENT 🤣
#cozyfantasy #heroadjacent #writingcommunity
#cozyfantasy #heroadjacent #writingcommunity
Absolutely ecstatic beyond words to be able to announce my DEBUT NOVEL publishing with DAW Books!!!!
That's right! My doddering old wizard novel will soon be a real, tangible thing 🍾Thank you so much to my wonderful Agent, Madison Potter, and my Editor, Aranya, for believing in this story 🫶
That's right! My doddering old wizard novel will soon be a real, tangible thing 🍾Thank you so much to my wonderful Agent, Madison Potter, and my Editor, Aranya, for believing in this story 🫶
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Absolutely ecstatic beyond words to be able to announce my DEBUT NOVEL publishing with DAW Books!!!!
That's right! My doddering old wizard novel will soon be a real, tangible thing 🍾Thank you so much to my wonderful Agent, Madison Potter, and my Editor, Aranya, for believing in this story 🫶
That's right! My doddering old wizard novel will soon be a real, tangible thing 🍾Thank you so much to my wonderful Agent, Madison Potter, and my Editor, Aranya, for believing in this story 🫶
The cozy tale continues with chapter two of #talesandtankards
Read it on my substack: alexisveenendaalauthor.substack.com/p/tales-and-...
#cozyfantasy #bookstagram
Read it on my substack: alexisveenendaalauthor.substack.com/p/tales-and-...
#cozyfantasy #bookstagram
August 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The cozy tale continues with chapter two of #talesandtankards
Read it on my substack: alexisveenendaalauthor.substack.com/p/tales-and-...
#cozyfantasy #bookstagram
Read it on my substack: alexisveenendaalauthor.substack.com/p/tales-and-...
#cozyfantasy #bookstagram
A new series perhaps? 👀 A comedic, cozy fantasy tale, perchance? Ale, board games, books, and platonic besties, you say?
Subscribe to my Substack to get hooked on "Tales and Tankards". Chapter one out now! (Find the link in my bio).
#cozyfantasy
#substack #talesandtankards
Subscribe to my Substack to get hooked on "Tales and Tankards". Chapter one out now! (Find the link in my bio).
#cozyfantasy
#substack #talesandtankards
August 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A new series perhaps? 👀 A comedic, cozy fantasy tale, perchance? Ale, board games, books, and platonic besties, you say?
Subscribe to my Substack to get hooked on "Tales and Tankards". Chapter one out now! (Find the link in my bio).
#cozyfantasy
#substack #talesandtankards
Subscribe to my Substack to get hooked on "Tales and Tankards". Chapter one out now! (Find the link in my bio).
#cozyfantasy
#substack #talesandtankards
A twist on the hero's journey (Title TBD)
🪕Unexceptional hero
🧙♂️Cantankerous old wizard
🔮Misunderstood warlocks
🚬Cigar-eating animal companion
🌿Tree-hugging druids
🌶️🐾🫙Warriors with weird hobbies
Announcement coming soon(ish)
#PosterPit #A #F #AG
🪕Unexceptional hero
🧙♂️Cantankerous old wizard
🔮Misunderstood warlocks
🚬Cigar-eating animal companion
🌿Tree-hugging druids
🌶️🐾🫙Warriors with weird hobbies
Announcement coming soon(ish)
#PosterPit #A #F #AG
August 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A twist on the hero's journey (Title TBD)
🪕Unexceptional hero
🧙♂️Cantankerous old wizard
🔮Misunderstood warlocks
🚬Cigar-eating animal companion
🌿Tree-hugging druids
🌶️🐾🫙Warriors with weird hobbies
Announcement coming soon(ish)
#PosterPit #A #F #AG
🪕Unexceptional hero
🧙♂️Cantankerous old wizard
🔮Misunderstood warlocks
🚬Cigar-eating animal companion
🌿Tree-hugging druids
🌶️🐾🫙Warriors with weird hobbies
Announcement coming soon(ish)
#PosterPit #A #F #AG
Professor Hark is sent to a prestigious school that trains the best adventurers in the kingdom. His mission from the Bureau: secretly audit the professors there. What he doesn't expect is oddball colleagues and students who finally give him a home.
#PosterPit #W #AG #F #A #Cozy
#PosterPit #W #AG #F #A #Cozy
August 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Title is TBD at the moment. I couldn't stand missing another pitch event, so here I am, just in it to avoid the FOMO :)
Announcement and release date coming soon(ish)!
#PosterPit #A #F
Announcement and release date coming soon(ish)!
#PosterPit #A #F
August 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Title is TBD at the moment. I couldn't stand missing another pitch event, so here I am, just in it to avoid the FOMO :)
Announcement and release date coming soon(ish)!
#PosterPit #A #F
Announcement and release date coming soon(ish)!
#PosterPit #A #F
New title coming soon! Along with some other big publishing announcements 👀
August 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New title coming soon! Along with some other big publishing announcements 👀
Meat's back on the menu, boys! So is Found Family, Misfits, Twists on Fantasy Tropes, an Animal Companion, and Cross-Generational Friendships.
Quest for Camelot x BBC Merlin x Orconomics
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
Quest for Camelot x BBC Merlin x Orconomics
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
July 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Meat's back on the menu, boys! So is Found Family, Misfits, Twists on Fantasy Tropes, an Animal Companion, and Cross-Generational Friendships.
Quest for Camelot x BBC Merlin x Orconomics
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
Quest for Camelot x BBC Merlin x Orconomics
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
July 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Athragast's hero journey is a bit different from most. For one, he's just a mentor. Secondly, he just wants to retire!
Quest for Camelot x Monty Python x Gallavant
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
Quest for Camelot x Monty Python x Gallavant
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
July 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Athragast's hero journey is a bit different from most. For one, he's just a mentor. Secondly, he just wants to retire!
Quest for Camelot x Monty Python x Gallavant
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
Quest for Camelot x Monty Python x Gallavant
#A #F #CozyFantasy #CS #UnhingedPit #WritingCommunity
All I can say is.... ✨VAGUE!!!✨
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
June 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
All I can say is.... ✨VAGUE!!!✨
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
When no one else is available to do the job, Athragast the Wizard steps in to mentor yet another Chosen One--and hopes the world doesn't end because of his mess-ups.
Cosy Comedic Adult Fantasy
#writingcommunity #onsub #editorsguide
Cosy Comedic Adult Fantasy
#writingcommunity #onsub #editorsguide
June 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When no one else is available to do the job, Athragast the Wizard steps in to mentor yet another Chosen One--and hopes the world doesn't end because of his mess-ups.
Cosy Comedic Adult Fantasy
#writingcommunity #onsub #editorsguide
Cosy Comedic Adult Fantasy
#writingcommunity #onsub #editorsguide
Hello Canada, nice to see you again ❤️🇨🇦
✅ Poutine
✅Maple-flavoured everything
✅Saskatoon syrup
✅Rocky mountains
✅Bear sighting
✅Hikes
✅Hockey (Oilers)
✅ Poutine
✅Maple-flavoured everything
✅Saskatoon syrup
✅Rocky mountains
✅Bear sighting
✅Hikes
✅Hockey (Oilers)
May 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hello Canada, nice to see you again ❤️🇨🇦
✅ Poutine
✅Maple-flavoured everything
✅Saskatoon syrup
✅Rocky mountains
✅Bear sighting
✅Hikes
✅Hockey (Oilers)
✅ Poutine
✅Maple-flavoured everything
✅Saskatoon syrup
✅Rocky mountains
✅Bear sighting
✅Hikes
✅Hockey (Oilers)
Finally, a retirement-aged protagonist with a lot to learn
🧙♂️A reluctant wizard mentoring Chosen Ones
🪕An attention-seeking busboy
🐀A cigar-eating rodent
💜An unexpected found family
DREADFUL x HOUSE WITCH x HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
🧙♂️A reluctant wizard mentoring Chosen Ones
🪕An attention-seeking busboy
🐀A cigar-eating rodent
💜An unexpected found family
DREADFUL x HOUSE WITCH x HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
May 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Finally, a retirement-aged protagonist with a lot to learn
🧙♂️A reluctant wizard mentoring Chosen Ones
🪕An attention-seeking busboy
🐀A cigar-eating rodent
💜An unexpected found family
DREADFUL x HOUSE WITCH x HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
🧙♂️A reluctant wizard mentoring Chosen Ones
🪕An attention-seeking busboy
🐀A cigar-eating rodent
💜An unexpected found family
DREADFUL x HOUSE WITCH x HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
Beware of my Cozy, Comedic Adult Fantasy:
⚠️Even grumpy old wizards stuck in their ways can change
⚠️Hot-shot young bards can be humble too
⚠️Never underestimate a cigar-eating animal companion
⚠️Love comes from unexpected places and so does found family
#editorsguide
⚠️Even grumpy old wizards stuck in their ways can change
⚠️Hot-shot young bards can be humble too
⚠️Never underestimate a cigar-eating animal companion
⚠️Love comes from unexpected places and so does found family
#editorsguide
May 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Beware of my Cozy, Comedic Adult Fantasy:
⚠️Even grumpy old wizards stuck in their ways can change
⚠️Hot-shot young bards can be humble too
⚠️Never underestimate a cigar-eating animal companion
⚠️Love comes from unexpected places and so does found family
#editorsguide
⚠️Even grumpy old wizards stuck in their ways can change
⚠️Hot-shot young bards can be humble too
⚠️Never underestimate a cigar-eating animal companion
⚠️Love comes from unexpected places and so does found family
#editorsguide
#EditorsGuide What to expect:
An upending of the usual fantasy tropes. Want a reluctant hero? This pickpocketing busboy is more than eager to make a name for himself. A wizard who mentors Chosen Ones? He's not wise, but he does have a lot of unwelcome opinions. 🧙♂️
An upending of the usual fantasy tropes. Want a reluctant hero? This pickpocketing busboy is more than eager to make a name for himself. A wizard who mentors Chosen Ones? He's not wise, but he does have a lot of unwelcome opinions. 🧙♂️
May 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#EditorsGuide What to expect:
An upending of the usual fantasy tropes. Want a reluctant hero? This pickpocketing busboy is more than eager to make a name for himself. A wizard who mentors Chosen Ones? He's not wise, but he does have a lot of unwelcome opinions. 🧙♂️
An upending of the usual fantasy tropes. Want a reluctant hero? This pickpocketing busboy is more than eager to make a name for himself. A wizard who mentors Chosen Ones? He's not wise, but he does have a lot of unwelcome opinions. 🧙♂️
Poor Athragast just wants to retire, but his last quest gets bumbled from the start, sending him tripping and trouncing through a host of twisted tropes.
The Reluctant Mentor #onsub
The Reluctant Mentor #onsub
May 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Poor Athragast just wants to retire, but his last quest gets bumbled from the start, sending him tripping and trouncing through a host of twisted tropes.
The Reluctant Mentor #onsub
The Reluctant Mentor #onsub
#EditorsGuide
Athragast is an old wizard, ready to retire and escape the day-in day-out destiny stuff. But before he can quit mentoring Chosen Ones, he has one last mission with a hefty payout. Unfortunately, his hero doesn't want to do it, so he recruits Jon the busboy instead.
Athragast is an old wizard, ready to retire and escape the day-in day-out destiny stuff. But before he can quit mentoring Chosen Ones, he has one last mission with a hefty payout. Unfortunately, his hero doesn't want to do it, so he recruits Jon the busboy instead.
May 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#EditorsGuide
Athragast is an old wizard, ready to retire and escape the day-in day-out destiny stuff. But before he can quit mentoring Chosen Ones, he has one last mission with a hefty payout. Unfortunately, his hero doesn't want to do it, so he recruits Jon the busboy instead.
Athragast is an old wizard, ready to retire and escape the day-in day-out destiny stuff. But before he can quit mentoring Chosen Ones, he has one last mission with a hefty payout. Unfortunately, his hero doesn't want to do it, so he recruits Jon the busboy instead.