Ad Astra

By ad_meliora

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[LGBTQ+ New Adult Fantasy] In the colonized country of Landiani, Fetia is no stranger to the oppressive tacti... More

Map
Glossary
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Author's Note
SNEAK PEEK: Per Aspera Chapter 1

Author's Note

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By ad_meliora

Dear Reader,

Thank you for your patience as I prepared my next wlw novel over the course of this year and last. It's been quite the hiatus - almost 8 months! I really appreciated having that time to recover from burnout so I could better conceptualize and write this novel, and I'm happy to see all your reads and comments on my older queer novels in the meantime. 

I've been reading more and more queer fantasy, hence the inspiration for this novel. While I still enjoy writing contemporary fiction, it was nice to branch out and challenge myself with this new genre. I've put a lot of effort into the characters, plot, and worldbuilding, and I hope you'll appreciate it as well. With that being said, I'm so excited to share my newest queer fantasy novel, Ad Astra!

To get rather candid, shortly after beginning the writing process for this novel, I also experienced my first ever wlw breakup. It was, as you can imagine, a very mournful and heartbreaking experience that I have spent most of this year thus far attempting to heal from, but, at the very least, it gave me incentive to write. I spent hours upon hours crafting this story and suddenly found my passion for the art of writing again. I channeled all my heartbreak and grief and other complicated feelings into this novel, and I hope, for that reason, the characters and their experiences are a realistic portrayal of human emotion.

So....shout-out to my ex-girlfriend, I guess? You may have stomped all over my heart, but you gave me incentive to write ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And as a result of everything I stated above, this novel is going to be a long one, so buckle up! Nearly 400 pages on a Word doc, with each chapter being roughly 2000-4000 words. This is definitely the longest novel I have written in a while, so I hope you'll stick around for all of it.

Ad Astra is the first novel in a duology, so I hope you'll enjoy it enough to stay around for the sequel! As always, updates are weekly on Fridays.

Thanks for reading!

~Maeve

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