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Serra Leta

@serraleta.bsky.social

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✨️ Currently editing my contemporary fantasy novel - Lights of the North ✨️ 🦖 Story/art enjoyer (reading/watching/playing). Writer. Sometimes I make story sketches, review stuff, take raw photos. 🦖

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 20d

THE GAMES GODS PLAY X TWELVE KINGDOMS

Aurora finds herself the visionary for god-like warriors in a hidden war for Earth against the invading eldritch horrors. With time running out, she must sort out her emotions in order to find her place among them before their final war.
#writing #amediting

A book cover depicted a dark, looming forest with a sky full of stars and a thunderstorm brewing. Title reads "Lights of the North", author "Serra Leta", and the tagline reads "the fantasy was walking here on Earth, all along..."

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 10h

Went thru more Ch 4 edits. Sometimes you need to take a day off for the solution to just hit you hard 😋 Also been working on my 2nd pass edit for Ch 9, shaping it up.

Been so excited with my new commission 😊 I can't talk much about my awesome characters, so I'll show them instead 😶

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Petite 🐙 OCTILLERINK 2025 @petiteechorizon.bsky.social · 16h

#octillerink2025
Day 12 - Lapras Riding

#pokemon #fanart 🎐

Illustration depicting Pokémon’s Water-type Gym Leader Misty who’s surfing on her Lapras on a small stream densely populated by wild Magikarp.

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 12h

Yes they are from a story I'm working on. The armor looks amazing! Thanks again for the beautiful piece 😄

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りっぱ @radioinpepper.bsky.social · 23h

アナログ野郎なので、一枚の下絵を反転して下書き時点で二匹にし、両方を着色して制作しました。背景は自家素材をデジタルで組んで作りました。こういう対照の絵は手間ですが好きです。

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 13h

I love it!! 😆

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 13h

AHHHH!! 😯 I love my new art commission!! Turmok and Zahn have never looked better!! 😁

If anyone wants a similar style, check out @radioinpepper.bsky.social (すごいよ!! ☺️ ありがとうございます!!)

Two anthropomorphic green and gold eastern-style dragons look at each other menacingly. They wear gold scale armor, a gold scale cloak, and hold a golden glaive.

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悠哉【youzai】 @youzai.bsky.social · 1d

#digimon #デジモン

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

I was able to cram in a bit from both western and eastern forms of astrology. Somehow it worked out heavily in favor of the story, so I rolled with it (painted in a happy little accident).
#QueerPrompts

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts October 12: Astrology/horoscopes in story?

Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 12: Astrology/horoscopes in story?

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りっぱ @radioinpepper.bsky.social · 1d

おはようございます。三連休か…

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

So I rewatched the first Vampire Hunter D movie, & remembered nothing about it. After seeing a whip being used I looked it up & yes, Castlevania was absolutely confirmed to be inspired by the series.
Backs up the talk earlier on how many works get heavily inspired by others. It's a creative circle😊

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

*Thousands in terms of word count, but dozens of separate files.

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a note-taking FIEND. I do thousands of outlines as I go by chapter-to-chapter. The one time I tried to pants, it frusyrated me horribly! Writing out of order did no favors, either. I ended up outlining halfway through, too. I'm glad I at least tried it out. Now I know I hate it 😋

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

This sums up my own experience. I can't do it, and always end up with a messy pile of slop.

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 1d

Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather

A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

Yup! Every time I come across a story that I wonder "how'd they think that up?" and then you hear the list of inspired materials.

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes it's like osmosis. I'll think I came up with a unique idea, just to realize it was something sitting in my subconsciousness for years. It's a real "oh THAT'S where that idea came from?!" 2/2

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah sometimes! 😅 Last year when I started my WiP, I was inspired by a ton of media I was watching/reading at the time - they all fit into the story SO well! I'll find things I want to do similar, but throw my own twist into it. I forget just how often creatives borrow ideas from inspired works. 1/2

Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 1d

Does your reading affect what you write? For me, only in the sense of making me think differently about the act of writing #Writingq #WritingCommunity

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Can confirm! There's a local chain we pick up frozen wontons from and SO experimented enough to make a great soup 🤤

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

I know what you mean about Chinese take out. I'm SoL here, cause our family spot here closed up a couple year ago 😭 They had the BEST noodles, too! 😞 Haven't found a fitting replacement, either.

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Hmm I'm not sure if I'd quite call it "coming out". If anything, they do so in the form of confessions/express their feelings (not always verbal... well, kinda 😏), with a big emphasis on being honest and true to themselves. Ahh such cute scenes! ☺️
#QueerPrompts

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d

#QueerPrompts October 11: National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?

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鳥住ヨモ @birdmofu.bsky.social · 2d

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Uh oh, I have a new commission idea (or few...) planned! 😖 I KNEW this would become addicting. This is the result of me putting my own drawing practice on the backburner... I just wanna see pretty art of my characters 😊

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Twitchcon @mahoukarp.com · 2d

some electric pokemon ⚡️
#art #pokemon

Pokemon fanart featuring shinx, luxray, alolan raichu, mareep, flaaffy, ampharos, and emolga

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

It was a good day! ☺️ My Ch 9 1st pass edit is done! I know many go with the phrase 'less is more' but for me, 'more is more' has been working out for me! I have been loving every bit of these new additions I've been putting in, making my characters really feel alive, and the emotions even stronger.

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