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V. K. Velasco
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Hello! Welcome to my profile, where you can find all of my writing updates and whatever else has made me happy 🌻

WIPs: way too many 🤪
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My next read 🥰

Even though The Way of Kings, the first book in the series, was over a thousand pages long, I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to the world when it was finished. It was just that good. So I’m beyond excited to dive into the sequel!

#BookSky💙📚 #AmReading #WordsOfRadiance #BrandonSanderson
Book cover of Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. It depicts a man crouched in the foreground punching dry, cracked earth; there’s a strange green mist around his fist, and his other hand is holding a javelin towards a stormy red-orange sky.
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Growing up were there any moments in movies that traumatized you? 😬

The rabid grasshopper from Bug’s Life 😭 I just can’t with this thing
The rabid grasshopper from the movie Bug’s Life. Its mouth is open to show uneven serrated teeth, its eyes are bloodshot, and it appears to be about to grab something—or someone—behind the camera.
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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it’s been a long time since a book has made me laugh so hard 😂

#VoyageOfTheDamned
#FrancesWhite
#AmReading
#BookSky
#📚💙
There are hundreds. A fortune of sacred stones. Enough to keep the bandage safe for a year. Enough to keep Concordia safe for a year. Instead, I’ve used them for a fish costume. And I look fucking incredible. Cover of Voyage of the Damned by Frances White, which depicts a blue background detailed with a large, golden fish.
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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When I’m not writing, you can usually find me wandering a mountain somewhere 🥰

Here’s a few photos from my latest adventure:
View overlooking a mountain ridge. The mountains are jagged, irregular, and covered in sparse vegetation, while the sky above is a beautiful blue with some puffy clouds. A western fence lizard sunning himself on a rock. It looks perturbed to be photographed. A hiking trail through a brown meadow. It winds beside a scraggly tree before ascending a small hill into heavy fog. A yellow-banded fly sitting on a cliff aster flower, which is white with many long, thin petals, similar to a daisy.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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in this household, every day is black cat day 🥰

#InternationalBlackCatDay #BlackCatDay #CatsOfBluesky
An adorable black cat curled up on a cushion. Her yellow eyes are facing the camera
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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My sweet cat got spooked by her own reflection 😭 look at her puffy tail

#BlackCat #CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
A black cat inspecting her own reflection in a sliding glass door. She has a puffy tail.
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Back in May I was possessed by a muse and ended up writing 150k words in about 4 months 😂

Good news is that my first draft is complete! Better news is that now I get to edit it, and make it sound like I knew what I was doing all along 🥰

#AmWriting #AmEditing #WIP
A line graph that depicts months May, June, July, August, and September along the x axis, while the y axis depicts numbers ascending by 20000 up to 140000. The line begins in May at around 100, and then steadily increases to 150556 on August 23, 2025.
October 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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my writing buddy 🥰🐈‍⬛

#AmWriting #PetSky #CatSky #BlackCat
The most content black cat in the world sits on her human’s lap, her bright yellow eyes looking up to her human (not shown in the photo). The cat is cozy in her human’s light brown cashmere cardigan, and a hand rests on her side to make sure she doesn’t slip.
March 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Got a lot of writing done today 🥰

#BookSky
#AmWriting
#WIP
A photography showing an open laptop, it’s screen displaying a blurred-out word processor, with an iced coffee beside it. The background consists of two floral bouquets.
February 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Jumped on the bandwagon and read Fourth Wing for the first time … and then finished it in two days 🤯🥰 thank goodness I already have the second book, or I would have lost it!! That cliffhanger at the end is so foul!!

#FourthWing
#AmReading
#BookSky
Cover of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Hoping to finish The Shadow Glass by Rin Chupeco!
Book cover of The Shadow Glass by Rin Chupeco
January 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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A stunning conclusion to the ramen saga 🍜🫡

📚💙
#BookSky
#AmReading
#RinChupeco
Cover of The Shadow Glass by Rin Chulepo Dedication of The Shadow Glass: To the lovely people of Japan, for inventing ramen, the best damn thing on the planet.
January 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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we’re going on an adventure 🥰

#Cat #BlackCat #AdventureCat #PetSky #CatsOfBluesky
A photograph of a black cat named Raven wearing her little star vest and leash, with her human standing beside her
January 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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needed a break, so we spent a lovely afternoon by the ocean 🩵

#ocean #photography #amwriting
Photograph of the ocean with an island off in the distance A photograph of the beach with foliage in the foreground with the ocean behind.
January 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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skdjdjskfjksjd ahhhhh my whole heart 😭💖💖💖💖💖

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#BookSky
#TheHeartForger
#RinChupeco
Photograph of Rin Chupeco’s The Heart Forger with the following passage highlighted: I snorted. “Nobody’s more of a fighter than you. You’re the bravest, strongest, most amazing man I’ve ever…” I stopped. So did he. “I mean, you’re all right,” I finished feebly, wanting desperately to kick myself.
January 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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hello moon 🌙

#Photography #Astronomy #Moon #Nature #Pastel
A photograph of a crescent moon behind a pastel-colored sky
January 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Some snapshots from today’s walk 🩵

#Photography #Ocean #Nature #Quotes #WordsToLiveBy
Photograph of ocean waves crashing against a stone pier, with daisies in the foreground. Plaque with Anonynous quote: Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was lent to you by your children. Photograph of the ocean, with green cliffs on one side and red flowers in the foreground. Plaque with a quote from Winston Churchhill: We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.
January 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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hello from the seaside 🩵

#photography #ocean #nature #seaside #landscape
A landscape photograph showing a coastline: includes foliage, blue skies, a distant town, and a pier stretching over the ocean
January 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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#addmepleasechef

Today’s batch of persimmon jam 🧡
December 30, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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today’s batch of persimmon jam 🧡

#foodsky #babyhomestead
Three large jars and one smaller jar filled with persimmon jam. Some miscellaneous items, such as silk flowers and a ceramic cookie jar, can be seen in the background.
December 30, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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today’s harvest has been cleaned and is ready for processing 🧡 about a quarter I’ll slice & dehydrate, and the rest will be made into jam
Fuyu persimmons laid out on a kitchen counter.
December 29, 2024 at 6:52 AM
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the last persimmons of the season, plus a very happy squirrel 🥰

#cottagecore #homegrown
A photo of a fuyu persimmon tree. There is a cluster of bright orange persimmons in the highest branches, which are all stripped of leaves. A squirrel sitting on a white brick wall while eating an entire persimmon. The squirrel is clearly healthy.
December 28, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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I read this quote and then keep going!
A Twitter screenshot from elicia donze, which says: People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there’s no level of skill behind which you stop being you. You get the most valuable thing about your art.
December 28, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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Started the sequel, and I gotta say, I’m loving these dedications 😂🍜

📚💙
#BookSky
#TheHeartForger
#RinChupeco
Cover art of The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco This is for Momofuku Ando, the creator of instant ramen, which sustained me for many a long night as I struggled with both words and self-doubt. Nothing but respect for my president.
December 21, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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Started a new book today, and it’s already off to a great start 😂🍜

📚💙
#BookSky
#TheBoneWitch
#RinChupeco
Cover of The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco Dedication in The Bone Witch: Dedicated to the countless bowls of ramen, who have supported me throughout the writing of this book and have still continued to do so long after I was done. And also to Ramen Santouka, for supplying said ramen.
December 2, 2024 at 12:14 AM