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Valerie Sirenko

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 5d

My #SFF story "Just Listed: Hardwood Floors and a Generous Curse"—about a realtor selling a house with some unusual complications—has been published in Orion's Belt Magazine! 🎉
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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 1d

Mine is THE DRAGON'S PATH by Daniel Abraham.

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 1d

What's the most under-appreciated book you've ever read?
#writers #books #authors #reading #writing #booksky

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 2d

😲 That's brutal. You're a survivor.

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 2d

#writers What's the most rejections something of yours has received?

My story, "How Not to Retire from Dragon Hibernation Maintenance," has been rejected 25 times!

Who can beat that?
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #writing

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 3d

Updated author website!

valeriesirenko.com

Thoughts?
#authors #writers #WritingCommunity #writing

Valerie Sirenko | Author

The official site of author Valerie Sirenko — fiction, academics, and contact.

valeriesirenko.com

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 3d

I'm going to write an entire story that's just em dashes.

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 3d

Submitted!

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 3d

Ah but see your problem is you're using logic

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 3d

Started a new book even though I haven't finished the 15 others I'm already reading...
#books #reading #authors #writers

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 4d

Me: This book is terrible.
Husband: Why are you still reading it?
Me: I don't understand the question.
#books #authors #reading #writing

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 5d

This needs to happen

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 5d

I don't care how "benevolent" their rule was--Aragorn and Arwen in Gondor was a dictatorship. Fight me.
#LOTR #SFF #Tolkien #books #authors #writers #fantasy

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 6d

There's nothing like helping a five-year-old spell words in English to make you feel like a complete and absolute charlatan. #writing #parenting

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats!!

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Marguerite Kenner @margueritekenner.bsky.social · 6d

SCREAMING!!!!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 6d

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Fiction Podcast goes to @podcastle.org
podcastle.org

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 8d

For everyone who needs to hear this today:

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 8d

Like, am I not sending out enough submissions? Did everyone go on vacation without telling me?

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 8d

Whenever it's been a week without any rejections, I get suspicious. 🤔
#writerslife #writing #WritingCommunity

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 8d

Me on the Upper Yosemite Falls trail last weekend!

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 8d

Heck yeah!

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 9d

#writerslife #writing ##WritingCommunity #amwriting #authors

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 9d

These are all books by PEOPLE I KNOW! Are we, like, famous? @taylormunsell.bsky.social @jmorgynwhite.bsky.social @adidenner.bsky.social @boregenerations.bsky.social

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Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 10d

What's the hardest thing to explain to people about your job as a writer?

Me: I spent the whole day reading, which is A FULL DAY'S WORK even though that's what most people do for fun. And yes, it *was* fun, but it was also work.

#Writing #writers #authors #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writesky

Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 11d

How many of these have you read?