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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙

@viannawrites.bsky.social

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Pen name Birthday wishlist https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/269ZXAKCAW8QH Freelance/Sensitivity [email protected] Muslim-American Writer, Artist Hiker, mom, wife Loves purple Free 🇵🇸 #Art #FabricArts #Author #Authors

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 7d

Jumanji + Hijabis + Dragons

There’s nothing 15yo Rameela loves more than riding dragons in her fave VR game

But when a stranger gives her a new controller, she finds herself IN the game

The longer she’s in, the harder it is to escape

Will her obsession trap her forever?

#DVPIT #YA #LGBT #MV

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 9h

Me to 12-If you think the discomfort will make it hard to sleep tonight, go ahead and take one Tylenol.

12-But I’ll get autism *exaggerated pickachu face *

Dear Reader,
12 is Autistic and has known since she was diagnosed at 4

She’s making fun of RFK

This kid cracks me up.

🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 9h

If it’s my partner, then yes. Bc the only tattoo I’ve EVER thought about was a heart on my ring finger. He is not a fan and to be honest even if he was all in, I probably wouldn’t have done it regardless.

I know he would decline

Now my sister…she’s got a LOT of tattoos
I don’t trust her w/my skin

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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · 1d

Curious? You can grab this story for free 🌊
shimaira.itch.io/tddd

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Short story: The Dead don't Dream.
Free.
Flash fiction, under 1200 words.
Drowning, but different.
Poetic.
Lovecraftian.
When I sleep, I dream. In my dreams, I can't drown.

Shimaira dot com

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Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 1d

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 1d

🫂🫂. I have agoraphobia, which no one expects bc I’m so extroverted. Every once in awhile, someone will ask me if I’m ok if I let my smile slip. Yep yep, totally fine. Just my nervous system trying to convince me that some non-specific calamity is about to eat me alive

You’re not alone 💜

🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 1d

One of my neighbors told me yesterday “I knew you were good with kids because when I moved in I saw right away that every child in the neighborhood was at your house.”

The best compliment

I always wanted to be the house where all kids felt safe and welcomed. 💜💜

🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Periodic reminder-

The day after Halloween in the US is the best day to buy dress up clothes.

All those expensive costumes, accessories, etc are on sale for pennies on the dollar.

#parentingHacks

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 1d

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 2d

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Queen shit 👏👏

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Ouch

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🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 2d

It’s self-preservation as a Queer, disabled, multicultural, Muslim 🫣.

There are a lot of people that aren’t safe to work with.

🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 2d

I haven’t sent out a ton of queries yet, BUT I sent out a query last night and right before I hit send i found a very small typo that has been missed through 4 revisions, 2 beta reads, 2 CP reads and multiple edits 🫣🫣.

How did I miss it sending it out that many times and just now see it🤪🤪🤪🤪🫠🫠🫠🫠😩😩😩

🦙Vianna Arenas (she/they)🦙 @viannawrites.bsky.social · 2d

I’m half refreshing my query-specific email, half forgetting it exists 😬

Right there with you.

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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social · 3d

Reasons why you need a copy of WEIWEI’S WINTER SOLSTICE by @michellejingchan.bsky.social for your bookshelf:

1. Will make you look forward to colder weather
2. Sweet story about a girl celebrating Dongzhi
3. Themes of family, togetherness, & change
4. Gorgeous, glowy art
5. Yummy food & a recipe!

Me and my kids with a copy of WEIWEI’S WINTER SOLSTICE

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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 3d

ALERT: They're claiming X marker passports are now INVALID at the border.

I really need cis people to pay attention to this.

Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 7d

It seems like the US just effectively cancelled everyone’s passports who has an X gender marker on them (unless I’m reading this wrong).

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...