@valeriesirenko.bsky.social
Speculative Fiction Writer www.valeriesirenko.com
*~☆~Book Haul!~☆~*
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#writers Remember to celebrate your wins! Even the small ones. Today a chapter in my #WIP went off the rails, defying my carefully plotted outline, and ended up so much better than I ever could have planned! 😀🎉🔥
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I know, such a classic! Maybe it'll get remade some day.
02.02.2026 22:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
~☆* Ten Books That Inspired My WIP *~☆
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OMG I'M HOLDING THE BOOK IN MY HANDS!! Paperback copies are here and they're so beautiful! 😍😭
02.02.2026 15:10 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am now the Co-Editor of the @bsfa.bsky.social fission anthology.
We open for submissions midnight on 13th February, and now pay 3p (roughly 4c) a word.
I hope to see lots of great stories. I am very excited about this! 😁
www.bsfa.co.uk/fission
Haven Spec is OPEN to submissions!!
01.02.2026 21:46 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Collage of covers with Recommended Reading List text
2025 Recommended Reading List locusmag.com/2026/02...
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Finally got my hands on this gem! 😄
➡️ @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS short story collection!
Out now from @undertow.bsky.social
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*~☆February Priority Reads☆~*
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Today is the LAST DAY to apply for Futurescapes!
I cut my chops at this SFF Writer's Workshop, and it was one of the best things I've ever done for my writing career!
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Finally getting to read all the other stories in FIRE AND ASH by my amazing co-authors! What a collection! SO MUCH TALENT 😍
31.01.2026 00:31 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🤣🤣🤣
30.01.2026 21:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes! This!!
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It's so cool to finally be able to click the "Read Now" button lol 😆
30.01.2026 20:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🔥 FIRE AND ASH is OUT NOW on Amazon / Kindle 🔥
30.01.2026 18:49 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Thank you!! 😊
30.01.2026 15:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
AHHH IT'S HERE! MY STORY IS IN A BOOK!! 😲
30.01.2026 14:43 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
My dragon story comes out tomorrow!!
a.co/d/ftNQyjE
In today's version of "oh shit plot holes," my villain could have achieved his goals a lot easier if he'd just done something else entirely, which would have involved none of my protagonists!
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My story "How Not to Retire from Dragon Hibernation Maintenance" comes out Friday!!
29.01.2026 15:33 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Temeraire!
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Friday's the day!
29.01.2026 04:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Once again, forever grateful to Submission Grinder for making the harrowing process of sending out my work just a little bit easier 💯
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Excellent craft advice:
"The better question is *~*how can I get readers to go on an emotional journey of their own?*~*
-Donald Maass, The Emotional Craft of Fiction
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Me // my main character
#WIP #wolves
GO READ THIS STORY RIGHT NOW
27.01.2026 01:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New collaboration between The Submission Grinder and @dreamfoundry.bsky.social : The Dream Foundry Market Report, a monthly report of speculative fiction/poetry publication updates
dreamfoundry.org/2026/01/26/j...
☆~All the books I read in 2025 ~☆
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Four best nonfiction books you've ever read?
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