Valerie Sirenko
@valeriesirenko.bsky.social
Speculative Fiction Writer
www.valeriesirenko.com
www.valeriesirenko.com
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If you like fantasy and dragons, this one's for you!
🔥 FIRE AND ASH, edited by JE Feldman 🔥
🔥 FIRE AND ASH, edited by JE Feldman 🔥
February 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
If you like fantasy and dragons, this one's for you!
🔥 FIRE AND ASH, edited by JE Feldman 🔥
🔥 FIRE AND ASH, edited by JE Feldman 🔥
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 PM
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
This week I crossed off TWO more things from my 2026 Bingo Card! 🥳🥳🥳 Finished drafting ECHOING HOWL and applied to Clarion West 👏👏👏
February 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This week I crossed off TWO more things from my 2026 Bingo Card! 🥳🥳🥳 Finished drafting ECHOING HOWL and applied to Clarion West 👏👏👏
One big mistake I made when I started subbing short fiction was to submit 1 piece to 1 journal then hope 🤞 for an acceptance. Truth is, you've gotta submit 100 TIMES (!!) to expect even 1 acceptance. I don't make the rules...
#writers #WritingCommunity #writing #writerslife
#writers #WritingCommunity #writing #writerslife
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
One big mistake I made when I started subbing short fiction was to submit 1 piece to 1 journal then hope 🤞 for an acceptance. Truth is, you've gotta submit 100 TIMES (!!) to expect even 1 acceptance. I don't make the rules...
#writers #WritingCommunity #writing #writerslife
#writers #WritingCommunity #writing #writerslife
Am I the only one who finds it legitimately challenging to relax after hitting a big deadline? 🤔
#writerslife #writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writers
#writerslife #writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writers
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Am I the only one who finds it legitimately challenging to relax after hitting a big deadline? 🤔
#writerslife #writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writers
#writerslife #writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writers
Just read "The Legend of Rangor" in the FIRE AND ASH collection about rescuing a rehabilitated dragon and it's so adorable 😭
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Just read "The Legend of Rangor" in the FIRE AND ASH collection about rescuing a rehabilitated dragon and it's so adorable 😭
LOOK WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL! 😲 I had no idea this award came with an actual piece of paper I could hold in my hands!
February 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
LOOK WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL! 😲 I had no idea this award came with an actual piece of paper I could hold in my hands!
My friend just sent me this photo of her holding her copy of 🔥FIRE AND ASH🔥 and IT IS EVERYTHING! ❤️❤️❤️
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
My friend just sent me this photo of her holding her copy of 🔥FIRE AND ASH🔥 and IT IS EVERYTHING! ❤️❤️❤️
This is true ⬇️
Fun fact: writers don't 'finish' books, we just eventually stop editing before we spiral into madness.
#booksky
#booksky
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
This is true ⬇️
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Today a guy asked me if Dungeon Crawler Carl is a romantasy 😂 Seriously, true story.
February 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Today a guy asked me if Dungeon Crawler Carl is a romantasy 😂 Seriously, true story.
If I write FOUR MORE CHAPTERS, I will be FINISHED with this draft! 😲😲😲 THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
#writing #writers #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
#writing #writers #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
If I write FOUR MORE CHAPTERS, I will be FINISHED with this draft! 😲😲😲 THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
#writing #writers #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
#writing #writers #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
🔥 My story, "How Not to Retire from Dragon Hibernation Maintenance," is available now in FIRE AND ASH 🔥
Sherry, a dragon hibernation maintenance worker, just wants to retire and go on vacation. Instead, she finds herself compelled to wake the dragon.
Sherry, a dragon hibernation maintenance worker, just wants to retire and go on vacation. Instead, she finds herself compelled to wake the dragon.
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
🔥 My story, "How Not to Retire from Dragon Hibernation Maintenance," is available now in FIRE AND ASH 🔥
Sherry, a dragon hibernation maintenance worker, just wants to retire and go on vacation. Instead, she finds herself compelled to wake the dragon.
Sherry, a dragon hibernation maintenance worker, just wants to retire and go on vacation. Instead, she finds herself compelled to wake the dragon.
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
#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! 😀🎉🔥
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
February 3, 2026 at 12:26 AM
#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! 😀🎉🔥
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife
OMG I'M HOLDING THE BOOK IN MY HANDS!! Paperback copies are here and they're so beautiful! 😍😭
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
OMG I'M HOLDING THE BOOK IN MY HANDS!! Paperback copies are here and they're so beautiful! 😍😭
Reposted by Valerie Sirenko
I 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
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
BSFA - Fission
www.bsfa.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I 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
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