Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026SO excited The Everlasting WON the Hugo Award!!! 030
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New Clarkesworld issue! Oh, and I did mention the editor Neil Clarke just won the Hugo award? 030
Reposted by Valerie SirenkoClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 23/08/2026Slowly closing in on our goal of giving the team a raise for our 20th anniversary. Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ 010279
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Hugo Awards get announced this week! 🏆📚 How did you rank the finalists? Here's mine! #books #reading #booksky 140
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 22/08/2026What are you reading today? 📚 #books #reading #booksky 080
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026My friend Josh @boregenerations.bsky.social published a book! 😲📚 FUTURE ME is a middle grade adventure where Terminator meets techy hogwarts! #books #reading #booksky 090
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 11/07/2026How fun is reading with your very own bookmark??? 😄📚 #books #reading #booksky #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife 0120
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Which author logo should I use for my business cards? Designer: Adi Denner Art: Daniela Guarecuco #writing #WritingCommunity #writers #amwriting 220
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Just pledged to the Locus anthology Kickstarter! Support or share if you can! 040
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Gotta love this beta reader feedback 😅 #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting 2111
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 30/06/2026New bookshelves! 😄📚 #books #reading #booksky 070
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I'm about to finish TWO of the books I'm currently reading before starting ANY new ones. I'll wait while you applaud my self-control 😌 #books #reading #booksky 180
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Making bookmarks to give out at WorldCon in LA in August! 📚📷 What do you think? Artist: Daniela Guarecuco #writing #WritingCommunity #books #reading #fantasy 2100
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 25/06/2026✨️Beautiful✨️ issue of DREAMFORGE magazine arrived today. Look at that cover!! 😍📚😍📚😍 #books #reading #booksky #SFF #fantasy 080
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Book mail!! 📚 📬 Who do I know who's going to BayCon next week?? I'll be handing out free copies of CLARKESWORLD magazine 🎉🎉🎉 #books #reading #booksky 050
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Last September my friend Caty Rogan self published her romantasy KISSED BY THE GODS. Now it's a best seller and I found it in my favorite bookstore! 📚💥🦾 #books #reading #booksky 1250547
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 12/06/2026There's nothing like reading the best short fiction of the past year to hone your craft and strengthen your writing instincts and paralyze you with crushing inadequacy 😆 #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting 0151
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Top three most underrated #SFF books, in my opinion 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📚 What's yours? #books #reading #booksky 1100
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 08/06/2026POV: When you show up to the Locus Awards expecting dinner and speeches, and discover every chair is filled with books 📚📚😄📚📚 @locusmag.bsky.social #books #reading #booksky 0372
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 08/06/2026My *first ever* published story, "Just Listed: Hardwood Floors and a Generous Curse," came out in Orion's Belt last October. Now it's free to read online 😊📚 #books #reading #booksky #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife 0140
Reposted by Valerie SirenkoUndertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Massive and well-deserved congratulations to @thomasha.bsky.social for winning the Nebula Award for Novelette for "Uncertain Sons." We are delighted to see this story striking a chord with readers. Thank you to all the readers, reviewers, librarians, booksellers, critics, etc., for the support. 26012
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I'm back in the short story trenches! 😁😁😁 #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting 060
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Nothing better than having a whole Saturday morning to sit and read 😊📚 🥰 #books #reading #booksky 0180
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Learned my lesson and got the boxed set this time 😁📚 #bookhaul #books #reading #booksky 0292
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Which book should I read next? 📚 🤔 #books #reading #booksky 2100
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 04/06/2026It was Ficciones by Borges so I NEEDED that back 😂 #books #reading #booksky 070
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Man, last April I submitted my first ever short story to a magazine, and now I've published 3 stories and spent Friday chatting with Neil Clarke at Clarkesworld Magaine 😲 Never stop growing 🌿🦾📚✍️ #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting 0211
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 02/06/2026For all my SFF folks, what's your favorite lit mag? I'm reading Clarkesworld back issues today and fuck, these stories are so good it hurts 📚🚀💯 #books #reading #booksky #SFF #scifi 081
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My incredibly ambitious (or perhaps unrealistic? 🤔) June tbr list! 😂 Hey, a girl can dream right? 📚✨️ #books #reading #booksky 3172
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Huge congrats to @thomasha.bsky.social for winning not one but **TWO** Locus Awards this weekend! 👏🥳 I expect to see the stories from UNCERTAIN SONS on college lit syllabi someday 📚 @locusmag.bsky.social #books #reading #sff #booksky #SpeculativeFiction 180
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 31/05/2026"In My Country" is so good. If you haven't read it yet you're in for a treat! 021
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Locus Awards loot!! 😍📚😊 @locusmag.bsky.social #books #reading #booksky 080
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Priceless quote from Stephen Graham Jones at the Locus Awards today: "I'm glad I have fiction as an outlet, because otherwise I'd probably be in jail." 😆📚 @locusmag.bsky.social @stephengrahamjones.com #books #reading #booksky 110711
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 30/05/2026If you haven't gotten your copy of these dragon-themed fantasy stories yet, it's now free on KU! ✨️📚✨️ #fantasy #books #reading #booksky 060
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Had the immense privilege of listening to readings by the extraordinary Stephen Graham Jones and Tananarive Due at the Locus Awards last night! @locusmag.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social @stephengrahamjones.com #reading #writing #booksky #sff 2794
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 30/05/2026"Just Listed: Hardwood Floors and a Generous Curse" ✨️A good realtor knows the only way to sell a haunted house is to find the *perfect* buyers.✨️ 📚✨️ Out now in Orion's Belt ✨️📚 #reading #fantasy #writing 061
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Just got my copy of TEA OR COFFEE, STARS, AND GRAVITY by Air and Nothingness Press. Isn't it beautiful? 🥰📚☕️🥹 @aanpress.bsky.social #books #reading #booksky 1120
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I've read 20 books so far this year! 🎉😄📚 #books #reading #booksky 3200
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Buying physical copies of books I've **already listened to** because I'm terrified digital copies will go poof one day... Confessions of a book-a-holic 🤷♀️📚 #books #reading #booksky 2110
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Like, what the actual hell? Just WHY?! #books #reading #booksky 290
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Devastated that my piece from THE FIREBIRD PLAINS doesn't qualify for Uncharted Magazine's Novel Excerpt Contest because it's already been published on a blog 😭😭😭 Now I've got 10 days to figure out something else... #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting 041
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The sun is shining! ☀️😁 And if you've never read THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by Andrea Stewart, it's one of my all time favorites! 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #books #reading #booksky 1101
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Well, this one's speaking directly to me today...😅 (From EDIT YOUR WAY, Angela James) #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting 070
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 20/05/2026THE FIFTH SEASON (BROKEN EARTH trilogy) continues to be one of my top fantasy recommendations. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ World-class worldbuilding. Kinda blows your mind... 📚 #books #reading #booksky 080
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Best beta reader comment I've ever received 😆😆😆 #writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting 2110
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Bought these books because they're beautiful but haven't read any of them yet... 😅📚 #books #reading #booksky 150
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 14/05/2026No one survives without a pack. ✨️🐺 ECHOING HOWL | Coming Spring 2027 🐺✨️ #books #fantasy #reading #writing 051
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Books you should read that you've probably never heard of 📚💯 #books #reading #booksky 221
Valerie Sirenko @valeriesirenko.bsky.social · 13/05/2026This realtor knows the only way to sell a haunted house is to find the *perfect* buyers. Read "Just Listed: Hardwood Floors and a Generous Curse" in Orion's Belt ✨️📚✨️📖✨️ #reading #fantasy #writing 041
