Dierdre Cieran
@dmcieran.bsky.social
I write fantasy for all ages, exploring themes of resilience and perseverance. I have two kids and two cats. Outside of writing, I like to garden, crochet, draw and paint.
AITA for leaving my family when they needed me most to pursue a chance to escape from the burdens life threw at us?
#FIFRevPit #amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers
#FIFRevPit #amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
AITA for leaving my family when they needed me most to pursue a chance to escape from the burdens life threw at us?
#FIFRevPit #amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers
#FIFRevPit #amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers
New Substack post about my writing journey!
open.substack.com/pub/dmcieran...
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers #fantasywriters
open.substack.com/pub/dmcieran...
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers #fantasywriters
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New Substack post about my writing journey!
open.substack.com/pub/dmcieran...
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers #fantasywriters
open.substack.com/pub/dmcieran...
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers #fantasywriters
Happy #Caturday!
Sleepy Stratus. She’s sleeping in a bag in my lap. Yes, the bag is necessary. She doesn’t like to be picked up. But being picked up in the bag is okay.
In what way is your pet peculiar?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky
Sleepy Stratus. She’s sleeping in a bag in my lap. Yes, the bag is necessary. She doesn’t like to be picked up. But being picked up in the bag is okay.
In what way is your pet peculiar?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Happy #Caturday!
Sleepy Stratus. She’s sleeping in a bag in my lap. Yes, the bag is necessary. She doesn’t like to be picked up. But being picked up in the bag is okay.
In what way is your pet peculiar?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky
Sleepy Stratus. She’s sleeping in a bag in my lap. Yes, the bag is necessary. She doesn’t like to be picked up. But being picked up in the bag is okay.
In what way is your pet peculiar?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations #WriteSky #WriterSky
I started a sticker journal at the beginning of the year, and the fact that I still have pages in October means I didn't use it consistently. At least I was fairly consistent with October. 😂
Do you a habit you struggle to keep up with?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
Do you a habit you struggle to keep up with?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I started a sticker journal at the beginning of the year, and the fact that I still have pages in October means I didn't use it consistently. At least I was fairly consistent with October. 😂
Do you a habit you struggle to keep up with?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
Do you a habit you struggle to keep up with?
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” — Robert Cormier
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” — Robert Cormier
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #writingcommunity #revspirations
A late Caturday Post
I was supposed to post this yesterday. In my defense, I was attempting 1800 words to start November off right. And today I worked on the Meet Cute, so here we have a very late Sunday night posting for #Caturday
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
I was supposed to post this yesterday. In my defense, I was attempting 1800 words to start November off right. And today I worked on the Meet Cute, so here we have a very late Sunday night posting for #Caturday
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
A late Caturday Post
I was supposed to post this yesterday. In my defense, I was attempting 1800 words to start November off right. And today I worked on the Meet Cute, so here we have a very late Sunday night posting for #Caturday
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
I was supposed to post this yesterday. In my defense, I was attempting 1800 words to start November off right. And today I worked on the Meet Cute, so here we have a very late Sunday night posting for #Caturday
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations
Happy Caturday!
Cats love anything shaped like a box. Including grocery bags! Mine claimed their beds before I could put the bags away.
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations #caturday #fantasywriter #catmom
Cats love anything shaped like a box. Including grocery bags! Mine claimed their beds before I could put the bags away.
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations #caturday #fantasywriter #catmom
October 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy Caturday!
Cats love anything shaped like a box. Including grocery bags! Mine claimed their beds before I could put the bags away.
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations #caturday #fantasywriter #catmom
Cats love anything shaped like a box. Including grocery bags! Mine claimed their beds before I could put the bags away.
#amwriting #amquerying #blueskywrites #revspirations #caturday #fantasywriter #catmom
Flashback Friday
Arzy Dragon is the product of a writing prompt and prompted me to learn more about drawing. Here’s my initial attempt at making him, with a set of craft store colored pencils and printer paper.
Arzy Dragon is the product of a writing prompt and prompted me to learn more about drawing. Here’s my initial attempt at making him, with a set of craft store colored pencils and printer paper.
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Flashback Friday
Arzy Dragon is the product of a writing prompt and prompted me to learn more about drawing. Here’s my initial attempt at making him, with a set of craft store colored pencils and printer paper.
Arzy Dragon is the product of a writing prompt and prompted me to learn more about drawing. Here’s my initial attempt at making him, with a set of craft store colored pencils and printer paper.
After her six brothers are cursed, Sorcha has to take a vow of silence and complete a painful trial to free them, taking her into the heart of enemy territory. But who will she end up saving? Her brothers, or the enemy lord she fell in love with?
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
After her six brothers are cursed, Sorcha has to take a vow of silence and complete a painful trial to free them, taking her into the heart of enemy territory. But who will she end up saving? Her brothers, or the enemy lord she fell in love with?
TBR Tuesday
TBR: ACOTAR
I'm looking forward to reading this, as it has a huge fanbase and is pointed to starting the raging romantasy trend we still see today. And, since my next wip is a romantasy, I'm looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.
TBR: ACOTAR
I'm looking forward to reading this, as it has a huge fanbase and is pointed to starting the raging romantasy trend we still see today. And, since my next wip is a romantasy, I'm looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
TBR Tuesday
TBR: ACOTAR
I'm looking forward to reading this, as it has a huge fanbase and is pointed to starting the raging romantasy trend we still see today. And, since my next wip is a romantasy, I'm looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.
TBR: ACOTAR
I'm looking forward to reading this, as it has a huge fanbase and is pointed to starting the raging romantasy trend we still see today. And, since my next wip is a romantasy, I'm looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.
Teaser Thursday
I have a snippet from A realization. Showing some gritty feels after an encounter. It’s a short story that didn’t go anywhere. But that’s okay because it ties in very nicely to a novelette that didn’t go anywhere. One of these days I’m going to combine the two into a Proper Novella.
I have a snippet from A realization. Showing some gritty feels after an encounter. It’s a short story that didn’t go anywhere. But that’s okay because it ties in very nicely to a novelette that didn’t go anywhere. One of these days I’m going to combine the two into a Proper Novella.
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Teaser Thursday
I have a snippet from A realization. Showing some gritty feels after an encounter. It’s a short story that didn’t go anywhere. But that’s okay because it ties in very nicely to a novelette that didn’t go anywhere. One of these days I’m going to combine the two into a Proper Novella.
I have a snippet from A realization. Showing some gritty feels after an encounter. It’s a short story that didn’t go anywhere. But that’s okay because it ties in very nicely to a novelette that didn’t go anywhere. One of these days I’m going to combine the two into a Proper Novella.
Motivation Monday
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” — Terry Pratchett
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” — Terry Pratchett
October 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Motivation Monday
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” — Terry Pratchett
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” — Terry Pratchett
Happy Caturday! My girls Nimbus and Stratus. Two years old and queens of the house.
#caturday #writingbuddies #revspirations
#caturday #writingbuddies #revspirations
October 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy Caturday! My girls Nimbus and Stratus. Two years old and queens of the house.
#caturday #writingbuddies #revspirations
#caturday #writingbuddies #revspirations
ENCANTO VIBES IN A POST-MODERN SETTING
UNDER THE BRIGHT SUN is about a girl with the ability to see the future in an isolated village who must uncover the secret of a stranger's arrival to recover lost magic before everyone falls to an endless sleep from magic withdrawal.
#QuestPit #Q #MG #F #S
UNDER THE BRIGHT SUN is about a girl with the ability to see the future in an isolated village who must uncover the secret of a stranger's arrival to recover lost magic before everyone falls to an endless sleep from magic withdrawal.
#QuestPit #Q #MG #F #S
August 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I broke out my table saw today to add some flooring before the baseboard goes in. Now there won't be a gap between floor and baseboard. I just wish I'd taken a before pic, too.
#Revpitwaiting
#Revpitwaiting
April 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I broke out my table saw today to add some flooring before the baseboard goes in. Now there won't be a gap between floor and baseboard. I just wish I'd taken a before pic, too.
#Revpitwaiting
#Revpitwaiting
"The air in the kitchen grows humid, clinging to my skin as a breeze stirs my hair."
#1stlinepit #Q #MG #F
#amquerying #amwriting #Blueskywrites #writingcommunity
#1stlinepit #Q #MG #F
#amquerying #amwriting #Blueskywrites #writingcommunity
April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"The air in the kitchen grows humid, clinging to my skin as a breeze stirs my hair."
#1stlinepit #Q #MG #F
#amquerying #amwriting #Blueskywrites #writingcommunity
#1stlinepit #Q #MG #F
#amquerying #amwriting #Blueskywrites #writingcommunity
I would put "Giving up is not an option." But the real inspiration is from Thomas Edison.
January 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would put "Giving up is not an option." But the real inspiration is from Thomas Edison.
January 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM