Valerie Valdes
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Valerie Valdes
@valerievaldes.bsky.social
Sci-fi, fantasy, and romance writer. MtG story scribe. Co-editor of Escape Pod. Variety game streamer. VPXX/16. https://linktr.ee/valerievaldes
They want to be famous and the method is probably not the core component of that. Writing perhaps seems the most accessible way for them to do it, and of course it’s not.
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You should do what you love! It’s so important!! If writing doesn’t do it for you, it’s okay to stop? You can try again later? Perseverance when a thing is challenging is not the same as giving yourself psychic damage over and over when it isn’t necessary.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And writing is neither a fast nor easy way to make money. If that’s the goal, there are much better ways to accomplish it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
truly a Sunday miracle
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Long Live Evil was so good, too! She writes awful yet sympathetic people so well, it’s incredible
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
THE WHOLE THING 100% but also I can mostly just chuckle like a normal person, this scene absolutely sent me
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I scream-laughed so loudly, my husband sprinted downstairs thinking I was injured, sorry husband, this hand-raising confession scene is unbelievably hilarious
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
truly I am a changed person, it’s amazing
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
the scream I scremt at seeing this
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I definitely knew at least one white South African? but in terms of migration waves creating some kind of cultural conclave… nahhh I don’t think so, maybe I’m somehow completely ignorant of my own home but 🤷🏻‍♀️
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
yeah no this… this is not a real thing, he’s delulu
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM