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Valery G. Olsen

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Valery grew up in a small town that resides about an hours drive from Las Vegas. She spent most of her childhood playing Star Trek, Star Wars, and other alien games with her four brothers. She also rode horses everyday, obsessed about sports, studied the night sky with her grandfather and his monstrous homemade telescope, and swam as often as possible.
She wrote her first book at 13, which sadly has disappeared.
Her current obsessions are photography, backpacking, lounging on the beach with a good book, and spending time with her favorite people.

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Valery G. Olsen I take a break, read something that relaxes my mind, or go through my bazillion notes in my notebook specifically filled with ideas and thoughts about…moreI take a break, read something that relaxes my mind, or go through my bazillion notes in my notebook specifically filled with ideas and thoughts about my book.
Or I research things that have been bothering me for the genetics or worlds in my stories. The funny thing is that the best ideas usually come to me when I am listening to the Tron: Legacy soundtrack or when I am in the shower. Yup! The shower. I don't know why, but for some reason my mind seems to open up while the warm spray of water hits my head, maybe it's loosening up my brain like it does with my muscles, because let's face it, the brain is a muscle and we have to use it.(less)
Valery G. Olsen The best thing about being a writer is getting to express yourself through your imagination. It's like painting a picture with words and thoughts, the…moreThe best thing about being a writer is getting to express yourself through your imagination. It's like painting a picture with words and thoughts, then blurring the edges to make the important stuff stand out to the reader.(less)
Average rating: 4.24 · 21 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works
Apogee (Worlds of Providenc...

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Perigee (Worlds of Providen...

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Of Earth and Sky

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions
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The Order of Blood and Ruin by K.M. Shea
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The Games of Enemies and Allies by K.M. Shea
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A little slower than the first, but picks up towards the end.

For my clean readers: language-none. Violence-fighting and attempted murder. Romance-kissing.
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Jeremy The Hunted by Richard  Bush
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Disclaimer-I know the author.

This second installment is written better than the first. Needs some grammar editing, but it doesn't drag the reader out of the story too much.

For my clean readers: language-some minor words. Violence-fighting, attempted
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Journey to the Hopewell Star by Hannah D. State
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Just okay. There just wasn't much of a draw for me, and it was a bit of a chore to finish.

For my clean readers: Language-none. Romance-none. Violence-kidnapping, attempted murder, murder, intimations of torture and blackmail, bullying, and fighting.
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Dark, Witch & Creamy by H.Y. Hanna
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Not my normal genre, but it was a clean, good read.

For my clean readers: language-none. Violence-murder by poisoning, attempted kidnapping, and drugging. Romance-no actual kissing in this book. Just some flirting.
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How Not to Die by Michael Greger
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Dark, Witch & Creamy by H.Y. Hanna
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Not my normal genre, but it was a clean, good read.

For my clean readers: language-none. Violence-murder by poisoning, attempted kidnapping, and drugging. Romance-no actual kissing in this book. Just some flirting.
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The Lies of Vampires and Slayers by K.M. Shea
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Good read.

For my clean readers: language-none. Romance-none. Violence-fighting, killing beasts, and attempted murder.
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Saltwater Song by Monique McDonell
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Cute, but in a predictable way. The worst part? Grammar mistakes and some awkward pov shifts.

For my clean readers: language-some, but no f-bombs. Violence-none. Romance-kissing, sexual connotations and innuendos, but bedroom scenes were kept behind c
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“Love was a fickle thing, and it only complicated life with distraction and broken hearts.”
Valery G. Olsen, Perigee

“One wrong word, one clumsy move, and their one spy and ally would be taken out of play. She was the only one who could help them, and they needed her more than they needed air.”
Valery G. Olsen, Perigee

“This very act of defiance had become a therapeutic exercise, one that focused his anger on destroying at least one small part of his prison, and he tightened his grip on the small stick of plas-crete between his fingers.


The scratching provided an amount of control over his life when he had none, and he narrowed his gaze, fixating on the symbol blossoming across his designated section of floor. Another mark, one more dead.”
Valery G. Olsen, Perigee

“There is no guilt, there is no blame. Only what is meant to be.”
Valery G. Olsen, Perigee

“Good could not be bad, and white could not be black. She must be gray, locked between the two, never able to drift from between the blurred lines.”
Valery G. Olsen, Perigee

“Space is vast, infinite, and eternal.”
Valery G. Olsen, Apogee

“Death was not a door you could open and close at will.”
Valery G. Olsen, Perigee

“Love was a fickle thing, and it only complicated life with distraction and broken hearts.”
Valery G. Olsen, Perigee

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