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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: 4.35 · 20 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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A Cursed Kiss by Jenny Hickman
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Of a Strange World Made by Anthony W. Eichenlaub
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Short story, but good.

For my clean readers: language-some but no f-bombs. Violence-fighting, attempted murder, attempted murder of a baby, poisoning, murder, and death from AI. Romance-kissing. LGBTQ friendly.
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Not Alexia's best, but an okay read. Skip the extra excerpt if you're a clean reader.

For my clean readers: language-some. Violence-fighting, attempted murder, murder, and poisoning. Romance-kissing and some light bedroom scenes, other than the excerp
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Had to skip a lot because of sexual content, most of which was unnecessary. The srory alone could have carried without the details, but if that's your thing, more power to you.

I also knocked my review down a star because the author has little underst
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Had to skip a lot because of sexual content, most of which was unnecessary. The srory alone could have carried without the details, but if that's your thing, more power to you.

I also knocked my review down a star because the author has little underst
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Queen of Dragons by J.A. Armitage
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Just started to get interesting and we get a cliffhanger. Too short to be a decent novel, I can't give it more stars. Not to mention the many grammar mistakes.

For my clean readers: language-some, but no f-bombs. Violence-fighting. Romance-kissing an
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Into a Wicked World by Jordan Riley Swan
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Okay read, but dragged a bit.

For my clean readers: language-some, no actual f-bombs, but hinted at. Violence-fighting and torture. Romance-kissing and hinting of sex, but nothing graphic.
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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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