Deanna J. Valdez 📚 ✍️

Meet Mahalina and Andreas from my fairy tale romantasy FEATHERS BENEATH THE SKIN 🪽🍃❤️‍🔥 These two never shenan once. They shenanigan and again and again… Thank you to @nathcreare for bringing these sexy chaotic fools to life🫶

I'm now repped by the wonderful Safae El-Ouahabi, Associate Agent at RCW Literary 📚🎉 Safae’s warmth, determination, and excitement for my projects made it easy to see why she'd be a fantastic partner for my writing career 🥳 Here's to the next phase of my author journey 🥂

🗡️KNIGHT & THE MOTHxPRINCESS BRIDE💕 ❤️‍🔥reluctant lovers on an epic quest 🎶 a rakish bard / exiled knight 🦇 Philippine folklore 🍃 sentient forests 🏴‍☠️ shenanigans in a pirate city 🎭 masquerade balls 🌶️ a dash of spice ⚔️deadly trials to false gods 👑overthrowing tyrants #QuestPit #Q #F #R #A 🇵🇭

🗡️KNIGHT & THE MOTHxPRINCESS BRIDE💕 ❤️‍🔥reluctant lovers on an epic quest 🎶 a rakish bard / exiled knight 🦇 creatures from Philippine 🇵🇭 folklore 🍃enchanted sentient forests 🏴‍☠️ shenanigans in a pirate city 🎭sneaking into masquerades 🌶️ a dash of spice 👑overthrowing tyrants #QuestPit #Q #F #R #A

🗡️KNIGHT & THE MOTHxPRINCESS BRIDE💕 
 A sky maiden lost her wings
 A religious tyrant stole them A disgraced knight knows how to get them back…but it won’t be easy ☠️mythical monsters
🍃enchanted woods
🏴‍☠️pirate city 
🎭corrupt courtiers 
🔪deadly trials
 #QuestPit #Q #F #R #A 🇵🇭 Philippine fairy tale

Mahalina lost everything
 her people slaughtered 🪦
 her home destroyed🔥
 her wings gone🪽...or so she thought
 A tyrant king stole them A disgraced knight knows how to get them back
 ☠️pirate cities🍃enchanted woods🎭masquerade balls🔪deadly trials ...what could go wrong? #QuestPit #Q #F #R #A 🇵🇭

🗡️KNIGHT & THE MOTHxPRINCESS BRIDE💕 ❤️‍🔥reluctant lovers on an epic quest 🎶 a rakish bard / exiled knight 🦇 creatures from Philippine folklore 🍃 sentient forests 🏴‍☠️ shenanigans in a pirate city 🎭 masquerade balls 🌶️ a dash of spice ⚔️ deadly trials 👑 overthrowing tyrants #PosterPit #R #F #A #Q 🇵🇭

🗡️KNIGHT & THE MOTH x PRINCESS BRIDE💕 A sky maiden lost her wings
 A tyrant king stole them An exiled kingsguard knows how to get them back…but it won’t be easy 🦇 mythical monsters 🍃sentient woods ⚔️ pirate cities 🎭 masquerades 🔪 deadly trials ...what could go wrong? #PosterPit #R #F #A #Q 🇵🇭

So excited to chat about writing groups this morning!! Bring your coffee/tea and come say hi 👋

Mahalina lost everything
 her people slaughtered 🪦
 her home destroyed🔥
 her wings gone🪽...or so she thought
 A tyrant king stole them A disgraced knight knows how to get them back
 ☠️pirate cities🍃enchanted woods🎭masquerade balls🔪deadly trials...what could go wrong? #PosterPit #R #F #A #Q 
🇵🇭

How’s the writing going, you might ask? Well I wrote one line today, and it was the title of a meeting that I invited a friend to so that I can lock down some decisions that I probably should have made weeks ago 🫶

🗡️KNIGHT & THE MOTHxPRINCESS BRIDE💕 Meet Mahalina + Andreas ❤️‍🔥reluctant lovers on an epic quest 🎶 a rakish bard / exiled knight 🦇 Philippine folklore 🍃enchanted sentient forests 🏴‍☠️ shenanigans in a pirate city 🎭 masquerade balls 🌶️ a dash of spice 👑overthrowing tyrants #ProfilePit #Q #F #R #A 🇵🇭

Mahalina lost everything
 her people slaughtered 🪦
 her home destroyed🔥
 her wings gone🪽...or so she thought
 A tyrant king stole them A disgraced knight knows how to get them back
 ☠️pirate cities🍃enchanted woods🎭masquerade balls🔪deadly trials ...what could go wrong? #ProfilePit #Q #F #R #A 🇵🇭

🗡️KNIGHT & THE MOTHxPRINCESS BRIDE💕 A sky maiden lost her wings
 A religious tyrant stole them A disgraced knight knows how to get them back…but it won’t be easy ☠️mythical monsters
 🍃enchanted woods
 🏴‍☠️pirate city 🎭 masquerade balls 🔪deadly trials
 #ProfilePit #Q #F #R #A 🇵🇭

Come here me chat with really cool people about writing in groups with really cool people ☺️🫶✨🚀

I’ve become a meme factory for fantasy romance girlies ✨⚔️❤️🔮📚💙🪐🌶️ (procrastinating on my plotting)

I started plotting my urban fantasy romance with a pole dancing, motorcycle driving manananggal assassin on a mission to seduce and kill a (sexy) sun god set in a modern Vegas + LA filled with gods and monsters 😈🍸🌞💋🎰🌊🎥 which is SO EXCITING but me, the author, am in bed at 8pm with a herbal tea 🍵

Finally made it out to @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social , an amazing Montreal bookstore/café/bar. My books there are now signed. And I got to hang with my friend @deannajvaldez.com

Welcome to the #agentguide for FEATHERS BENEATH THE SKIN 🪽 💕reluctant lovers on an epic quest 🎶 a rakish bard / exiled knight 😉 a dash of humour 🦇 Philippine folklore 🍃 sentient forests 🏴‍☠️ pirate cities 🎭 masquerade balls ⚔️deadly trials 👑 battling religious tyrants #agentsguide #fantasyromance

Writers truly never clock out 🫠 I’ve started intense and time-consuming research* for my 🌞west coast 🎰🍸urban filipino fantasy feat. gods, monsters, strip clubs, Hollywood parties, casinos and convertibles *rewatching Buffy *rewatching Angel *rewatching Charmed What else should I research*?

Last year his estate donated the royalties for Last Christmas to his charity that offers funding for LGBTQIA+ orgs and they said they'd do it again this year. Listen to it loads!

Say less 😈

Affirmations are so important.

i like that if your robbery is sufficiently cool it becomes a heist

It was an absolute JOY to moderate the WHO’S TELLING THIS STORY (AND HOW?) panel at #CanCon2025 ❤️ We could have gone on forever about POV, first person vs third close narrative, and unreliable narrators!

Pictured: @ellieabouttown.bsky.social and I taking quick breaks to eat and dance between all the fun CanCon activities ❤️ Not pictured: @ellieabouttown.bsky.social and I sprinting to get to panels in time and taking nap breaks in the car 💤 Balance 🫶

#CanCon2025 highlight: THE MONSTROUS RETELLINGS PANEL! Honoured to share the table with fabulous authors @kateheartfield.com, @anuja-v.bsky.social and Derek Newman-Stills 🫶 The room was PACKED the audience was ENGAGED and I had the BEST time!

Last day of #CanCon2025 and I can’t believe it’s almost over!! I’ll be on a panel for THE TASTE OF SADNESS: WRITING EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION 🥀🥺🌊🍂 Come by to discover what makes people cry and all the ways we embody sadness for writing the feels 🫶

CanCon prep

Anyone else going to @canconsffh.bsky.social? 👀🍂📚💕 I can’t wait ahhhhhhhh 😍

Excited to be admitted into @futurescapesww.bsky.social Long Manuscript Workshop to work with Editor, Dianna Vega on my romantic fantasy adventure FEATHERS BENEATH THE SKIN 🎉🪽 Can't wait to meet my cohort and dig into the novel I've been obsessing over this year ❤️

With only a ⚔️disgraced knight🔥 to aid her quest, Mahalina battles: ☠️mythical monsters 🍃enchanted woods 🏴‍☠️pirate city 🎭corrupt courtiers 👑ruthless tyrant 🔪deadly trials to reclaim her lost wings🪽and ascend to heaven ..but the real risk is trying not to fall in love⚔️🔥
 #DVPit #A #F #R #Asian #LGBT

When Mariposa’s father disappears, he leaves her a prophecy She must enter the perilous Wishing Wood to find him In a world of 🕯️wishing curses 🎪enchanted markets 🕷️deadly riddles ⚔️impossible trials 💀false gods nothing is certain and nothing is free

 #DVPit #A #Novella #DF #H #Asian #LGBT

Dutiful daughters do not enter the Wishing Wood🕯️ The Good and Gracious Gods condemn wishing above all❤️‍🔥 But when Mariposa’s father disappears he leaves her with a prophecy... Enter the Wood🍂 Face the monsters ☠️ Follow the butterflies crawling up her throat🦋 #DVPit #A #Novella #DF #H #Asian #LGBT