Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻

@Valya
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Writes about the experience of magic in the world 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Author of The Silence of Trees and Mother Christmas.
My websitehttps://www.vdlupescu.com
My bloghttps://www.vdlupescu.com/journal/
Mother Christmashttps://www.motherchristmas.com
Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Feb 4, 2025
I know I've been quiet. Here's a rare blog post for my birthday: https://www.vdlupescu.com/journal/2025/02/footsteps-connections-and-another-year/
Footsteps, Connections, and Another Year | Valya Dudycz Lupescu

On February 1, we reach the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox—the Celts called it Imbolc, and it’s the season of renewal. The wheel turns, and today marks another year, another birthday for me. We are irrevocably tied to the movements and rhythms of this planet. I catch glimpses of my

Valya Dudycz Lupescu | Writer, fueled by coffee
Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Jan 3, 2024
Jay KuoJan 3, 2024
Another day, another horrifying decision out of the 5th Circuit on abortion, this time over federal protections for emergency medical care including abortion services. How did the Fifth Circuit arrive at its awful decision, and will SCOTUS hear the case? https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/texas-draws-abortion-bans-tighter?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true
Texas Draws Abortion Bans Tighter

A ruling out of the conservative Fifth Circuit pits the state’s draconian abortion bans against federal emergency medical care guidelines

The Status Kuo
Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Jan 3, 2024
Eugene McParland 🇺🇦Jan 3, 2024

A POW exchange has seen Ukraine welcoming back 230 fighters and civilians from captivity in the russian Federation.

48 Ukrainian servicemen who were previously considered missing and were labeled as «disappeared» have also been accounted for in this return.

The majority of those released are men (225), while five are women. Among them, 213 belong to the ranks and sergeants, with eleven being officers.

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#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini
#СлаваУкраїні!

Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Jan 3, 2024
Volodymyr Minin (he/him) 🇺🇦Dec 31, 2023

Received my “Embroidered Worlds” books today! Thank you, @Valya and the rest of the team!

And to @neilhimself for boosting this fundraiser!

Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Jan 3, 2024

An important message from one of our translators, Hanna Leliv:

"What if Ukrainian translations hitting the shelves now could become just that—a call to action?" 💙💛

Please read. #Ukraine️

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds/posts/3998449

Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Dec 13, 2023

New blog post about the release day of Embroidered Worlds: An Anthology of Fantastic Fiction in Ukraine and the Diaspora! Also beautiful pysanka! And Bookplates! 💙💛

https://www.vdlupescu.com/journal/2023/12/ew_release_day/

Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Nov 12, 2023

I've have been spending all my time head down with translations & edits for this anthology, so I have not had a chance to mention there is ONE MORE DAY to pre-order copies of Embroidered Worlds (& still get the bookplate!) through Backerkit!

https://embroidered-worlds.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Pre-order Embroidered Worlds: Ukrainian Fantastic Fiction on BackerKit

An anthology of fantastic stories from Ukraine and the Diaspora, edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, and Iryna Pasko.

BackerKit
Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Oct 1, 2023
E.D.E. BellOct 1, 2023

So. Absolutely. Grateful. To all of you.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds/posts/3923117

Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Oct 1, 2023
We did it! Together! Thank you so much to the 1,072 backers who pledged $23,567 to help bring Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora to life! I'll have more to say tomorrow, but right now my heart is full from the love and support we have received. I am so grateful. Щиро вам дякую! 💙💛
Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻Oct 1, 2023

Only 20 minutes left until the Kickstarter campaign for Embroidered Worlds ends!!!

Join the 1068 backers who are going to get this anthology of 30 stories by writers from Ukraine and the diaspora! It's the only way to also get this beautiful bookplate!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds