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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 3d

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Orange Date Muffins - Joyofbaking.com *Video Recipe*

A healthy and tasty muffin using whole wheat flour and flavored with citrus and full of dates and walnuts. With Demo Video

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 4d

$50 off through tomorrow 10/12! Laugh & think & write in community, with guidance & information from 4 professional editors & 8 extremely smart, kind writers, for 5 days this January! Online, inclusive, full of heart. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

A yellow background with diffuse rainbow light. A cartoon guide stands, holding a flag in one hand and notebooks in the other, mouth open and gesturing to the others. Five sketched people are sitting in a circle on the ground, talking. Above them, dialogue boxes swirl as chat continues. Text: Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. Come as you are. Leave feeling inspired. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 8d

My rec for the soulful & practical book Living Revision for writers www.eliotwesteditorial.com/blog/read-th... (I wrote & scheduled this post ages ago, but now the author Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is a speaker for Wholehearted Writers Week! Apply by Sunday 10/12 for a reduced rate...)

read this book about revision that’s also about your deep inner writing life

I recently spent six months teaching revision strategies (and strategies for emotionally navigating the revision process) to creative writers across genres through the Loft Literary Center in...

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 8d

We will also be doing our online auction again, check out the shawl I made!!! (Photo was taken in our synagogue's beautiful historic sanctuary, which I wanted it to match)

Register for the auction by viewing its home page while logged in to your 32auctions account: www.32auctions.com/Bundled2025

semi-circular blue and gold shawl draped over a railing with a semi-circular arched blue and gold organ loft in the background

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 10d

Early bird discount ends one week from today! Learn from & chat with 4 kind, talented, kinda goofy editors and a lineup of 8 truly amazing writers across genres, and work on your project(s) in good company this January. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

#WritingCommunity
#Writers #QueerWriters

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What is Wholehearted Writers Week? This five-day-long online event is a writer’s retreat, a conference, a festival, a community space . It's also highly individualized and flexible. Your ...

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Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 12d

Lizzie Huxley-Jones is an autistic author based in London. They are the author of queer holiday rom-coms, Hits Different co-written with Tasha Ghouri, and the Vivi Conway series. They write joyful stories that centre queerness and disability

We're so excited to have @littlehux.bsky.social join us!

Meet our speakers! Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author. Let's talk about making your writing work for you! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

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Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 13d

Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is the author of three books on writing. Her creative work includes memoirs, novels, and personal essays. She also teaches writing as a transformational practice and hosts an online writing community.

We're delighted to have Elizabeth giving a workshop with us!

#conference

Meet our speakers! Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, author and teacher. Join me for a workshop on releasing your creativity! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 13d

Just got a "reminder that your subscription ends soon!" email but they mean I need to renew by the end of *December*. I think ... it's okay ... for now? lol

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Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 14d

We're so excited to have emelkrishnan.bsky.social join us!

M. L. Krishnan has been awarded Fellowships & Residencies from Tin House, MacDowell, the Carnegie Corporation, Millay Arts, and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her work has appeared in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere.

#writers

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Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 22d

Naomi Kritzer is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her fiction has won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Edgar Award, and the Minnesota Book Award.

We're so excited to have @naomikritzer.bsky.social joining us!

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 22d

I wonder if that's true at the population level! I personally was educated at a Catholic school largely by rule-oriented old-fashioned "don't ask questions just do what I say" people, and it just ... didn't stick (re punctuation or anything else).

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 22d

When I'm writing for publication I do edit down my em dashes and paretheticals, but in my journal and emails and stuff I am freeeeee

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 22d

Look. I have very long thoughts and many of them are embedded. (I *have* read some stuff suggesting that neurodivergent people tend to punctuate & structure sentences differently, in various ways depending on the brain quirkiness[es] in play, and I think that's kinda neat to ponder in this vein.)

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 22d

The em dashes = AI thing is bizarre. People can wrest my em dashes from my cold dead very human hands. (And ellipses. And parentheses. And indeed en dashes lol. ilu punctuation marks)

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 23d

Looking up thoughts on a particular use of ellipses, I came across the blanket statement "Editors don't like ellipses." This amuses me to no end so I am passing it along to you. (I did not realize I'm supposed to dislike whole entire punctuation marks; I don't think I have it in me! alas)

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 23d

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."

‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”

So a napkin is a little tablecloth.

10/10, no notes.

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Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 23d

Goodnight, all. May we all know moments of peace and sun-warmed bliss like this adorable ocean potato I saw today.

A female elephant seal sleeps on a sandy beach. She appears to be smiling in her sleep.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26d

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 24d

eeeee we at Wholehearted Writers have the full speaker lineup on the website now--please go oooh and ahhh at their awesomeness (& maybe apply now to join us 12–16 Jan) wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/speakers.html #WritingCommunity #Writers #QueerWriters

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 28d

eeeeeee I get to start my 8-week romance class tonight! (I haven't taught this one in 2 years and am reading the pre-class student introductions allllll excited to talk with these neat people about romance)

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · Sep 14

I think I literally did!

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · Sep 14

Amazing. No notes. (I enjoyed the Failure to Adapt episode about it, too.)

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · Sep 14

It came out in 1986 so I was smol and then ... it never came up!

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · Sep 14

I'm watching Labyrinth for the first time and it's kind of awesome. (I also discovered The Muppet Christmas Carol a couple years ago, it's nice to have these lil discoveries available in difficult times.)

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Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · Sep 12

It's finally time!

Our doors are open and we're accepting applications for our first-ever Wholehearted Writers Week, filled with brilliant speakers, writing opportunities, community building, publishing professionals available for questions and more.

wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/apply.html

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