Kate Elliott
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social
Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2015/02/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2015/02/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
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If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):
imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...
imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...
you didn't ask but in case you wondered, I like bsky for the general vibe, the text-based communication, and because I can stumble across interesting people and their interesting work (of all kinds! art! science! polisci! history! linguistics! parks! sports! music! so on!) in a way I can't elsewhere
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
you didn't ask but in case you wondered, I like bsky for the general vibe, the text-based communication, and because I can stumble across interesting people and their interesting work (of all kinds! art! science! polisci! history! linguistics! parks! sports! music! so on!) in a way I can't elsewhere
I have no aspirations of being a TikTok or IG influencer because I don't have it in me. I don't have the right look; I don't use makeup (nor am I interested). Also, learning how to record & edit in video (& doing it over & over again WITH NO GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS) is time I could be writing books.
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I have no aspirations of being a TikTok or IG influencer because I don't have it in me. I don't have the right look; I don't use makeup (nor am I interested). Also, learning how to record & edit in video (& doing it over & over again WITH NO GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS) is time I could be writing books.
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When my grandmother was 9 years old, she and her family lived in Texas and they were extremely poor. She lived with her mother and stepfather and three sisters. My great-grandmother made all their clothes, and they scrimped on everything so that they had enough to eat.
December 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
When my grandmother was 9 years old, she and her family lived in Texas and they were extremely poor. She lived with her mother and stepfather and three sisters. My great-grandmother made all their clothes, and they scrimped on everything so that they had enough to eat.
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This three-part series is about the creation of the 2025 equivalent of the underground railroad—something in which my ancestors were a part of in the 1850s. It an essential read, and it will help restore your faith in the basic decency of humanity. Read it all.
Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation
At his clinic, John Sirabella is a hard man to talk to. ...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This three-part series is about the creation of the 2025 equivalent of the underground railroad—something in which my ancestors were a part of in the 1850s. It an essential read, and it will help restore your faith in the basic decency of humanity. Read it all.
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The girlies don't want a Gaston origin story. The girlies want a Kronk origin story.
The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...
December 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The girlies don't want a Gaston origin story. The girlies want a Kronk origin story.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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Today, we celebrate the ratification of the Bill of Rights, which enshrines our freedom of speech, religion, and right to due process. While we recognize that the laws of this nation have not always served everyone, we work every day to protect our democracy and the people who benefit from it.
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today, we celebrate the ratification of the Bill of Rights, which enshrines our freedom of speech, religion, and right to due process. While we recognize that the laws of this nation have not always served everyone, we work every day to protect our democracy and the people who benefit from it.
Look at this beautiful new print dictionary!
(I still have a 1976 American Heritage Dictionary complete with spine peeling off etc from so much use, so a brand spanking new dictionary is sure tempting, and also great to support @merriam-webster.com)
(I still have a 1976 American Heritage Dictionary complete with spine peeling off etc from so much use, so a brand spanking new dictionary is sure tempting, and also great to support @merriam-webster.com)
I got THE BEST Chanukah gift: the new @merriam-webster.com!
Not just America's most trusted dictionary. Also one of America's most trusted social commentators. We'd elect it president if we could. frfr
Happy to report that the entry for "abide" mentions cats
Not just America's most trusted dictionary. Also one of America's most trusted social commentators. We'd elect it president if we could. frfr
Happy to report that the entry for "abide" mentions cats
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Look at this beautiful new print dictionary!
(I still have a 1976 American Heritage Dictionary complete with spine peeling off etc from so much use, so a brand spanking new dictionary is sure tempting, and also great to support @merriam-webster.com)
(I still have a 1976 American Heritage Dictionary complete with spine peeling off etc from so much use, so a brand spanking new dictionary is sure tempting, and also great to support @merriam-webster.com)
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We're launching an End of Year fundraiser! Help us help writers learn how to respectfully include characters of differing identities in their narratives in #2026AndBeyond.
Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
writingtheother.com/...
Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
writingtheother.com/...
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We're launching an End of Year fundraiser! Help us help writers learn how to respectfully include characters of differing identities in their narratives in #2026AndBeyond.
Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
writingtheother.com/...
Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
writingtheother.com/...
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At the end of each year I publish a community roundup of awards-eligible work for folks to check out! Go add your information so I can put you on the list for 2026.
2026 Community Awards Eligibility Roundup
It's the time of year when I ask folks to share their awards eligibility with me! Send us your information using this form. We'll round up all the eligibility information people chose to share and wil...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At the end of each year I publish a community roundup of awards-eligible work for folks to check out! Go add your information so I can put you on the list for 2026.
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Reading 2025 fiction? A number of pieces in this extraordinary anthology are awards eligible... www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reading 2025 fiction? A number of pieces in this extraordinary anthology are awards eligible... www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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Hasui Kawase, ca. 1920
woodblock print
woodblock print
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hasui Kawase, ca. 1920
woodblock print
woodblock print
Writers, artists, etc: PLEASE repost your announcements, releases, etc, even (checks notes) 5 months later, because this is the first time I have seen this (and I follow Olivia) and it looks FABULOUS.
Pianos, silk looms, secret labor unions, and a heist! THE HELLION’S WALTZ is an 1824-set sapphic romance with hate makeouts, bisexuals up to no good, and found family taking down exploitive capitalists:
The Hellion's Waltz — Olivia Waite
www.oliviawaite.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Writers, artists, etc: PLEASE repost your announcements, releases, etc, even (checks notes) 5 months later, because this is the first time I have seen this (and I follow Olivia) and it looks FABULOUS.
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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Reminder: women's hockey ☺️
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Reminder: women's hockey ☺️
a heartening thread! Kudos to Minnesotans who are doing the work
This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
a heartening thread! Kudos to Minnesotans who are doing the work
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
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You've probably read a lot about enforced disappearances in Syria, but I guarantee that you haven't read enough about the plight of the wives left behind and how their lives are put on hold.
Don't miss Lina Ghoutouk's new article for @timep.bsky.social this week ⬇️
Don't miss Lina Ghoutouk's new article for @timep.bsky.social this week ⬇️
NEW: A year after the Assad regime’s fall, the wives of Syria’s disappeared remain caught in legal, social, and economic limbo. Reforms and concrete measures to support these women are needed, argues nonresident fellow Lina Ghoutouk.
Read her piece here: timep.org/2025/12/10/w...
Read her piece here: timep.org/2025/12/10/w...
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You've probably read a lot about enforced disappearances in Syria, but I guarantee that you haven't read enough about the plight of the wives left behind and how their lives are put on hold.
Don't miss Lina Ghoutouk's new article for @timep.bsky.social this week ⬇️
Don't miss Lina Ghoutouk's new article for @timep.bsky.social this week ⬇️
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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Just a quick update that the whistle fund is now focused on supporting a loose coalition of 3D print enthusiasts who are shipping whistles to any community in the US.
If you’re interested in receiving 100-1000+ free 3D printed whistles, email whistlerequests @ proton [dot] me
gofund.me/14eb7ac4f
If you’re interested in receiving 100-1000+ free 3D printed whistles, email whistlerequests @ proton [dot] me
gofund.me/14eb7ac4f
Donate to Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!, organized by Emily Hilleren
Since late September, I’ve been organizing whistle kit assembly par… Emily Hilleren needs your support for Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!
gofund.me
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just a quick update that the whistle fund is now focused on supporting a loose coalition of 3D print enthusiasts who are shipping whistles to any community in the US.
If you’re interested in receiving 100-1000+ free 3D printed whistles, email whistlerequests @ proton [dot] me
gofund.me/14eb7ac4f
If you’re interested in receiving 100-1000+ free 3D printed whistles, email whistlerequests @ proton [dot] me
gofund.me/14eb7ac4f