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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · 5d

Upside of an all day choir rehearsal: a day of singing!
Downside: those four bars still stuck in your head five hours later

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Sep 3

Me, a writer: She can’t get a non-magical bank account because she’s a non-citizen as far as the non-magical world is concerned
Me, an economist: *gives up*

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Sep 3

Me, a writer: There are currency controls to prevent a sudden influx of money into the magical economy from clairvoyants playing the stock market
Me, an economist: So why doesn’t she just spend her money in the non-magical economy

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Sep 3

Me, a writer: The MC is going to have a job as a corporate clairvoyant
Me, an economist: Why does she need a job if she can predict what the stock market will do…

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Sep 3

So excited to have @redscribe.bsky.social read Maintenance Phase for PodCastle. I literally cried. podcastle.org/2025/09/02/1...

PodCastle 907: Maintenance Phase - PodCastle

Maintenance Phase by A.D. Ellicott Mary woke in an unfamiliar bed, gasping for breath. She recalled the shots, the dancing, the giggling stumble into a stranger’s apartment while they pulled off each ...

podcastle.org

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Aug 26

Boy have I got a ridiculously long video essay for you: youtu.be/LkoGBOs5ecM?...

Sherlock Is Garbage, And Here's Why

YouTube video by hbomberguy

youtu.be

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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · Aug 26

Over the moon to be included on the Ditmar Awards shortlist for my cover art for ‘in the aftermath’ by Jessica Nirvana Ram (Prismatica Press 2024, repub’d fifth wheel press 2025)! Congratulations all, fantastic list! 🤩

Full list with voting links here:
www.conflux.org.au/2025-ditmar-...

Cover art for ‘in the aftermath’ by Jessica Nirvana Ram (fifth wheel press). Mixed media art of hands weaving a daffodil with thread. Artist’s watermark reads www.chpearce.net

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Aug 25

I was very restrained, and only bought 4 books

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Aug 24

Booktopia-sponsored Lifeline Book Fair. My self-control was not equal to the task

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Aug 23

Ok, track-work could probably convince me…

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Aug 23

I can’t believe how enjoyable the Canberra-Sydney train is. The leg room! The scenery! The canteen! I was able to get some writing done. I don’t think anything will convince me to take the Murray’s bus ever again.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · Aug 11

A SPECIAL BUCKAROO MESSAGE. lucky day is out AUGUST 12TH @torbooks.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sneaky dog is sneaky

A small black dog with a knit jumper is sitting on a chair that is tucked under a table

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Aug 2

If you see this, post a #castle 😉

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

Dog tax

A small black dog on a blanket looking up at the camera, with a tail moving so fast it’s blurred.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · Jun 24

from https://www.tumblr.com/murderpod-diaries

Murderbot lying on a reclining chair, Bharadwaj sits on another chair beside it, writing in an open notebook.

Caption below:

Therapist: and what do we say when people ask us about ourselves

Murderbot: I have to check the perimeter

Therapist: no

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · Jun 25

Two frames from Lord of the Rings. Frodo asks, "What are we holding onto, Sam?" Sam replies, "Sheer fucking spite, Mr. Frodo."

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · Jun 25

I did say the thing!

hollowgraphic.bsky.social @hollowgraphic.bsky.social · Jun 24

via @tkingfisher.com

#diet #cultural #modern #lifestyles #historical #food

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jun 21

Still one of the most insane things I've ever seen in a government report

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Jun 17

It’s pride month! Quote with a queer character.

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Jun 17

Post a trio of awesomeness

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Jun 15

I can’t wait!

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · May 29

Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️‍🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️‍🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.bsky.social · May 20

Murderbot's pronoun is "it."
But pronoun usage for it varies widely on the internet.

This will be a thread about the funky things pronouns do for us and why they are so difficult to change on a linguistic and cognitive/neurological level. #Murderbot #pronouns

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · May 21

I came here to say Tamora Pierce! Seconded

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