Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️
@eliseswritings.bsky.social
I'm an SFF author & Aussie on Wurundjeri country.
Living my best ADHD, autistic, chronically ill, enby, aro-ace life!
🚫gen ai. Human rights fan. 🌐 https://elisecarlson.com/
🏳️🌈🧠✍️ Blog: https://elisecarlson.com/blog/elise-carlson-blogs-by-image/
Living my best ADHD, autistic, chronically ill, enby, aro-ace life!
🚫gen ai. Human rights fan. 🌐 https://elisecarlson.com/
🏳️🌈🧠✍️ Blog: https://elisecarlson.com/blog/elise-carlson-blogs-by-image/
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Hi Folks!
I'm an Aussie author of friendship-centred SFF.
I write enby/aro/ace & more queer characters who pool (& sometimes battle) their autism/ADHD to understand mysterious enemy's motives.
📚 My Direct Store: payhip.com/EliseCarlson...
✨Epic Fantasy Trilogy: elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-tril... 1/2
I'm an Aussie author of friendship-centred SFF.
I write enby/aro/ace & more queer characters who pool (& sometimes battle) their autism/ADHD to understand mysterious enemy's motives.
📚 My Direct Store: payhip.com/EliseCarlson...
✨Epic Fantasy Trilogy: elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-tril... 1/2
The hardest part of writing romance is having no lived experience of it, so I'm totally winging it -part of why only my side characters engage in it 😉.
Not writing it and centering friendships instead is super easy. Marketing it without a friendship-focused genre is harder.
#QueerWritersChat
Not writing it and centering friendships instead is super easy. Marketing it without a friendship-focused genre is harder.
#QueerWritersChat
#QueerWritersChat
Question Three:
What’s the hardest part of writing romance, or choosing not to?
Next question at :35!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Three:
What’s the hardest part of writing romance, or choosing not to?
Next question at :35!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
February 14, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The hardest part of writing romance is having no lived experience of it, so I'm totally winging it -part of why only my side characters engage in it 😉.
Not writing it and centering friendships instead is super easy. Marketing it without a friendship-focused genre is harder.
#QueerWritersChat
Not writing it and centering friendships instead is super easy. Marketing it without a friendship-focused genre is harder.
#QueerWritersChat
Nope; friendship is a central theme in all of my books, specifically characters making friends and friendship groups forming and tackling SFF plots together.
Sometimes side chars get romance arcs coz they insist, but as a happily single aro-ace myself, romance is never central.
#QueerWritersChat
Sometimes side chars get romance arcs coz they insist, but as a happily single aro-ace myself, romance is never central.
#QueerWritersChat
#QueerWritersChat
Question Two:
Is romance a central theme in any of your work?
Next question at :25!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Two:
Is romance a central theme in any of your work?
Next question at :25!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Nope; friendship is a central theme in all of my books, specifically characters making friends and friendship groups forming and tackling SFF plots together.
Sometimes side chars get romance arcs coz they insist, but as a happily single aro-ace myself, romance is never central.
#QueerWritersChat
Sometimes side chars get romance arcs coz they insist, but as a happily single aro-ace myself, romance is never central.
#QueerWritersChat
Hi #QueerWritersChat!
(I'm late coz everyone doing this on my feed is 😆).
Aro-ace enby author of epic fantasy & SciFi-Fantasy here.
I'm currently revising Rarkin's therapy, relationship arcs, queer awakenings and who at school is organised crime's boss's kid? arcs for Countering the Hands of Crime.
(I'm late coz everyone doing this on my feed is 😆).
Aro-ace enby author of epic fantasy & SciFi-Fantasy here.
I'm currently revising Rarkin's therapy, relationship arcs, queer awakenings and who at school is organised crime's boss's kid? arcs for Countering the Hands of Crime.
Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! No links, please!
Next question at :15!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! No links, please!
Next question at :15!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
February 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Hi #QueerWritersChat!
(I'm late coz everyone doing this on my feed is 😆).
Aro-ace enby author of epic fantasy & SciFi-Fantasy here.
I'm currently revising Rarkin's therapy, relationship arcs, queer awakenings and who at school is organised crime's boss's kid? arcs for Countering the Hands of Crime.
(I'm late coz everyone doing this on my feed is 😆).
Aro-ace enby author of epic fantasy & SciFi-Fantasy here.
I'm currently revising Rarkin's therapy, relationship arcs, queer awakenings and who at school is organised crime's boss's kid? arcs for Countering the Hands of Crime.
Only 327 people in NSW think Minns should resign?
After he defended the violence NSW police did to peaceful protestors in Sydney on Monday?
I think this petition is missing signatures! #auspol
After he defended the violence NSW police did to peaceful protestors in Sydney on Monday?
I think this petition is missing signatures! #auspol
After the police violence: I agree, the NSW premier should resign.
Sign the Petition
Call for the Resignation of NSW Premier Chris Minns Following Police Violence at Recent Pr
c.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Only 327 people in NSW think Minns should resign?
After he defended the violence NSW police did to peaceful protestors in Sydney on Monday?
I think this petition is missing signatures! #auspol
After he defended the violence NSW police did to peaceful protestors in Sydney on Monday?
I think this petition is missing signatures! #auspol
Have to say I feel the same about being sick of Australian Labour as the lesser evil, pretending-to-sound-good party.
Enough double-speak. Social cohesion my arse. Give me actual good!
Enough double-speak. Social cohesion my arse. Give me actual good!
The reason trans people aren't buying this "you have to vote for fascism lite so we can get power and then we'll do something about your rights" is we've heard this song and dance before, and talk is fucking cheap.
I'm done with lesser evil. We want actual good. And Plastic Gavin Newsom ain't it.
I'm done with lesser evil. We want actual good. And Plastic Gavin Newsom ain't it.
February 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Have to say I feel the same about being sick of Australian Labour as the lesser evil, pretending-to-sound-good party.
Enough double-speak. Social cohesion my arse. Give me actual good!
Enough double-speak. Social cohesion my arse. Give me actual good!
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From the archive...
EXCLUSIVE: Angus Taylor has released a new letter from the AFP clearing him of corruption over a Cayman Islands company.
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
EXCLUSIVE: Angus Taylor has released a new letter from the AFP clearing him of corruption over a Cayman Islands company.
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
February 13, 2026 at 6:24 AM
From the archive...
EXCLUSIVE: Angus Taylor has released a new letter from the AFP clearing him of corruption over a Cayman Islands company.
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
EXCLUSIVE: Angus Taylor has released a new letter from the AFP clearing him of corruption over a Cayman Islands company.
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
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"If only it wasn't on Substack" really is evergreen, isn't it? [sigh]
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
"If only it wasn't on Substack" really is evergreen, isn't it? [sigh]
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All your girl wants for Valentine's Day is everyone in the Epstein Files prosecuted.
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
All your girl wants for Valentine's Day is everyone in the Epstein Files prosecuted.
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If you like Fantasy, SciFi, or any SpecFic genre therein, there's 3 more days left to grab this book bundle!
(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
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(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
If you like stories about;
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-friendship groups tackling a kingdom in crisis/ corporate control/ conspiracy/ crime/ their own trauma
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-friends rescuing an elf/ a vampire/ solving cold cases via reincarnation
See👇😉
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February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
If you like Fantasy, SciFi, or any SpecFic genre therein, there's 3 more days left to grab this book bundle!
(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
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While you're there, also check out itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 AM
While you're there, also check out itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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🎉 IT'S LIVE! 🤩
Go claim this book with all its gorgeous art here:
books2read.com/u/4AP8rJ?sto...
~All art is 100% human-created by @hollybunn.bsky.social 💜
If you want some stickers, postcards, a signed bookplate... or simply want more info: mylord.shimaira.com
~
🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚🌍🌶️📚🩸🌈💜
Go claim this book with all its gorgeous art here:
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~All art is 100% human-created by @hollybunn.bsky.social 💜
If you want some stickers, postcards, a signed bookplate... or simply want more info: mylord.shimaira.com
~
🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚🌍🌶️📚🩸🌈💜
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
🎉 IT'S LIVE! 🤩
Go claim this book with all its gorgeous art here:
books2read.com/u/4AP8rJ?sto...
~All art is 100% human-created by @hollybunn.bsky.social 💜
If you want some stickers, postcards, a signed bookplate... or simply want more info: mylord.shimaira.com
~
🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚🌍🌶️📚🩸🌈💜
Go claim this book with all its gorgeous art here:
books2read.com/u/4AP8rJ?sto...
~All art is 100% human-created by @hollybunn.bsky.social 💜
If you want some stickers, postcards, a signed bookplate... or simply want more info: mylord.shimaira.com
~
🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚🌍🌶️📚🩸🌈💜
If you like Fantasy, SciFi, or any SpecFic genre therein, there's 3 more days left to grab this book bundle!
(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
If you like stories about;
-friendships in space/ between automatons/ angels & humans
-friendship groups tackling a kingdom in crisis/ corporate control/ conspiracy/ crime/ their own trauma
-friends rescuing an elf/ a vampire/ solving cold cases via reincarnation
See👇😉
🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
-friendships in space/ between automatons/ angels & humans
-friendship groups tackling a kingdom in crisis/ corporate control/ conspiracy/ crime/ their own trauma
-friends rescuing an elf/ a vampire/ solving cold cases via reincarnation
See👇😉
🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
If you like Fantasy, SciFi, or any SpecFic genre therein, there's 3 more days left to grab this book bundle!
(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
(Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
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Who is Angus Taylor?
1. MP who it seems used to run multiple sock-puppet socials accounts so that he could praise himself online, perhaps when few others would, until he mixed up his logins, and ... oops.
1. MP who it seems used to run multiple sock-puppet socials accounts so that he could praise himself online, perhaps when few others would, until he mixed up his logins, and ... oops.
Angus Taylor is the new leader of the Liberal Party. Who is he?
After months of speculation, Liberals hope Angus Taylor can bring the Liberals back from what many in the party fear is the edge of obscurity.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Who is Angus Taylor?
1. MP who it seems used to run multiple sock-puppet socials accounts so that he could praise himself online, perhaps when few others would, until he mixed up his logins, and ... oops.
1. MP who it seems used to run multiple sock-puppet socials accounts so that he could praise himself online, perhaps when few others would, until he mixed up his logins, and ... oops.
Nice to wake up in a city &country no longer hosting the War Criminal.
Now we need to remove the Aussie genocide-enablers who invited & welcomed him, greenlighting Israel's genocide on Australia's behalf, and orchestrating NSW police violence to silence criticism, from power.
#auspol
Now we need to remove the Aussie genocide-enablers who invited & welcomed him, greenlighting Israel's genocide on Australia's behalf, and orchestrating NSW police violence to silence criticism, from power.
#auspol
Amnesty International Australia calls for independent investigation of police violence towards peaceful protestors
Amnesty International Australia condemns the unnecessary and disproportionate use of force by the NSW police against peaceful protesters demonstrating
www.amnesty.org.au
February 13, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Nice to wake up in a city &country no longer hosting the War Criminal.
Now we need to remove the Aussie genocide-enablers who invited & welcomed him, greenlighting Israel's genocide on Australia's behalf, and orchestrating NSW police violence to silence criticism, from power.
#auspol
Now we need to remove the Aussie genocide-enablers who invited & welcomed him, greenlighting Israel's genocide on Australia's behalf, and orchestrating NSW police violence to silence criticism, from power.
#auspol
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South #Australia power prices plummeting as it nears 100% renewables, proving to the world relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 % in a year and sometimes going negative.
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables
South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 per cent in a year and sometimes ...
www.newscientist.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:22 AM
South #Australia power prices plummeting as it nears 100% renewables, proving to the world relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 % in a year and sometimes going negative.
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
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Hey Isaac Herzog. You’d be able to gather in any fucking hall you want in Australia to celebrate your religion IF YOU WEREN’T COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND CENSORING ANY CRITICISM OF YOUR ATROCITIES.
It’s pretty easy to understand. #ABC730
It’s pretty easy to understand. #ABC730
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Hey Isaac Herzog. You’d be able to gather in any fucking hall you want in Australia to celebrate your religion IF YOU WEREN’T COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND CENSORING ANY CRITICISM OF YOUR ATROCITIES.
It’s pretty easy to understand. #ABC730
It’s pretty easy to understand. #ABC730
Herzog came to town, so we shut it down.
NSW coppers assaulted Muslims in prayer, so we had a prayer in Arabic as one of our 'speeches.'
Albo's attempt to brush aside and normalise genocide; DENIED.
Nice work Naarm/ Melbourne!
NSW coppers assaulted Muslims in prayer, so we had a prayer in Arabic as one of our 'speeches.'
Albo's attempt to brush aside and normalise genocide; DENIED.
Nice work Naarm/ Melbourne!
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Herzog came to town, so we shut it down.
NSW coppers assaulted Muslims in prayer, so we had a prayer in Arabic as one of our 'speeches.'
Albo's attempt to brush aside and normalise genocide; DENIED.
Nice work Naarm/ Melbourne!
NSW coppers assaulted Muslims in prayer, so we had a prayer in Arabic as one of our 'speeches.'
Albo's attempt to brush aside and normalise genocide; DENIED.
Nice work Naarm/ Melbourne!
All set for tomorrow's protest in Naarm/ Melbourne!
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
All set for tomorrow's protest in Naarm/ Melbourne!
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It's no just a Minns problem.
Labor governments all around Australia (local, state & federal) are working towards:
• anti-protest laws
• stopping free speech
• allowing Israel lobby to dictate universities, arts & writer's festivals
• Using police brutality
Gough Whitlam's legacy trashed
#auspol
Labor governments all around Australia (local, state & federal) are working towards:
• anti-protest laws
• stopping free speech
• allowing Israel lobby to dictate universities, arts & writer's festivals
• Using police brutality
Gough Whitlam's legacy trashed
#auspol
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 AM
It's no just a Minns problem.
Labor governments all around Australia (local, state & federal) are working towards:
• anti-protest laws
• stopping free speech
• allowing Israel lobby to dictate universities, arts & writer's festivals
• Using police brutality
Gough Whitlam's legacy trashed
#auspol
Labor governments all around Australia (local, state & federal) are working towards:
• anti-protest laws
• stopping free speech
• allowing Israel lobby to dictate universities, arts & writer's festivals
• Using police brutality
Gough Whitlam's legacy trashed
#auspol
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I received an anonymous text today containing some reflections on the police riot in Sydney of February 9 and thought it worth sharing.
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=54106
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=54106
A Statement of Solidarity and Refusal
[I received the following anonymous text today containing some reflections on the police riot in Sydney of February 9 and thought it worth sharing.] A Statement of Solidarity and Refusal We stand w…
slackbastard.anarchobase.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I received an anonymous text today containing some reflections on the police riot in Sydney of February 9 and thought it worth sharing.
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=54106
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=54106
TLDR: NSW police blocked off major exits Monday night, boxing in protestors, told them contradictory directions, then pepper sprayed and tear gassed people. They assaulted people they arrested, who were then released without charge.
The Major Declaration may deny police assault victims compensation
The Major Declaration may deny police assault victims compensation
Herzog protests. Medics attacked too, lawyers question police violence - Michael West
Monday's police actions against anti-genocide protestors in Sydney represent a significant escalation of unwarranted violence.
michaelwest.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 AM
TLDR: NSW police blocked off major exits Monday night, boxing in protestors, told them contradictory directions, then pepper sprayed and tear gassed people. They assaulted people they arrested, who were then released without charge.
The Major Declaration may deny police assault victims compensation
The Major Declaration may deny police assault victims compensation
Good news Melbourne,
The rally to protest Herzog tomorrow is now starting at 5pm at Flinders Street!
I should be able to go now 😄 (if my fibro lets me after work 🤞)
The rally to protest Herzog tomorrow is now starting at 5pm at Flinders Street!
I should be able to go now 😄 (if my fibro lets me after work 🤞)
Note tomorrow's rally against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Naarm/Melbourne is now starting at 5pm at Flinders Street Station. Join us to send the message that war criminals aren't welcome in our city! ✊🇵🇸
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Good news Melbourne,
The rally to protest Herzog tomorrow is now starting at 5pm at Flinders Street!
I should be able to go now 😄 (if my fibro lets me after work 🤞)
The rally to protest Herzog tomorrow is now starting at 5pm at Flinders Street!
I should be able to go now 😄 (if my fibro lets me after work 🤞)
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Ah, yes, when an "indie voices" profile/promotion website has both @victoriastrauss.com & @bookspotlight.bsky.social blocked, that's totally not sus at all 😒
The fact that one of the biggest indie book event hosts is also blocked, @tessahastjarjanto.com, is also not sus😒
Beware of @metareelz.com 📚💙
The fact that one of the biggest indie book event hosts is also blocked, @tessahastjarjanto.com, is also not sus😒
Beware of @metareelz.com 📚💙
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Ah, yes, when an "indie voices" profile/promotion website has both @victoriastrauss.com & @bookspotlight.bsky.social blocked, that's totally not sus at all 😒
The fact that one of the biggest indie book event hosts is also blocked, @tessahastjarjanto.com, is also not sus😒
Beware of @metareelz.com 📚💙
The fact that one of the biggest indie book event hosts is also blocked, @tessahastjarjanto.com, is also not sus😒
Beware of @metareelz.com 📚💙
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So special "anti terrorism" powers for the police in Melbourne tomorrow. Being anti genocide definitely makes you the enemy! We have to get strategic and get these people out of power. They have let us down beyond description. #auspol
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
So special "anti terrorism" powers for the police in Melbourne tomorrow. Being anti genocide definitely makes you the enemy! We have to get strategic and get these people out of power. They have let us down beyond description. #auspol
Don't worry Albo,
I'm sure we'll get along,
With a genocide inciter,
Who writes his name on bombs.
There are many values,
Both nations share
For black, brown or First Nations,
We simply don't care🤬
You could have told him,
To fuck off forever,
But you're so spinless,
I'll forgive you never
#Auspol
I'm sure we'll get along,
With a genocide inciter,
Who writes his name on bombs.
There are many values,
Both nations share
For black, brown or First Nations,
We simply don't care🤬
You could have told him,
To fuck off forever,
But you're so spinless,
I'll forgive you never
#Auspol
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Don't worry Albo,
I'm sure we'll get along,
With a genocide inciter,
Who writes his name on bombs.
There are many values,
Both nations share
For black, brown or First Nations,
We simply don't care🤬
You could have told him,
To fuck off forever,
But you're so spinless,
I'll forgive you never
#Auspol
I'm sure we'll get along,
With a genocide inciter,
Who writes his name on bombs.
There are many values,
Both nations share
For black, brown or First Nations,
We simply don't care🤬
You could have told him,
To fuck off forever,
But you're so spinless,
I'll forgive you never
#Auspol