Kelly Holmes
@kellyjholmes.com
Writer, small business owner, book-loving troublemaker raising 4 book-loving troublemakers in ATX. My love language is baked goods. She/her. ✨ Libraries are magic. Use yours! ✨
Saving democracy one tiny step at a time: mollysarmy.com 💪
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Kelly Holmes
@kellyjholmes.com
· Nov 20
Hello! I’m Kelly—a writer, business owner, and mom.
❤️ Yes:
Books
Libraries
Swearing
Chocolate
Baked goods
Spreadsheets
Christmas music
Indie bookstores
Rewarding yourself with little treats
That feeling when you finish writing
🤢 No:
AI
Fascism
Book bans
The actual process of writing
❤️ Yes:
Books
Libraries
Swearing
Chocolate
Baked goods
Spreadsheets
Christmas music
Indie bookstores
Rewarding yourself with little treats
That feeling when you finish writing
🤢 No:
AI
Fascism
Book bans
The actual process of writing
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1/5 This is something I said on a Discord server, but that I wanna put somewhere more visible.
We've been subjected to barrages of bad news after bad news after bad news, and this isnt even something recent. We've been on a constant barrage of horrible news with barely anything positive since 2020.
We've been subjected to barrages of bad news after bad news after bad news, and this isnt even something recent. We've been on a constant barrage of horrible news with barely anything positive since 2020.
a man wearing suspenders and a white shirt is making a funny face .
ALT: a man wearing suspenders and a white shirt is making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:17 AM
1/5 This is something I said on a Discord server, but that I wanna put somewhere more visible.
We've been subjected to barrages of bad news after bad news after bad news, and this isnt even something recent. We've been on a constant barrage of horrible news with barely anything positive since 2020.
We've been subjected to barrages of bad news after bad news after bad news, and this isnt even something recent. We've been on a constant barrage of horrible news with barely anything positive since 2020.
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Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
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Personally I just really love reading.
But I also adore libraries so go to your library this new year. They have all the books, you can request books and they nearly all have a online service for e books these days. #Libraries2026
But I also adore libraries so go to your library this new year. They have all the books, you can request books and they nearly all have a online service for e books these days. #Libraries2026
January 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Personally I just really love reading.
But I also adore libraries so go to your library this new year. They have all the books, you can request books and they nearly all have a online service for e books these days. #Libraries2026
But I also adore libraries so go to your library this new year. They have all the books, you can request books and they nearly all have a online service for e books these days. #Libraries2026
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Really going to utilize #booksky more. Yes, some of it will be for personal reasons, but its just a cool part of the internet. One that makes me happy.
Read more books. Write more books.
Books.
Read more books. Write more books.
Books.
January 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Really going to utilize #booksky more. Yes, some of it will be for personal reasons, but its just a cool part of the internet. One that makes me happy.
Read more books. Write more books.
Books.
Read more books. Write more books.
Books.
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Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
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Every year, on New Year’s Eve, I pick a poem to carry with me into the new year. It’s a way for me to set some intention on what I want this new year to be. This year, my poem for the new year is Joy Harjo’s “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet.” Here’s to 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Every year, on New Year’s Eve, I pick a poem to carry with me into the new year. It’s a way for me to set some intention on what I want this new year to be. This year, my poem for the new year is Joy Harjo’s “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet.” Here’s to 2026.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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do me a favor. take two minutes (or less!) out of your scrolling time to tell a writer whose work you love how you feel. trust me, it's something a writer wants to hear. and not something you should wait to share. just pick a person whose work you read. tell them how they've touched you
September 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
do me a favor. take two minutes (or less!) out of your scrolling time to tell a writer whose work you love how you feel. trust me, it's something a writer wants to hear. and not something you should wait to share. just pick a person whose work you read. tell them how they've touched you
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I wish we could explain to small children that some day, getting in bed and going to sleep will become the highlight of their lives.
December 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I wish we could explain to small children that some day, getting in bed and going to sleep will become the highlight of their lives.
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Our Xmas movie tonight was WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (seen it b4). Thoughts:
-Frighteningly plausible. We’ve seen so many folks tell white lies that explode out of control.
-Sandra Bullock at the height of her powers.
-Is Bill Pullman actually attractive?
-Lit better than every Netflix original series
-Frighteningly plausible. We’ve seen so many folks tell white lies that explode out of control.
-Sandra Bullock at the height of her powers.
-Is Bill Pullman actually attractive?
-Lit better than every Netflix original series
December 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our Xmas movie tonight was WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (seen it b4). Thoughts:
-Frighteningly plausible. We’ve seen so many folks tell white lies that explode out of control.
-Sandra Bullock at the height of her powers.
-Is Bill Pullman actually attractive?
-Lit better than every Netflix original series
-Frighteningly plausible. We’ve seen so many folks tell white lies that explode out of control.
-Sandra Bullock at the height of her powers.
-Is Bill Pullman actually attractive?
-Lit better than every Netflix original series
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As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
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we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
December 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
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I keep thinking about that Ray Bradbury quote?
"We are all cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."
And how what so many of us are being filled with is darkness and horror.
"We are all cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."
And how what so many of us are being filled with is darkness and horror.
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I keep thinking about that Ray Bradbury quote?
"We are all cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."
And how what so many of us are being filled with is darkness and horror.
"We are all cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."
And how what so many of us are being filled with is darkness and horror.
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Do I already own a thousand notebooks / planners / agendas in every size, style and color imaginable? Certainly.
But THIS notebook — this is the one that is gonna change EVERYTHING.
But THIS notebook — this is the one that is gonna change EVERYTHING.
August 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Do I already own a thousand notebooks / planners / agendas in every size, style and color imaginable? Certainly.
But THIS notebook — this is the one that is gonna change EVERYTHING.
But THIS notebook — this is the one that is gonna change EVERYTHING.
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as someone who likes to collect cool or new words, you would not believe my delight just now when i discovered my e-reader saves a list of all the words i look up while i’m reading
July 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
as someone who likes to collect cool or new words, you would not believe my delight just now when i discovered my e-reader saves a list of all the words i look up while i’m reading
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[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad
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"more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist."
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.
www.niemanlab.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist."
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
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next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...
'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It
Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear...
www.404media.co
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...
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As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
July 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
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Texas can't adequately warn people about deadly floods, but it can immediately let me know that a cop got hurt 250 miles away from me.
July 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Texas can't adequately warn people about deadly floods, but it can immediately let me know that a cop got hurt 250 miles away from me.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Also to make an em dash all you have to do is put two dashes in a row in Word, and the program makes it for you. Wordpress too.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Also to make an em dash all you have to do is put two dashes in a row in Word, and the program makes it for you. Wordpress too.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
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I kept hoping this myth would burn itself out, but no — the idea that em dashes are a sign of AI writing just keeps spreading.
I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4kV4HbF
SPOTIFY: bit.ly/45YGCfh
I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4kV4HbF
SPOTIFY: bit.ly/45YGCfh
June 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I kept hoping this myth would burn itself out, but no — the idea that em dashes are a sign of AI writing just keeps spreading.
I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4kV4HbF
SPOTIFY: bit.ly/45YGCfh
I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4kV4HbF
SPOTIFY: bit.ly/45YGCfh
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Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?