Ellie Yellu
@ellieyellu.bsky.social
She/her. EMT. Clarion. Nursing school. Agented sci-fi romantasy author. TTRPGs. Bisexual. No TERFs. Guy sure looks like cat food to me.
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Ellie Yellu
@ellieyellu.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Conceptualizing "6-7" as meaningless and therefore funny vs. where it actually came from...yeah I guess that's where we're at!!
Thank you for writing this
Thank you for writing this
last piece of the year: dug into the origins of “6-7” &what the co-opting says about america
open.substack.com/pub/andrejge...
open.substack.com/pub/andrejge...
December 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Conceptualizing "6-7" as meaningless and therefore funny vs. where it actually came from...yeah I guess that's where we're at!!
Thank you for writing this
Thank you for writing this
Me: I was thinking about writing this morning but you are planning to be home all day?
Romantic Partner: Yes, but remember how you wrote your first novel literally in between patients in the ambulance?
Me: ...
Me: You're right. I am probably capable of ignoring you.
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
Romantic Partner: Yes, but remember how you wrote your first novel literally in between patients in the ambulance?
Me: ...
Me: You're right. I am probably capable of ignoring you.
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Me: I was thinking about writing this morning but you are planning to be home all day?
Romantic Partner: Yes, but remember how you wrote your first novel literally in between patients in the ambulance?
Me: ...
Me: You're right. I am probably capable of ignoring you.
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
Romantic Partner: Yes, but remember how you wrote your first novel literally in between patients in the ambulance?
Me: ...
Me: You're right. I am probably capable of ignoring you.
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
I know I need to be building a
*~ Following ~*
but I'm not quite ready to put my social media under my real name.
I intend to publish under my real name, but I have a public-facing job (🚑 EMS) and I'm not quite ready to worry if my patients are googling me...
#EMS #writesky #publishing #writing
*~ Following ~*
but I'm not quite ready to put my social media under my real name.
I intend to publish under my real name, but I have a public-facing job (🚑 EMS) and I'm not quite ready to worry if my patients are googling me...
#EMS #writesky #publishing #writing
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I know I need to be building a
*~ Following ~*
but I'm not quite ready to put my social media under my real name.
I intend to publish under my real name, but I have a public-facing job (🚑 EMS) and I'm not quite ready to worry if my patients are googling me...
#EMS #writesky #publishing #writing
*~ Following ~*
but I'm not quite ready to put my social media under my real name.
I intend to publish under my real name, but I have a public-facing job (🚑 EMS) and I'm not quite ready to worry if my patients are googling me...
#EMS #writesky #publishing #writing
We upgraded our record player recently and not to be Like That, but the difference between a "just okay" record player and a "pretty good" record player is WILD. I get it now.
I love writing to vinyl. The record flips are a little built-in productivity timer.
#writesky #writing
I love writing to vinyl. The record flips are a little built-in productivity timer.
#writesky #writing
December 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Turns out if you're a woman and you walk into the hipster record store and ask for "dark ambient industrial" recommendations, you get A LOT of attention from the nerds who work there
December 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Turns out if you're a woman and you walk into the hipster record store and ask for "dark ambient industrial" recommendations, you get A LOT of attention from the nerds who work there
Got a piece of writing / querying advice that I think is good:
While waiting for news about a project, start working on the next project.
Stop working on sequels & start something new so no matter what, the next thing will be ready, or almost ready, to go
#writing #writesky #AmWriting #publishing
While waiting for news about a project, start working on the next project.
Stop working on sequels & start something new so no matter what, the next thing will be ready, or almost ready, to go
#writing #writesky #AmWriting #publishing
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Got a piece of writing / querying advice that I think is good:
While waiting for news about a project, start working on the next project.
Stop working on sequels & start something new so no matter what, the next thing will be ready, or almost ready, to go
#writing #writesky #AmWriting #publishing
While waiting for news about a project, start working on the next project.
Stop working on sequels & start something new so no matter what, the next thing will be ready, or almost ready, to go
#writing #writesky #AmWriting #publishing
Definitely in the Top Five most important writing tools:
- Electric mug warmer -
(brought to you by Chilly, Grey Day with Vinyl Record in Headphones while Romantic Partner Sleeps)
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
- Electric mug warmer -
(brought to you by Chilly, Grey Day with Vinyl Record in Headphones while Romantic Partner Sleeps)
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Definitely in the Top Five most important writing tools:
- Electric mug warmer -
(brought to you by Chilly, Grey Day with Vinyl Record in Headphones while Romantic Partner Sleeps)
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
- Electric mug warmer -
(brought to you by Chilly, Grey Day with Vinyl Record in Headphones while Romantic Partner Sleeps)
#writesky #writing #AmWriting
Put on the Matrix DVD in, like 2001 to watch it for the first time as a family and someone knocks on Neo's door and Mom goes "wait, who is that??" and my father just turns to her and goes "you know, honey, I don't think you're going to like this movie."
And you know what she didn't
And you know what she didn't
Got to explain to my mother again about how movies deliver information in a structured and deliberate way in order to produce dramatic effect.
December 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Put on the Matrix DVD in, like 2001 to watch it for the first time as a family and someone knocks on Neo's door and Mom goes "wait, who is that??" and my father just turns to her and goes "you know, honey, I don't think you're going to like this movie."
And you know what she didn't
And you know what she didn't
A series of threads on how I got my literary agent in four months of querying. Hope these are helpful!
Before: tinyurl.com/5cjzfaxx
Preparing: tinyurl.com/fcdp3fxy
Researching: tinyurl.com/2kfv9yf8
Querying: tinyurl.com/fzttxwrk
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
Before: tinyurl.com/5cjzfaxx
Preparing: tinyurl.com/fcdp3fxy
Researching: tinyurl.com/2kfv9yf8
Querying: tinyurl.com/fzttxwrk
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A series of threads on how I got my literary agent in four months of querying. Hope these are helpful!
Before: tinyurl.com/5cjzfaxx
Preparing: tinyurl.com/fcdp3fxy
Researching: tinyurl.com/2kfv9yf8
Querying: tinyurl.com/fzttxwrk
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
Before: tinyurl.com/5cjzfaxx
Preparing: tinyurl.com/fcdp3fxy
Researching: tinyurl.com/2kfv9yf8
Querying: tinyurl.com/fzttxwrk
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
🦞 I'm told I got my literary agent super quickly (4 months of querying), so I'm writing up some threads on what I did in hopes they are helpful to others
🧵 Here's what actually starting to send out queries looked like for me:
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
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🧵 Here's what actually starting to send out queries looked like for me:
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
1/15
December 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🐞I'm told I got my literary agent on the faster side of things (4 months didn't feel fast to me!), so I'm doing a few threads on my process in case it's helpful to anyone else.
🧵 Here's how to prepare to begin the query process:
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
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🧵 Here's how to prepare to begin the query process:
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
1/12
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🌈 I'm told I got my literary agent on the faster side of things, so I'd like to go over my process in case it's helpful for anyone else.
🧵 Here's what you need to do/know before sending out your first query:
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
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🧵 Here's what you need to do/know before sending out your first query:
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Querying #author #booksky #writesky
1/10
December 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I'm told I got my literary agent on the faster side of things (4 months didn't feel fast to me!) so I was thinking about doing a thread or two on my process in case it's helpful or interesting to anyone else
#writing #WritingCommunity #author #booksky
#writing #WritingCommunity #author #booksky
December 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm told I got my literary agent on the faster side of things (4 months didn't feel fast to me!) so I was thinking about doing a thread or two on my process in case it's helpful or interesting to anyone else
#writing #WritingCommunity #author #booksky
#writing #WritingCommunity #author #booksky
the gay hockey thing? oh, you mean Chak De! India?
December 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the gay hockey thing? oh, you mean Chak De! India?
Every day it fucks me up how much faster it is to bicycle nearly anywhere within Brooklyn than to try to take public transportation.
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Every day it fucks me up how much faster it is to bicycle nearly anywhere within Brooklyn than to try to take public transportation.
Lesbian culture is when my coworker walked into the EMS room, clocked everyone as a queer woman, and announced without preamble:
"I just found out my ex-wife is a priest now which is so weird cause I used to drive her to coven meetings when we were married"
whoa how did you find out??
"LinkedIn"
"I just found out my ex-wife is a priest now which is so weird cause I used to drive her to coven meetings when we were married"
whoa how did you find out??
"LinkedIn"
a woman salutes in lesbian with her finger on her forehead .
Alt: A woman (Kate McKinnon) makes a gay little salute gesture several times in several directions. The cation reads "salutes in lesbian".
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Lesbian culture is when my coworker walked into the EMS room, clocked everyone as a queer woman, and announced without preamble:
"I just found out my ex-wife is a priest now which is so weird cause I used to drive her to coven meetings when we were married"
whoa how did you find out??
"LinkedIn"
"I just found out my ex-wife is a priest now which is so weird cause I used to drive her to coven meetings when we were married"
whoa how did you find out??
"LinkedIn"
Reposted by Ellie Yellu
If you're ever feeling lonely, just ask someone to explain their favourite obscure RPG Maker game, and the most gorgeous girls will come out of the woodwork
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you're ever feeling lonely, just ask someone to explain their favourite obscure RPG Maker game, and the most gorgeous girls will come out of the woodwork
This response from Stephen Schwartz about Queen of Versailles haters is so funny because, babes, there are several songs throughout the show about how evil Sweeney Todd is. Like, the most recent production had him and Mrs. Lovett jumping down into hell arm and arm together at the end.
December 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This response from Stephen Schwartz about Queen of Versailles haters is so funny because, babes, there are several songs throughout the show about how evil Sweeney Todd is. Like, the most recent production had him and Mrs. Lovett jumping down into hell arm and arm together at the end.
My bookkeeper friend says the end of the year has been bananas for them because of all these people having let AI take the wheel with their accounts and realizing now they are royally screwed because of the computer happily making shit up all year.
December 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My bookkeeper friend says the end of the year has been bananas for them because of all these people having let AI take the wheel with their accounts and realizing now they are royally screwed because of the computer happily making shit up all year.
Every human I have described my book to had been close to apoplectic with excitement (bisexual space pirates falling in love)
I think I should get a book deal, now and immediately
I think I should get a book deal, now and immediately
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Every human I have described my book to had been close to apoplectic with excitement (bisexual space pirates falling in love)
I think I should get a book deal, now and immediately
I think I should get a book deal, now and immediately
My friend's girlfriend made her get rid of her cockatiel because she found him annoying
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My friend's girlfriend made her get rid of her cockatiel because she found him annoying
We had friends over for the solstice. We read from Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine and served dandelion wine. May the memories of summer sustain you through the long, dark winter.
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We had friends over for the solstice. We read from Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine and served dandelion wine. May the memories of summer sustain you through the long, dark winter.
We are over here having the more interesting debate about whether Die Hard is Japanophobic.
Turns out we both Mandala Effected some 80s-style race-related obnoxiousness that never happened in the film and a critical reading is actually necessary.
Turns out we both Mandala Effected some 80s-style race-related obnoxiousness that never happened in the film and a critical reading is actually necessary.
December 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are over here having the more interesting debate about whether Die Hard is Japanophobic.
Turns out we both Mandala Effected some 80s-style race-related obnoxiousness that never happened in the film and a critical reading is actually necessary.
Turns out we both Mandala Effected some 80s-style race-related obnoxiousness that never happened in the film and a critical reading is actually necessary.
Reposted by Ellie Yellu
When I say “look at the cat” I expect my husbands head to turn within .1 second.
December 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When I say “look at the cat” I expect my husbands head to turn within .1 second.