J.W. Ellenhall
@jwellenhall.bsky.social
Novelist. USA-born, but raised abroad. Married. //
Insta @j.ellenhall // www.jwellenhall.com // My Weekly Cozy Sci-Fi Comedy series (with once a month writing insights) is at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
Insta @j.ellenhall // www.jwellenhall.com // My Weekly Cozy Sci-Fi Comedy series (with once a month writing insights) is at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
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It still feels surreal that people connected with the first book, and I'd love to give something back.
If this post hits 500 shares, I'll make the Beyond The Mark eBook free for all of December.
No catch, just a thank you for the support and a push to keep me writing.
#Booksky #Author
If this post hits 500 shares, I'll make the Beyond The Mark eBook free for all of December.
No catch, just a thank you for the support and a push to keep me writing.
#Booksky #Author
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What are you lovely people reading and watching this month?
#amreading
#booksky💙📚
Here are my Nov. picks:
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#amreading
#booksky💙📚
Here are my Nov. picks:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Nov. 2025 Substack Fiction Picks Collective
My latest story serial picks on Substack + What I'm watching through flu season
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November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What are you lovely people reading and watching this month?
#amreading
#booksky💙📚
Here are my Nov. picks:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
#amreading
#booksky💙📚
Here are my Nov. picks:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
These little moments make my heart so full 💗
🧵Spotted at an A&P Show in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
These little moments make my heart so full 💗
📣 Good news!
Our inbox has re-opened.
Can't wait to read all of your query submissions!
Our inbox has re-opened.
Can't wait to read all of your query submissions!
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dear #writingcommunity:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
July 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Dear #writingcommunity:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
If you’re neurodivergent & struggling with #revisions, this post is for you:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
June 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you’re neurodivergent & struggling with #revisions, this post is for you:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
This guy is honestly one of the best things on instagram 🏳️🌈 @dnlfoxx
June 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This guy is honestly one of the best things on instagram 🏳️🌈 @dnlfoxx
I know l'm not the only one asking "how can I make a book revision system that works with my brain that thinks in spirals instead of straight lines?" So I studied a ton of craft until I finally made a new flexible system that I can easily tweak for any book. open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Step 1: Revise Your Novel with Me! ➡️ Monthly Guide to Developmental Edits for Neurodivergents
Even if you've never fully revised a book before, or if you just hate the way you've been doing it so far, you are welcome here 😁Find options that work for you.
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June 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I know l'm not the only one asking "how can I make a book revision system that works with my brain that thinks in spirals instead of straight lines?" So I studied a ton of craft until I finally made a new flexible system that I can easily tweak for any book. open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Pretty sure I found the secret to Douglas Adams’ writing technique buried inside this book 😂
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Review of Life, The Universe, & Everything by Douglas Adams
HHGTTG Book 3: All the best bits 😂
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June 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Pretty sure I found the secret to Douglas Adams’ writing technique buried inside this book 😂
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open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
May 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Seriously, this was the funniest & most intriguing history lesson on the “real Josephine” that I have ever read 😂
Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch longreads.com/2019/04/04/q...
Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch longreads.com/2019/04/04/q...
Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch - Longreads
In fraught games of power politics, sometimes the best revenge is not being exiled to die alone on an island in the South Atlantic.
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May 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Seriously, this was the funniest & most intriguing history lesson on the “real Josephine” that I have ever read 😂
Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch longreads.com/2019/04/04/q...
Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch longreads.com/2019/04/04/q...
It’s free laughs. For you. Right now.
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
April 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s free laughs. For you. Right now.
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
It’s coming tomorrow! The grand finale of my comedy season 2 will be up on my substack and available to read for free 🥳👽 link in the bio or get ready to hit up jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com #aliencat #scificomics
April 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It’s coming tomorrow! The grand finale of my comedy season 2 will be up on my substack and available to read for free 🥳👽 link in the bio or get ready to hit up jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com #aliencat #scificomics
You may think you picked the cat…but what if it picked you?
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
April 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You may think you picked the cat…but what if it picked you?
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
If you love #DouglasAdams, or #terrypratchett, or any silly witted story that explores the utter ridiculousness of the human race, then join me for a special launch of my series conclusion this Friday! You can read the whole thing for free on SubStack on that day. Link in bio
💙📚BookSky
💙📚BookSky
April 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you love #DouglasAdams, or #terrypratchett, or any silly witted story that explores the utter ridiculousness of the human race, then join me for a special launch of my series conclusion this Friday! You can read the whole thing for free on SubStack on that day. Link in bio
💙📚BookSky
💙📚BookSky
To celebrate the release of my season 2 finale of this Sci-Fi Comedy, I’m dropping the paywall for 24 hours on Friday!
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
To celebrate the release of my season 2 finale of this Sci-Fi Comedy, I’m dropping the paywall for 24 hours on Friday!
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
I want to see more writers embracing the series format again, & SubStack is actually a fantastic place to publish them & read them! Check out all these great #reads:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I want to see more writers embracing the series format again, & SubStack is actually a fantastic place to publish them & read them! Check out all these great #reads:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
New episode of my Sci-Fi Comedy is now live — the big fight!
💙📚bookSky
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💙📚bookSky
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April 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New episode of my Sci-Fi Comedy is now live — the big fight!
💙📚bookSky
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
💙📚bookSky
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Now’s a great time to read my last Sci-Fi Comedy episode because a new one comes out this weekend!
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
March 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now’s a great time to read my last Sci-Fi Comedy episode because a new one comes out this weekend!
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
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Love these! What a great idea. Too bad my favorite sweaty mug is sold out 😢 (see snapshot)
March 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Love these! What a great idea. Too bad my favorite sweaty mug is sold out 😢 (see snapshot)
After attacking my writer’s block by baking 2 loaves of bread, making multiple library trips, & blasting Tinzo mixes (on YouTube)…this episode finally manifested!
Getting close to S2 finale of this sci-fi comedy 😀
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Getting close to S2 finale of this sci-fi comedy 😀
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Season 2 Episode 10
Cat fight: A wager for souls
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March 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
After attacking my writer’s block by baking 2 loaves of bread, making multiple library trips, & blasting Tinzo mixes (on YouTube)…this episode finally manifested!
Getting close to S2 finale of this sci-fi comedy 😀
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Getting close to S2 finale of this sci-fi comedy 😀
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
