Kate Elliott

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Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2015/02/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/

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Actually, I have three reasonably major announcements coming soon, so as per below, and the link, subscribing to my FREE newsletter on Buttondown remains the best way to keep up with my publishing news. No film or tv options, though. Bummer. I could use the money.

Your occasional reminder that (given I have two announcements coming soon) the BEST WAY to keep up with my publishing news is to subscribe to my newsletter on buttondown: newsletter.imakeupworlds.com

I Make Up Worldsnewsletter.imakeupworlds.com the newsletter of science fiction and fantasy writer Kate Elliott. KE has been publishing sff fiction for 30+ years with a focus on immersive world building, memorable characters, & epic stories of ad...

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sometimes we need sea and sky

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Well it's certainly an interesting morning in IT departments and IT circles everywhere lol. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

Planes grounded as mass worldwide IT outage hits airlines, media and bankswww.bbc.com The cause of the outage is unclear - but Microsoft says it's taking

sometimes we need sea and sky

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#ItoShinsui (1898-1972) Late Spring Evening in Komoro #japanese #woodblock

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#kawaseHasui (1883-1957) Tagonourabashi 1930 #japanese #woodblock

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#TsuchiyaKoitsu (1870-1943) Miyajima in the rain #japanese #woodblock

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I'm going to start with this: "Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing." - Audre Lorde, "Sister Outsider and Other Essays"

Your occasional reminder that (given I have two announcements coming soon) the BEST WAY to keep up with my publishing news is to subscribe to my newsletter on buttondown: newsletter.imakeupworlds.com

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NEW: A North Atlantic right whale has been spotted off the coast of Ireland for the first time in more than a century!! 🐳 I spoke to one of the people who saw it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

North Atlantic right whale seen off Ireland for first time in 114 yearswww.theguardian.com There are fewer than 400 of critically endangered species left and sighting gives ‘glimmer of hope’

In honor of Amazon Prime Day I bought a rather major purchase at Costco. I mean, they are a big corporation too, but I am not able to build a bed on my own nor manufacture a mattress, so here we are.

I don’t find this strange at all given that I, who live in Hawaii, know at least a dozen people, probably more if I thought about it for more than 5 seconds, who have had COVID (or relapse COVID) in the last two months. I hope the president has a mild case and recovers quickly.

President Biden has tested positive for COVID

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On Monday I'll be in conversation with @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social to discuss Lady Eve's Last Con, the queer jazz-age-space-heist-rom-com you've been looking for. PW called it "compulsively readable and totally delightful." They're right. Tickets are free: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/rebecc...

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Happy Pub Day to Yoke of Stars by @rblemberg.bsky.social!! #newbooktuesday

Yoke of Stars - Tachyon Publicationstachyonpublications.com “Haunting, nuanced, and hopeful, Yoke of Stars is essential reading.” —Izzy Wasserstein, author of These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart In the School of Assassins, Stone Orphan waits for a first ...

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I am just gonna say, if you thought the dragon was horny, wait until you read a book where Aleksi, aka THE LITERAL MANIFESTATION OF DESIRE decides it's time to throw down 🤣

SPIN-OFF DUOLOGY Y'ALL. Coming in 2025. 💗 www.kitrocha.com/book/daughte... (this is the book we just turned in!)

Daughter of Tideswww.kitrocha.com Book one of a new duology sequel to Consort of Fire & Queen of Dreams. Featuring

J D Vance gives me the same vibe as that boy in my rural high school who was so bothered by the fact that everyone in our class thought I was smarter than (or even just as smart as) he was that he once stopped me in the hall to inform me that women were not biologically as intelligent as men.

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Popping this out there again, because my car is doing weird things that my mechanic (Mr Donna) can't fix. So a dealership visit is in the cards. gofund.me/8f76335b

Help Donna Afford Life-Changing Treatment, organized by Kit Rochagofund.me Hi, my name is Bree, and I'm one-half of the dynamic duo behind the author Kit Roc… Kit Rocha needs your support for Help Donna Afford Life-Changing Treatment

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We've reached a real inflection point with grid battery storage. Given its recent stupendous growth—it was virtually nonexistent in 2020—it's easy to see it filling out the rest of that duck curve before the end of the decade

California Grid Breezes Through Heat Wave due to Renewables, Batteriesthinc.blog No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler …

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A friend just reminded everyone that in Yiddish, “Vance” (vahntz) means bedbug.

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I'm working on policy proposals to protect consumer rights when companies brick smart devices. So please share devices that you've owned that stopped working because the company that made it killed software support or went out of business. Also, please share this request. Thank you.

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This summer I will be supporting the Mongolian Olympic team because this is their uniform and it is a thousand times better than anything Nike has ever made.

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Esquire thinks my Midnight Robber is one of the 75 best science fiction novels of all time: www.esquire.com/entertainmen... Congratulations to everyone else, too!

The 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Timewww.esquire.com See if your favorites made our expanded list.

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It's my birthday! I don't have a book on pre-order for the B&N sale, but I do have a new release out if you're so inclined. The third in a now ✨complete trilogy✨! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/megan...

The Bound Worldswww.hachettebookgroup.com Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award‑winning author Megan E....

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Do you want to listen to me on Tales from the Trunk? It's here! www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-...

Book Tour 41: Aliette de Bodard – Navigational Entanglements | Tales from the Trunkwww.talesfromthetrunk.com This time around, it’s my delight to welcome to the show Aliette de Bodard! Aliette joins me to talk about her new novella, Navigational Entanglements, available July 30th, 2024, from TorDotCom Books!...

One of the best things about getting old is seeing these absolutely fierce young artists rising. I have long loved folk metal (way more than I love metal). Here's one new to me, Belle Sisoski: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afh_...

Belle Sisoski - MOTHER'S CALLING. (Official Video)www.youtube.com YouTube video by Belle Sisoski

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Something people are sleeping on: One of the 4 state justices who voted to make abortion illegal in Iowa in late June, David May, is up for retention this fall. This was a 4-3 decision. One of 3 states in which justices who upheld bans this year are up: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...

Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Electionsboltsmag.org Voters this year are deciding the fate of 82 seats across 33 states’ high courts. Cases involving abortion, democracy, and other critical issues hang in the balance.

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A direct call to action:

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I think as a rule that when the issue is the Institution, it may be both more effective and less shitty if an aggrieved audience applied sustained pressure to the owners/masters/authorities of those institutions instead of the most accessible/also marginalized cog they can find.

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The heck? Both Esquire and the NYT have put out "best books" lists, and THE FIFTH SEASON is on both! Is there a holiday coming up or something? Anyway, yay! Esquire's is SFF-specific (#4) and the NYT's is this-century specific (#44). www.esquire.com/entertainmen... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Timewww.esquire.com See if your favorites made our expanded list.

This is an important point. Interestingly, I also find it true of myself, as a writer. I need to re-examine and revision and take stock every couple of years. Although ymmv So maybe applicable in a larger sense of interacting with the world in any field that has some consequential aspect.

Someone I really respect in the international development field said that if you're not having an existential crisis about the work you are doing every couple of years, you're doing it wrong. But they also kept at it.