Anna Holmes
@annabookwriter.bsky.social
Author (The Ember of Elyssia Quartet, Fortune's Calling Trilogy, THE BRIDAL PARTY, THE PRINCE WITH SIX FACES). Dice roller. Disabled in the library. All opinions mine. All around nerd.
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Anna Holmes
@annabookwriter.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Hi! I'm Anna. I am a disabled and queer author of similarly queer and disabled YA and adult SFF. Will post a short synopsis of each, followed by representation you can expect and links where you can find that work. I will not cover every platform, but my books are available widely. Ready? Long 🧵:
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Agree! There's a reason the Fourteen Words focuses on securing a future for white _children_!!!! Loving your kids is not the same as loving people who are not in your bloodline
I'm never sure why loving your children is meant to be incompatible with being a monster to other people's. I think that's standard self-interest
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Agree! There's a reason the Fourteen Words focuses on securing a future for white _children_!!!! Loving your kids is not the same as loving people who are not in your bloodline
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Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Extremely well dressed man on the train has a tiny Christmas tree in a pot on the table. Wonder where they’re headed!
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Extremely well dressed man on the train has a tiny Christmas tree in a pot on the table. Wonder where they’re headed!
This is a perfect use for her talents.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is a perfect use for her talents.
The 12 Days of Christmas “advent calendars” piss me off.
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The 12 Days of Christmas “advent calendars” piss me off.
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
Oh please, Seattle, dump this assbiscuit. He fiddles while his cops terrorize unhoused people and his council rolls around in conflicts of interest.
91 votes separate the two mayoral candidates in Seattle, but Katie Wilson has pulled ahead of incumbent Bruce Harrell and is now in the lead.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Oh please, Seattle, dump this assbiscuit. He fiddles while his cops terrorize unhoused people and his council rolls around in conflicts of interest.
This is the video I was talking about earlier! Sweet kitty. We don’t deserve these creatures.
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is the video I was talking about earlier! Sweet kitty. We don’t deserve these creatures.
I am dying for some of these. Beautiful as always.
30 new things went up today including holiday themed things and stitch markers. All money spent here supports LGBTQIA+ artisans. Flat $4 US shipping.
Thank you for peeks/shares!
www.peculiarityshop.com
Thank you for peeks/shares!
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I am dying for some of these. Beautiful as always.
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
Ohhh Swing Left, I don’t think you *want* my post-election thoughts.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Ohhh Swing Left, I don’t think you *want* my post-election thoughts.
CW: pet loss
My Welsh friend and I keep remarking “the veil is thin” in reference to the time of year, but I was missing Annie and Pippin and god DAMN bodies are good at keeping the score. We brought him home six years ago today and lost her a year ago today.
I keep waiting for it to get easier.
My Welsh friend and I keep remarking “the veil is thin” in reference to the time of year, but I was missing Annie and Pippin and god DAMN bodies are good at keeping the score. We brought him home six years ago today and lost her a year ago today.
I keep waiting for it to get easier.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
CW: pet loss
My Welsh friend and I keep remarking “the veil is thin” in reference to the time of year, but I was missing Annie and Pippin and god DAMN bodies are good at keeping the score. We brought him home six years ago today and lost her a year ago today.
I keep waiting for it to get easier.
My Welsh friend and I keep remarking “the veil is thin” in reference to the time of year, but I was missing Annie and Pippin and god DAMN bodies are good at keeping the score. We brought him home six years ago today and lost her a year ago today.
I keep waiting for it to get easier.
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i have questions about how this man is cleaning his house
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
i have questions about how this man is cleaning his house
Fuck AI so much.
I went to do a search for some symptoms I am having post blood draw today and it was like “you may be deficient in red blood cells after your test.”
No. No I am not. The amount of blood they’d have to take for that is far more than a standard test.
This will freak people out.
I went to do a search for some symptoms I am having post blood draw today and it was like “you may be deficient in red blood cells after your test.”
No. No I am not. The amount of blood they’d have to take for that is far more than a standard test.
This will freak people out.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fuck AI so much.
I went to do a search for some symptoms I am having post blood draw today and it was like “you may be deficient in red blood cells after your test.”
No. No I am not. The amount of blood they’d have to take for that is far more than a standard test.
This will freak people out.
I went to do a search for some symptoms I am having post blood draw today and it was like “you may be deficient in red blood cells after your test.”
No. No I am not. The amount of blood they’d have to take for that is far more than a standard test.
This will freak people out.
I found a video of a cat giving a dog massages and didn’t know I needed that 2 minutes of stillness quite so badly.
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I found a video of a cat giving a dog massages and didn’t know I needed that 2 minutes of stillness quite so badly.
More than once Reed has made some harmfully wrong assertions and more than once she’s blocked people trying to make sure her audience doesn’t get sucked into a doomcycle.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
More than once Reed has made some harmfully wrong assertions and more than once she’s blocked people trying to make sure her audience doesn’t get sucked into a doomcycle.
People think there’s such a thing as a “good illness” because of the puritanical obsession with suffering. If you do it and come out the other side, you must be chill with god, yeah?
Orrrr disease has no inherent morality and abled people need to let go of comforting ableist narratives. A thought.
Orrrr disease has no inherent morality and abled people need to let go of comforting ableist narratives. A thought.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
People think there’s such a thing as a “good illness” because of the puritanical obsession with suffering. If you do it and come out the other side, you must be chill with god, yeah?
Orrrr disease has no inherent morality and abled people need to let go of comforting ableist narratives. A thought.
Orrrr disease has no inherent morality and abled people need to let go of comforting ableist narratives. A thought.
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there's no such thing as 'good illness' as many seem to subscribe to
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
Acute and chronic viral infections, including Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, are linked with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular events, from a systematic review. Figure for SARS-CoV-2 below
newsroom.heart.org/news/some-ac...
newsroom.heart.org/news/some-ac...
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
there's no such thing as 'good illness' as many seem to subscribe to
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
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Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish
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We have to assume that every Senate Democrat who's not publicly calling for Schumer's ouster signed off on what happened Sunday.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We have to assume that every Senate Democrat who's not publicly calling for Schumer's ouster signed off on what happened Sunday.
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if not a Fluff Throne, why Fluff Throne shaped?
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
if not a Fluff Throne, why Fluff Throne shaped?
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I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
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oh are we upset about the influence of airline CEOs on US politics today? because I come bearing a list of grievances
Delta Letter to CDC Resurfaces After Isolation Time Cut Raises Questions
Delta suggested the isolation period be cut from 10 days to five days less than a week before the CDC's decision.
www.newsweek.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
oh are we upset about the influence of airline CEOs on US politics today? because I come bearing a list of grievances
This deal’s getting worse all the time.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This deal’s getting worse all the time.