ella t. holmes (wizard)
@ellatholmes.bsky.social
Writerβ¨ Essayist. Disability Justice advocate. Thought-haver. Covid competent. Best of The Net Nominee π€― Wizard.
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π Hello, it's me!
My name is Ella (she/her or they/them). I'm a human who writes, has thoughts, is a disability advocate, and sometimes dabble in the odd evil orb or two. Oh, and i love drawing wizards.
More details and links below!
My name is Ella (she/her or they/them). I'm a human who writes, has thoughts, is a disability advocate, and sometimes dabble in the odd evil orb or two. Oh, and i love drawing wizards.
More details and links below!
aw ππππ you know me too well. still not sure it isn't a baffling misprint π
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
aw ππππ you know me too well. still not sure it isn't a baffling misprint π
Julia Armfield was so right when she said "the ocean is a lesbian" and also "what is it with these lesbians and why are they all so wet?"
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Julia Armfield was so right when she said "the ocean is a lesbian" and also "what is it with these lesbians and why are they all so wet?"
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Two disabled autistic boys were murdered by their parents in Australia
Iβm begging everyone to pay close attention to how the media frames this.
Thereβs a tendency to let the βbetter off deadβ narrative creep in whenever disabled lives are lost.
Eugenics is everywhere & we must always call it out
Iβm begging everyone to pay close attention to how the media frames this.
Thereβs a tendency to let the βbetter off deadβ narrative creep in whenever disabled lives are lost.
Eugenics is everywhere & we must always call it out
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Two disabled autistic boys were murdered by their parents in Australia
Iβm begging everyone to pay close attention to how the media frames this.
Thereβs a tendency to let the βbetter off deadβ narrative creep in whenever disabled lives are lost.
Eugenics is everywhere & we must always call it out
Iβm begging everyone to pay close attention to how the media frames this.
Thereβs a tendency to let the βbetter off deadβ narrative creep in whenever disabled lives are lost.
Eugenics is everywhere & we must always call it out
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Well looking forward to some of our books make this list someday! But hereβs to oversaturation of Sapphic books! theliterarygrind.substack.com/p/my-most-an... @theamericano.bsky.social
My Most Anticipated Sapphic Novels for the First Half of 2026
Donβt miss these 32 must-read sapphic books coming out later this year.
theliterarygrind.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Well looking forward to some of our books make this list someday! But hereβs to oversaturation of Sapphic books! theliterarygrind.substack.com/p/my-most-an... @theamericano.bsky.social
I am gobsmacked? Shook?? Thunderstruck a.k.a astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak???
(thank you for like my story this much π)
(thank you for like my story this much π)
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I am gobsmacked? Shook?? Thunderstruck a.k.a astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak???
(thank you for like my story this much π)
(thank you for like my story this much π)
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If youβre a disabled/chronically ill writer who wants to write about disabled characters in fiction, you can sign up for my six-week WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS IN FICTION class in March! Will work with MG, YA, and Adult! #WriterSky #BookSky #Teaching
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
Writing Disabled Characters in Fiction with Dr. Lara Ameen - Live Zoom Workshops
Disabled people make up about 20% of the U.S. population, but only about 2% of disabled characters are represented on-screen and most of that representation deals with damaging stereotypes. This six-w...
www.wow-womenonwriting.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 AM
If youβre a disabled/chronically ill writer who wants to write about disabled characters in fiction, you can sign up for my six-week WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS IN FICTION class in March! Will work with MG, YA, and Adult! #WriterSky #BookSky #Teaching
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
* Stories do NOT have to be in or about space for this anthology!!
** Stories DO have to be queer/about at least one lesbian
** Stories DO have to be queer/about at least one lesbian
February 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
* Stories do NOT have to be in or about space for this anthology!!
** Stories DO have to be queer/about at least one lesbian
** Stories DO have to be queer/about at least one lesbian
some submission ideas just off the top of my noggin
(if anyone needs inspiration)
- lesbian space noir
- lesbian bean factory (in space)
- lesbian witches....... in space
- lesbian story told through the pov of a space object
- space: the final lesbian frontier
- what if space were a lesbian
(if anyone needs inspiration)
- lesbian space noir
- lesbian bean factory (in space)
- lesbian witches....... in space
- lesbian story told through the pov of a space object
- space: the final lesbian frontier
- what if space were a lesbian
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
some submission ideas just off the top of my noggin
(if anyone needs inspiration)
- lesbian space noir
- lesbian bean factory (in space)
- lesbian witches....... in space
- lesbian story told through the pov of a space object
- space: the final lesbian frontier
- what if space were a lesbian
(if anyone needs inspiration)
- lesbian space noir
- lesbian bean factory (in space)
- lesbian witches....... in space
- lesbian story told through the pov of a space object
- space: the final lesbian frontier
- what if space were a lesbian
thank you so much!! ππ
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 AM
thank you so much!! ππ
30 days into 2026 and I've already met my quota of one cat bite per year
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 AM
30 days into 2026 and I've already met my quota of one cat bite per year
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There's a lot going on in the world today, but art is still here. Just a reminder that subs are still open on our Sapphic Specfic anthology, and will close on Feb 28! Submit here: www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
There's a lot going on in the world today, but art is still here. Just a reminder that subs are still open on our Sapphic Specfic anthology, and will close on Feb 28! Submit here: www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...
It is mostly just life in general π
But I might DM you soon! π
But I might DM you soon! π
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 AM
It is mostly just life in general π
But I might DM you soon! π
But I might DM you soon! π
We suffer together π€π
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
We suffer together π€π
"do it scared" this... "do it tired" that...
no one ever talks about the absolutely insurmountable "do it even though you're disabled because you shouldn't let your disability stop you!! no don't stop trying to overcome it, you're so sexy ahaha"
no one ever talks about the absolutely insurmountable "do it even though you're disabled because you shouldn't let your disability stop you!! no don't stop trying to overcome it, you're so sexy ahaha"
a cartoon of a fish saying pain in front of a red background
Alt: a cartoon of a yellow fish on the left and right, with the word "pain" in front of a red background
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
"do it scared" this... "do it tired" that...
no one ever talks about the absolutely insurmountable "do it even though you're disabled because you shouldn't let your disability stop you!! no don't stop trying to overcome it, you're so sexy ahaha"
no one ever talks about the absolutely insurmountable "do it even though you're disabled because you shouldn't let your disability stop you!! no don't stop trying to overcome it, you're so sexy ahaha"
I really hope you enjoy it!! ππ
January 27, 2026 at 7:50 AM
I really hope you enjoy it!! ππ
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Happy book birthday to this excellent fantasy anthology I recommend all the time for its rich exploration of stories by disabled authors!
Artifice & Access released on January 25th, 2025, and it has been such a wonderful time seeing all the love for this #anthology & the stories within π
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small πππ
#booksky #book
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small πππ
#booksky #book
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Happy book birthday to this excellent fantasy anthology I recommend all the time for its rich exploration of stories by disabled authors!
I love and adore and appreciate your support so much!! ππ
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I love and adore and appreciate your support so much!! ππ
Artifice & Access released on January 25th, 2025, and it has been such a wonderful time seeing all the love for this #anthology & the stories within π
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small πππ
#booksky #book
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small πππ
#booksky #book
January 25, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Artifice & Access released on January 25th, 2025, and it has been such a wonderful time seeing all the love for this #anthology & the stories within π
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small πππ
#booksky #book
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small πππ
#booksky #book
I think AI "artists" should just cutout the middleman and steal art from galleries if they wanna be thieves so bad. Step up! BE BOLD!!
January 23, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I think AI "artists" should just cutout the middleman and steal art from galleries if they wanna be thieves so bad. Step up! BE BOLD!!
JOYOUS NEWS there are, upon further conversations, at least 1 or 2 more disabled authors on the list!! ππ
Still sadly only 6% but it is good there are more!!
Still sadly only 6% but it is good there are more!!
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 AM
JOYOUS NEWS there are, upon further conversations, at least 1 or 2 more disabled authors on the list!! ππ
Still sadly only 6% but it is good there are more!!
Still sadly only 6% but it is good there are more!!
π§΅/ Putting aside the fact that we cannot achieve racial, economic, and gender justice without disability justice and inclusion, disabled authors should be on that list.
I KNOW we're writing brilliant stories with disabled characters. So where the hell are they!?
#books #booksky #BookThoughts
I KNOW we're writing brilliant stories with disabled characters. So where the hell are they!?
#books #booksky #BookThoughts
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 AM
π§΅/ Putting aside the fact that we cannot achieve racial, economic, and gender justice without disability justice and inclusion, disabled authors should be on that list.
I KNOW we're writing brilliant stories with disabled characters. So where the hell are they!?
#books #booksky #BookThoughts
I KNOW we're writing brilliant stories with disabled characters. So where the hell are they!?
#books #booksky #BookThoughts
π§΅/ The lack of representation, especially in genres like fantasy and romance, is problem.
We're often excluded from imagining ourselves in these stories, are seen as sexless, undesirable, unfit to be adventurers fighters, lovers.
Effort MUST be made to close the gap and uplift disabled authors.
We're often excluded from imagining ourselves in these stories, are seen as sexless, undesirable, unfit to be adventurers fighters, lovers.
Effort MUST be made to close the gap and uplift disabled authors.
January 23, 2026 at 4:29 AM
π§΅/ The lack of representation, especially in genres like fantasy and romance, is problem.
We're often excluded from imagining ourselves in these stories, are seen as sexless, undesirable, unfit to be adventurers fighters, lovers.
Effort MUST be made to close the gap and uplift disabled authors.
We're often excluded from imagining ourselves in these stories, are seen as sexless, undesirable, unfit to be adventurers fighters, lovers.
Effort MUST be made to close the gap and uplift disabled authors.
π§΅/ Statistically speaking, approx 25% of Americans, 21% of Aussies, and around 1 in 4 people around the world etc. is disabled.
Yet out of the 48 books/authors I looked at, only 1 (2%) have any kind of clear disability/condition.
And this visibility gap is the usual. This list isn't the first.
Yet out of the 48 books/authors I looked at, only 1 (2%) have any kind of clear disability/condition.
And this visibility gap is the usual. This list isn't the first.
January 23, 2026 at 4:28 AM
π§΅/ Statistically speaking, approx 25% of Americans, 21% of Aussies, and around 1 in 4 people around the world etc. is disabled.
Yet out of the 48 books/authors I looked at, only 1 (2%) have any kind of clear disability/condition.
And this visibility gap is the usual. This list isn't the first.
Yet out of the 48 books/authors I looked at, only 1 (2%) have any kind of clear disability/condition.
And this visibility gap is the usual. This list isn't the first.
π§΅/ Caveat: I could have missed something; I also don't expect people to disclose or feel entitles to know, and we can't objectively know this is 100% correct.
I looked into it because I'm sick of seeing disabled/chronically ill writers left out of lists like this, and I feel it needs to change.
I looked into it because I'm sick of seeing disabled/chronically ill writers left out of lists like this, and I feel it needs to change.
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
π§΅/ Caveat: I could have missed something; I also don't expect people to disclose or feel entitles to know, and we can't objectively know this is 100% correct.
I looked into it because I'm sick of seeing disabled/chronically ill writers left out of lists like this, and I feel it needs to change.
I looked into it because I'm sick of seeing disabled/chronically ill writers left out of lists like this, and I feel it needs to change.
π§΅/ So, I dug into this list of most-anticipated Romantasy books releasing up to April, and it looks like:
1) Only 1 book has a protagonist with disability/chronic illness
2) Thereβs no reliable info that more than 1 author has disclosed a disability/chronic illness
tinyurl.com/4tjrv5ye
1) Only 1 book has a protagonist with disability/chronic illness
2) Thereβs no reliable info that more than 1 author has disclosed a disability/chronic illness
tinyurl.com/4tjrv5ye
Readers' Most Anticipated Romantasies for 2026
Some people like romance. Some people like dragons. Turns out, quite a lot of people like both.Β Thatβs one way of looking at the really quite remar...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:23 AM
π§΅/ So, I dug into this list of most-anticipated Romantasy books releasing up to April, and it looks like:
1) Only 1 book has a protagonist with disability/chronic illness
2) Thereβs no reliable info that more than 1 author has disclosed a disability/chronic illness
tinyurl.com/4tjrv5ye
1) Only 1 book has a protagonist with disability/chronic illness
2) Thereβs no reliable info that more than 1 author has disclosed a disability/chronic illness
tinyurl.com/4tjrv5ye