Eolas Pellor
@eolaspellor.bsky.social
Author. Born in the UK, grew up in Canada. Earned 4 degrees. Taught for nearly 3 decades. Writing seriously since 2023.
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When authorities used ICE's facial recognition app on a detained woman, it returned two different and incorrect names, raising serious questions about the accuracy of the app. Officials have said the app is better than a birth certificate.
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said…
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
When authorities used ICE's facial recognition app on a detained woman, it returned two different and incorrect names, raising serious questions about the accuracy of the app. Officials have said the app is better than a birth certificate.
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
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The deputy White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, called Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and an “assassin.” In fact, Pretti was a registered nurse working in intensive care at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.
This is who he really was.
This is who he really was.
January 25, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The deputy White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, called Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and an “assassin.” In fact, Pretti was a registered nurse working in intensive care at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.
This is who he really was.
This is who he really was.
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ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Renee Good.
Liam Conejo Ramos
Alex Pretti
People keep calling these atrocities “pivotal moments”, but no one is pivoting.
Liam Conejo Ramos
Alex Pretti
People keep calling these atrocities “pivotal moments”, but no one is pivoting.
a man says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means . "
ALT: a man says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means . "
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January 25, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Renee Good.
Liam Conejo Ramos
Alex Pretti
People keep calling these atrocities “pivotal moments”, but no one is pivoting.
Liam Conejo Ramos
Alex Pretti
People keep calling these atrocities “pivotal moments”, but no one is pivoting.
The Pursuit of Feilim and Oínin continues, as the high king and the jealous husband try to capture them. Will the great hunter, Cole, find them where all others have failed?
The third part of my novella "The High King's Captain" is now available on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The third part of my novella "The High King's Captain" is now available on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The High King's Captain (pt 3)
Tales of a Celtic World
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January 25, 2026 at 9:41 AM
The Pursuit of Feilim and Oínin continues, as the high king and the jealous husband try to capture them. Will the great hunter, Cole, find them where all others have failed?
The third part of my novella "The High King's Captain" is now available on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The third part of my novella "The High King's Captain" is now available on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
People who aren’t frightened are either complicit or clueless.
And at this point in time, there’s no excuse for being clueless.
And at this point in time, there’s no excuse for being clueless.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
People who aren’t frightened are either complicit or clueless.
And at this point in time, there’s no excuse for being clueless.
And at this point in time, there’s no excuse for being clueless.
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I think the biggest revelation was when I realized I could use my own plotting structure instead of trying to force myself into existing models. I studied a bunch of them and developed my own 6-part structure that works for my brain and my preferences. (1/2) #pretendpanel
#pretendpanel, once again, cannot wait to hear your answers to this one...
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I think the biggest revelation was when I realized I could use my own plotting structure instead of trying to force myself into existing models. I studied a bunch of them and developed my own 6-part structure that works for my brain and my preferences. (1/2) #pretendpanel
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#pretendpanel 24
#TheDragonblood: At first, I wasn't sure how to justify the travel between worlds that starts off the portal fantasy story, since it didn't seem to fit with how the portals otherwise work in this story. (1/2)
#TheDragonblood: At first, I wasn't sure how to justify the travel between worlds that starts off the portal fantasy story, since it didn't seem to fit with how the portals otherwise work in this story. (1/2)
#pretendpanel, once again, cannot wait to hear your answers to this one...
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
#pretendpanel 24
#TheDragonblood: At first, I wasn't sure how to justify the travel between worlds that starts off the portal fantasy story, since it didn't seem to fit with how the portals otherwise work in this story. (1/2)
#TheDragonblood: At first, I wasn't sure how to justify the travel between worlds that starts off the portal fantasy story, since it didn't seem to fit with how the portals otherwise work in this story. (1/2)
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The biggest by far was the one that motivated me to get into the biz, that without an audience I was a daydreamer not a storyteller.
Then later at a workshop we examined contrast rather than conflict and that's really helped me build strong characters.
#PretendPanel #WriterSky
Then later at a workshop we examined contrast rather than conflict and that's really helped me build strong characters.
#PretendPanel #WriterSky
#pretendpanel, once again, cannot wait to hear your answers to this one...
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The biggest by far was the one that motivated me to get into the biz, that without an audience I was a daydreamer not a storyteller.
Then later at a workshop we examined contrast rather than conflict and that's really helped me build strong characters.
#PretendPanel #WriterSky
Then later at a workshop we examined contrast rather than conflict and that's really helped me build strong characters.
#PretendPanel #WriterSky
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The revelation that had the biggest impact on my writing (and my career) was the decision to stop sitting on the fence and go "all in" on indie-publication. That one decision unlocked my imagination and gave me freedom.
judylmohr.com/2024/07/26/g...
#PretendPanel #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
judylmohr.com/2024/07/26/g...
#PretendPanel #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The revelation that had the biggest impact on my writing (and my career) was the decision to stop sitting on the fence and go "all in" on indie-publication. That one decision unlocked my imagination and gave me freedom.
judylmohr.com/2024/07/26/g...
#PretendPanel #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
judylmohr.com/2024/07/26/g...
#PretendPanel #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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#pretendpanel
I'm pansting. There are always huge revelations that I never saw coming, and sometimes they are so intense, that I might just pace the room and curse, or sit in disbelief, or cry, or... I never know what's coming and it's a rush and a thrill,a storm of emotions when that scene unfolds.
I'm pansting. There are always huge revelations that I never saw coming, and sometimes they are so intense, that I might just pace the room and curse, or sit in disbelief, or cry, or... I never know what's coming and it's a rush and a thrill,a storm of emotions when that scene unfolds.
#pretendpanel, once again, cannot wait to hear your answers to this one...
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
#pretendpanel
I'm pansting. There are always huge revelations that I never saw coming, and sometimes they are so intense, that I might just pace the room and curse, or sit in disbelief, or cry, or... I never know what's coming and it's a rush and a thrill,a storm of emotions when that scene unfolds.
I'm pansting. There are always huge revelations that I never saw coming, and sometimes they are so intense, that I might just pace the room and curse, or sit in disbelief, or cry, or... I never know what's coming and it's a rush and a thrill,a storm of emotions when that scene unfolds.
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Tomorrow, the Democratic Party of Evanston members will vote to endorse candidates.
Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction.
So we’re doing it ourselves:
Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction.
So we’re doing it ourselves:
January 24, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Tomorrow, the Democratic Party of Evanston members will vote to endorse candidates.
Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction.
So we’re doing it ourselves:
Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction.
So we’re doing it ourselves:
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Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport Friday, and thousands gathered in downtown Minneapolis despite Arctic temperatures to protest the Trump regime’s crackdown.
Minneapolis' icy ICE rally sees 100 clergy arrested as thousands protest 'federal occupation' | Fortune
Rev. Elizabeth Barish Browne was among the protesters. “It’s definitely chilly, but the kind of ice that’s dangerous to us is not the weather.”
fortune.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport Friday, and thousands gathered in downtown Minneapolis despite Arctic temperatures to protest the Trump regime’s crackdown.
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Use Real Time! Permanent Standard Time approximates natural solar time, for best sleep and circadian health. Ditch Daylight Saving Time!
January 23, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Use Real Time! Permanent Standard Time approximates natural solar time, for best sleep and circadian health. Ditch Daylight Saving Time!
#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I'm probably not going to succeed as a writer. That could be frigid temperatures and SAD talking, but the fact is that the publishing industry is in flux, people are trying to replace the actual craft of writing with AI and...
🧵...2
I'm probably not going to succeed as a writer. That could be frigid temperatures and SAD talking, but the fact is that the publishing industry is in flux, people are trying to replace the actual craft of writing with AI and...
🧵...2
#pretendpanel, once again, cannot wait to hear your answers to this one...
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24th: Is there a significant change you can remember that was like a huge revelation for you? (whether in your process, or between drafts, whatever)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 24, 2026 at 2:20 PM
#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I'm probably not going to succeed as a writer. That could be frigid temperatures and SAD talking, but the fact is that the publishing industry is in flux, people are trying to replace the actual craft of writing with AI and...
🧵...2
I'm probably not going to succeed as a writer. That could be frigid temperatures and SAD talking, but the fact is that the publishing industry is in flux, people are trying to replace the actual craft of writing with AI and...
🧵...2
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Since lots of "experts" make free with their writing advice (and usually charge for it) I thought I'd offer mine:
1) Write what you want. There's no point writing stories you wouldn't want to read.
🪡....
Since lots of "experts" make free with their writing advice (and usually charge for it) I thought I'd offer mine:
1) Write what you want. There's no point writing stories you wouldn't want to read.
🪡....
January 24, 2026 at 10:35 AM
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Since lots of "experts" make free with their writing advice (and usually charge for it) I thought I'd offer mine:
1) Write what you want. There's no point writing stories you wouldn't want to read.
🪡....
Since lots of "experts" make free with their writing advice (and usually charge for it) I thought I'd offer mine:
1) Write what you want. There's no point writing stories you wouldn't want to read.
🪡....
The king is hatching his plots against Feilim. Oínin has been publicly humiliated by her abusive husband. Can the queen help either of them? Pt 2 of "The High King's Captain" is now available on Substack
#ReaderSky #BlueSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
#ReaderSky #BlueSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The High King’s Captain (pt 2)
A Tales of the Celtic World
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The king is hatching his plots against Feilim. Oínin has been publicly humiliated by her abusive husband. Can the queen help either of them? Pt 2 of "The High King's Captain" is now available on Substack
#ReaderSky #BlueSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
#ReaderSky #BlueSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
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#pretendpanel
So until recently I might have said no to this. And perhaps regret is a strong way of putting it. But now that I am more experienced as a writer, I look back on some of my floundering with my first novel project and I feel a pinch of, yes, perhaps, regret.
1/2 >>>
So until recently I might have said no to this. And perhaps regret is a strong way of putting it. But now that I am more experienced as a writer, I look back on some of my floundering with my first novel project and I feel a pinch of, yes, perhaps, regret.
1/2 >>>
Good evening #pretendpanel! Hope your January is going swimmingly. Today, let's discuss...
January 23rd: Was there ever something you changed about your process, or even in a single draft, that you later came to regret?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 23rd: Was there ever something you changed about your process, or even in a single draft, that you later came to regret?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 23, 2026 at 8:04 AM
#pretendpanel
So until recently I might have said no to this. And perhaps regret is a strong way of putting it. But now that I am more experienced as a writer, I look back on some of my floundering with my first novel project and I feel a pinch of, yes, perhaps, regret.
1/2 >>>
So until recently I might have said no to this. And perhaps regret is a strong way of putting it. But now that I am more experienced as a writer, I look back on some of my floundering with my first novel project and I feel a pinch of, yes, perhaps, regret.
1/2 >>>
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#pretendpanel I did once regret letting constructive feedback change my ideas so much that the resulting story became a far cry from my original intentions. Once I realized this, I started over. Now everything is shaping up to be a story I want to tell, that I'm excited about.
Good evening #pretendpanel! Hope your January is going swimmingly. Today, let's discuss...
January 23rd: Was there ever something you changed about your process, or even in a single draft, that you later came to regret?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 23rd: Was there ever something you changed about your process, or even in a single draft, that you later came to regret?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 23, 2026 at 11:52 AM
#pretendpanel I did once regret letting constructive feedback change my ideas so much that the resulting story became a far cry from my original intentions. Once I realized this, I started over. Now everything is shaping up to be a story I want to tell, that I'm excited about.
#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I started writing the novel I'm about to query as a dual POV, and ended up eliminating the one POV entirely. If' I'd left it in the manuscript would have been about 180K words, which I think is absurd, so I don't regret taking it out
I started writing the novel I'm about to query as a dual POV, and ended up eliminating the one POV entirely. If' I'd left it in the manuscript would have been about 180K words, which I think is absurd, so I don't regret taking it out
Good evening #pretendpanel! Hope your January is going swimmingly. Today, let's discuss...
January 23rd: Was there ever something you changed about your process, or even in a single draft, that you later came to regret?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 23rd: Was there ever something you changed about your process, or even in a single draft, that you later came to regret?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 23, 2026 at 12:08 PM
#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I started writing the novel I'm about to query as a dual POV, and ended up eliminating the one POV entirely. If' I'd left it in the manuscript would have been about 180K words, which I think is absurd, so I don't regret taking it out
I started writing the novel I'm about to query as a dual POV, and ended up eliminating the one POV entirely. If' I'd left it in the manuscript would have been about 180K words, which I think is absurd, so I don't regret taking it out
A king consumed by paranoia. An ambitious underling eaten up with envy. And two people caught in the middle.
#ReaderSky #BookSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
#ReaderSky #BookSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The High King’s Captain (pt 1)
A Tale of the Celtic World
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A king consumed by paranoia. An ambitious underling eaten up with envy. And two people caught in the middle.
#ReaderSky #BookSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
#ReaderSky #BookSky #WriteSky
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
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Celebrating the writing/reading community. Lifting:
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@chiclovingauthor.bsky.social
@kalfulsom.bsky.social
@jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social
@wendybayne.bsky.social
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@myhauger.bsky.social
@hopemvfields.bsky.social
@jordanagreene.bsky.social
@jasphoenix.bsky.social
@chiclovingauthor.bsky.social
@kalfulsom.bsky.social
@jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social
@wendybayne.bsky.social
@ellielieberman.bsky.social
@myhauger.bsky.social
@hopemvfields.bsky.social
@jordanagreene.bsky.social
a cartoon of a person surrounded by books with the words i want to read all the books
Alt: a cartoon of a person surrounded by books with the words i want to read all the books
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January 22, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Celebrating the writing/reading community. Lifting:
@jasphoenix.bsky.social
@chiclovingauthor.bsky.social
@kalfulsom.bsky.social
@jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social
@wendybayne.bsky.social
@ellielieberman.bsky.social
@myhauger.bsky.social
@hopemvfields.bsky.social
@jordanagreene.bsky.social
@jasphoenix.bsky.social
@chiclovingauthor.bsky.social
@kalfulsom.bsky.social
@jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social
@wendybayne.bsky.social
@ellielieberman.bsky.social
@myhauger.bsky.social
@hopemvfields.bsky.social
@jordanagreene.bsky.social
#WriteSky #ReaderSky #WritingCommunity #novella #historicalfiction
The High King decides that Feilim, the commander of his guard, is a threat, and turns Murad Feilim’s lieutenant against him using the young man’s jealousy for his wife Oínin as a tool.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The High King decides that Feilim, the commander of his guard, is a threat, and turns Murad Feilim’s lieutenant against him using the young man’s jealousy for his wife Oínin as a tool.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The High King’s Captain (pt 1)
A Tale of the Celtic World
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
#WriteSky #ReaderSky #WritingCommunity #novella #historicalfiction
The High King decides that Feilim, the commander of his guard, is a threat, and turns Murad Feilim’s lieutenant against him using the young man’s jealousy for his wife Oínin as a tool.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
The High King decides that Feilim, the commander of his guard, is a threat, and turns Murad Feilim’s lieutenant against him using the young man’s jealousy for his wife Oínin as a tool.
open.substack.com/pub/eolaspel...
#WriteSky #ReaderSky #WritingCommunity
The first part of my historical fantasy novella is now up on Substack. If you would like a high romans set in the Celtic Dark Ages you might enjoy this.
eolaspellor.substack.com/p/the-high-k...
The first part of my historical fantasy novella is now up on Substack. If you would like a high romans set in the Celtic Dark Ages you might enjoy this.
eolaspellor.substack.com/p/the-high-k...
The High King’s Captain (pt 1)
A Tale of the Celtic World
eolaspellor.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:09 PM
#WriteSky #ReaderSky #WritingCommunity
The first part of my historical fantasy novella is now up on Substack. If you would like a high romans set in the Celtic Dark Ages you might enjoy this.
eolaspellor.substack.com/p/the-high-k...
The first part of my historical fantasy novella is now up on Substack. If you would like a high romans set in the Celtic Dark Ages you might enjoy this.
eolaspellor.substack.com/p/the-high-k...