Eleanor R. Wood
@erwrites.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Fishkeeper. Dog Wrangler.
Hugo, Ignyte, & BFA Finalist @podcastle.org
Stories at Fireside, Best of British, Nature: Futures &c.
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Hugo, Ignyte, & BFA Finalist @podcastle.org
Stories at Fireside, Best of British, Nature: Futures &c.
she/her
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<totters out onto porch>
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
October 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
<totters out onto porch>
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
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We have been on the shortlist for the Ignytes every year since they started and I did not think we would ever actually win an Ignyte but we just won an Ignyte??? Huge if true!!!
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We have been on the shortlist for the Ignytes every year since they started and I did not think we would ever actually win an Ignyte but we just won an Ignyte??? Huge if true!!!
Aaaaahhhhhhh this is such an honour!! Thank you to everyone who voted for us! 😭🎉🎉🎉😭
October 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Aaaaahhhhhhh this is such an honour!! Thank you to everyone who voted for us! 😭🎉🎉🎉😭
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People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears)
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
People complain a lot about the influence of #Tolkien on fantasy, but I do think it’s fascinating a series about PTSD is so influential, and that ineffable sadness of a world long gone is such an interesting starting place for the modern genre
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
January 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears)
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
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I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
I am currently in a place of personal optimism I've not felt in a long time. I have also been avoiding social media and the news as much as possible. Half an hour scrolling on Bluesky for the first time in two months and I can feel that optimism starting to dial down.
January 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I am currently in a place of personal optimism I've not felt in a long time. I have also been avoiding social media and the news as much as possible. Half an hour scrolling on Bluesky for the first time in two months and I can feel that optimism starting to dial down.
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I'm very excited to announce that I'll be guest editing a special call for @podcastle.org: Disability Pride & Magic! Submissions open tomorrow. Full announcement here: podcastle.org/2025/01/06/s...
Special Call: Disability Pride & Magic - PodCastle
PodCastle is delighted to announce a special call for stories for our upcoming event for Disability Pride Month, Disability Pride & Magic, guest edited by long-time Castle denizen and current Audio Pr...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be guest editing a special call for @podcastle.org: Disability Pride & Magic! Submissions open tomorrow. Full announcement here: podcastle.org/2025/01/06/s...
THIS TINY STORY IS INCREDIBLE
😨😱😨
An utterly perfect piece of flash fiction.
😨😱😨
An utterly perfect piece of flash fiction.
Award season is upon us once more! If you like reading for these things, I'd love you to check out "Five Views of the Planet Tartarus", my 549-word sci-horror piece that has been described as "WTF" and "holy shit"
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/five...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/five...
Five Views of the Planet Tartarus - Lightspeed Magazine
Once a decade, a titanium-nosed shuttle plows through the rings of the planet Tartarus with a new batch of prisoners destined for the Orpheus Factory. The debris that makes up the rings is so thick th...
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November 13, 2024 at 11:51 PM
THIS TINY STORY IS INCREDIBLE
😨😱😨
An utterly perfect piece of flash fiction.
😨😱😨
An utterly perfect piece of flash fiction.
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existence pushes towards love community and freedom, because CREATION is what we were built to do and creation thrives with these things as fuel. IT GETS BETTER. LOVE IS REAL. however this change comes in up and down waves. its not a straight line and should not be expected to be
November 6, 2024 at 3:07 PM
existence pushes towards love community and freedom, because CREATION is what we were built to do and creation thrives with these things as fuel. IT GETS BETTER. LOVE IS REAL. however this change comes in up and down waves. its not a straight line and should not be expected to be
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General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending!
November 2, 2024 at 10:09 AM
General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending!
It was an honour to guest host this episode for our tentacled sister! This is a powerful, important story... do go give it a listen.
"I’m only fourteen and I don’t look like much and I’ve lived in more foster homes than I can count on two hands but I’ve learned a lot of lessons anyway."
Will They Disappear, by Cynthia Gómez
Narrator: Julia Rios
Host: Eleanor R. Wood
Audio: Chelsea Davis
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Will They Disappear, by Cynthia Gómez
Narrator: Julia Rios
Host: Eleanor R. Wood
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2024/11/04/p...
PseudoPod 947: Will They Disappear
I’m only fourteen and I don’t look like much and I’ve lived in more foster homes than I can count on two hands but I’ve learned a lot of lessons anyway. Like: playing dumb is a real smart strategy…
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November 4, 2024 at 7:08 PM
It was an honour to guest host this episode for our tentacled sister! This is a powerful, important story... do go give it a listen.
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RIP Greg Hildebrandt (January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024)
November 1, 2024 at 11:35 PM
RIP Greg Hildebrandt (January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024)
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This is a great interview but this answer just made me miss the ‘90s so bad
November 1, 2024 at 12:18 AM
This is a great interview but this answer just made me miss the ‘90s so bad
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I have to be honest, it's such a shock to see Handala's face. I'm so honoured that this is one of the rare depictions like that. If you know, you know why its so powerful. @deltahead.bsky.social is doing such great work!
The artwork by @deltahead.bsky.social represents "Handala. The Olive, The Storm, and the Sea" by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social, and is utterly gorgeous.
4 episodes, all next month, @podcastle.org
4 episodes, all next month, @podcastle.org
October 28, 2024 at 12:59 AM
I have to be honest, it's such a shock to see Handala's face. I'm so honoured that this is one of the rare depictions like that. If you know, you know why its so powerful. @deltahead.bsky.social is doing such great work!
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The @societyofauthors.bsky.social “encourages our fellow creatives to sign the AI training statement. This is a simple statement rejecting unlicenced training of generative AI models on creative work. There is no deadline, only the need for every voice.”
www.aitrainingstatement.org
www.aitrainingstatement.org
Statement on AI training
An open letter on AI training signed by creators around the world.
www.aitrainingstatement.org
October 22, 2024 at 4:39 PM
The @societyofauthors.bsky.social “encourages our fellow creatives to sign the AI training statement. This is a simple statement rejecting unlicenced training of generative AI models on creative work. There is no deadline, only the need for every voice.”
www.aitrainingstatement.org
www.aitrainingstatement.org
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Here's my report on the allegations raised against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki. I'm pissed and angry about what I've learned. Many thanks to Erin Cairns and the other people in the genre who are bringing attention to what happened. www.patreon.com/posts/114826...
Allegations raised against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki | Jason Sanford
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October 27, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Here's my report on the allegations raised against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki. I'm pissed and angry about what I've learned. Many thanks to Erin Cairns and the other people in the genre who are bringing attention to what happened. www.patreon.com/posts/114826...
This feels like a good time to share a thread of stories by African authors featured at @podcastle.org since Shingai and I took the helm. Read on for five powerful, vibrant, wonderful pieces of fantasy fiction. 🧵
October 27, 2024 at 11:28 AM
This feels like a good time to share a thread of stories by African authors featured at @podcastle.org since Shingai and I took the helm. Read on for five powerful, vibrant, wonderful pieces of fantasy fiction. 🧵
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We don't want support withdrawn from BIPOC writers, particularly other writers from the same demographic as retribution and punishment.
Please uplift and support writers from African countries. There are many writers living there who are doing incredible work!
That's all I got.
Please uplift and support writers from African countries. There are many writers living there who are doing incredible work!
That's all I got.
October 26, 2024 at 4:23 PM
We don't want support withdrawn from BIPOC writers, particularly other writers from the same demographic as retribution and punishment.
Please uplift and support writers from African countries. There are many writers living there who are doing incredible work!
That's all I got.
Please uplift and support writers from African countries. There are many writers living there who are doing incredible work!
That's all I got.
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Agree and I also think it's important not to stigmatize or shun writers who do end up in WotF without knowledge of the cult—some folks don't find out until later, sadly, but I've heard horror stories of finalists/winners getting horrible treatment for something *they didn't know about beforehand* :\
October 26, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Agree and I also think it's important not to stigmatize or shun writers who do end up in WotF without knowledge of the cult—some folks don't find out until later, sadly, but I've heard horror stories of finalists/winners getting horrible treatment for something *they didn't know about beforehand* :\
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For example, it's good practice to make a frequent habit of warning newer writers away from the predatory cult of the Church of Scientology/Writers of the Future. That's an easy one.
October 26, 2024 at 6:12 AM
For example, it's good practice to make a frequent habit of warning newer writers away from the predatory cult of the Church of Scientology/Writers of the Future. That's an easy one.
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No listen this is correct. Nobody who has 20 stories or is an editor and had no previous contact with a writer with O or 2 stories should slide into any new writer's dm and say: yo you wanna write a story with me?? I could change your career *TM.
Between my experiences earlier this year with being effectively professionally gaslit and the current SFF scene scandal I’m beginning to think we should just as a matter of course warn new writers to be very very cautious when a more established writer suggests collaboration
October 26, 2024 at 7:28 PM
No listen this is correct. Nobody who has 20 stories or is an editor and had no previous contact with a writer with O or 2 stories should slide into any new writer's dm and say: yo you wanna write a story with me?? I could change your career *TM.
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Well, first up, my solidarity with Erin, and with all other people affected — and in hope of accountability.
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
Here is my report on my experience with unethical behavior and bad faith dealings of Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ODE_Ethics Report
ODE_Ethics Report
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
October 26, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Well, first up, my solidarity with Erin, and with all other people affected — and in hope of accountability.
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
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You may be inclined to skepticism or defense particularly if he is a person in whom you've invested energy.
But I say this, with a visible career that will back up that I do not relish falling on this side of discourse about a Black man:
Leave it. There is too much.
But I say this, with a visible career that will back up that I do not relish falling on this side of discourse about a Black man:
Leave it. There is too much.
October 25, 2024 at 11:35 PM
You may be inclined to skepticism or defense particularly if he is a person in whom you've invested energy.
But I say this, with a visible career that will back up that I do not relish falling on this side of discourse about a Black man:
Leave it. There is too much.
But I say this, with a visible career that will back up that I do not relish falling on this side of discourse about a Black man:
Leave it. There is too much.
OMG Tunnocks Caramel Wafer Henge!!
also the realisation that I am not the only one who makes henges out of random items at any given opportunity
also the realisation that I am not the only one who makes henges out of random items at any given opportunity
Standing behind my coworker chanting "henge" whenever he brings in wafers has paid off, he now does it automatically.
October 25, 2024 at 10:54 PM
OMG Tunnocks Caramel Wafer Henge!!
also the realisation that I am not the only one who makes henges out of random items at any given opportunity
also the realisation that I am not the only one who makes henges out of random items at any given opportunity
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The wonderful @podcastle.org has reprinted/narrated my 2015 flash "What Wags the World" along with two other dog stories. Bring a tissue.
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PodCastle
PodCastle - The Fantasy Fiction Podcast
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October 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM
The wonderful @podcastle.org has reprinted/narrated my 2015 flash "What Wags the World" along with two other dog stories. Bring a tissue.
podcastle.org
podcastle.org