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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke
@lnclarke.com
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Video Game Production Director, SFF Writer, Artist, Programmer, Puzzle Lover. (she/her) Opinions are my own.
Get my silly book here! https://books2read.com/htfafs
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · Nov 13
Re-intro as more people arrive!

Hello! I'm Ellen!

My day job is Production Director for The Elder Scrolls Online (opinions here are my own).

I also write and read SFF, make all sorts of art, and solve puzzles.

Posts are usually creative or supportive. Mostly harmless. May include chickens. ❤️
Image of the three heroes from The Elder Scrolls Online. Left is a very grumpy looking male breton in a dark hood and armor. In the middle is a gray-bearded nord in heavy looking metal armor with a horned helmet. On the right is a red-haired female altmer (elf) with shoulder armor and a glowing staff pointed toward the screen. Photo of a hardcover book called How to Fix a Flubbed Summon by L.N. Clarke. The book cover has an apothecary in a puffy purple dress in front of cauldron and holding a tea pot. She stands in a garden at night time. Around the book are various objects such as witchy shoes, crystals, candles, flowers, and antique lockpicks.
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kortizart.bsky.social
Guess it’s time to call the senators again, but ughhh can these jerks just…stop? 💀

www.theverge.com/policy/82365...
Republicans are looking for a way to bring back the AI moratorium
Congress’ last attempt to pause state AI regulations failed.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.

punchbowl.news/article/tech...
House eyeing AI preemption in NDAA, Scalise says
House Republican leaders are searching for a legislative vehicle they could attach language to that would effectively ban state regulation of artificial intelligence.
punchbowl.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
lnclarke.com
Lol lmao omg (sound on)

#chickensky
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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peterclines.bsky.social
SEATTLE-AREA FOLKS-- I know things are absolutely horrible right now but the job requires me to tell you this is happening one week from tonight. Almost exactly one week from right now, in fact. Stop by, listen to me and Django prattle on, get books scribbled in, get a little dinosaur. It'll be fun.
brick-mortar.bsky.social Brick & Mortar Books @brick-mortar.bsky.social · 16d
Join us on Sunday, November 16 at 5:30PM to welcome @peterclines.bsky.social , author of God's Junk Drawer, in conversation with @djangowexler.bsky.social , local author of Everybody Wants To Rule The World Except Me! No tickets or registration required.
Event poster for Peter Clines and Django Wexler. Sunday November 16, 2025 at 5:30PM.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
lnclarke.com
Heard a huge crash and came running to find… this.
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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elderscrollsonline.com
Voice Actor Jon Curry reacts to the #ESO community's thirstiest Darien Gautier fan posts in this three part video series: beth.games/482GfRy
Darien Gautier sits shirtless on a loveseat.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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peterclines.bsky.social
O N E
W E E K
A fairly large toy Allosaurus looms over a hardcover copy of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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authoremcaro.com
🎉 Some news:

Rears & Vices will soon be an AUDIOBOOK! I can’t wait for folks to hear this book performed in audio.

Massive thanks to my agent, Cheyenne, for negotiating the deal -- I'm very excited to be working with Podium!! 🏴‍☠️🌈📖

(also, my first PM listing! 😭)
Publisher's Marketplace listing for audio rights for the book Rears & Vices, by E.M. Caro: E.M. Caro’s REARS & VICES, a queer, poly historical romance following a Royal Navy captain who, with the help of his ex-lieutenant and lover, saves an infamous pirate from execution, and embarks on a new life of rebellion alongside the two men he’s come to love, to Julie Constantine at Podium Audio, by Cheyenne Faircloth at Handspun Literary Agency.
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
I've just started reading an arc of this and stopped mid-sentence to say: GOD we love some confident prose. GOD. Preorder this now, ship people. "Voicey" might have lost all meaning in recent years but this is it.
authoremcaro.com eri (e.m. caro) @authoremcaro.com · Sep 17
COVER REVEAL 🔥✨🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 I’m so excited to finally show folks this BEAUTIFUL cover!!

Stunning art by Jan (@thistlearts.bsky.social), who not only obliged me in portraying all three (!!!) of my queer, poly, radical pirates—he also absolutely nailed their dynamic!

Coming March 17, 2026!
emcaro.carrd.co
two books, one standing atop the other. Title is Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro. The cover has three men: an auburn-haired man, a black-haired man, and a blond man, all dressed in early 19th century clothing. The auburn-haired man is embracing the black-haired man and the blond is standing protectively by.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
lnclarke.com
I’m doing the Print Run Novembo thing and aiming to complete my edits + at least a draft cover this month. But whoof the “Push hard and get a lot done” monthly challenges hit differently when you’re pushing hard to get a lot done all year. 🫠
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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mikechenwriter.bsky.social
I just found out that LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME ebook is only $1.99 for all your X-Files-esque vibes about alien abductions and broken families.

Kindle: www.amazon.com/Light-Years-...

Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/ligh...
Light Years from Home ebook by Mike Chen - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Light Years from Home A Novel" by Mike Chen available from Rakuten Kobo. From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood **A Best Of pick and Most Anticipated Sci Fi and Fa....
www.kobo.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
What the hell?
roxanasaberi cbsnewslayoffs 8h A list of on-air talent who were part of Wednesday’s mass layoffs at CBS News, acc. to sources inside the network:• Dana Jacobson • Michelle Miller • Debora Patta • Nancy Chen • Janet Shamlian • Nikki Battiste • Lisa Ling • ⁠Elise PrestonAs one staffer pointed out: “All of the on-air cuts were women - half of them women of color.”
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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anthonymoser.com
i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT

"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality

"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening

START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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mikechenwriter.bsky.social
I don't know how many readers are looking at social media on a Saturday so I'll be plugging this again next week. But THE PHOTONIC EFFECT is now upon Netgalley, my DS9 x Voyager x Mass Effect space opera where intersectionality + Rilo Kiley save the galaxy

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
The Photonic Effect
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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bleaksqueak.bsky.social
I miss the days of early Bluesky when we all agreed that putting screenshots of ragebait losers from other websites on each other's feeds was totally Bad and Uncool and behavior Best Left Behind
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
lnclarke.com
Trunk or treat night!
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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tillybridges.bsky.social
right wing bigots have admitted

- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue

- the “trans women in sports” issue and

- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue

were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY

are you paying attention?
Anti-trans group admits bathroom predator myth is made up Dec 07 2018 • Written by Sofia Lotto Persio Swimmer Riley Gaines Admits She's Just Using Sports to Make Trans Rights "Crumble" Helen Joyce reveals plans to use fears around trans kids as stepping stone to eliminate "trans" in public life by Mallory Moore & transsafety.network
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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peterclines.bsky.social
Forgive me for the book shillering but today we're exactly *three weeks* out from GOD'S JUNK DRAWER. Preorder a copy now from your favorite local bookstore! Preorder two copies, just to be safe! Take advantage of that cool preorder offer I mentioned in the newsletter last week!
The cover for GOD'S JUNK DRAWER by Peter Clines, showing a dinosaur skeleton in a black void, along with a space suit helmet, a human skull, a bionic arm, and a stone-tipped spear.
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
lnclarke.com
Casual reminder to #booksky that I have a witchy cozy fantasy if anyone is looking for a season-appropriate break from heavy subjects. ❤️
lnclarke.com Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · Jan 20
Good morning #booksky !
If you’re in the mood for a very silly cozy fantasy about an apothecary who tries to summon a friend and makes a mess of things, check out How to Fix a Flubbed Summon here —> books2read.com/htfafs

#cozyfantasy #books #fantasy
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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scalzi.com
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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elderscrollsonline.com
It's time to prepare, Spooky Season is drawing near! 🎃🧹🐦‍⬛ Witches Festival returns to Tamriel on Thursday, Oct. 23. How will you mark the date?
🔗 beth.games/4ndU9Vi
Two adventurers stand over a cauldron, as a purple glowing spectre emerges through a door behind them.
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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katiehal16.bsky.social
I wrote a guest post for The Nerd Daily! "Craving the Flavor of the Feral: Why We Love Witches, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Monsters in 2025".

thenerddaily.com/katie-hallah...
Craving The Flavor of the Feral: Why We Love Witches, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Monsters In 2025 | The Nerd Daily
Guest post written by The Twice-Wanted Witch author Katie Hallahan Katie Hallahan is a fantasy author who loves tabletop RPGs, vampire TV shows, corgis, dabbling in nail art, and pumpkin spice everyth...
thenerddaily.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM