Ellie Blackwood
@looseleafellie.bsky.social
Bookish Whovian tea fiend, video creator, and sci-fi/fantasy writer-in-progress. ellieblackwood.com
Earlier this year, I took a trip to south Wales to see how many Doctor Who filming spots I could find in one day. Watch my new video to learn what I discovered during my adventure through time and space ... and Cardiff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRA7...
Visiting 40+ Doctor Who Filming Locations in One Day
YouTube video by Ellie Blackwood
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November 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Earlier this year, I took a trip to south Wales to see how many Doctor Who filming spots I could find in one day. Watch my new video to learn what I discovered during my adventure through time and space ... and Cardiff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRA7...
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If you're in Texas, do not miss @frankstrong.bsky.social's outstanding guide to some of the biggest and most consequential school board elections: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/the-book-l...
The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Election is HERE
(October's most anticipated release, with the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl)
franklinstrong.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you're in Texas, do not miss @frankstrong.bsky.social's outstanding guide to some of the biggest and most consequential school board elections: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/the-book-l...
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IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!
October 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!
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At ArmadilloCon I had a fun interview with Ellie Blackwood (@looseleafellie.bsky.social) about short stories, novels, worldbuilding, and more! The video is up now :3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
Interview With Science Fiction Author Samantha Mills | ArmadilloCon 2025
YouTube video by Ellie Blackwood
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October 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
At ArmadilloCon I had a fun interview with Ellie Blackwood (@looseleafellie.bsky.social) about short stories, novels, worldbuilding, and more! The video is up now :3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
My ArmadilloCon 2025 interview with award-winning sci-fi author Samantha Mills is up on my channel! Samantha told me about writing short stories vs novels, how she researches and builds worlds, and how she got her debut novel published 7 years after writing it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
Interview With Science Fiction Author Samantha Mills | ArmadilloCon 2025
YouTube video by Ellie Blackwood
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October 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My ArmadilloCon 2025 interview with award-winning sci-fi author Samantha Mills is up on my channel! Samantha told me about writing short stories vs novels, how she researches and builds worlds, and how she got her debut novel published 7 years after writing it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
Thrilled to share that I will be a guest at @armadillocon.bsky.social in Austin next weekend! I'll be taking part in some amazing panels and interviewing one of the guests of honor 🤩 Here's a list of everything I'll be up to: www.ellieblackwood.com/p/armadilloc...
I'm A Guest at ArmadilloCon!
Catch me at Austin's long-running sci-fi and fantasy convention from September 12-14.
www.ellieblackwood.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thrilled to share that I will be a guest at @armadillocon.bsky.social in Austin next weekend! I'll be taking part in some amazing panels and interviewing one of the guests of honor 🤩 Here's a list of everything I'll be up to: www.ellieblackwood.com/p/armadilloc...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together.
Part of this is messaging on reauthorizing the Museum and Library Services Act.
bookriot.com/we-can-still...
Part of this is messaging on reauthorizing the Museum and Library Services Act.
bookriot.com/we-can-still...
We Can Still Save the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Act now to help save the Institute for Museum and Library Services and ensure the well-being of public libraries nationwide.
bookriot.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together.
Part of this is messaging on reauthorizing the Museum and Library Services Act.
bookriot.com/we-can-still...
Part of this is messaging on reauthorizing the Museum and Library Services Act.
bookriot.com/we-can-still...
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One thing you can do Right Now is be extremely vocal when you have librarians stocking inclusive collections. Call and tell them how happy you are, show up to board meetings. Bc the other side is *always* complaining and doing it in an organized way.
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
July 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One thing you can do Right Now is be extremely vocal when you have librarians stocking inclusive collections. Call and tell them how happy you are, show up to board meetings. Bc the other side is *always* complaining and doing it in an organized way.
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
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June 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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“This is where we are in 2025: There are people trying to restrict books, and the ideas they contain, at every level and in every way possible. And every single one of them will tell you they’re not a book banner.” franklinstrong.substack.com/p/so-you-say...
So you say you're not a book banner...
One of the most common objections we hear at Texas Freedom to Read Project when we oppose a policy, bill, or book removal is, “This isn’t a book ban.” Here’s why that’s bunk.
franklinstrong.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“This is where we are in 2025: There are people trying to restrict books, and the ideas they contain, at every level and in every way possible. And every single one of them will tell you they’re not a book banner.” franklinstrong.substack.com/p/so-you-say...
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Hey pals, today (June 1st) the UK ebook of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is only £0.99! Happy Pride!
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey pals, today (June 1st) the UK ebook of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is only £0.99! Happy Pride!
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
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Update: this session’s school library book ban bill- SB 13 - has been added to the calendar for Monday. 😩
Keep calling your reps to urge them to run out the clock on this horrible bill.
If this passes, we will not be able to undo the harm done to TX public school libraries.
Keep calling your reps to urge them to run out the clock on this horrible bill.
If this passes, we will not be able to undo the harm done to TX public school libraries.
May 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Update: this session’s school library book ban bill- SB 13 - has been added to the calendar for Monday. 😩
Keep calling your reps to urge them to run out the clock on this horrible bill.
If this passes, we will not be able to undo the harm done to TX public school libraries.
Keep calling your reps to urge them to run out the clock on this horrible bill.
If this passes, we will not be able to undo the harm done to TX public school libraries.
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Texans, we REALLY need your help. HB3225 would restrict young people from library collections and SB412 would be used to threaten and intimidate librarians and teachers. This thread has EASY steps you can take to fight both.
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Texas book-lovers and library supporters!
We need your help.
Make 1 phone call.
Send 2 emails.
The time to stop HB 3225 & SB 412 is now.
Texas book-lovers and library supporters!
We need your help.
Make 1 phone call.
Send 2 emails.
The time to stop HB 3225 & SB 412 is now.
April 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Texans, we REALLY need your help. HB3225 would restrict young people from library collections and SB412 would be used to threaten and intimidate librarians and teachers. This thread has EASY steps you can take to fight both.
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If you love your library, take action now.
There are multiple ways to speak up for your library here: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
There are multiple ways to speak up for your library here: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
April 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you love your library, take action now.
There are multiple ways to speak up for your library here: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
There are multiple ways to speak up for your library here: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
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Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Y'all.
Look at what DOGE is posting on the IMLS Instagram account.
this is....really fucking bleak.
www.instagram.com/us_imls/?hl=en
Look at what DOGE is posting on the IMLS Instagram account.
this is....really fucking bleak.
www.instagram.com/us_imls/?hl=en
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April 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Y'all.
Look at what DOGE is posting on the IMLS Instagram account.
this is....really fucking bleak.
www.instagram.com/us_imls/?hl=en
Look at what DOGE is posting on the IMLS Instagram account.
this is....really fucking bleak.
www.instagram.com/us_imls/?hl=en
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I am so grateful to all the authors who contributed to this video! @lisellesambury.bsky.social @nekamarie.bsky.social @dnbryn.bsky.social @noralestermurad.bsky.social @sylvesterbarzey.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social @ryanestrada.com @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social &more!
youtu.be/sLsGK5kEhxs
youtu.be/sLsGK5kEhxs
AUTHORS FAVORITE BANNED BOOKS
YouTube video by Reads with Rachel
youtu.be
March 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am so grateful to all the authors who contributed to this video! @lisellesambury.bsky.social @nekamarie.bsky.social @dnbryn.bsky.social @noralestermurad.bsky.social @sylvesterbarzey.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social @ryanestrada.com @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social &more!
youtu.be/sLsGK5kEhxs
youtu.be/sLsGK5kEhxs
On today's episode of Writing About Spaceships Is Hard: Several months ago, I wrote a scene where a character lies down in a cryo-chamber that fills up with cryo-gel while the lid of the chamber is open, and only today realized that would be a catastrophically bad idea in zero gravity.
March 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
On today's episode of Writing About Spaceships Is Hard: Several months ago, I wrote a scene where a character lies down in a cryo-chamber that fills up with cryo-gel while the lid of the chamber is open, and only today realized that would be a catastrophically bad idea in zero gravity.
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Sharing this here as well! The link will take you to an email template to send!
Tr*mp signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Tr*mp signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries
We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!
action.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Sharing this here as well! The link will take you to an email template to send!
Tr*mp signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Tr*mp signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Dear Congress,
Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️🩹
Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛
Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️🩹
Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛
March 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Dear Congress,
Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️🩹
Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛
Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️🩹
Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛
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Posted my first (bookish) blog post since January! Check it out here 🫶🏾 zluvsreading.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/m...
My Tips For Author Events/Signings
A little background… So you’ve got tickets! Yay! You’re planning to attend either an author signing/event! As someone who has attended multiple author signings a year since October 2022, I feel lik…
zluvsreading.wordpress.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Posted my first (bookish) blog post since January! Check it out here 🫶🏾 zluvsreading.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/m...
I fear I have girlbossed too close to the Sun with my sci-fi novel idea, so I'm currently rewriting some of it as regular narrative, rather than an epistolary style made of data files and transcripts and such. I don't like it as much yet, but it will make plotting scenes easier. Let's see ...
March 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I fear I have girlbossed too close to the Sun with my sci-fi novel idea, so I'm currently rewriting some of it as regular narrative, rather than an epistolary style made of data files and transcripts and such. I don't like it as much yet, but it will make plotting scenes easier. Let's see ...
So honored to be included in this alongside many of my favorite creators! #BookSky
I am so grateful to everyone who contributed to this video! @michaellaborn.bsky.social @jemilabe.bsky.social @emmaskies.bsky.social @starrysteph.bsky.social @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social @readbygaia.com @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social @amodelwhosread.bsky.social and more
youtu.be/QPiPpfwMvTU
youtu.be/QPiPpfwMvTU
The BOOK COMMUNITY VS Book BANS
YouTube video by Reads with Rachel
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
So honored to be included in this alongside many of my favorite creators! #BookSky
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Every UK national newspaper has printed identical front pages.
A thousand UK musicians have released a silent protest album: apnews.com/article/uk-m...
Amazing list of publishers and creative associations: www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members
Join the fun, write to your MP today!
A thousand UK musicians have released a silent protest album: apnews.com/article/uk-m...
Amazing list of publishers and creative associations: www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members
Join the fun, write to your MP today!
Every UK national newspaper prints identical front page
Journalists and music industry urge Labour to abandon plan to water down copyright laws for AI firms, amid threat to £126bn creative industries
inews.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Every UK national newspaper has printed identical front pages.
A thousand UK musicians have released a silent protest album: apnews.com/article/uk-m...
Amazing list of publishers and creative associations: www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members
Join the fun, write to your MP today!
A thousand UK musicians have released a silent protest album: apnews.com/article/uk-m...
Amazing list of publishers and creative associations: www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members
Join the fun, write to your MP today!