Arden Ellwood
@ardenellwood.bsky.social
A queer black writer and artist, born and raised in New York City.
Pronouns: He/they
Pronouns: He/they
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Happy NY, writer folk! 🎊
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Happy NY, writer folk! 🎊
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
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I had to leave Twitter completely due to their new genAI update. I had the biggest following there and it was my main platform for finding clients/work. Now your support is more important than ever and this post explains a bit how my Patreon works, etc
A small guide for the people who want to support me and my art, but don't know how 🌸
December 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had to leave Twitter completely due to their new genAI update. I had the biggest following there and it was my main platform for finding clients/work. Now your support is more important than ever and this post explains a bit how my Patreon works, etc
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A selection of shots animated by Maël Gourmelen for Klaus (2019), dir. Sergio Pablos, SPA Studios
December 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A selection of shots animated by Maël Gourmelen for Klaus (2019), dir. Sergio Pablos, SPA Studios
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Penelope waiting for Odysseus
ink on scratchboard
2013
ink on scratchboard
2013
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Penelope waiting for Odysseus
ink on scratchboard
2013
ink on scratchboard
2013
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BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
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It’s that time of year~~
12 month tarot spread. I know it looks really intimidating but it’s actually very very beginner friendly.
#tarot
12 month tarot spread. I know it looks really intimidating but it’s actually very very beginner friendly.
#tarot
December 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s that time of year~~
12 month tarot spread. I know it looks really intimidating but it’s actually very very beginner friendly.
#tarot
12 month tarot spread. I know it looks really intimidating but it’s actually very very beginner friendly.
#tarot
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Ask your agent to request anti-AI provisions in the contract/push back against clauses that require them to ok AI use! We kept saying “authors will hate this” and being told “nobody’s complained”
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Ask your agent to request anti-AI provisions in the contract/push back against clauses that require them to ok AI use! We kept saying “authors will hate this” and being told “nobody’s complained”
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Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.
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“Authoritarians gain power when citizens stop paying attention. Visit your local library, check out books, and keep reading. If we stay unified and informed, we can ensure reading w/out restriction remains the foundation of our democracy and a fundamental freedom for all.”
time.com/7341120/book...
time.com/7341120/book...
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Authoritarians gain power when citizens stop paying attention. Visit your local library, check out books, and keep reading. If we stay unified and informed, we can ensure reading w/out restriction remains the foundation of our democracy and a fundamental freedom for all.”
time.com/7341120/book...
time.com/7341120/book...
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And with one post, they convinced me to uninstall Firefox. Bye bye. #noAI
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company | The Mozilla Blog
Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil
blog.mozilla.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
And with one post, they convinced me to uninstall Firefox. Bye bye. #noAI
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
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Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
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I make shit to learn more about ME, you dumb motherfuckers
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I make shit to learn more about ME, you dumb motherfuckers
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So, ah... you don't have to watch The Game Awards. Just watch the trailers when they drop after the show; save your sanity while harming on Keighley's bottom line.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So, ah... you don't have to watch The Game Awards. Just watch the trailers when they drop after the show; save your sanity while harming on Keighley's bottom line.
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Putting money in Rowling's pocket is also why we ignore press releases from comics events that include Potter programming. It's funding her hate. I'd implore every creator/publisher/potential guest to consider this when approached by those cons. - Andy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girlguiding says the move is in response to the Supreme Court ruling that said sex meant biological sex in equality law.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Putting money in Rowling's pocket is also why we ignore press releases from comics events that include Potter programming. It's funding her hate. I'd implore every creator/publisher/potential guest to consider this when approached by those cons. - Andy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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It’s the final chapter for Baker & Taylor, the nation’s largest distributor of books to public and academic libraries.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It’s the final chapter for Baker & Taylor, the nation’s largest distributor of books to public and academic libraries.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
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Oh damn, Pantone can paint a room but can’t read one
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Oh damn, Pantone can paint a room but can’t read one
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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It's Giving Tuesday! 💌
We've teamed up with Extra Life to raise money for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
If you can, click the link below to donate today, and you'll receive Palia in-game rewards!
https://loom.ly/JUCZK44
We've teamed up with Extra Life to raise money for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
If you can, click the link below to donate today, and you'll receive Palia in-game rewards!
https://loom.ly/JUCZK44
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's Giving Tuesday! 💌
We've teamed up with Extra Life to raise money for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
If you can, click the link below to donate today, and you'll receive Palia in-game rewards!
https://loom.ly/JUCZK44
We've teamed up with Extra Life to raise money for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
If you can, click the link below to donate today, and you'll receive Palia in-game rewards!
https://loom.ly/JUCZK44
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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I've made about $17k all year, INCLUDING my adjunct teaching job.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I've made about $17k all year, INCLUDING my adjunct teaching job.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
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😠 Are you sick of corporations enabling this administration by ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chasing tax breaks?
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
app.sosha.ai
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
😠 Are you sick of corporations enabling this administration by ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chasing tax breaks?
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
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Next week, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Next week, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...