J.W. Ellenhall
@jwellenhall.bsky.social
Novelist. USA-born, but raised abroad. Married. //
Insta @j.ellenhall // www.jwellenhall.com // My Weekly Cozy Sci-Fi Comedy series (with once a month writing insights) is at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
Insta @j.ellenhall // www.jwellenhall.com // My Weekly Cozy Sci-Fi Comedy series (with once a month writing insights) is at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
Dear #writingcommunity:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
July 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Dear #writingcommunity:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
If I can’t see character goals in the first 3 pages, I’m 99% likely to put the book down.
I can forgive nearly anything else…here’s why:
If you’re neurodivergent & struggling with #revisions, this post is for you:
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open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
June 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you’re neurodivergent & struggling with #revisions, this post is for you:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
This guy is honestly one of the best things on instagram 🏳️🌈 @dnlfoxx
June 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This guy is honestly one of the best things on instagram 🏳️🌈 @dnlfoxx
Cat that agreed to model but would not be petted
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Cat that agreed to model but would not be petted
May 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It’s free laughs. For you. Right now.
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
April 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s free laughs. For you. Right now.
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
My quirky Sci-Fi can be read online right now with no downloads required.
Bastard aliens hiding in plain sight…as CATS?
Oh yeah 👀
#read
It’s coming tomorrow! The grand finale of my comedy season 2 will be up on my substack and available to read for free 🥳👽 link in the bio or get ready to hit up jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com #aliencat #scificomics
April 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It’s coming tomorrow! The grand finale of my comedy season 2 will be up on my substack and available to read for free 🥳👽 link in the bio or get ready to hit up jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com #aliencat #scificomics
You may think you picked the cat…but what if it picked you?
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
April 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You may think you picked the cat…but what if it picked you?
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
Meet my alien cats in the Comedy “The Intergalacticizen’s Guide to Taming Earthlings” - free to read this Friday! at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com check it out @rhi.bsky.social @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social @inkandmagic.bsky.social 😁
If you love #DouglasAdams, or #terrypratchett, or any silly witted story that explores the utter ridiculousness of the human race, then join me for a special launch of my series conclusion this Friday! You can read the whole thing for free on SubStack on that day. Link in bio
💙📚BookSky
💙📚BookSky
April 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you love #DouglasAdams, or #terrypratchett, or any silly witted story that explores the utter ridiculousness of the human race, then join me for a special launch of my series conclusion this Friday! You can read the whole thing for free on SubStack on that day. Link in bio
💙📚BookSky
💙📚BookSky
To celebrate the release of my season 2 finale of this Sci-Fi Comedy, I’m dropping the paywall for 24 hours on Friday!
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
To celebrate the release of my season 2 finale of this Sci-Fi Comedy, I’m dropping the paywall for 24 hours on Friday!
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
Everyone can read up to 21 episodes of the whole story for free. If you love #hhgttg or #residentaliensyfy then please come and check it out at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com
I want to see more writers embracing the series format again, & SubStack is actually a fantastic place to publish them & read them! Check out all these great #reads:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I want to see more writers embracing the series format again, & SubStack is actually a fantastic place to publish them & read them! Check out all these great #reads:
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
New episode of my Sci-Fi Comedy is now live — the big fight!
💙📚bookSky
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💙📚bookSky
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April 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New episode of my Sci-Fi Comedy is now live — the big fight!
💙📚bookSky
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
💙📚bookSky
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Now’s a great time to read my last Sci-Fi Comedy episode because a new one comes out this weekend!
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March 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now’s a great time to read my last Sci-Fi Comedy episode because a new one comes out this weekend!
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Love these! What a great idea. Too bad my favorite sweaty mug is sold out 😢 (see snapshot)
March 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Love these! What a great idea. Too bad my favorite sweaty mug is sold out 😢 (see snapshot)
Love this show so much— this is the moment when she proves…
Sometimes you don’t have to actually know a thing (Italian) as long as your boss knows less about it than you do 😂
Inspiration for my next comedy series episode!
Sometimes you don’t have to actually know a thing (Italian) as long as your boss knows less about it than you do 😂
Inspiration for my next comedy series episode!
February 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Love this show so much— this is the moment when she proves…
Sometimes you don’t have to actually know a thing (Italian) as long as your boss knows less about it than you do 😂
Inspiration for my next comedy series episode!
Sometimes you don’t have to actually know a thing (Italian) as long as your boss knows less about it than you do 😂
Inspiration for my next comedy series episode!
So I am loving “The Other Bennet Sister” so much…when Mary finally has a good comeback vs. Lydia:
February 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
So I am loving “The Other Bennet Sister” so much…when Mary finally has a good comeback vs. Lydia:
That’s too true. At least he’s not competing with bots for the bartender job 🤣😭
Reminds me of this meme:
Reminds me of this meme:
February 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
That’s too true. At least he’s not competing with bots for the bartender job 🤣😭
Reminds me of this meme:
Reminds me of this meme:
My thought process for the next sci-fi comedy episode of I.G.T.T.E. — coming this weekend on jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com so stay tuned!
January 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My thought process for the next sci-fi comedy episode of I.G.T.T.E. — coming this weekend on jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com so stay tuned!
So my latest comedy Sci-Fi episode delves into the secret history of the W.I.T.C.H….
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December 29, 2024 at 7:59 PM
So my latest comedy Sci-Fi episode delves into the secret history of the W.I.T.C.H….
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
open.substack.com/pub/jwellenh...
Happy vegetarian here sharing my favorite holiday recipes…just to say that the idea that vegetarians don’t eat well is 😂😂😂such a myth. Credits to fitgreenmind on Pinterest & my boards for inspiration.
December 24, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Happy vegetarian here sharing my favorite holiday recipes…just to say that the idea that vegetarians don’t eat well is 😂😂😂such a myth. Credits to fitgreenmind on Pinterest & my boards for inspiration.
Happy Winter Solstice everyone! New cat mug to celebrate
December 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Happy Winter Solstice everyone! New cat mug to celebrate
If you subscribe to my Substack before the last week of this month, then you can read my whole sci-fi comedy series for free for one week only! It’s my end of the year gift to all of you 😁
Then you’ll understand why the song “Can’t Touch this “ came up in the last episode 😂
Then you’ll understand why the song “Can’t Touch this “ came up in the last episode 😂
December 18, 2024 at 6:39 PM
If you subscribe to my Substack before the last week of this month, then you can read my whole sci-fi comedy series for free for one week only! It’s my end of the year gift to all of you 😁
Then you’ll understand why the song “Can’t Touch this “ came up in the last episode 😂
Then you’ll understand why the song “Can’t Touch this “ came up in the last episode 😂
😻I collect judgy cat memes for the Pinterest board of my comedy Sci-Fi novel featuring cats as some of the main characters. (screenshot for you below)
BTW, I just read the opening of "Over London" & loved it so much I featured it on my blog jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com/p/october-co...
BTW, I just read the opening of "Over London" & loved it so much I featured it on my blog jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com/p/october-co...
October 10, 2024 at 7:44 AM
😻I collect judgy cat memes for the Pinterest board of my comedy Sci-Fi novel featuring cats as some of the main characters. (screenshot for you below)
BTW, I just read the opening of "Over London" & loved it so much I featured it on my blog jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com/p/october-co...
BTW, I just read the opening of "Over London" & loved it so much I featured it on my blog jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com/p/october-co...
I am so proud of myself for finishing this season despite working full-time & having no real summer holiday…but I did it anyway!
Now that you know season 1 HAS an ending, go on & jump into this Sci-Fi Comedy:
substack.com/@jwellenhall...
Now that you know season 1 HAS an ending, go on & jump into this Sci-Fi Comedy:
substack.com/@jwellenhall...
September 22, 2024 at 7:43 AM
I am so proud of myself for finishing this season despite working full-time & having no real summer holiday…but I did it anyway!
Now that you know season 1 HAS an ending, go on & jump into this Sci-Fi Comedy:
substack.com/@jwellenhall...
Now that you know season 1 HAS an ending, go on & jump into this Sci-Fi Comedy:
substack.com/@jwellenhall...