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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

First royalty payment is in. 9 Costco slices of pizza. 😂

J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A deceptive cult is taking over Mars, and has silenced communications with Earth for 17 years. Robert must find a way to contact Earth and his 20 year old memories might hold the key. Find it where books are sold. Ebooks on Kindle and Kindle unlimited. #SciFi #MarsLost

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

17 years in silence. Earth never answered. Fans of Wool and The Martian who want their sci-fi dark, claustrophobic, and grounded in the trauma of isolation. Grab your copy of Mars Lost by J. Andrew Ellis today. #ShamelessSelfpromoSaturday #MarsLost

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think the hardest part about writing isn't the editing, story, grammar, prose, or characters. It's one day story buzzes in your head like plasma in one of those glass spheres reaching to escape. The next day, you stop trusting your instincts and second guess every sentence. ✍️

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Plasma Ball in a Vacuum by The King Of Random

ALT: Plasma Ball in a Vacuum by The King Of Random

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

High stakes. Post-apocalyptic survival. Zero spice or foul language. If you love tense, claustrophobic adult sci-fi focused purely on story and discovery, Mars Lost is for you. Get your copy in Hardcover, Paperback, or Ebook: JAndrewEllis.com #MarsLost

Mars lost paperback book sitting on a beige desk.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

If you're a writer what's a secret about your work you wish your readers would know?

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

If you are an author or a reader or generally a bookish person, let's follow each other.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

What if a story of amnesia in wasn't about the mystery to solve, but processing the loss of a life lived? #marslost

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Faith is a fundamental part of being human. Write your sci-fi as an atheist paradise, or cast the faithful as fringe zealots, and you've erased something the majority of humans experience. You can write sci-fi that takes faith seriously without writing 'religious fiction.'

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I've been writing the same novel for 17 years. Finishing it taught me more about persistence than anything else in my life. What's the longest you've stuck with a creative project?

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Cover Reveal! Here it is the long awaited cover for Mars Lost! Mars Lost - J. Andrew Ellis Earth is cut off. His family never arrived. The colony is fractured and people are dead. Is Mars all that's left. 17 years to the day from the first words, Mars Lost becomes a reality. Coming July 29, 2026

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

When a company says their staff have a combined 100 years of experience. That really doesn't mean hot to me. My kids have a combined 18 years of experience, it doesn't mean that I trust them to vote or drive a car.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

If you've been waiting, don't wait anymore. Unless you're sitting at a red light, then wait and put down your phone.🚦 FYI, Not my project but, 6 days left and almost 80% funded. This is only covering art and startup costs for a high quality children's book. www.kickstarter.com/projects/-mk...

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A Girl Called Gale

A bedtime story about a Wind who can't stop moving and, with no destination of her own, finds purpose in helping others reach theirs.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I can't say enough good things about, A Girl Called Gale by Marcus Kahle McCann. It hits so many points people feel in their bones about finding their place in this world and helping others. See my pinned post for the link. It deserves more attention, repost and share this.

from A Girl Called Gale by Marcus Kahle McCann. Gale Searching for something.

from A Girl Called Gale by Marcus Kahle McCann. Gale is a gust of wind.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Harvested raisins and figs today. Not bad for 2 grape vines and 1 fig tree all only 3-4 years old.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I think sometimes I don't want to admit when I use personal experiences as inspiration. Some others are very open about it. I like how Marcus Kahle McCann creates beautiful stories from his. Do you have an author that you admire in that way?

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Just finished the book For a Handful of Feathers, by Guy de la Valdene. He has kind of a unique style, that makes me feel like I'm sitting around a fire pit in his backyard drinking beer with him while he tells me everything he knows about Bob White quail and habitat restoration.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Here is a beautiful children's book that is really something I think should take off. If you missed out on his first book, don't miss out on this one. Kahle McCann's first book (The boy who was fire) is still one of my kids favorites. Still in pre-launch. www.kickstarter.com/projects/-mk...

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Coming soon: A Girl Called Gale

A bedtime story about a Wind who can't stop moving and, with no destination of her own, finds purpose in helping others reach theirs.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

So random Friday morning thought: If we live in a simulation, and we create a simulation so perfect, it exactly models our reality. How would we know that the simulation we "created" is not actually a view or bridge into the reality that created the simulation we live in?

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Right? Do people actually say, oh sure I'll give you my credit card so you can auto charge me?

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Maybe I'm weird. But if I'm reading the news on Google news and I click on an article that has any type of paywall, or sign up to read the article, I immediately leave. Like, I don't care if there is advertising but don't make me do something extra to read your article.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Just heard this and feels so connected to my art. "The future started yesterday and we're already late." -John Legend

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Do you prefer more complex symbolism, or more direct focus in a story? #WritingCommunity

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

You will never convince me that Creep by Radiohead wasn't written by someone with a little bit of imposter syndrome. I know the official story, but it really takes a new meaning through that lens.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Just leave the pinned post where to find you, and it helps protect your image.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This is my occasional request that if you have left X/twitter, please don't deactivate or delete your account. We have no way to report and take down imposter accounts using your name and image if you do not have a profile there.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Office April fools. Bring in a donut box. Put vegetables in donut box.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

After looking at the pictures more it didn't look quite right as a western banded gecko. The correct identification is a Mediterranean House Gecko.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Found this little western banded gecko under a brick. I couldn't leave it in place because it would have been dangerous, so I made a new little home for it 20 feet away. It wouldn't leave my hand until its new rock house was in the right place.

another picture of the western banded gecko

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Sourdough Saturday turned into sourdough Sunday. I wanted to see the difference between convection vs Dutch Oven. The top loaf cooked 10 minutes faster in the convection, vs the Dutch oven on the bottom loaf.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Writers challenge: Grab something from your fridge. Smell it and describe the smell without using the name of the item.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The plot twist I need. Wool series by Hugh Howey and the show Paradise and the show the 100 all exist in the same earth at different time periods. The earth is a big place...

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Got to watch the lunar eclipse tonight. Pictures really don't do it justice.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My wife got clam chowder at the store the other day, so I made homemade bread bowls last sourdough saturday to go with it. Finally had a night at home to eat it. So good.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

It was sourdough Saturday. I liked how this one turned out.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Yeah that does happen actually. They have a specific locator call that they use when they can't find ones they hear but can't see. Like the ones in the eggs chirping.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Chick number 11 is asleep in the corner but knocked into every egg on the way. May need to be named captain chaos...

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

yeah, local farms is common. A lot of people mail order them too.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We got the first one out. Egg 3 pipped but hasn't started zipping. We are concerned about that one since it has been 24 hours since it pipped. It is breathing and active in the shell. we expect more over the next day. 19 made it to lockdown, but there is still a lot that can go wrong.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I have no idea! We got the eggs from Trader Joes refrigerated section. $4.50 / dzn for fertile eggs. We suspect leghorn though, given it is a production facility with white eggs.

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Here is the first one to hatch. This egg came from trader Joe's refrigerated section. Egg number 11

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J Andrew Ellis @jaellis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We are waiting on pins and needles for our eggs. Egg number 3 has stopped making progress, so at 10 am we are going to try offering a little help. on the good news Egg 11 has started and is really vigorously breaking through the shell. I expect many more to start today.

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