Elspeth Cooper
@elspethcooper.bsky.social
Fantasy author (THE WILD HUNT QUARTET). Sword owner. Tea drinker. MS-haver. Damned scribbling woman. She/her. Find me at www.elspethcooper.com.
The Ministry prefers the term, "Fertiliser." 😜
December 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Ministry prefers the term, "Fertiliser." 😜
I'm smelling AI involvement. It gets everywhere, like the smell of cooking fish, and just as unwelcome.
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I'm smelling AI involvement. It gets everywhere, like the smell of cooking fish, and just as unwelcome.
There is juuuust enough detail to be convincing. I'm smelling AI.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There is juuuust enough detail to be convincing. I'm smelling AI.
Morning, Womble! I'm in the last 100pgs of Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey which is a sumptuous banquet of a thing and I love it. On digital I'm halfway through Hannah Whitten's For The Wolf. It's s OK but I was expecting it to be somewhat darker, tbh.
December 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Morning, Womble! I'm in the last 100pgs of Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey which is a sumptuous banquet of a thing and I love it. On digital I'm halfway through Hannah Whitten's For The Wolf. It's s OK but I was expecting it to be somewhat darker, tbh.
Update: after a little lie-down (thanks, Windows update 😖), my laptop has deigned to wake up again, so you bet I backed up to the portable hard drive as well as the cloud ASAP.
Still no fibre though.
Still no fibre though.
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Update: after a little lie-down (thanks, Windows update 😖), my laptop has deigned to wake up again, so you bet I backed up to the portable hard drive as well as the cloud ASAP.
Still no fibre though.
Still no fibre though.
You have officially won Best Daughter 2025, I think!
Side note: I used to wear Tuscany and I loved it - I am now well envious of your mom.
Side note: I used to wear Tuscany and I loved it - I am now well envious of your mom.
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
You have officially won Best Daughter 2025, I think!
Side note: I used to wear Tuscany and I loved it - I am now well envious of your mom.
Side note: I used to wear Tuscany and I loved it - I am now well envious of your mom.
Took some seardching but I found it! Red squirrel at our old house, 2013. Picture taken in the rain, through glass, at extreme zoom, on a mobile.
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Took some seardching but I found it! Red squirrel at our old house, 2013. Picture taken in the rain, through glass, at extreme zoom, on a mobile.
Important squirl bidness.
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Important squirl bidness.
I have a photo somewhere . . .
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I have a photo somewhere . . .
It was only once, and it never came back, despite the feeding station and food I bought for it, the ungrateful wee beggar.
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It was only once, and it never came back, despite the feeding station and food I bought for it, the ungrateful wee beggar.
Afternoon, Womble! On paper I am currently enjoying The Neon Court by Kate Griffin (Matthew Swift #3) and gods above and below, I adore these books so much. On digital I'm wrapping up Mark Stay's Witches of Woodville with The Corn Bride: wartime, witches and a wedding!
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Afternoon, Womble! On paper I am currently enjoying The Neon Court by Kate Griffin (Matthew Swift #3) and gods above and below, I adore these books so much. On digital I'm wrapping up Mark Stay's Witches of Woodville with The Corn Bride: wartime, witches and a wedding!
Happy Sunday Womble! I am currently enjoying Broken Light by Joanne Harris on digital, and on paper God's War by Kameron Hurley. I've had the latter since before her publisher went pop and have no idea why I've not read it yet. It's gritty, pared down prose, great voice and really rather good.
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happy Sunday Womble! I am currently enjoying Broken Light by Joanne Harris on digital, and on paper God's War by Kameron Hurley. I've had the latter since before her publisher went pop and have no idea why I've not read it yet. It's gritty, pared down prose, great voice and really rather good.
Yes. Exactly this.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Yes. Exactly this.
Tea ✔️
Take my meds ✔️
Make porridge for breakfast because it's nasty out there ✔️
Tea ✔️
Read
Write words
More tea
More meds
Tea
Take my meds ✔️
Make porridge for breakfast because it's nasty out there ✔️
Tea ✔️
Read
Write words
More tea
More meds
Tea
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Tea ✔️
Take my meds ✔️
Make porridge for breakfast because it's nasty out there ✔️
Tea ✔️
Read
Write words
More tea
More meds
Tea
Take my meds ✔️
Make porridge for breakfast because it's nasty out there ✔️
Tea ✔️
Read
Write words
More tea
More meds
Tea
Oh I say. Many congratulations!
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Oh I say. Many congratulations!
A kind thought, thank you. I have never seen that RSC, though I have seen the other one!
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A kind thought, thank you. I have never seen that RSC, though I have seen the other one!
No, not the Plague. I am a lady of a certain age, shall we say, enduring a visit from an unwelcome auntie who had been ignoring me since March. IYKYK.
October 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
No, not the Plague. I am a lady of a certain age, shall we say, enduring a visit from an unwelcome auntie who had been ignoring me since March. IYKYK.