Elspeth Cooper's Blog, page 2

Learning to fly again

The last few months have seen some changes happening with The Dragon House. Don’t panic, they’re all changes for the better, but there’s a bit of a theme to them. It’s only become clear to me quite recently what that theme is. I’ve been learning how to let go. Of old ways of thinking, mostly, […]

Clowder of none

For the first time in more than 30 years, I have no cats. On Wednesday night, we had to take Tinkerbell to the vet for the final time, and now the house feels empty and wrong. I grew up with a cat in the house. Uncharacteristically for a Siamese, he was a placid old gent […]

Housekeeping . . . and a progress update

First off, the website. The eagle-eyed among you will probably have noticed a change or two. I’ve streamlined the homepage a bit, to get to the good stuff quicker. I’ve also shifted the “Guide to the World of the Wild Hunt” to be its own menu item – the Books submenu structure was getting a […]

Work in progress

I’ve been keeping my head (mostly) down on how things are going with The Dragon House. I didn’t want to jinx the progress I’ve been making by crowing out loud. As the old hands among you may remember, it took me years to admit to another human being that yes, I was writing a book, […]

The socials

Given the current parlous state of a certain blue bird of social media, I have dusted off my old Mastodon account and I’m making an effort to be a bit more visible over there. You can find me @ElspethCooper@wandering.shop should you wish to do so. I was toying with the idea of joining Hive, too […]

The latest score

Hey everyone, it’s been a while, eh? Sorry for the radio silence; the last few months have been A Lot and, well, *gestures at 2020 in general* I thought it was worth doing a post to bring you the latest score on The Dragon House. Not everyone keeps up with my Twitter feed and I’m […]

Love(s) in the time of coronavirus

It’s been a weird few weeks. And hoo boy, it’s been stressful, on a number of levels. I’m one of those immunocompromised folks who need to be extra careful when there’s bugs going around, thanks to the medication I’m on for my MS. Spouse works in a job where he has to deal with the […]

Of fonts, and stuff

Two writing-adjacent topics collided on my Twitter timeline this week, and lo, a post was born. I’m going to hit them in reverse order. Bear with me; it’ll make sense by the end. Twitter user Séan Richardson wanted to know what font people used for writing. As you can see, I answered: Times New Roman […]

But there’s just not that many . . .

29.08.19 – EC – article edited to clarify male authors account for about 55% of fantasy *titles*, rather than 55% of books, which could be misinterpreted as books *sold*. That is an entirely different discussion and outwith the scope of this post. Some of you may know that I’ve had a little side-project on the […]

Site updates

A few housekeeping changes to report, nothing major. Style As you may have noticed, things look  a bit different around here. I’m taking  a new theme for a canter, as I was growing a bit dissatisfied with the old one. So far, so good – although I did need a bit of prompting to remember […]