Elizabeth Cobbe
@elizabethcobbe.bsky.social
Writer, Pythonista, parent, feelings butler, Viable Paradise grad. Words in Fireside, Cossmass, Kaleidotrope. Novel on sub now! REP: Eric Smith.
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It's true - tech bros don't want to hear it from you!
Also, Danny's a fantastic editor, in case y'all didn't already know.
Also, Danny's a fantastic editor, in case y'all didn't already know.
The current set up of the world has me thinking a LOT about this story i edited by @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social
Contract Witch
This is what watching tech bros feels like now
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Contract Witch
This is what watching tech bros feels like now
firesidefiction.com/contract-witch
Contract Witch
When asked if she’d join the team in launching the enchantments that would destroy most of Central Texas, Carly hesitated. “Well,” she began.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's true - tech bros don't want to hear it from you!
Also, Danny's a fantastic editor, in case y'all didn't already know.
Also, Danny's a fantastic editor, in case y'all didn't already know.
Reposted by Elizabeth Cobbe
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
Listen I am super excited to see this year's list, and also Daniel Kraus's Angel Down is the most remarkable book I've read in years and it really ought to have been included on this list.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Listen I am super excited to see this year's list, and also Daniel Kraus's Angel Down is the most remarkable book I've read in years and it really ought to have been included on this list.
Finally, I have a copy of Higher Magic from my fellow VPer @courtney-floyd.com and the time to check it out!
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Finally, I have a copy of Higher Magic from my fellow VPer @courtney-floyd.com and the time to check it out!
Oh my goodness, you are an absolute PEACH. So, so glad that you enjoy this labor of love!!!
My hammock reading is from @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social and the two stories in this are so good and the object itself is on my short list of nearly perfect handheld objects. ❤️📘
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Oh my goodness, you are an absolute PEACH. So, so glad that you enjoy this labor of love!!!
If anyone's expecting a child, I suggest naming them "GoToBed," because you will be saying this more times than you can even imagine.
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
If anyone's expecting a child, I suggest naming them "GoToBed," because you will be saying this more times than you can even imagine.
497 words today! Roughly 316 of them with one eye dilated. (Long story.)
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
497 words today! Roughly 316 of them with one eye dilated. (Long story.)
"The large rat is curled over, half on its side, exposing its belly, and now it chitter-squeaks again, and another of the tender-pink growths emerges from a bloody slit in the rat’s fur."
September 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The large rat is curled over, half on its side, exposing its belly, and now it chitter-squeaks again, and another of the tender-pink growths emerges from a bloody slit in the rat’s fur."
Tomorrow panel schedule at @armadillocon.bsky.social ! So excited!
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tomorrow panel schedule at @armadillocon.bsky.social ! So excited!
If I had magic at all, I'd be a late bloomer who'd come into her own right after everybody else decided they were over it. 😂
Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If I had magic at all, I'd be a late bloomer who'd come into her own right after everybody else decided they were over it. 😂
Roundup of convention appearances this month, starting with @armadillocon.bsky.social !
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September 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Roundup of convention appearances this month, starting with @armadillocon.bsky.social !
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"Sadie’s ability to follow is briefly snagged on Simon’s use of the word “bloat,” because she thinks of whales. Beached whales in the sun, bloated and rotting, and how she would paint a scene like that, and which layers she would apply first." #WIPSnips
Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips
The word for September 8th is "ability"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The word for September 8th is "ability"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Sadie’s ability to follow is briefly snagged on Simon’s use of the word “bloat,” because she thinks of whales. Beached whales in the sun, bloated and rotting, and how she would paint a scene like that, and which layers she would apply first." #WIPSnips
"The stench is subtle but unmistakable, hiding beneath the smells of yellowing books and unreachable dust so common to universities, churches, courthouses, and other fading institutions." #WIPSnips
There is a definite earworm for today's #WIPSnips word, which is "dust"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"The stench is subtle but unmistakable, hiding beneath the smells of yellowing books and unreachable dust so common to universities, churches, courthouses, and other fading institutions." #WIPSnips
I might be attempting to learn "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters on the cello.
Might, I said.
Might, I said.
August 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I might be attempting to learn "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters on the cello.
Might, I said.
Might, I said.
Reposted by Elizabeth Cobbe
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
August 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
I wrote a chapbook! If you see me at Seattle WorldCon, ask me for a copy. Happy to share!
August 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote a chapbook! If you see me at Seattle WorldCon, ask me for a copy. Happy to share!
It's early August. Do you know what that means?
IT'S FRESH FIG SEASON, MOTHER F***ERS!
IT'S FRESH FIG SEASON, MOTHER F***ERS!
August 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's early August. Do you know what that means?
IT'S FRESH FIG SEASON, MOTHER F***ERS!
IT'S FRESH FIG SEASON, MOTHER F***ERS!
Today's word count: 125
Total word count: 19,280
Days remaining: 80
I drafted the end of a chapter, though. Yay?
Total word count: 19,280
Days remaining: 80
I drafted the end of a chapter, though. Yay?
July 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today's word count: 125
Total word count: 19,280
Days remaining: 80
I drafted the end of a chapter, though. Yay?
Total word count: 19,280
Days remaining: 80
I drafted the end of a chapter, though. Yay?
Today's word count: 330
Total word count: 19,009
Days remaining: 82
I'm not panicking, you're panicking.
Total word count: 19,009
Days remaining: 82
I'm not panicking, you're panicking.
July 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today's word count: 330
Total word count: 19,009
Days remaining: 82
I'm not panicking, you're panicking.
Total word count: 19,009
Days remaining: 82
I'm not panicking, you're panicking.
Let's ban the phrase "doubling down on innovation" from all posts and emails.
I think it means, "We are greedy, and people who want to know if this is actually a good idea should shut up."
I think it means, "We are greedy, and people who want to know if this is actually a good idea should shut up."
July 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Let's ban the phrase "doubling down on innovation" from all posts and emails.
I think it means, "We are greedy, and people who want to know if this is actually a good idea should shut up."
I think it means, "We are greedy, and people who want to know if this is actually a good idea should shut up."
Copilot keeps prompting me to use AI to generate a summary of every Word doc I open, and look. If all we're doing is reading summaries of documents, why do we have the original documents in the first place?
July 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Copilot keeps prompting me to use AI to generate a summary of every Word doc I open, and look. If all we're doing is reading summaries of documents, why do we have the original documents in the first place?
Friends, if you are swayed to purchase Slack's pro plan by the offer of having AI summarize your Slack messages for you... then there's something seriously wrong with you, with the people sending you messages, or both.
July 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Friends, if you are swayed to purchase Slack's pro plan by the offer of having AI summarize your Slack messages for you... then there's something seriously wrong with you, with the people sending you messages, or both.
We have named our new hybrid car "ART" in honor of Murderbot's Asshole Research Transport. It has all these high-tech features we didn't know about, and it keeps suggesting that we take breaks.
June 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We have named our new hybrid car "ART" in honor of Murderbot's Asshole Research Transport. It has all these high-tech features we didn't know about, and it keeps suggesting that we take breaks.
I long for the energy levels of a 70-year-old in a pharmaceutical ad.
June 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I long for the energy levels of a 70-year-old in a pharmaceutical ad.