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Isabel Cooper

@isabelcooper.bsky.social
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Author of paranormal romance and romantic fantasy. Roleplayer. Occult dabbler. Feminist. She/her, pro-LGBTQIA+, pro-abortion, pro-sex, "work ethic" is a fake idea. crowleycooper.com Amazon: amzn.to/45zAMxH B&N: bit.ly/47ytZpX

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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 6h
Anyhow! You get like...two moments of real emotional honesty per storyline. Maybe two per emotion if I'm in a very New Age mood. If you want more, I mean, YKIOK, but I do tend to regard it the same way I do camping: some people seem to like that sort of thing, and good for them, I guess. :P
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 6h
Considering the "millennial writing" thing more in terms of my own reading and writing preferences, and I indeed have gotten both editorial comments and reviews along the lines of "this could use more emotion." Which is valid--and my editor, especially, is really on my page in terms of...
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 19h
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From another thread: as a geriatric millennial, I wonder if the "millennial humor" people complain about is a reaction to the overblown seriousness of much eighties and early nineties alternative culture? Speaking for myself, by the time I was 15 and S2 of Buffy mocked Anne Rice-style vampires...
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A D&D YouTube video discussing alternate yugoloth names (and the channel is otherwise great, don't get me wrong) just suggested "Netherspear" without a hint of innuendo. God bless the innocence of this full-grown man.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also a bunch of us started talking about fandom_wank and are now gradually turning into the Four Yorkshiremen, which is kind of delightful.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also, realizing that following the Astarion drama for me is like half about really liking the book/game/character/author and half about indulging my old fandom_wank urge to point and laugh and also post Stephen King jokes. clip.cafe/misery-1990/...
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'It's brilliantly written. But then everything you writeis brilliant. Pretty rough stuff…' | Misery scene
It's brilliantly written. But then everything you writeis brilliant. Pretty rough stuff, huh? The swearing… — Watch this Misery (1990) scene on Clip.Cafe.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Between the latest drama, the three or so HP-adjacent cults I know of, the whole VC Andrews history, and the time I told my then-boss one of our contributing authors had died so the book would be late and she informed me that she wasn't "thrilled with this..."
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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tell me SOMEBODY has written a fantasy Casablanca homage about events in and around a "djinn joint." I will be terribly disappointed if they haven't (and then eagerly await someone filling that gap).
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Between my various communities/fandoms/industries, I feel like I need to repost this every six months: youtu.be/-unOM2UVcjQ
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Pick-a-little_Goodnight Ladies
YouTube video by HudsonHomeTeam
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Getting into spoilers now, but will try to keep them minor: some really fantastic world-through-animal-eyes things happening here.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Energy: is this a meds thing, am I well-rested, or does Yorkshire Tea add cocaine to one bag like a Cracker Jack prize?
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And as usual, whenever I mention Death of Stalin, I have to spend the next 20 minutes watching General Zukhov clips.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Instead of doing anything productive, I've gotten halfway through the Astarion novel this morning, and so far, mostly-spoiler-free: As I suspected, the infamous scenes/lines are absolutely taken out of context and make a lot more sense *in*. "Don't turn into a snake at me!" is *beauty*.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"In the history of humanity, there's probably been more than one or two guys who wore other people's faces." --Me, offering brilliant insight on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Following up my "pfft, haven't these people seen a single cult documentary?" comment a day or two ago with rolling my eyes at a recommended YT video about horror based on real life events because who in this year of the lord 2026 *doesn't* know about Ed Gein?
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jesus CHRIST keep your networking out of my (well, not *my,* I don't fuck in Silicon Valley) sexual degeneracy. First of all, it leads to incredibly abusive situations, and second, the absolute last thing I want when I'm being spit-roasted is trying to give someone my LinkedIn profile.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Explained the discourse to aforesaid partner. The phrase “so many tits, so little calm,“ entered the chat.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Discussing housing market with anchor partner: it's a shame that people's increased acceptance of the paranormal means you can't Scooby Doo villain your way into a cheaper asking price.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not about discourse, but sort of inspired by it: thinking about how we judge different types of killing based on both the reason for and method of. Like, clearly there's a "life of self and others" through "just for funsies" spectrum, and quicker/more painless tactics are better than the reverse..
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I lied, I have one more thing: I find it personally an insult to my community that I can't find Astarion/Karlach/Drizzt smut.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One more thing--FOR NOW--about the Astarion discourse: The vast majority of people I've seen losing their entire shit, not just being meh about the book but harassing the author/review bombing or encouraging others to do so/etc, seem to be cis women.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Planning to rock up to my next interview with an iced coffee *and* a copy of the Astarion novel, just to cross the Discourse Streams.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's time to quote a friend of mine: your angsty backstory is not permission to be an asshole. She was talking about LARP characters, IIRC, but eh, applies broadly.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In other news, showed one of the Gentlemen's Club Jem and the Holograms this week, and talked about it with both long-term members (heh). Conclusion: Misfits are definitely better in bed, *but* Pizazz would call you at 3 AM after and throw small dead animals at your windows if you didn't answer.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, having Had Wine, I will old lady about this: in *my day*, we had tie-in works of fiction that contradicted actual written black-and-white canon in major ways, and we somehow managed to live happy fulfilling lives in spite of that.
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Octo @octodontidae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I hold your hand ... no, on second thought, not I ain't. If your mental health is shattered by a fictional character being written not to your expectation by an author who was advised by the ACTUAL person who INVENTED that character, this is on you. You need to touch grass or, idk, smoke it.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also, on behalf of the giant polyamorous slut community, I would like to note that most of us don't give a damn about effective altruism or Roko's Basilisk, so please don't get the wrong impression. We just want to bang a lot!
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today I remind myself that I shouldn’t buy books just to spite Reddit weirdos. At least not until I’m slightly more gainfully employed.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hazards of Dating Me, #37: You might, after we've had a few drinks, ask me to explain Green Lantern. Half an hour later, the following phrases have been used: "Yes, 'Parallax'." "...and the Orange Lanterns are just one guy because it's greed and he ate the others..."
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
People have reminded me to fail less hard at self-promotion, so here's my latest book, only a month or so after release: www.sourcebooks.com/want-me-take...
sourcebooks.com
Want Me, Take Me, Haunt Me, Make Me
Sourcebooks is an independent book publisher outside of Chicago that publishes a multitude of topics with the belief that books change lives.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One day, I swear I'm going to write the Snapewife Death Cult Book.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Speaking of Delta Green, I'm re-reading Targets of Opportunity for fun, and I had either forgotten or not fully connected that a version of John Harvey Kellogg appears as a super-undead vegetation-based Nyarlathotep cultist. Pure genius, 15/10, no notes.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dear self: you have at least three ongoing projects and you suck at systems. You will not attempt to write up the Rationalists as a Delta Green cult. Or World of Darkness. Jesus, you don't even *have* an Unknown Armies sourcebook anymore.
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Jinti is Making Passive Notice Checks @jinti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
y'all should push for Universal Basic Income 'cuz artists that aren't stressin' over rent and groceries and taxes all the time WILL draw freakier, more unmarketable shit
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Uuuugh, do I have to start screening for Rationalists at orgies now? It was bad enough when I kept accidentally fucking libertarians.
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⟢ Avilone ‹𝟹 ₊˚.⋆ @faeriegasm.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
If u like slutty elves u should repost this…✧₊⁺ If u are a slutty elf u should quote this ! ‹𝟹
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Smut is harming society/makes the Baby Jesus cry/corrupting our youth--" Bitch, please. I started playing tabletop games in 1993. I've heard it all, I'm still bummed that getting to Level 8 didn't give me real spells, and I guarantee we'll be here when your pearl-clutching ass bites the dust.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 21/08/2026
OH! She’s a Snapewife but for Trump!
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I have written A Thing! www.sourcebooks.com/want-me-take... A small medium with a big problem, a Weird Shadow Guy (tm), and a bunch of eldritch shenanigans.
sourcebooks.com
Want Me, Take Me, Haunt Me, Make Me
Sourcebooks is an independent book publisher outside of Chicago that publishes a multitude of topics with the belief that books change lives.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If we get one more freakout about What It All Means Re: Women that vampire/mafia/villain romance is selling well, I am going to construct an entire damn sideshow about how every allohet nerd guy of my generation has jerked it to one of Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, or Mystique.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
On the one hand, sex with partners is good for my mental health. On the other hand, Lexapro doesn't keep fucking *calling* me after I use it. :P
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Trying to set up an actual author website. This is easier these days than back in 2013, but so far I've spent at least an hour looking through Etsy templates because, while Canva offers some for free, tasteful minimalism gives me hives.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Summer in Lawrenceville on a budget is just yelling "YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME" at an assortment of fruit-themed vintage clothing.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/07/2026
For no reason whatsoever, I checked my voter registration today, and if you are a US citizen I encourage you to do the same/update that voter registration if necessary/register to vote if you have not already done so: www.vote.org
vote.org
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 05/07/2026
WE HAVE ARRIVED!!! All 1,000 items are now visible at auction.romancingthevote.com the time for waiting is over. you know what your choices are. make your final strategy. I'll be over here making sure the streaming software is on this laptop.
auction.romancingthevote.com
Romancing the Vote 2026
Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Attempted translation of British for American friends: "'See, the hostility of 'wankers' depends on which word comes before it. 'Alright, wankers,' is a jovial greeting for your best friends. 'Oi, wankers!' is, per main Brit, 'a tonal thing'."
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Romantasy Reddit asks why we're OK with books where immortal/centuries-old dudes date 19-year-olds and not where dudes in their forties do the same thing, and like...it depends on the context, but in the modern world? In part because we know the kind of 40-year-old-dude who does this.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The universal authorial urge to go live on a beach and survive entirely on pomegranates and lobster from an enamored farmer.
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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Okay, but: 1) Yog-Sothoth is, in the canon Cthulhu mythos, a pretty chill Outer God. Doesn't do anything particularly nasty himself. The closest you get is the Whateleys and whatever minions are instructing Wilbur.
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