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Ellen McCarthy
@emccarthywriter.bsky.social
Waterford writer of crime books and short stories. Pushcart Nominee.
MA in #CreativeWriting from the University of Limerick.

A Philobiblist, Librocubicularist, Dissectologist, running on coffee.
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A sphinx for a winter's evening:
April 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Love this 😍
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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"Elizabeth Siddal Reading" by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882). #SomethingBeautiful
April 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Gracie has gone walkabout for the last 30+ hours. Saw her in some very thick ivy on a neighbour's back wall. Ignoring my constant calling. Worried.
March 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Beautiful, devastating and raw, 'May All Your Skies Be Blue' by Fíona Scarlett is OUT NOW!

An unforgettable story of love and loss and how the ones we love never really leave us.
@faberbooks.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I love this place ❤ #castles
Lismore Castle this morning at -4ºC. This is the 17th century riding house with the snow-covered Knockmealdowns in the distance...
January 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Waterfall and the first of the Sgilloge Lakes, Nire Valley, Co. Waterford
December 29, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
December 29, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I feel Mr Tumnus should walk by any minute... #trees #beauty #mystical #narnia
Wandering in the Fog

One of my fav trees an old mossy beech tree captured during a an unforgettable misty morning
#landscape #forest #bluesky
#tree #landscapephotography
#nature #lush #green #asturias
#mist
December 18, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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The death of a star taken by the Hubble telescope.
December 18, 2024 at 5:03 AM
So beautiful...
December 17, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Yes. Somebody, take this book away from me. #writing #editing 🥺🥺
Fun fact: writers don't 'finish' books, we just eventually stop editing before we spiral into madness.

#booksky
December 17, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Sunrise ☀️ from the Causeway, Abbeyside, Co Waterford. #GoldenSky #SpéirGhorm
December 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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December 13, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Wow...just a little pencil. And a big dollop of genius. #drawing #Art
@realgdt.bsky.social ‘s magnificent turn with PAN’S LABYRINTH for a pvt og commission. All work created with graphite on paper, each original and one of a kind.

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December 13, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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Have I read all the books I own? No. Will I continue to buy more while also re-reading my favs? Absolutely. I live in a lawless land. #booksky #books #reading
December 13, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Co-written by the Go-Go's and Fun Boy Three. Both brought out their own versions. This one upbeat, the other not so much. Both excellent. #pophistory #music #80's
The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed” peaks at #20 today in 1981.

“That song is really unique in its structure and .. melodically, it’s such a fun song,” said Belinda Carlisle. “And of course, when you get the reaction of the audience to the song when you do it live, it makes it even better.”
December 13, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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As a youngster, this old rainforest oak may well have lived alongside wolves as ecosystem partners.

It's almost impossible to conceive just how much ecological richness, abundance, + functionality we've lost in Ireland.

But a lot could return: it's OUR choice. #Rewilding 🌍
December 13, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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in the company of a good book
December 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
I'm claustrophobic just thinking about it... #travel #trains
December 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM
A Christmas gathering right up there with Last Christmas. 😂
I don't often post ILT family photos, but this one turned out quite nice.
December 10, 2024 at 1:50 PM
A book with a view, into Keith's honeymoon. I hope they are as happy today. #memories #Time
Keith, in lyrical mood on his honeymoon, summer 1979. Found in a second-hand copy of A Room With A View.
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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This sheep I met for the first time today is now in my car with me and we are heading over the border into Mexico, with no firm plans.
December 10, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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📢THE CRIME FICTION LOVERS AWARDS 2024📢
Winners announced!

Find out our:
Book of the Year🏆
Best Debut🏆
Best in Translation🏆
Best Indie🏆
Best Crime Show🏆
Author of the Year🏆

Huge congratulations to the winners!
crimefictionlover.com/2024/12/the-...
December 9, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Sometimes, it's the details you leave out of your story that make the most impact. #wherearetheynow. #woodywoodpecker
The most chilling short story I’ve ever read.
December 9, 2024 at 9:17 AM