Jeri Westerson It’s Valentine’s Day, and though it has become a secular holiday in the most banal of ways, let us not forget that its roots are in the Catholic calendar of the communion of saints. It is the feast day of Saint Valentine, though which Saint Valentine exactly are we talking about is the big question. … Read more
Writing historical mysteries comes with its own set of problems. There’s already the problem of writing a historical but on top of that is this layer of mystery woven throughout. Dorothy Sayers talked about her Lord Peter Wimsey book BUSMAN’S HONEYMOON as a love story interrupted by a mystery, and that’s how I see historical … Read more
No, I’m not tiny. Nor am I really a librarian. They call us “stewards” who have these little libraries. I had heard of Little Free Libraries on social media, little hut-like, mailbox-sized structures installed near the sidewalk on people’s properties. The idea that you could put out a box with books with a “Take a … Read more
Well, it’s been a while. I used to blog on something I called GETTING MEDIEVAL, a mystery and history sort of magazine, with interviews and articles, but I took it down some years ago because it was too much work and social media was rising. And, well, now that social media is sunsetting for me … Read more