Tomorrow, Tuesday 21 September, Londoners will partake in one of the most lively and colorful events of the social season, a tradition dating back almost 110 years: the Royal Horticulture Society’s annual Chelsea Flower Show. What does this have to do with the Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, you ask? Read on… Myrtle has donned her gardening… Read more »
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#MyrtleMondays-From Page to Seam: Making an 1890s Cycling Costume
Last month, when I debuted my 1890s cycling costume (aka “Victorian Velma”) at Planet Comicon, there wasn’t enough time to get as many photos as I would have liked, and they were missing a critical component: my bicycle! I have finally rectified that, and would like to tell you all about this epic costuming endeavor,… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Myrtle paperbacks are here!!
I have Big, Big News, Dear Readers! Peony can hardly stand the excitement! Premeditated Myrtle and How to Get Away with Myrtle, Books 1 and 2 of the Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, are now available in paperback! Or, well, they will be tomorrow, September 7. This is the perfect time to pick up a backup copy,… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Back to School
Oh, dear. Are there any more depressing words in the English language? I’m actually about to be on holiday (vacation) after turning in Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries #4, but even so, contemplating the end of summer is still like fingernails on… well, you know. And for the second year in a row, kids are facing schoolyears… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Seeing Stars
Well, friends, this has been quite a week in Myrtle’s world! I just wrapped a wild weekend of signing books for fans old and new at Planet Comicon Kansas City, but before that, we had some great news… Jinkies! Check out those cosplayers! This week, Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 3, Cold-Blooded Myrtle, got its first… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Planet Comicon this weekend!
It’s (finally) convention season in Kansas City! I’m delighted to share the news (or maybe just remind you) that I will be a featured guest at Planet Comicon this weekend, August 20-22. Kansas City’s convention scene has always been my home venue, and after a rather scary year+ of delays and cancellations and uncertainty, Planet… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Stansberry Pie
Oh, the last gasp of summer. Actually, we have been gasping here lately with the crazy heat and the air quality and the rising COVID numbers (and, thank goodness, a local return of mask mandates!). As I wind up revisions on Myrtle Hardcastle #4 while prepping for Kansas City’s Planet Comicon (come see me at… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Forensic History & Bertillonage
If you (like your Learned Author) are an ardent fan of “Forensic Files,” there’s one technique you’ve likely never heard Peter Thomas discuss. Yet in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bertillonage was at the cutting edge of criminal science. Let’s take a look at the fascinating rise and fall of this groundbreaking method… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: The Victorian Olympic Spirit
If you’re glued to the Olympics this week, you know all about the international sporting festival’s origins in ancient Greece. But what you might not recall is that our modern Olympic Games are a product of the Victorian era. What better time for a recap? Program for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, considered the official… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Christmas in July!
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! Put a pretty penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, then a ha’penny will do. If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you! There may be 159 days until Christmas, but we only have 78 days before the release of… Read more »