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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 12h

We're told to keep gratitude journals, and I am certain some human beings actually do that. Because I lean into multi-tasking, I have managed to be grateful and slothful simultaneously. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/in-praise-of-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I did a little investigation into the kind of desserts/puddings Victorian age kids were served at school. There were intriguing names, such as “spotted dick” and “roly-poly.” Read more (and find a new recipe) at: www.rowanartistry.com/figgy-adventu…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Best wishes for my Canadian readers on this holiday long weekend!

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There is a magical connection in shared physical labor that can't be replicated online. Friendship and creative communion are a powerful mix. It's living real life in the best possible way. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/grandmacore-f…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Women have always known how to divide and conquer complex tasks—just ask Macbeth's witches. Read about less arcane examples of women creating something together at: www.rowanartistry.com/grandmacore-f…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Something made by human hands is just nicer, whether it's a Christmas gift or dinner. It carries a bit of the maker with it in a lovely and personal way. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/grandmacore-f…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Breaking free of the relentless doomscroll is an obvious reason to take up, well, just about any hobby. A pastime that hones life skills is even better. Read about practical alternatives at: www.rowanartistry.com/grandmacore-f…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Now there's a sudden resurgence of “analog” crafts, aka Grandmacore hobbies, especially among younger consumers. Sewing, knitting, quilting, baking, gardening, and canning are trending like mad. See more at: www.rowanartistry.com/grandmacore-f…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I was in school, the subject of home economics was, to put it politely, considered past its prime. Homemade clothes were uncool, and scratch cooking was woefully 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/grandmacore-f…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good art challenges our assumptions and makes us think. Tearing away our carefully-constructed self-image is uncomfortable, and good horror does that gently, insidiously, or with a force of eleven out of ten. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/oh-the-horror…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The gift the ghost can offer will demand a new weaving, a manifestation built from fresh imagination. That was the blood bargain made in the moment the past touched the living. Once summoned, the haunt is in pursuit of you. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/autumn-haunts

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If I am lucky, I will come away with a voice, an image, or an emotional thumb print to build on. One unwanted distraction, however, and it dissolves back into the autumn dusk. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/autumn-haunts

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If I pursue, the tale will vanish. Autumn shades must be coaxed with offerings of stillness, by lingering among books and in coffee houses. There the story may visit ... Find out more at: www.rowanartistry.com/autumn-haunts

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A half-remembered idea took me to the older part of town, where the past seeps through the soot-stained bricks. A story hides there, around the corner. What next? Find out at: www.rowanartistry.com/autumn-haunts

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The weather is hinting at the spooky season. It's the mood, the mist on spider webs and the call of geese at sunset. It is the time to hunt ghosts. See more at: www.rowanartistry.com/autumn-haunts

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My thoughts turn to new creative projects in the fall. Perhaps it is the golden-syrup light, or the sense of turning inward. This is the time of quiet reflection, not the intoxication of riotous bloom. Read more about the seasonal mood change at: www.rowanartistry.com/autumn-haunts

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I looked into Mary Somerville as research for “𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯'𝘴 𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘦” since my protagonist is also a student of mathematics. However, Olivia has far more exciting adventures, while Mary led a life free of ravening monsters. Read more...

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mary was skilled at navigating societal norms, but the social delicacy that brought her freedom in life may explain why she was crowded from history. While she was far from self-effacing, she was just too normal. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/victorian-sci…

A Female Scientist in the Victorian Age - Just Too Normal

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Though Somerville's writings examined everything from astronomy to the microscopic and her name is attached to a college in Oxford, she is not known for any “great discovery” that perpetuates her memory. Read more about Mary...

Mary Somerville - An "Ordinary" Female Scientist

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In 1840, Mary Somerville was the first woman honored with a bust in the Royal Academy of Science - for her translation and interpretation of Pierre-Simon Laplace's mathematical tome, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/victorian-sci…

Victorian Science through a Feminine Lens

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

At the height of Somerville's influence, science had not yet professionalized as it would later in the Victorian period. One could know about the cosmos as well as microscopy, calculus, ferns, and geology. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/victorian-sci…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Mary Somerville (1780 – 1872) was a mathematician and author of several books on science that were important in their day. Largely self-educated, she rose to play a leading role among the literati. Read more about Mary at: www.rowanartistry.com/victorian-sci…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The newbie author is told to a) write to market and b) develop a unique brand and c) pray that these two directives do not collide in a shower of exploding adverbs. How can one be unique and replicate a niche trend at the same time? Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/mysterious-my…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Fiction writing requires more in the toolbox than what I've mentioned here, but I had an excellent starter kit when I got serious about constructing novels. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/lessons-from-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Writing for the papers, I learned to pick through a mountain of information and tell a story in a set number of words. The process is all about sifting, connecting, and bringing the most impactful narrative to life. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/lessons-from-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

People are layered, complex, contradictory, brilliant, and breathtaking. They contain the gloriously unexpected, and so should characters in fiction. Read more about it at: www.rowanartistry.com/lessons-from-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Writing for newspapers, I learned how to ask questions and, better yet, how to listen. The art of the interview is essentially digging for gold while under a time pressure. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/lessons-from-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Going through the old articles reminded me of how that work informed my fiction career. I learned to write in terms of content, length, style, and anything else the editor asked for, including deadlines and revisions. See more at: www.rowanartistry.com/lessons-from-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Recently, I was excavating a closet and discovered a long row of binders containing the many, many articles I wrote as a freelancer for various newspapers. They covered 13 years of work and took up far too much space. See more at:https://www.rowanartistry.com/lessons-from-the-back-of-the-closet/

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Every so often I'm asked how one learns to write. I picked up techniques by writing as an academic, for newspapers, and eventually as a fiction writer, and blended them together. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/lessons-from-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Felines are nowhere as enthusiastic about shifters. Any creature who would voluntarily assume human shape is suspect at best. Werewolves are far better off with their doggy companions. See why at: www.rowanartistry.com/dead-mice-tel…

Best Pets for Vampires, Shifters amd Other Supernatural Beings

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

No sense of supernatural dread ever ruffles a cat's fur. They consider themselves the best hunter in the room and will occasionally bring their vampire a mouse treat to prove it. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/dead-mice-tel…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

An unlikely alliance leads to more than adventure when historian-witch Tamsin Greene meets the legendary Sir Gawain of the Round Table. “Enchanted Warrior” is free for now – get your copy today! www.rowanartistry.com/lp/enchanted-…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Most people assume vampires do not keep pets, but a feline's predatory and nocturnal nature makes them good companions. Besides, a creature with nine lives pairs better with an immortal, who appreciates the more enduring bond. Read more about it...

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The feline reputation as a familiar comes from their ability to mediate between the realms of the living and the dead. They also walk between worlds, disappearing and reappearing at random moments. See more at: www.rowanartistry.com/dead-mice-tel…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Cats are customary companion to witches, who aren't bothered by a pussycat prancing on the rooftop, yowling with spine-shuddering volume at 3:00 am. If they are, the cat doesn't care. Read more about cats in literature...

Cat Companions in Fantasy and Paranormal Fiction

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Cats often feature in the history of painting and music. Perhaps it is because of their sleek beauty and unmatched grace. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/dead-mice-tel…

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I recently browsed through a book celebrating the link between cats and literature. Many famous writers had feline companions and I agree that furry company makes the long hours of word-wrangling more pleasant. Read on...

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Once upon a time, department stores gave women a playground—and public freedoms—that we badly needed. This should not be forgotten as we retire to our couch to spend time with shopping apps. www.rowanartistry.com/requiem-for-a…

Online Shopping and the Demise of the Department Store

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's no coincidence that many women's clubs—hotbeds of outrageous notions such as female suffrage—were situated in London's West End shopping district. Read more at: www.rowanartistry.com/requiem-for-a…

Shopping and Suffrage in Victorian Era London

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