Friday, October 27, 2023: Newsletter Recommendations
Daily Diary, 1152
Brief Check-in: As I expected, I didn’t get any more novel writing done yesterday, zoom meetings, phone calls, etc - but I did get enough other work done that after I post, I have no more obligations but one scheduled phone call this afternoon to get in the way of writing. If all goes well, l have an hour or so to write this morning, and I should have a couple of hours in the afternoon.
My recommendations for you today:
I decided to give you three recommendations of newsletters and posts with an historical bent to them (as well as two of them being in the spirit of Halloween.)
The first is a post on OKAY HISTORY. The author, Christopher, introduces the newsletter, saying, “If you are curious about US history and want to become a more informed citizen, you have landed in the right place. Okay History is a passion project born to prvide an educational insight into various historical subjects in a somewhat entertaining manner. I am a self-described Historical Humorist, and I am pretty sure I made this term up.”
And the post from his archives that I am recommending to you today is about Halloween, entitled Nothing But Treats!
The second post is not about Halloween itself, but instead is about Spiritualism, which seemed fitting for the holiday. The newsletter is called Looking Through the Past by George Dillard, which I featured in the September 28th recommendation post. The title of this post is The Case of the Ghostly Photographs and since it is all about how fake spiritualists used the new art of photography to fool people, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I do highly recommend it.
Finally, the third post I am recommending is from a newsletter called Positive Aging Matters, and the author, Patricia Cusack, says of herself that: “I write about the new way of aging, which is with a positive mindset, eschewing the old stereotypes and stale social narrative.”
I am calling the specific post, Sixties Counterculture Generation Now Changing the Way We Age? historical because historical fiction writers call anything that happened at least 50 years ago. I know…hard to believe the sixties were that long ago, but thinking that a fair number of my subscribers, like me, lived through that era, I thought you all might enjoy reading it.
In case you aren’t sure how you got here, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. This is my newsletter reflecting on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. If you aren’t already subscribed but are interested in doing so, you can subscribe by clicking the little button below. If you enjoyed this post, please do click on the little heart and/or share with your friends, and I always welcome comments!