Housekeepers moved between worlds without fully belonging to either. In The Green Baize Door, the housekeeper is murdered on a night the rest of the mansion stands empty. Which begs the question: was the killer there to search the house, or were they searching for her? #HistFic #HistoricalMystery

I’m drafting a character essay for The Coffee Pot Book Club, & they encouraged me to include pictures. Creating those images has been both satisfying & unsettling. Here they are: Jamie Marie William #HistFic #HistoricalMystery #TheGreenBaizeDoor #BookClubReads #IndieAuthor #AmWriting

What happens when a victim isn’t innocent? Does moral imperfection disqualify someone from our compassion? Does vulnerability gain it? Those instincts don’t just affect the characters in the Green Baize Door. They shape how the story itself is read. #HistFic #HistoricalMystery #TheGreenBaizeDoor

It’s live! My debut novel, The Green Baize Door, is now available. A character-driven historical mystery set in turn-of-the-century Philadelphia, involving class, consequence, & murder. www.amazon.com/Green-Baize-... #TheGreenBaizeDoor #HistoricalMystery #HistoricalFiction #NewRelease #histfic

In the world of The Green Baize Door, silence is never accidental—or free. #HistoricalFiction #AmWriting #Mystery #HistFic

Honored to see The Green Baize Door featured on BookSirens’ Murder Mysteries list for December. 🕯 One house, two worlds, and a murder in between. 📖 ARC: booksirens.com/bundle/murde... #MurderMystery #HistoricalMystery #AmReading #BookSirens

Belle da Costa, the woman who concealed her origins in 1905 and ended up running New York’s most legendary library | Culture | EL PAÍS English share.google/4t8uyctZpZ8p...

Every story begins somewhere. Mine start with a question. 🕯 The Green Baize Door One house, two worlds, and a murder in between. 📖 ARC: booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD... #BookSky #HistFic #HistoricalMystery

Every girl was expected to learn some needlework. Mending, patching, buttons — simple chores. But in skilled hands, a needle could become something else entirely: a key to another life. The Green Baize Door. ARC: booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD... #HistoricalMystery #HistFic #IndieAuthor

Before safety razors, every man used a straight razor — common, sharp, and nearly identical. In The Green Baize Door, one lies beside the body. Could you recognize your razor, if a man’s life depended on it? #TheGreenBaizeDoor #HistoricalMystery #EdwardianHistory

Featured by BookSirens this month ✨ Early readers are stepping through The Green Baize Door. ARC → booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD... #HistFic #Mystery #EleanorBirney #TheGreenBaizeDoor

1828, Old Bailey: An elderly housekeeper was murdered in an otherwise empty mansion. The police said the house was ransacked, but the owner reported nothing missing. The case that inspired The Green Baize Door. 🕯 One house, two worlds, & a murder in between. #Mystery #OldBailey #EleanorBirney

One house, two worlds, and a murder in between. Advance copies of THE GREEN BAIZE DOOR are now available for early readers of historical mysteries! 📖 Get it on BookSirens: booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD... 📚 Request on NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/.../c4e95736.... #HistoricalFiction #ARC

Well, this is alarming. Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history www.sfgate.com/california-p...

""[A] job title isn't everything, and it's more important to stay true to your values."

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Wow! Quite a life.

"After a week of trying to sort out the impact of the Paul Weiss capitulation and the Skadden story hinting that the industry might be trending toward retreat, this morning a couple firms declared a day may come when the courage of Biglaw fails, but it is not this day." Following w/ great interest.

Zadie Smith on getting "old": "I'm sure you get over it. When I meet women, particularly in their later 50s and their 60s, there's a lot of joy returns, but I think the moment of transition is melancholic for sure." www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n....

"I am struck by how differently I write when there is no intended audience. When you work with words for a living, language is hugely important – a tool that you use, exactly and precisely, to convey something very specific to an outside reader." www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j....

Fun article w/ useful info. "On 14 February 1971 there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. The following day the pound was made up of 100 new pence." www.bbc.com/news/article....

"“Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.’ Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality,”" ktla.com/news/califor...

"[R]esearchers wrote that they 'can confidently conclude that this individual indeed represents the first known female burial with [a] weapon from the Hungarian Conquest period in the Carpathian Basin.'" www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

United shareholders are concerned that their inhumane policies may be "increasing consumer debt, jeopardizing health of policyholders and thereby reducing workforce productivity, straining government resources, and risking increased taxes." Interesting how this just now occurred to them.

Everyone involved in this seems absolutely lovely. I needed this article. The news cycle the past few weeks has been downright apocalyptic. "The women were gently cradling his wife. They helped soothe her until emergency crews arrived." www.npr.org/2025/01/09/n....

"[A] scenario in which debris in space sets off a chain reaction: One explosion sends out ... fragments that in turn smash into other spaceborne objects, creating more detritus. The cascading effect may continue until Earth’s orbit is so clogged with junk that satellites become inoperable....

"What is particularly interesting is that the artists made little effort to depict the battles as represented in the Bible passages that they were illustrating, regularly ignoring any topographical or geographical details in the text." www.medievalists.net/2024/12/warf....

So much interesting! The fact that, when in hospital, you could only be 1) "going on well" or 2) hoping to be discharged, is mind-bending. The unavailable 3rd possibility would've haunted me. Conversely, the "I have received no letter from you 1) lately or 2) for a long time" is unambiguous.

This is exactly my speed this year. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

"Archaeologists have found 188 medieval reliquaries during excavations at a square in Berlin. Some of them still contain human bones of people considered to be saints or holy." www.livescience.com/archaeology/....

Interesting read. Does/should an author's personal "failings" influence how we feel about their work? I'd say it informs my understanding of that author's work, or at least of authorial intent. The difference that makes, if any, depends on both the work & the "failing". lithub.com/writers-i-ha...

Less honest, but maybe truer? I'd posit that people feel freer in the dark & are more authentically themselves. For good or ill. "When we're in a dark place, we're apt to be less honest..." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/peop...

I can't imagine being uplifted by the thought that intelligence and hard work will only get me so far, b/c true success requires a sunny, social disposition. www.upworthy.com/researchers-...

lithub.com/the-best-old... Some 80s titles on here I recognize & would like to read.

amp.theguardian.com/science/2024... This has all the makings of a great sci-fi/horror novel. Truly terrifying. (Bookmarking it for future reference.)