Lisa Deam, PhD

For my peeps who aren't on a certain other social media website anymore . . . this month marks 3 years of being leukemia-free!

Three medieval black cats are crossing your path this #Halloween day . . . (from a 13th-century bestiary)

"Writing is a slow #pilgrimage, if we write well, whereby (as we walk with our hands) our fingers 'bleed.'"

— Donald Richmond
#writing

10 Beautiful Medieval Manuscripts - Medievalists.net What are the most beautiful medieval manuscripts?

10 Beautiful Medieval Manuscripts www.medievalists.net/2023/07/beau... #MedievalManuscripts

TBH that's what it looks like when I try to draw dividing lines by hand.

“A word after a word after a word is power.”
― Margaret Atwood
#amwriting

I'm excited for the new book, Candace!

Cover Reveal for A Lion’s Ransom I am excited to share with you the atmospheric cover art for A Lion’s Ransom, Owen Archer 16, to be published by Severn House in early February 2026. Isn’t it stunning? [For the vision impaired, a …

On my blog this morning, the cover reveal of the next Owen Archer (16), A Lion's Ransom, out February 2026. 💙📚 #medieval #mysteries
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"Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences."

― Sylvia Plath

Yes - great description!

"What writers hear, when they are trying to write, is something more like singing than like speaking. Inside your head, you're yakking away to yourself all the time.... What you are trying to do when you write is to transpose the yakking into verbal music." - Louis Menand
#amwriting

Hi Sean, nice to see you! Blessings to you, too :)

😀 I remember you as well! Trying to transition to this space...

Says the newspaper that helped get the people who are causing the outbreak elected

Sorry, you can't bring your Nicholas Sparks novel on this flight.

You know what else research leads to? New/effective treatment. Can "the people" make their own disease and cancer treatments, too?

For Superb Owl Weekend, here's a little guy in a cute winter hat . . .

Book of Hours, France, 15th c.
#SuperbOwl
#medieval

How to Explore Jimbocho: Tokyo's Booktown | Books and Bao The town of Jimbocho, in the heart of Tokyo, is a bookworm's paradise. A place overflowing with great literature. Here's everything you need to do in Jimbocho.

Just read about a district in Tokyo with over 200 bookstores! 😍
#books #amreading

How to Explore Jimbocho: Tokyo's Booktown | Books and Bao The town of Jimbocho, in the heart of Tokyo, is a bookworm's paradise. A place overflowing with great literature. Here's everything you need to do in Jimbocho.

Just read about a district in Tokyo with over 200 bookstores! 😍
#books #amreading

Thank you, Candace!

Thank you! The medieval feed looks great :)

Welcome Lisa - I created a 'Medieval' feed which is still a bit of a blunt instrument but picks up any mentions #medieval

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Thank you! Love that image

Thank you!

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie, an X/Twitter refugee. I love everything medieval and am a writer making the transition from nonfiction to fiction. I'd love to get to know you writers on here!