Alright, I’ve got a strange little story for you in my letter this week, but I warn you, it’s a sad one of a life that reads more like a novel or movie than reality. His name was Andrew George Scott, born in Ireland in 1842, he became a bit of a sensation in Australia, …
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Now this crazy story is best read in full via this link BUT it’s a long one, so if you want the madly condensed version, here it is … and yes, this is indeed the ‘condensed’ version, haha. It’s still very long, but that’s just my style, I guess! A severed arm found inside a shark! It’s …
Alright, now it’s time for some strange stories from history! (and yes, I literally get all my weird history stories off Atlas Obscura, that website is my life, haha). In 1969 Mississippi America, some farmhands working on an old plantation called Egypt, felt their backhoe crunch into something beneath the field. They unearthed a cast-iron and …
Time to get stuck into some silliness! I came across a really amusing article recently, about the medieval trend for long-tipped, carrot-shaped shoes, worn by men of high status in Europe, which were considered rather sexy (ooh la la). Apparently at the time, men’s tunics were getting shorter so they could better show off their legs …
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So I’ve been busy lately! Finished a manuscript! Firstly, I FINALLY finished the historical fantasy/mystery novel I have been working on for the last few months. The manuscript is as clean and polished as I can get it, and has now been sent off for a second opinion from my agent. I am super nervous …
I recently read an interesting article about Victorian beauty standards and methods, which turns out to be pretty wacky. If you don’t know (I certainly didn’t!) the Victorian era (roughly between 1830 and 1900) had some really weird ideas on how to get the perfect figure and look for women. Here is a quote that …
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A lot of people are already aware of memento mori, which is an idea I really love, and basically means (roughly) ‘Remember that you must die’. I’ve definitely been doing a bit of a deep dive into all things memento mori lately. The history of it is fascinating, but I think it is also a good …
Look, I won’t lie, I think I hit a bit of a writing slump at the end of last year. I sort of collapsed and suddenly couldn’t do anything except be a master puzzler, working on my 1,000 piece Where’s Wally jigsaw (haha, but gosh, how addictive!). But now the new year has hit and life really …
Right now in my city in Australia it is boiling hot (it’s been 40 degrees!) and I’ve been on holidays. Most of my family is away so it’s been quiet. I was certain I’d be working hard writing every single day … instead I’ve been swimming in the ocean, obsessively completing a 1000 piece ‘Where’s Wally?’ …
This is Poppy here, aka PJ Nwosu, author of Dream of Death City. Right now I am sitting in a remote little seaside house on the very remote, sparse and beautiful Yorke Peninsula down near the bottom of the world (or at least, sort of near the bottom of Australia, haha) and I am quite freaking excited because …