Jodi, you are an absolute original on Substack—like a perfectly seasoned roast chicken, impossible to replicate. Your engagement? A masterclass. Your transparency? A breath of fresh air in a world of curated facades.
Thank you for filling my days with the kind of joy that only truly great characters, sharp wit, and effortless charm can bring. If Substack were a dinner party, you’d be the guest everyone fights to sit next to.
Thank you - that’s very kind. People actually prefer not to sit next to me at dinner parties because I tend to stare very hard at their last roast potato until they give it to me.
Not normally a fan of crossovers and team ups but think it would be brilliant see Max or another St Mary’s Historian have some adventure in Rome and run into/need to hire/get rescued by Lyndsey Davis' Flavia Albia. Both from England, albeit ~2000 years apart.
It’s a thought, isn’t it? Or she could encounter Thursday Next in some way - hopefully they’d both be on the same side! Or become entangled with Vincent Banecroft and his mayonnaise-drenched shotgun. Or Heathcliffe and Cathy and give them both the slap they so richly deserve. Or - and my favourite - stand outside the door of Coleridge’s cottage and deny access to the visitor from Porlock so that the epic poem Kubla Khan is finished before Coleridge comes down from his drug-inspired vision. The possibilities are endless.
The way you weave the sublimely outrageous with exceptionally serious content is masterful. That's one of the things I most admire. Is it something you set out to accomplish?
I do tons of research - some of which is relevant and some of which is just me disappearing down various rabbit holes because I have the concentration skills of a sponge. The sad thing is that I only get to use a tiny fraction of all the info because otherwise I'd just be writing a text book.
Jodi, you are an absolute original on Substack—like a perfectly seasoned roast chicken, impossible to replicate. Your engagement? A masterclass. Your transparency? A breath of fresh air in a world of curated facades.
Thank you for filling my days with the kind of joy that only truly great characters, sharp wit, and effortless charm can bring. If Substack were a dinner party, you’d be the guest everyone fights to sit next to.
Thank you - that’s very kind. People actually prefer not to sit next to me at dinner parties because I tend to stare very hard at their last roast potato until they give it to me.
Not normally a fan of crossovers and team ups but think it would be brilliant see Max or another St Mary’s Historian have some adventure in Rome and run into/need to hire/get rescued by Lyndsey Davis' Flavia Albia. Both from England, albeit ~2000 years apart.
Your thoughts?
It’s a thought, isn’t it? Or she could encounter Thursday Next in some way - hopefully they’d both be on the same side! Or become entangled with Vincent Banecroft and his mayonnaise-drenched shotgun. Or Heathcliffe and Cathy and give them both the slap they so richly deserve. Or - and my favourite - stand outside the door of Coleridge’s cottage and deny access to the visitor from Porlock so that the epic poem Kubla Khan is finished before Coleridge comes down from his drug-inspired vision. The possibilities are endless.
The way you weave the sublimely outrageous with exceptionally serious content is masterful. That's one of the things I most admire. Is it something you set out to accomplish?
Hi Jodi. How much research of historical events do you do? Are your notes extensive for each subject?
Loving St.Marys and Time Police books.
Sarah Culley x
I do tons of research - some of which is relevant and some of which is just me disappearing down various rabbit holes because I have the concentration skills of a sponge. The sad thing is that I only get to use a tiny fraction of all the info because otherwise I'd just be writing a text book.