HeyJaredAn Aging Author's Daily Diversions
The daily events in the life of an older independent author of historical mysteries and near future science fiction.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026: Short Stuff! (opens the original)
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Welcome, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. In this daily newsletter, I reflect on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. Occasionally, I will also publish some of my shorter fiction in this newsletter to be read for free.Subscribe nowDaily Diary, Day 2220:Another mild day yesterday, and despite morning zoom meeting and then phone call after lunch, I got in my cleaning, my
Tuesday, September 29, 2026: A Peek Behind the Curtains (opens the original)
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Welcome, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. In this daily newsletter, I reflect on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. Occasionally, I will also publish some of my shorter fiction in this newsletter to be read for free.Daily Diary, Day 2219: <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RnCM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:
Monday, September 28, 2026: This and That! (opens the original)
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Welcome, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. In this daily newsletter, I reflect on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. Occasionally, I will also publish some of my shorter fiction in this newsletter to be read for free.Subscribe nowDaily Diary, Day 2218:The weather was quite odd yesterday. Sometimes I wonder what I would write about (except my health) if I didn’t
Sunday, September 27, 2026: Small Moments of Delight (opens the original)
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Welcome, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. In this daily newsletter, I reflect on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. Occasionally, I will also publish some of my shorter fiction in this newsletter to read for free.Subscribe nowDaily Diary, Day 2217: I think I have already mentioned a number of the moments of delight I had this past week.First the weather:</
Saturday, September 26, 2026: This and That! (opens the original)
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Welcome, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. In this daily newsletter, I reflect on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. Occasionally, I will also publish some of my shorter fiction in this newsletter to be read for free.Subscribe nowDaily Diary, Day 2216:My goodness, how I did go on in my post yesterday! Today the post will be shorter, I promise.Yesterday, I felt
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