Lisa Deam, PhD
@lisadeam.bsky.social
Writer, medievalist, art historian
Book: 3000 Miles to Jesus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life for Spiritual Seekers
Book: 3000 Miles to Jesus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life for Spiritual Seekers
For my peeps who aren't on a certain other social media website anymore . . . this month marks 3 years of being leukemia-free!
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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)
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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
— Donald Richmond
#writing
July 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Writing is a slow #pilgrimage, if we write well, whereby (as we walk with our hands) our fingers 'bleed.'"
— Donald Richmond
#writing
— Donald Richmond
#writing
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10 Beautiful Medieval Manuscripts www.medievalists.net/2023/07/beau... #MedievalManuscripts
10 Beautiful Medieval Manuscripts - Medievalists.net
What are the most beautiful medieval manuscripts?
www.medievalists.net
July 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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 super-rare surviving record of 174 men swearing an oath to a Carolingian king, probably Louis II in 846.
July 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
TBH that's what it looks like when I try to draw dividing lines by hand.
July 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Lisa Deam, PhD
On my blog this morning, the cover reveal of the next Owen Archer (16), A Lion's Ransom, out February 2026. 💙📚 #medieval #mysteries
candacerobbbooks.com/2025/07/10/c...
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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 …
candacerobbbooks.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On my blog this morning, the cover reveal of the next Owen Archer (16), A Lion's Ransom, out February 2026. 💙📚 #medieval #mysteries
candacerobbbooks.com/2025/07/10/c...
candacerobbbooks.com/2025/07/10/c...
"Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences."
― Sylvia Plath
― Sylvia Plath
July 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences."
― Sylvia Plath
― Sylvia Plath
"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
#amwriting
July 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"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
#amwriting
Says the newspaper that helped get the people who are causing the outbreak elected
The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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.
July 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sorry, you can't bring your Nicholas Sparks novel on this flight.
For Superb Owl Weekend, here's a little guy in a cute winter hat . . .
Book of Hours, France, 15th c.
#SuperbOwl
#medieval
Book of Hours, France, 15th c.
#SuperbOwl
#medieval
February 10, 2024 at 3:25 PM
For Superb Owl Weekend, here's a little guy in a cute winter hat . . .
Book of Hours, France, 15th c.
#SuperbOwl
#medieval
Book of Hours, France, 15th c.
#SuperbOwl
#medieval
Reposted by Lisa Deam, PhD
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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February 8, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Welcome Lisa - I created a 'Medieval' feed which is still a bit of a blunt instrument but picks up any mentions #medieval
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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!
February 7, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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!