Kate's Blog

During a recent reread of The Seven Dials Mystery, I became very aware of the word “old,” as it is used in the slang of the young people staying at Chimneys, and I started wondering about it. Naturally, I had to do some research.

During and after the International Agatha Christie Festival in September we took about two million photos. No one, naturally, wants to see a travelogue that long. But pulling out photos with similar themes makes them a little more fun. 

Since I’m dabbling in the use of Artificial Intelligence tools during my day job, I’ve decided to apply these lessons to my writing life as well. Along with a terrific headache, AI exploration is also giving me some interesting recommendations.

Back in November, I posted about advertising Agatha Annotated on Facebook for the holidays. The results are now in and we've analyzed the numbers, so if you are also an author, you might be interested in hearing how it went. 

After the holidays, many of us living in northern climates long to escape the cold, gray days. Agatha Christie’s characters, especially those with a little money and no regular job, felt the same way. The Riviera was a favorite winter destination for decades, but that was changing during the 1920s.