Good, Clean Fun: a Meh-rathon

A letter from Alicia Prescott to Mars Cline (author of the Intergalactic Crop Duster series):

Since you write in the science fiction space, can I ask you a question: are we all of us clones? I certainly feel as though there are two of me, the hungry one and the sated one. And, it turns out, when I become the former, I cannot, for the life of me, write. Just yesterday, I read over a chapter drafted while feeling peckish. One character’s name changes from John to Jonas to Jimmy throughout the scene. Elsewhere, Ms. Theroux stands up… when she had already stood up and crossed the room three paragraphs earlier. And then she puts on a coat and scarf to leave, though the novel takes place during a heat wave in the summer. I simply must have snacks on hand when I work. A momentary pause to nibble something will save me gobs of time later.

What better day for a spring-cleaning-themed Meh-ration than March 12th, the birthday of author Alicia Prescott? Creator of the character Ms. Theroux, the mystery-solving maid who appears in over 40 novels, Prescott has come to be known as “the queen of clean” in literary circles. So, stick around all day as we share excerpts from Prescott’s work, as well as tidbits from her letters, interviews, reviews, and more. Oh, and there will be deals too. On cleaning products. And also non-cleaning products.