Good, Clean Fun: a Meh-rathon

A letter from Alicia Prescott to Eleanor Rought, author of Polly Wants A Murder and other bird-related mysteries:

I’ve come to an uncomfortable realization about myself, and at possibly the worst time, too, when a photographer is set to arrive first thing tomorrow morning to photograph me at my writing desk. My compulsion to clean, it turns out, is not based on my desire for tidiness. Instead, two things guide it: first, my avoidance of upcoming deadlines, and second, the weather. My apartment is very drafty, and I daresay, moving about to clean keeps me warm. Now that I have acquired a space heater (and successfully turned in a draft to my editor), I find no desire to pick up at all. The magazine will come and find my quarters an outright wreck.

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.