Barbara Mertz, Barbara Michaels, Elizabeth Peters. In case you don’t know (and I didn’t until I was middle-aged), they’re all the same person. Barbara Mertz, the woman’s born name, was a regular kid from Chicago who grew up to earn a PhD. in Egyptology. My…

A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Someone takes an unexpected bath. MA

Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? Momma says I’m her interior decorator! She collects all the cat toys and puts them in a basket. Then I get them out and decorate the house with them. The other night, I decided to help her…