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At dinner, son Patrick, now 26: "Yeah, I didn't like my second grade teacher, but that was during my Goth phase."

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Happy Caristia! During this Feb. 22 festival, Ancient Romans honored their ancestors. Families feasted, offered food and incense to household spirits, and set aside all disputes with family members. In theory, anyway! Ovid said the best plan was to exclude the most obnoxious relatives from dinner.

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I've been doing an Italian book club class on Zoom each week for the last year or so. Lots of fun, but when I'm done discussing books for an hour and a half all in Italian, I sometimes forget what language I'm speaking. Last night I caught myself just before asking Becky a question in Italian. 😬

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Just texted Becky about a money market account but I accidentally typed monkey market account, and now I kind of want a monkey market account.

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Reading up on my Plato today. Ancient Greece still has a lot to teach us!

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Today's deep-cut deity: Eunostos, goddess of flour mills. Her image was honored at the mill to make sure you got your proper weight of milled flour. Big deal back in Ancient Greece! I imagine Percy battling her while he tries to measure ingredients for making blue cookies. Floury chaos ensues . . .

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Boston area readers! I am delighted to be talking with Sajni Patel at her upcoming event for A TOUCH OF BLOOD with Belmont Books on March 1, 7pm. Come join us and hear about this great new novel! belmontbooks.com/event/2025-0...

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Happy Tīwesdæg, or Tuesday! Named for Tiw, Old English god whose equivalent was Tyr, Norse god of war. Tyr put his hand in Fenris Wolf's mouth so the other gods could bind the monster, sacrificing that hand. Are we ready to start Tiw's Day by putting our hand in the mouth of the allegorical wolf?

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Reading this fascinating history of early versions of Christianity. Interesting detail I did not know: the word allegory comes from Greek allos (other) + agorein (to speak), so it's literally "other-speak."

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More snow yesterday. I shoveled a path for the dog so she could get into the backyard. Today, that path is an ice rink. The dog is not amused.

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Actually got some writing done today. That's the first time in over a month, which was a very long pause for me. I guess that's progress?

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Some days you just have to be grateful for small things, like having a dog that just wants to sleep on your foot on a snowy Sunday morning.

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Becky and I prefer to keep our charitable giving private, but we recently added PFLAG to our roster of monthly giving. A great organization, needed now more than ever. pflag.org

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Another discovery while reading: the Italian term salamelecchi, from the Arabic greeting "Salam alaikum," peace be upon you. In Italian, senza troppi salamelecchi means without much ceremony, and fare salamelecchi means to make obeisance to someone, to bow and scrape.

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Why did I never realize that carnival, carnevale in Italian, literally means carne (meat) + vale (Latin for goodbye)? So you have a good time at Carnevale because once Lent starts, it's goodbye, meat! Languages are fun.

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Just finished the eighth Inspector Gamache mystery. This one was claustrophobic, set in a remote monastery, but Penny is so good at making me care about the characters, especially with series-long arcs about the main characters' personal dramas. This one was particularly heartbreaking!

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Meanwhile, in Spanish, my instructor told me, "Te gugglé." Which made me think, ¿wut? Then I realized that gugglear is a Spanish form of "to Google." So he Googled me, and he's still willing to teach me. Hooray!

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I love this Italian expression: "conoscere vita, morte e miracoli." It implies that you know everything about someone, literally to know their "life, death and miracles." It would be nice to think that between life and death, we can all be known for a few miracles we made or experienced!

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What does self-care look like for me these days? Reading. Lots of reading. Continuing my Italian studies with two classes a week, and recently started back up with Spanish as well. Learning makes me happy. Writing has been tough recently, but I will get back to that soon as well. Details to come!

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The shelf was not intended to be a cat perch. Tribble says it is now a cat perch.

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In today's edition of "Rick cleans out his files," photos from my 5th/6th grade English class at Presidio Hill School, San Francisco, 1992. Guess you could say I've been teaching Greek mythology for a while. Funny thing? I can't remember what I had for breakfast, but I remember every student's name.

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What I'm reading: Usually three books at a time. Right now, Sabbia Nera (a mystery in Italian), Sinatra: The Chairman (biography), The Beautiful Mystery (Inspector Gamache mystery #8). Just finished When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (a queer immigrant folktale, very good!)

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On this snowy winter day, I'm thinking back to this tiny squirrel who decided Becky was its mom in the Public Garden last fall. I hope it grew up to be plump and healthy with a thick coat of fur, because it's cold out there!

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Want to buy some books by Black authors? MOKO MAGIC by @traceybaptiste.bsky.social BLACK GIRL POWER edited by @byleahjohnson.bsky.social JAX FREEMAN by yours truly KAYA MORGAN’S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT by Jill Tew, out this April

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Later this month, we should be able to announce more details about the 2nd Nico di Angelo / Will Solace book that Mark Oshiro and I have written, just in case you need the promise of some good news to look forward to! Stayed tuned.

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Looks like tonight's event is sold out! www.allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/all... Can't wait to celebrate the release of this great book with Luke and Sacha! And if you can't make it, I'd encourage you to still check out and support All She Wrote Books!

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Congratulations to the cast and crew of Percy Jackson TV for wrapping principal photography! Many more months of post-production still to go, but this season is going to be awesome!

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Found a stack of these ALA Lightning Thief bookmarks when I was cleaning my office today. Don't believe they make these anymore. Think I'll bring them to Kyle Lukoff's event in Somerville on Monday and give them out to anyone who wants one! www.allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/all...

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Going through old photographs. Rick and Becky bid you greetings from the 1980s. It was a simpler time. Except for the hair. The hair was complicated.

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NYT crossword puzzle, 31 across, "Only 10% of Americans have one." Five letters. I resist the urge. I tell myself, "The answer isn't 'brain.' The answer can't be 'brain.'"

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Fresh snow fell in Boston overnight. Speedy is happy. She hates rain, but snow is fine. More interesting places to pee! (Speedy is a dog, in case you were wondering.)

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One week away!! Have you gotten your ticket yet? www.allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/all...

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Last time we were in Indigo in Vancouver, I found myself in some very good company. Finally picked up a copy of Amari, which I've heard amazing things about. Look forward to reading!

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From the Masterpieces of Siena show at the Met NYC. They had some big cockroaches back in Medieval Tuscany.

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My cousin was cleaning out some old boxes and came across this photo of me, which I shall now inflict upon you. Young Rick, circa 1975, examining a game I got for Christmas. As you can tell, I was always on the cutting edge of fashion. This is right around the time I decided I wanted to be a writer.

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Yes, it's cold, but I love those Boston winter sunsets.

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“Rare and beautiful—a novel that combines wondrous fantasy, searing real-world relevance, and a frank empathetic understanding of the adolescent experience nothing short of magic!” —Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson Preorder A WORLD WORTH SAVING by Kyle Lukoff for your class or library!

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On the street yesterday, someone recognized me, sort of. He asked if I was making any more Harry Potter movies. I smiled and said not that I knew of, but I'm working on a TV show based on my books. We parted, both satisfied with our wildly different understandings of reality.

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Speedy visits the vet on the coldest day of winter so far. Her new sweater was Mom's sweater until Dad shrank it in the wash. (It's me. Dad. I'm the problem, it's me.)

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Back in Boston just in time for the big freeze. Heartfelt thanks to the cast and crew of PJOTV as they near wrapping on season two! As for me, I plan on staying by the fireplace and reading. If you're curious, you can always check my recent reviews on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

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"With an introduction from Rick Riordan"!!!!! Get your tickets here: www.allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/all...

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Boston-area readers! I'm honored to be introducing Kyle Lukoff at his book launch event with Sacha Lamb at All She Wrote Books on Feb. 3 in Somerville. Come by, say hi, get this fantastic book, and support a great local bookstore! www.allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/all...

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This is hardly a major plot point, but yesterday we had a macaw on set. Every time I walked past his holding area (green room?) he said hello to me and whistled loudly. So if you hear a macaw catcalling in the background in any of the final scenes, that's probably my fault.

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Yesterday I met the guinea pigs. It was a good day. (Percy Jackson season two. If you know, you know.)

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Had a great time catching up with two of my favorite demigods on set for Percy Jackson season 2: Dior Goodjohn (Clarisse) and Charlie Bushnell (Luke).

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Great to be back on set in Vancouver with the PJOTV cast and crew as they head into the home stretch of principal photography. Still many months of post-production work to do after we wrap, but the sets look amazing and the actors are working like, well, heroes to bring you an awesome season two!

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Happy birthday to our own Percy Jackson, Walker Scobell, who is sixteen today! (even though his character will not be allowed to turn sixteen for several more seasons 😬) Can't wait for you all to see the work he is doing for PJOTV season two, because he is crushing it!

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My latest read and recommendation! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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