Ursula's Odds and Sods
I'm a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
I primarily make BookTube and AuthorTube content. My greatest literary loves are classic world lit and historical fiction. I also enjoy nonfiction about history, science, and religion.
I write historical fiction sagas, mostly set in the 20th century. When I say saga, I really mean saga! Many of my books are deliberately planned at doorstopper length, since that's the traditional standard for hist-fic set over many years and with large ensemble casts.
I started uploading content again after nine years in preparation for reciting Canto I of Inferno in the original Medieval Florentine Tuscan on Dante's 700th death anniversary. Many of my videos are about Dante, his writings, and all things related to him.
I love silent and early sound film, history, world languages and religions, animals, art, and piercings. I'm also unapologetically Jewish, a Second Wave radical feminist, and an old-school Socialist.
Fountain Pen Day 2025 haul! Delta Duna, Opus 88, Retro 51, BENU Astrogems, and LAMY AL-Star lovelies
Get ready with me as I prepare to go to the library (Bags, notebooks, pens, and more!) GRWM
Let's have a BookTube discussion about large print books! Should people with good eyes read them?
Currently Inked November 2025 (Lots of earth-toned and autumnal pens and inks!)
Yoko, a new biography of Yoko Ono by David Sheff (Great book about an amazing woman)
In which I do the 8 Bookish Memories Tag
In which I do the Childhood Books Tag
Currently Inked October 2025 (Spooky season pens and inks abound! Halloween lover forever!)
Shine Like the Dawn, by Carrie Turansky (Great Christian historical romance about forgiveness)
30 MORE detailed things wrong with VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (Read-aloud laughs!)
20 things wrong with VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (So much misinformation and bad writing!)
New Pen Day! My first Sailor Pro Gear Standard (Cantaloupe Smoothie) & BENU Wolf Point
Chapter 5 of VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (Lecturey updates with neat hospital corners)
Writing historical fiction about 9/11, Part II (Important details to keep in mind, & the aftermath)
Currently Inked September 2025 (Five browns, a teal, a green, a blue, a purple, and an orange)
Reflections on my four-year BookTube and AuthorTube anniversary (Mistakes, improvements, and more)
Chapter 4 of VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (A hyperbolic story with no plot or arc)
Chapter 3 of VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (Holy homophobia, Batman!)
Chapter 2 of VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (An over the top depression story)
Chapter One of VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (A laughably implausible "cult" story)
Currently inked, August 2025 (Lots of BENUs and Diamine Inkvent!)
General, preliminary overview of VOICES, by VILE FRAUD Beatrice Sparks (One of her worst books!)
Swatch five Sailor ink samples with me! Haha, Nekoyanagi, Souboku, Yomogi, and Hawaii
Swatch Wearingeul's Divine Comedy inks with me while I talk about Dante and the Commedia
Reflections on the official end of #NaNoWriMo, part VI (Final thoughts, what I miss and don't miss)
Reflections on the official end of #NaNoWriMo, Part V (Why I participated after the scandals)
Reflections on the official end of #NaNoWriMo, Part IV (General summary of my highs and lows)
The Woman They Could Not Silence, by Kate Moore (Mental health meets women's history in great book)
My 400th video! Reflections on my BookTube and AuthorTube channel (What should the future hold?)
Reflections on the official end of #NaNoWriMo, Part III (It didn't have to end this way!)