Posts by Laurie King
Language of Bees takes to the air!
The Language of Bees has a trailer, thanks to the fantabulous creativity of Two Rock Media:
Read MoreConferences I love
Corte Madera is a small town on the freeway just north of San Francisco, out of the main summer fog belt but close enough to feel its cooling effects. Every July, Book Passage runs a mystery writing conference, limited to around 80 people, although it seems as if the published writers outnumber the would-be writers,…
Read MoreThe mystery scene
Thanks so much for Alice and her driving-elf Merrily for taking over the blog for the last couple of weeks, and giving me both a fun read and a holiday from blog-writing. But I’m back now, kids. Well, more or less. I’m in Corte Madera (that’s just across the Golden Gate from San Francisco, still…
Read MoreAdventures in Russell-land Part VI: Sussex
I would like to thank Alice and Merrily again for this great series of posts about their trip to England on the footsteps of Russell and Holmes. One minor problem is that Alice has left nothing for me to post about this September when I’m there, but I’m sure I’ll think of something… Great work,…
Read MoreThe Adventures in Russell-Land Part V – Wandering Dartmoor
The continuing exploits of two Americans, lost in the moors of south-western England, expecting at any moment to come across a ghostly Hound… (Click on the photos to enlarge.) The next morning we were treated to a wonderful breakfast in Baring-Gould’s study, a narrow room with a massive fireplace in the middle of one of…
Read MoreVisiting Ladies
One of the great pleasures of the writing life is getting to know other writers. I met Rhys Bowen, oh, many and many a year ago, and because we move in much the same circle geographically, I get to see her fairly often. Some of her many books overlap with the period of Mary Russell…
Read MoreAdventures in Russell-land Part IV
This is the fourth episode, in which Russell’s Faithful Friends Alice and Merrily come to Dartmoor, and surround themselves with the work of Sabine Baring-Gould. (Click on each photo to enlarge.) Also, Miss Russell and her friends wish the author of this post many happy returns of the day. ******* Motoring down from Oxford to…
Read MoreThe devil’s in the details
I hate plots. Why do I need a plot, anyway? I have 300 pages of all these great scenes with all these grand characters, and then I have to sit down and do a rewrite that makes sure it all makes sense. Because a mystery novel kind of needs to make sense. Mainstream fiction can…
Read MoreAdventures in Russell-Land Part III
The continuing adventures of two faithful Friends of Russell, who recently followed that great lady’s footsteps through the south of England. ******* The lasting impression I have about that very wet day traipsing up and down the streets of Oxford was how close together all the colleges stood. You would go past one doorway after…
Read MoreIndies and other busy beez
It’s Indie Week–spread the word, and let me know if your favorite Indie bookstore is doing something fun. Send us pictures, and we’ll post them! As for other Good Causes, I apologize again for the delays and problems some of you have had with the Heifer International prizes that came (or, should have come) with…
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