Posts by Laurie King
Fun Times with Laurie!
Every so often we add Fun Stuff to the web site. Such as a one-page Russell & Holmes colo(u)ring book (click to link) with scenes from the Memoirs: Or panels for the ongoing Russellscape: Well, here’s a new project to madden you: The Dreaming Spies origami balloon. To go along with the book discussion guide…
Read MoreLRK’s words
I had to laugh the other day when my editor sent me a piece from Galley Cat with the most looked-up words on Kindle. Why would she send me that? Can’t think. Anyway, running my eye down the list I saw a number of words that I couldn’t remember using, and others I’ve probably used, but…
Read MoreBoucher’s Con
As you probably know, every year the Crime World [Fictional Division] gathers to discuss pretty much everything to do with crime & mystery books: from character development to social media, e-books to Hollywood. The conference is named after the editor/reviewer/writer Anthony Boucher and this was Bouchercon’s 46th year. We met in Raleigh, and the fun began.…
Read MoreTHE ANTHONY!
BoucherCon is fabulous at any time, but when they call your name out for an Anthony, it becomes positively intoxicating. Or maybe stunning: Of course, I can’t help feeling I cheated. After all, Les and I just had to talk a bunch of first-rate writers into playing in the Sherlock Holmes sandbox and writing a…
Read MoreTen winners!
Congratulations, winners! We drew ten names last week for the new paperback of Dreaming Spies– and they’re headed for the post office today! Congratulations to: Russa, Jane, Norma, Marilyn, Nancy, Laurie, Libby, Seth, Verity, and Diane! And if your name isn’t here, but you’d like a signed or inscribed copy of the paperback anyway, I’ll be heading down to Bookshop Santa Cruz this week…
Read MoreHappy Paperback!
The Dreaming Spies paperback comes out today, which makes for a good excuse to give you a pretty card. I took the photo in the moss garden in Kyoto, at precisely the time of year that Russell & Holmes were in Japan. (Not, I should note, a thing that always happens, and a hazard if…
Read MoreAnother weird foodstuff
Long-time followers of my Mutterings will be aware that I like to try weird fruits and veggies. I just came across another one: It’s called Melothria scabra, also known as mouse melon, which is a particularly adorable name. It’s a type of cucumber that looks like a grape-sized watermelon, and in fact tastes a bit…
Read MoreDreaming paperbacks
Next Tuesday, the paperback of Dreaming Spies swims onto book shelves everywhere… Excerpt and order information here.
Read MoreA Dreaming e-card
I hope you’re having fun with these e-cards? This one is another product from Team LRK: words from the book, image from my camera, design by Bob & the Random House art department. For your sharing pleasure, in celebration of the upcoming paperback of Dreaming Spies.
Read MoreWhere the bears discovered us
An e-card, for you, from the Dreaming Spies paperback, out October 6.
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