Posts by Laurie King
Dreaming Spies minus 4; The Illustrated R&H now!
[This giveaway is now closed, sorry, but stay tuned for more of the same!] Four months from today, Dreaming Spies appears on shelves! And so not all of you are forced to wait, I have two copies of the bound galleys (the book’s ARC) to give away here on Mutterings. All you need to do is…
Read MoreThe young writer’s Thursday
Today’s TBT is the picture of a young writer…’s work: English descriptive paragraph Laurie Richardson Nov. 21, 1967 San Francisco, as I last saw it, was enough to stir the heart of any native Californian. The scene was movingly beautiful. I can remember it as if I saw it just yesterday. It was from the…
Read MoreIn Good COMPANY
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes brings together a mix of people you never thought you’d see writing Sherlock Holmes stories. Such as… Les Klinger and Sara Paretsky: The Closing by Les Klinger Rachel finished the last few documents, put down her pen, and looked at McParland. His heart thumped, as it always did. “How…
Read MoreMary Russell’s War (twelve)
From Mary Russell’s WWI diary: 20 October 1914 Dr Ginzberg has been tormenting me to write in this journal. I have considered having one of the nurses carry it to the hospital incinerator, but suspect that if I do so, a fresh volume will appear. The woman is relentless. I have now proven to the…
Read MoreThe Les & Laurie Show: Lovecraft edition
I love doing book events with Les Klinger. Conversations about Sherlock Holmes, from our two very different points of view, are a whole lot of fun. And now Les has a new book on H.P.Lovecraft, and he’s coming to Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park to talk to me about it, and to sign it–plus, there…
Read MoreTwenty five years of earth moving
This Throwback Thursday concerns twenty-five years ago tomorrow, when the Loma Prieta earthquake killed 63 people and rewrote the face of northern California. At 5:04 that afternoon, I was sitting with my writing pad in my lap with soccer practice going on in front of me. The roar of an approaching train grew as windows shattered and walls…
Read MoreMary Russell’s War (eleven): Continuing the record
13 October 1914 [In the hand of Dr Leah Ginzberg.] I write this entry in the journal of Miss Mary Russell, who is currently in no condition to do so herself. A journal records a life, and it should be kept. It is not ten days since the terrible accident that robbed Mary of her…
Read MoreLuRKing on the Web
Like podcasts? Like a bunch of LRK podcasts? Conversations with Marcia Muller or Ruth Dudley Edwards, a panel on Higher Mysteries, a chat with a Baker Street Babe, and a whole lot more. Podcasts on the LRK site, here.
Read MoreLaurie, on the road
Happy TBT! Now coming to you from 1977, it’s Laurie, Noel, and A Large Friend, on Easter Island.Hmm, what would you think about a story set on Easter Island…?
Read MoreMary Russell’s War (ten): Notes from Dr Ginsberg
[On two pieces of lined paper, pinned to the pages of Mary Russell’s wartime journal.] October 7, 1914 Late Saturday night I received a telephone call from Mrs Long, housekeeper to my friend Judith Russell, to say that there had been an accident. I could not understand her at first, but clearly it was something…
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