Posts by Laurie King
The two-way pull
By the time I sent off the copyedit of Garment of Shadows the first week of January, my brain was empty of words. In the last year, I’ve written short stories and introductions, guest blogs, essays, & silly stuff to do with the Pirate King publication, my half of The Arvon Book of Crime Writing,…
Read MoreEnough with the Sherlock, already
You know you’ve been doing too many events with a writer when:
Read MoreLife in Baker Street
I’m in New York, for the annual festivities of the Baker Street Irregulars, that wild-and-crazy bunch of Sherlockians (it began as a drinking society, after all) that inexplicably welcomed me to its (mostly) manly bosom a couple of years ago. Tonight begins with a distinguished speaker’s lecture, to get things off in the properly academic…
Read MoreLaurie’s busy year: an annual report
2011 has been a busy year. A ridiculously busy year. A year so nuts, it has forced me to declare 2012 The Year of No. Meaning that if you’re about to ask me to write a short story, participate in a seminar, or show up at your festival, I can only say that if you’re…
Read MoreThe SEND button
For the past year, I’ve been working with Michelle Spring on a book about writing for the Arvon writing foundation. The Arvon Book of Crime and Thriller Writing will be published in 2012, both in the UK and US markets. And I can say that with assuredness because I have just this morning hit the SEND…
Read MoreSherlock mania
The anthology A Study in Sherlock is getting a lot of, er, buzz, with puns flying as newspapermen work their literary magic on reviews. There are several upcoming group events, including tonight in the San Francisco library, then the 19th in Scottsdale, the 20th in Los Angeles, and December 3rd in Redondo Beach. Various of…
Read MoreTwinterview
The complete text of the Twitter Inteview between Les Klinger and Mary Russell has been posted on Miss Russell’s home page. Interestingly enough, the publishers also managed to get it between the covers of A Study in Sherlock, with extraordinary quickness. And if you scroll down a post. you’ll see Charles Todd’s reflections on Holmes’…
Read MoreDana’s study
In case you were wondering why Dana Stabenow would agree to write a story for A Study in Sherlock, here’s why.
Read MoreKlinger v. Russell: who will win?
I understand that Les Klinger is trying to get Mary Russell to submit to an interview about A Study in Sherlock, over on Twitter. (The hashtag is #ASinS, or just go here for his query, then her responses.) I wonder if he’ll succeed in enticing her to agree? She’s not proved terribly cooperative with past interviews…
Read MoreCotterill’s Kung Fu Sherlock
A Study in Sherlock, the superest anthology of the fall season, goes on sale October 24th. Several of the authors have written posts for the Study in Sherlock blog, which we’ll be posting over the next few days. Also exciting is my co-editor Les Klinger’s Twitter interview (Twinterview?) with Mary Russell, beginning next week. First…
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