Today’s a guest blog day at the 15 Weeks of Bees (all buzz, all the time!) so Laurie’s having a visit with the nice folks over at Age 30+. Do join us, and while you’re there, have a look around and say hi to your new friends. Then back here tomorrow, with news about the…
Read MoreThe story thus far: Miss Russell, in acknowledgment of the Fifteen Weeks of Bees celebration under way in the Laurie R. King e-universe, chose to explain to the world through the device of her MySpace blog the manner in which she came to deliver the Russell Memoirs to Ms King. This, week seven of the…
Read MoreAnd the event of week seven here at The Fifteen Weeks of Bees (where the buzz is “All bees, all the time”) concerns The Art of the Russellism. A Sherlockism is one of the pithy sayings Sherlock Holmes was wont to create: There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” “You see, but do…
Read MoreOh dear. Whales. And waves, and palm trees. To say nothing of wind-surfers, kite-boarders, and other decorative events. This is the view from the condo. Not distracting at all.
Read MoreThe winner of this week’s Facebook drawing is Kramer A. Kramer. Congratulations Kramer! You won a complete autographed set of the first four Mary Russell books in paperback. Thanks to all who participated by becoming fans of my Facebook page. This week we’ll be working hard to decide on your best Russellism, so thanks for…
Read MoreMy area of northern California is sub-tropical. Meaning, you can grow tender things like citrus and hibiscus most of the time, but then a freeze comes along and you’re back in the 1-gallon department of the garden center. Hawaii is the tropics proper, where plants you think of as indoor/greenhouse babies rioting twenty feet high.…
Read MoreAs I may have mentioned, I’m at Left Coast Crime in Hawaii, on the big island of Kona. Although from what I’ve seen of the place, I might as well have been in some well-watered resort anywhere in throwing distance of the equator. Without any imput on my part, the planners (Judy Greber and Louise…
Read MoreThis week’s guest post is hosted by A Work in Progress, where I talk about history and how it influenced the Mary Russell series. Please stop by and say hello!
Read MoreAlso included in this sixth week of the Fifteen Weeks of Bees is the deadline for the Russellism contest on Friday, March 13. We will announce the winner on the following Friday, March 20, so send your cleverest quips to bees@laurierking.com today for a chance to win an Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) of The Language…
Read MoreLove your library? Want to see Laurie King there? We’ve saved some slots in The Language of Bees tour just for events in east coast libraries (roughly, Richmond to Boston) during May 1 to 5. If you know a library in that area that does great events, send us the email address of their events…
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