We just got word that the Booklist review (see The Language of Bees page for the full text — caution, contains spoilers!) is being featured as today’s Review of the Day on the front page of their website. Thanks, Booklist!
Read MoreThis week, look for updates from sunny — er, rainy — Hawaii, along with: The next installment of Mary Russell’s story on her MySpace blog on Monday, followed by a reprint here at Mutterings on Tuesday. This week’s blog tour stop will be over at A Work in Progress on Wednesday, March 11, so please…
Read MoreArrived in Hawaii yesterday to find rain, and although it slacked off a bit in the afternoon, now on Sunday morning it’s pouring. And of course, the hotel’s sprinkler system just went on. However, I have travelled in the tropics enough to know that there’s a reason things are green, just like there’s a reason…
Read MoreThe winner of this week’s puzzle contest is Tiffany Draut. Congratulations Tiffany! You won a complete autographed set of the first four Mary Russell books in paperback. The solution to the puzzle is as follows: The solution quote is the opening line of The Language of Bees, which you can read along with many of…
Read MoreThe deadlines for the Russellism and Russellscape contests have now been extended by a week each, so you now have even more time to dream up the perfect Russellian quip or express your artistic side! Please see the Contest page for details and prizes.
Read MoreThe preliminary list of LRK sightings is up over on the events page, although we’ll be adding things and we’re still working on the details of May 1-5. I’ll be on tour much of May, and for the first time in, oh, ten years or so, I’m putting together stops on the east coast (If…
Read MoreJust in case one or two of you might have been waiting to read The Language of Bees, I should mention that we’ve posted a two-chapter excerpt on the webpage— BUT, before I get trampled in the rush to get over there, can I remind you of two things? One, there are still ten Weeks…
Read MoreFor your reading pleasure today, please visit Age 30+… A Lifetime of Books to read my thoughts on writing Sherlock Holmes and other famous literary characters, researching the Mary Russell books, and of course, Sherlockians.
Read MoreWant to get an early copy (ARC) of THE LANGUAGE OF BEES, and see your name on the Thanks page of the next Laurie R. King novel to boot? All you have to do is dream up a witty phrase that Mary Russell might have said, and I’ll insert it into Russell 10 (currently working…
Read MoreWelcome to the fifth week of Fifteen Weeks of Bees. On tap this sevenday is: The fifth installment of Mary Russell’s tale on MySpace, which explains how on earth she came to send the material to me, Laurie King, and the convoluted manner in which it reached me. Excitement! A punt chase! May Day in…
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