And the Winner Is…

By Laurie King / February 27, 2009 /

The winner of this week’s MySpace drawing is Meredith Taylor. By making a comment on Miss Russell’s blog post this week, she won a complete set of the first four Mary Russell novels in paperback from Picador Books. Congratulations Meredith! Check back on Monday, March 2 for the next Mary Russell word puzzle. This one…

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MySpace Contest — Ending Soon!

By Laurie King / February 27, 2009 /

This week’s contest for the Fifteen Weeks of Bees is perhaps the easiest one yet. Simply leave a comment on Mary Russell’s MySpace blog and your name will be entered in a drawing to win the first four Mary Russell books in paperback. The drawing will take place on the afternoon of Friday February 27,…

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First Draft to Proof: The Language of Bees (8)

By Laurie King / February 27, 2009 /

These are pages eight and nine of the final draft of The Language of Bees.  Next week, I hope to update the new book page on the site, including the entirety of the first two chapters.

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Guest Post — Jen Robinson’s Book Page

By Laurie King / February 26, 2009 /

This week’s blog tour stop is at Jen Robinson’s Book Page, where I discuss Mary Russell’s appeal as a role model for girls of fifteen and women of any age.

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First Draft to Proof: The Language of Bees (7)

By Laurie King / February 25, 2009 /

These are pages five and six of the original first draft of The Language of Bees. The equivalent pages of the final draft will be posted on Friday, following my guest post at Jen Robinson’s Book Page.

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Mary Russell: My Story Part 4

By Laurie King / February 24, 2009 /

Follow Mary Russell’s account of the story behind how and why I came to have the Russell/Holmes memoirs, as described in Laurie’s prefaces to the first four Russell books. Further chapters to come each week during the Fifteen Weeks of Bees every Monday on Myspace, or Tuesdays here on my blog, Mutterings. Mary Russell: My…

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Myspace giveaway and–first review!

By Laurie King / February 23, 2009 /

Some exciting things this week on LRK-world, week four of the Fifteen Weeks of Bees.  First, you’ve seen Mary Russell’s latest post over on her Myspace blog?  We’ll post the same episode of her ongoing story on Mutterings tomorrow, however, the drawing we’re doing this week will go to someone who posts a comment on…

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And the winner is…

By Laurie King / February 20, 2009 /

The winner of this week’s Mary Russell word puzzle drawing is Emily Rivard. She won a complete set of the first four Mary Russell novels in paperback from Picador Books. Congratulations Emily!

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First Draft to Proof: The Language of Bees (6)

By Laurie King / February 20, 2009 /

These are pages six and seven of the final draft of The Language of Bees. The tentative first draft here has a clear sense (to the author, anyway) of where it is going and what needs to take place here, at the beginning, to set the scene for the pages to come. >

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Guest Post — A Striped Armchair

By Laurie King / February 19, 2009 /

Today we’re making ourselves comfy in A Striped Armchair. Please join me there for my thoughts on writing The Beekeeper’s Apprentice and the many doors it opened to Mary Russell’s further adventures.

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