The second excerpt for The God of the Hive is here, with more to follow on the 27th of February and March. For those interested in one writer’s creative process, each will be followed by a post showing the first draft of that section, with brief remarks about the rewrite process. I will take care…
Read MoreThe buzz (sorry) begins as the LRK e-world gears up for the Fifteen Weeks of Bees (starting February 1). Shelf Awareness featured the celebration in its January 25 edition — please visit their site for the full write-up.
Read MoreWe’re going to be conducting some site maintenance while we work on converting over to a new and improved website, so posts and comments will be turned off for a short while. Thanks for your patience!
Read More1993 was a big year in my life. A Grave Talent was published, and didn’t disappear entirely. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was prepared for publication, and I went to New York to meet that mysterious and all-powerful individual, an editor. The publishers made it clear that they wanted more books, and would give me money for…
Read MoreHere’s wishing us all a sturdy and cheerful 2009. (From a 1939 British propaganda poster, sent me by the stupendous Tony Broadbent whose character Jethro the cat burglar is sure to encounter Mary Russell one of these days.)
Read MoreCorrespondence has come to light between Mary Russell and Other Important People, which will be revealed during the upcoming Twenty Weeks of Buzz. It follows the 1992 (not a typo—those old folks do get around!) tale published last year as MyStory (or, The Case of the Ravening Sherlockians.) [LINK to MyStory] The current saga posts…
Read MoreChristmas can be a tough time of year, especially the first year or two after you’ve lost someone close to you. After my father died, it took me some time before any of us could face producing the sorts of cookies he always baked for the season. Eventually, my mother started making the individual fruitcakes…
Read MoreThere’s a new Laurie King on the shelves—a new LRK short story, at any rate: Long long ago, in a galaxy far away, I did an event we called “Writer’s Improv,” which meant I sat down one lovely May morning and wrote a story with the world looking over my shoulder, online. That day I…
Read MoreSorry for the silence here, my Mac was off playing with friends at the Apple store, and in the meantime the copyedit for The Language of Bees landed on my desk—oh, and isn’t today some kind of a holiday? Because my house is awfully full of people all of a sudden… But I just wanted…
Read MoreMy good buddy Dana Stabenow is a video star! It’s a great example of how to make, and use, a video, with pizazz, personality, and humor. This is how it came about, in her words: 1. I saw the Reduced Shakespeare Company in London. 2. I moved back to Kachemak Bay and joined the Homer…
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