As 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…
Read MoreWe 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…
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