Just 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThis 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,…
Read MoreThese 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThese 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.
Read MoreFollow 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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