This is page three of the original first draft of The Language of Bees–the equivalent pages of the final draft will be posted tomorrow. (Click on each image to enlarge.)
Read MoreFollow Mary Russell’s account of the story behind how and why Laurie R. King 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 in Laurie R. King’s blog, Mutterings.…
Read MoreMary Russell posts on her Myspace blog every Monday during the Fifteen Weeks of Bees. The second installment is now up. With her kind permission, I shall post the same here every Tuesday, so check back tomorrow for the second part of Miss Russell’s tale. Think of this as a serial short story.
Read MoreWe’re posting the actual first pages of The Language of Bees, as an illustration of the rewrite process. Yesterday’s first draft has become today’s final proof page (if you have trouble reading this image or yesterday’s, just try clicking on it):
Read MoreOver the next few weeks, I’m going to post what you can regard either as terrible teasers, or as lessons in the writing process, depending on how desperate you are for the book. These are the actual ms pages of The Language of Bees, the original sheets that came out of my printer, with scribbles.…
Read MoreDuring the Fifteen Weeks project, some of my Muttering will be done elsewhere. Such as this week’s guest blog over at Bookish Ruth, in which I talk about writing Russell. Do join us there, but do come back later this week when I give the first taste of The Language of Bees.
Read More(Mary Russell posts on her Myspace blog every Monday during the Fifteen Weeks of Bees. With her kind permission, I shall post the same here every Tuesday. Think of this as a serial short story.) 1. Hard as it is to believe, fifteen years have passed since Ms Laurie King published—under her name—the first volume…
Read MoreMy husband Noel died yesterday. Many of you were aware that he was ill for a very long time, following a 2006 stroke and then cancer diagnosis, and anyone who has had a loved one linger will understand that the sorrow is strongly colored with relief. It is odd, but somehow appropriate as well, to…
Read MoreMy so-clever daughter has become a webster, and we’re all new and shiny at the web site Fifteen Weeks of Bees! A Russellscape! Fun stuff! What do you think?
Read MoreWe’ll be talking (a lot!) about Fifteen Weeks of Bees here over the next, well, fifteen weeks, but to whet your taste for what’s going on, here are just two of its elements: Mary Russell video and Mary Russell on Twitter. I love my fans.
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