Having trouble downloading Beekeeping for Beginners? Sorry if I misled you as to the ease of this process, it was not deliberate. There is A Step Between. As I understand it, the story is sold in a whole bunch of places, some of which are already formatted for their proprietary readers (Kindle, Nook, Sony, etc.)…
Read MoreA few years ago, I started playing with ways to work bits of third-person viewpoints into what are otherwise memoirs. Those don’t actually fit, of course, since “I” have no way of knowing exactly what “he” is thinking, even if I’m standing next to…
Read MoreMeredith Taylor, in LewTrenchard, Devon: We then went on to the Church of St. Peter in Lew Trenchard just next door, which is small and lovely. W.S. Baring-Gould, grandson of SBG, compiled the first annotation of the complete Holmes that I ever owned. On his account I took a picture of the memorial plaque to…
Read MoreMeredith Taylor continues her description of an investigative trip to Dartmoor, in the footsteps of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Lew Trenchard While talking to the staff ladies, a good question was answered: how can a hotel chain afford to have all these family portraits and beautiful furniture? Donna gave me the interesting solution: Dr.…
Read MoreThe intrepid Meredith Taylor follows the footsteps of Russell and Holmes in Dartmoor… Dartmoor, MOOR and Lew Trenchard When we arrived a party of four was sitting right next to the fireplace in the front room. (No fire needed on a Thursday in May.) I was disappointed as this would slow down my quest for…
Read MoreFriend of Russell Meredith continues her May trip to England… Dartmoor and Lew Trenchard, Part 2 On that first evening, we kept going on one of the major roads and stopped at Two Bridges. MOOR says Russell and Holmes stopped at “an inn” with a Saracen’s Head in Two Bridges. There was no Saracen’s Head…
Read MorePirate King sets sail three months from today! That means it’s time for: Details of the contests, drawings, and piratical shenanigans will be given in weeks to come, but for the moment, you should know from here on out, the excerpts will be given first in the LRK newsletter, then some days later on the…
Read MoreThis week’s post on writing was superseded by grandmaternal duties. Meet the newest pirate in the King’s realm. Arrrgh! grandson.
Read MoreI had another post ready for today, on Writer’s Wednesday, but then I received the first review for Pirate King, and I decided to talk about reviews instead. I’ve been lucky with reviews. I’m sure there are any number of loud and pointed complaints on my various books’ Amazon pages, but I take care not…
Read MoreWhat would happen if you asked twenty top writers who don’t normally write about Sherlock Holmes, to write about Sherlock Holmes? And what if these great writers read that proposal and decided that yes, they did have that kind of tale in the back of their minds? Why, you’d have: A Study in Sherlock, Stories…
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