Posts Tagged ‘Twenty Weeks of Buzz’
A Case in Correspondence: Week Fourteen
We have a treasure trove of goodies going out this week… David H. won the God of the Hive ARC giveaway for opening last Friday’s newsletter. Don’t forget to sign up here for future prizes and news! @littlefluffycat also will be reading an ARC for participating in last night’s Twitter party. If you missed out…
Read MoreThe God of the Hive, portion the fourth
The final excerpt of The God of the Hive (only a month to go until pub date!) is up (via the book page), in which Mary Russell hides behind milk canisters, and meets a gun. Come back here to Mutterings in two days for my comments on the rewrite process of this chapter, and a…
Read MoreA Case in Correspondence: Part Thirteen
A series of communications (employing means as varied as re-used post cards and the agony columns of the Times) has come to light between Mary Russell and Other Important People, which will be revealed during the Twenty Weeks of Buzz. It follows the 1992 (not a typo!) tale published last year as MyStory (or, The…
Read MoreA Twitterpated Twitterparty
I hope you’ll join us this coming Sunday for a Russell and Holmes (virtual) house party. You—yes, you!—are invited by Miss Russell and her curmudgeonly husband to a party at their Sussex Downs cottage. If you are on Twitter, you can add your voice to the conversation and maybe be offered a glass of honey…
Read MoreWinners, and A Case in Correspondence: Week Thirteen
The winners of this week’s contests are… For last week’s puzzle contest, Marc B. won the prize, a mini-broadside of “A Venomous Death.” Send in your solution to this week’s puzzle for your chance to win! Shawn S. won this week’s Goodreads drawing. Over at the Virtual Book Club, we had quite a few winners…
Read MoreKeeping Watch
This is week thirteen of this spring’s Twenty Weeks of Buzz, when each Tuesday I post remarks about the background of one of the twenty books. This week, Keeping Watch, published in 2003. I wanted to write a man. Often the seed of one of my books is something that only has significance for me:…
Read MoreIt’s all a puzzle
We’ve had quite the puzzling time of it during the Twenty Weeks of Buzz, with a total of five brain twisters provided by a few clever fans. This week is your last chance to match wits with our Twenty Weeks puzzles, so head over to the puzzle page and download this week’s Bee-fore and After…
Read MoreA Case in Correspondence: Part Twelve
A series of communications (employing means as varied as re-used post cards and the agony columns of the Times) has come to light between Mary Russell and Other Important People, which will be revealed during the Twenty Weeks of Buzz. It follows the 1992 (not a typo!) tale published last year as MyStory (or, The…
Read MoreAnd the winners are…
The winners of this week’s drawings are: Goodreads winner (mini-broadside): Georgia O. Feb. 27 newsletter drawing winner (of a God of the Hive ARC): Amanda L. Sign up here for a chance to win your own this month! Twitter winner (of a mini-broadside): Ana S. from Portugal And the one you’ve all been waiting for……
Read MoreA Case in Correspondence: Week Twelve
What’s this I see? Mary Russell has a new post over on her MySpace page? Episodes of “A Case in Correspondence” will appear there Wednesdays throughout our Twenty Weeks of Buzz, and on Fridays you can find them here at Mutterings. What on earth are the world’s greatest detective and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, up…
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