Beyond Watson Goes Live with Free Shipping to US, UK, and EU, Plus a Historical Festival Update

Beyond Watson Makes Half of its Goal in First 24 Hours on Kickstarter

What a great first day! Within the first 24 hours Beyond Watson is already more than halfway to its goal. Thank you to everyone who has backed the project so far!!

Also, we heard from many of you that you wanted Beyond Watson to be available in Germany or France or Sweden. We did not expect such an outpouring of support from the EU, but because of you, we have now made it so that there is free shipping to any EU country. If you could not order your copy yesterday and you live in an EU country, please go back and make your order.

Remember, all of the stories in Beyond Watson are told, at least in part, by a character who is not John Watson, and are written by some of the best current Sherlock Holmes authors including David Marcum, Daniel D. Victor, Don Everitt Smith Jr., Elizabeth Varadan, Geri Schear, Kieran Lyne, Luke Benjamen KuhnsMarcia Wilson, David Ruffle, and me, Derrick Belanger. I am also excited to announce that the great science fiction author Jack McDevitt will have his first Sherlock Holmes story in this collection, and another sci-fi author, Richard Paolinelli, will have his story included as long as we reach our Kickstarter stretch goal.

I would love to see Beyond Watson meet its goal by the end of the first week of the campaign. The best thing we all can do to help continue the momentum (besides buying a copy) is to let others know about this project. Please share via Facebook, Twitter, Email, Instagram, or any other social media method you employ. I will have an author interview series with the Beyond Watson participants throughout the campaign, so look back here for author interviews in the near future.

Thank you and looking forward to sending you advanced copies of Beyond Watson after the Kickstarter meets its goal.

Historical Festival Update

The Endeavour Press Historical Festival is just around the corner. The festival will run from April 18th - 22nd and each participating author will have a 30 - 60 minute time slot where you can ask them questions and interact with them via their Goodreads author page. At least two Sherlock Holmes authors, Derrick Belanger and David Stuart Davies (Ed.), will be participating. I have requested a time on April 18th or 19th. When I know the precise time, I will update on this blog. You can check out all the authors and events at: https://historicalfestival.wordpress.....

Derrick Belanger is the author of the #1 bestselling book Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenance which was in the top 200 bestselling books on Amazon. He also is the author of the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes books, the latest of which is Curse of the Deadly Dinosaurand edited the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle horror anthology A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural. His latest novella Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure Of The Primal Man is currently available as an ebook from Endeavour Press. Mr. Belanger also is a frequent contributor to the blog I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. Mr. Belanger resides in Colorado and continues compiling unpublished works by Dr. John H. Watson.