Laurie’s
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(group member since Aug 19, 2012)
Laurie’s
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from the Q&A with Laurie R. King group.
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Jane wrote: Laurie, there have been quite a few discussions about Lord Peter where we've wished you'd gotten to tackle him. Am I right in assuming that the Sayers estate has the copyright locked down?
Paul wrote: Which is your favorite of the original Sherlock Holmes stories and why?
Jane wrote: did you hesitate to write a novel based on an existing character? (I imagine you're glad you did, as are we all.)
Jacqueline wrote: I've always been curious, did you plan on the marriage of Russell and Holmes or did that particular plot point sneak up on you?
Eric wrote: With so many other writers tackling Sherlock Holmes what made you feel you can succeed at producing a top quality Holmes story?
Jane asks: By the way, my questions is about languages. Did you study any or just have an interest in them?
Mary wrote: Will Garment of Shadows be released as an audio selection soon? Love your books and love Jenny Sterlin's narration! Also enjoyed Folly very much. Thank you!
Jenny wrote: My question is this, Ms. King: do you have an overall plan for how many Russell books you intend to write, or are you tackling each one now as it comes along in your head? I don't want to see the series end, but I am curious to know exactly how far ahead you mapped the books. In my opinion, it's been a simply brilliant set of works and I'm curious to know if it took off and grew more than you had originally expected/intended. The amount of research you put into each book is not only amazing, it's greatly appreciated by this reader - so thank you! Sorry for the rambling post; no tea yet this morning.
Alice wrote: I would like to know if you have any plans to do further short stories from Holmes' POV? It was such a delight to get into his head and revisit the meeting of Mary Russell and Holmes in "Beekeeping For Beginners."So many moments in BEEK invite further expansion from Holmes' POV, as do many in all of the 12 memoirs.
Fans are eager to read about these, which is probably the reason for Russell/Holmes fanfiction, but to read it from the source is always preferable.
Alice
"...the girl with the strawberry curls"
Gloria wrote: I have so enjoyed Laurie's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. Two of the most riveting being THE LANGUAGE OF BEES and THE GOD OF THE HIVE. Laurie's Robert Goodman character so fascinating and well developed I truely want to sit down and visit with him. Laurie, please say he can come back for a visit in a later book?
KimCo wrote: My question is really a hopeful suggestion that maybe a future book might revolve around the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893? Maybe it wouldn't work because of the HH Holmes murders - anyway, it would put my two favorite topics to read about in one volume!
Jacqueline wrote: Is there a setting you haven't used for the series yet that you would like to?
Julie wrote: Laurie, I have read all your major works and love them. My question is this: do you plot out a major overarching theme for your characters that carry over for all the lives of the series, then fill in the individual books, or do you plot a book at a time? So for example, did you know from the beginning where the relationship with Mary and Holmes would go? Did you know where Mary's back story would go?
Heather wrote: I have always been impressed by the extensive historical research that goes into these books. I would like to know how Miss King does it? Does she prefer books, online, or some combination of the two?
Sabrina wrote: [Do] you have a favorite character and why? Along with who you found the hardest to write?And just for fun... out of all the characters in your books:
Who would you invite to a dinner party?
Who would you dread meeting?
Which character would you like to befriend?
Jane wrote: Laurie, do you have a research assistant?
Mike wrote: where did Ms. King learn so much of Indian lore, customs, decor, clothing and such? Very well done.
Rick wrote: I very much enjoy Ms. King's novels- the sense of atmosphere is so perfectly evoked- How much research into Victorian England must go into each novel?
Merrie wrote: Laurie, you've been teasing us for years about that trip to Japan. When will we get that story? And Amy wrote: As Merrie has asked, I'm also eager to know about the Japan episode. Of course that would be a story told out of sequence, which was also done with "O Jerusalem"; and in that novel I felt there were elements of the story that had a greater richness for the reader who knew the things that had happened to Holmes and Russell since. Is that a strategy you're also taking with the Japanese episode, to purposely hold it so the reader has some later information to layer into it?
And Chanel wrote: My question is about an adventure mentioned in Locked Rooms. Before arriving in San Francisco, they stopped in Japan and solved a case. Are you considering going back and writing about it?
Merrily wrote: When you began to write BEEK, did you envision the romantic tension that begins to evolve, or did it rather creep up on you?
