Three May Keep a Secret: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure by Richard T. Ryan - Adult Fiction 18+, 264 pages
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Book Title: Three May Keep a Secret: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure by Richard T. Ryan
Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 264 pages
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: MX Publishing
Release Date: November 29, 2021
Tour dates: November 29 to December 17
Content Rating: G.
Book Description:
When
a meeting with a client goes disastrously wrong, Sherlock Holmes soon finds himself involved in a case of murder with two dead bodies and too few clues.
From some clear pieces of glass and a raven's feather, the Great Detective must divine exactly who the client was and what prompted him to seek assistance at 221B. Fortunately, Holmes has a
number of experts upon whom he can rely as well as his own vast store of esoteric knowledge.
Treading a twisted path, Holmes soon finds himself matching wits with an unseen criminal, who appears to be the equal of the late Professor Moriarty. At the same time, he is tasked with sparing the monarchy any possible embarrassment that may stem from
the investigation.
It's a deadly game of cat-and-mouse that finds Holmes and Watson attending underground auctions, using rare and priceless artifacts as bait and holding a late night vigil in anticipation of deterring a theft, all the while trying to understand how a priceless antiquity fits into their investigation.
Guest post for JB’s Bookworms with Brandy Mulder
A Pantser’s Life for
Me
by Richard T. Ryan
By now, most
people are familiar with the terms “planners” and “pantsers” when it comes to
writing. If you aren’t, planners are those authors who outline their novel
before they write it. A good friend of mine, who is a very successful writer,
is an inveterate planner. He likes to take those oversized index cards and
outline each chapter before he begins to write his books.
By contrast,
pantsers fly (or write) by the seat of their pants. They don’t use outlines or
road maps when writing; they just sit down and start to compose.
There are
definite advantages to both sides, and I’ll outline a few here.
Let me begin
by saying, there are times when I wish I were a planner, but I don’t have the
patience for it. Besides, I usually don’t have any idea of what I will be doing
an hour from now – let alone 25 or 30 chapters from now.
As a result,
I just sit down at the computer and write. I tell people that I let the story
take me where it wants to go, and there is a great deal of truth in that.
However, the real reason I don’t plot is because I like the freedom – or at
least the illusion of freedom – it affords me.
I can
remember working on my first novel, The Vatican Cameos, and reaching a point
where I thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool if …”
After a
while, I realized that I could make that “cool” thing happen. Suddenly, it hit
me: I could do anything I wanted – within reason.
Now planners may have those same
moments, and they may be able to incorporate those epiphanies into their work.
However, I’m pretty sure that those breakthrough moments wreak havoc on the
rest of the outline. So if you’re going to change the outline, why make one?
Again, maybe planners can revise an outline on the fly when inspiration hits,
but it strikes me as having to do a great deal of unnecessary work.
One of the big downsides to
pantsing, at least from my experience, is painting yourself into a corner.
Sometimes that really “cool” idea ends up with me having no idea how to get out
of the situation I’ve created. It’s not writer’s block exactly, but it’s
certainly related.
Sometimes I’ll reach a solution in
a day or two, other times, it may require a week or two, Rest assured, the
problem is never far from my mind during those periods, and I’m constantly
devising, rejecting and refining solutions until I finally develop something
that not only fits, but feels right.
Plotting requires a certain
discipline that I often wish I had. However, as jealous as I am of those who
can outline a book from beginning to end, I’m not quite ready to renounce the
freedom that pantsing allows me.
As I said, I’m not advocating one
method of writing over the other, I’m merely telling you what works for me.
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Meet the Author:
He has also written “B Is for Baker Street (My First Sherlock Holmes Book)," an alphabet book he penned for his grandchildren.
Among his other credits are “The Official Sherlock Holmes Trivia Book," a book on Agatha Christie trivia and the well-received murder mystery “Deadly Relations” that has been produced twice off-Broadway.
He pursued his graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in medieval literature. To this day, he remains a die-hard fan of the Fighting Irish.
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