tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post8111247642814690811..comments2024-03-29T08:45:57.792-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): How I Came to Write This Story: B.V. Lawsonpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26966958308662109462012-04-12T18:48:04.546-04:002012-04-12T18:48:04.546-04:00Congrats to Al and Margot, the winners of the rand...Congrats to Al and Margot, the winners of the random drawing! An e-mail is coming your way.BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38424610269961188632012-04-09T17:44:07.633-04:002012-04-09T17:44:07.633-04:00Ideas are such funny things, George; I just wish t...Ideas are such funny things, George; I just wish they were more predictable! (Drayco doesn't have that problem, since his mind is always in "prestissimo" mode.)BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84212422260600071242012-04-09T10:25:53.337-04:002012-04-09T10:25:53.337-04:00I'm always interested in where creative ideas ...I'm always interested in where creative ideas come from. This mix of Doyle, Twitter, and crime is intriguing!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1091403644675296712012-04-09T10:22:26.713-04:002012-04-09T10:22:26.713-04:00Do you still play/perform, Margo? I hope so! I'...Do you still play/perform, Margo? I hope so! I'm not surprised music works its way into our writing. Scientists recently discovered that music works like dopamine on the brain, causing feelings of craving and euphoria.BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-55626310711052423722012-04-09T10:14:04.365-04:002012-04-09T10:14:04.365-04:00Charles, at least you can pick up a pocket chess s...Charles, at least you can pick up a pocket chess set. I'm still waiting for one of those thin, roll-out piano keyboards they used on "Star Trek: Next Generation." :-)BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21177784150842363592012-04-09T10:12:05.998-04:002012-04-09T10:12:05.998-04:00Thanks, Fleur! FYI, I enjoy reading your blog (it&...Thanks, Fleur! FYI, I enjoy reading your blog (it's one I've added to my feed reader).BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76738878559827755032012-04-09T10:10:21.421-04:002012-04-09T10:10:21.421-04:00I love the way Steven Moffatt has worked technolog...I love the way Steven Moffatt has worked technology into his modern take on Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch, Todd. The three-patch (as in nicotine patch) problem, the use of cellphones and computers. Although there is something wonderful about how Sherlock solved most of his problems entirely in his head, without the need for external devices.BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69914220533750942192012-04-09T10:05:05.092-04:002012-04-09T10:05:05.092-04:00By the way, that anonymous comment was from me. Da...By the way, that anonymous comment was from me. Darn computer keyboard, sending a message before I was ready. :-)BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88842988289289806542012-04-09T10:04:18.708-04:002012-04-09T10:04:18.708-04:00I had to laugh at your comment, Al, because I also...I had to laugh at your comment, Al, because I also sang (my undergrad degree is in voice performance!). And yes, that "too operatic" thought does cross my mind from time to time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51509627026758200382012-04-09T09:33:28.280-04:002012-04-09T09:33:28.280-04:00Thanks, Patti, for hosting BV.
BV - I know exactl...Thanks, Patti, for hosting BV.<br /><br />BV - I know exactly what you mean by music being in the DNA. I'm that way, too, and it does creep - no, stride - into what I write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-72744307832312514152012-04-09T09:29:23.771-04:002012-04-09T09:29:23.771-04:00I haven't played chess in a long time but some...I haven't played chess in a long time but sometimes I still dream of it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35614797509084443732012-04-09T09:15:43.732-04:002012-04-09T09:15:43.732-04:00This Drayco character sounds fascinating. I love t...This Drayco character sounds fascinating. I love the adventurous nature of this story, and this hunt foe clues...<br /><br />Congrats on the Derringer!YA Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371132883359264412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49755427977772385452012-04-09T09:14:22.640-04:002012-04-09T09:14:22.640-04:00Sounds like great fun, BV...and the writers of the...Sounds like great fun, BV...and the writers of the current SHERLOCK haven't let the new technology escape his notice and usage.<br /><br />As the world's fourth-worst trombonist (I met the three, and they were pretty bad, too), I think only a glancing engagement with the music sometimes can keep it alive for one...most of my better musician friends, though not the true geniuses of course, have tended to be rather blase about music since our early days...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37944553614130081452012-04-09T09:09:58.273-04:002012-04-09T09:09:58.273-04:00Another ex-musician! I agree--you never shake a mu...Another ex-musician! I agree--you never shake a musical past. I often catch myself reading something I have just written and thinking, "Too operatic," or sometimes "Not operatic enough."Al Tucherhttp://alberttucher.writersresidence.comnoreply@blogger.com