the first sentence: "No, no, Holmes," Watson said, blithely unaware that he'd interrupted the denoument of the case and drawing stares from the Scotland Yarders who had been herded together to applaud the detective's latest performance. "That's the wrong weave for an English fishing boat -- the net is from Portugal, or possible Cape Verde." the last sentence: "Well, I never!" the thing that made me want to write it: It's always fun to confound Holmes, as long as you let him get cocky again afterwards. the biggest problem I had while writing it: Researching Victorian hobbies. And spelling decalcomania right every time. why it almost never got posted: I got lost in that 1880s book on chemistry. the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage: That would be the one with Lestrade and Gregson challenging each other to come up with the most outre hobby to suggest for Holmes to take up. It was a good idea, but Holmes beat everyone to it. something else that I want readers to know: You could get really interesting chemicals really easily in the 1890s! Cheap, too!
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Re: Well I Never
Date: 2009-09-09 03:28 am (UTC)the last sentence: "Well, I never!"
the thing that made me want to write it: It's always fun to confound Holmes, as long as you let him get cocky again afterwards.
the biggest problem I had while writing it: Researching Victorian hobbies. And spelling decalcomania right every time.
why it almost never got posted: I got lost in that 1880s book on chemistry.
the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage: That would be the one with Lestrade and Gregson challenging each other to come up with the most outre hobby to suggest for Holmes to take up. It was a good idea, but Holmes beat everyone to it.
something else that I want readers to know: You could get really interesting chemicals really easily in the 1890s! Cheap, too!