http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog Will Thomas: The Official Site Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:38:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hope some of you can join me for the event "Chapters: A Casual Evening of Books, Bards, and Bites," at the Hardesty Regional Library in Tulsa on September 10th. I will be speaking, along with fellow authors William Bernhardt and Tim Tharp. Cost for the evening is ... http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=75 I've opened a facebook group for friends of Barker and Llewelyn. The group is Barker and Llewelyn Novels by Will Thomas. Today's discussion: How many Barker and Llewelyn novels have you read? See you on facebook! Cheerio, Will http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=74 This weekend, I was invited to attend an anime convention called Tokyo in Tulsa, complete with a Steampunk-themed ball. It was an interesting lesson in what modern youth are reading and doing today, and I am pleased to report that the Victorian Era has never been more popular, thanks ... http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=73 Join me today in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the William Bernhardt Writing Workshop at the University of Tulsa. I'm speaking at 2:00 on the subject of writing Historical versus Contemporary Mysteries. Panels and booksignings will be ongoing throughout the day. Look forward to seeing you there! Cheerio, Will http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=72 I hope it is obvious in reading my novels that I revere Charles Dickens. He is a monolith, like Shakespeare, and arguably the greatest writer of the Victorian Age. At Christmas, it is standard for us to read A Christmas Carol or to view one of the thousand ... http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=71 I have in my hand a very rare book, one which anyone acquainted with the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will recognize. This book is probably not for sale in the entire world, and it has taken me three attempts to get a copy by interlibrary loan. ... http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=70 From the November issue of Golf Digest: "November 29, 1894. The Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling serves Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a Thanksgiving dinner at his Brattleboro, VT home. To say thanks, Doyle gives Kipling golf lessons during the visit, and the two later play winter ... http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=69 I am very happy to announce that THE BLACK HAND has been nominated for a 2009 Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America. The award will be given in October at Bouchercon, which will be held in Indianapolis this year. Mystery writing is such a solitary ... http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=68 Thank you so much for all of your emails and letters asking about the next Barker and Llewelyn novel. I'm hard at work on the sixth and will update the website with further information soon. Cheerio, Will http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=67 I suppose I'm something of a rail fan. I came by it naturally. My father built boilers and my grandfather was a coal miner in Scotland. Somehow, I've missed the great age of steam, which is yet another reason I like to time travel via fiction. ... http://www.willthomasauthor.com/blog/?p=65