QOTD

[julian_griffith]

"I sometimes wonder whether I am a scholar at all," said Miss Lydgate. "It's all quite clear in my head, you know, but I get muddled when I put it down on paper. How do you manage about your plots? All that time-table work with the alibis and so on must be terribly hard to bear in mind."

"I'm always getting mixed up myself," admitted Harriet. "I've

Comments

[eglantine_br]

I think you and Harriet would get along very well. And her feelings about writing are very sensible. (Though I do not think that Ms Sayers was as relaxed as all that. I don't think she took Harriet's advice either!)

[charliecochrane]

Although her books have got their howlers/plot holes in. I suspect she wrote that bit from the heart.

[julian_griffith]

I'm one of her nine, usually -- I guess I'm too far removed from the setting to catch them. Though I do notice when she cheats by hiding a solution from the reader after the characters already know it. That frosts me a bit.

Speaking of mysteries... I've been hit by an idea that I want to develop, but I worry I'd be stepping on your toes. May I email you?

[charliecochrane]

Mail away, toots.