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Feb-11-2007 09:33

It takes place in London. Although someone else already beat me to the punch in writing about Shakespearean theatre in London (the Romeo and Juliet mystery)....well, I decided to center mine on a different traditional play and only with many, many more twists. I'm thinking it'd get a Hard or Really Hard rating.

Not just that but I think London needs more featured mysteries too!

IRL I'm a New Yorker (not to mention a chick posing as a dude!) but have extensively travelled the UK and seen much of England and Ireland's rich history, tradition, and culture. I'm incorporating a lot of English local color and slang in this, and using British spellings instead of American spelling.

If this mystery does well I'd like to write more for London, and for the other cities when I get a chance to go to them. But mostly London for I have a soft spot for it, and New York since it's my hometown. Me loves the Old Yorke a bit more than the New York. :P

I'm almost done with the intro for this one. I'd like to post it and get feedback. If anyone's interested in reading it, does so and thinks it has a chance of becoming an FM, please let me know! Thanks! :)

Feb-11-2007 16:07

"I'm not sure about taking this one on, Pravina," I told her. "The police should be here any minute and rule this out as an accident. I think it's an accident."

Then I stopped myself. Suddenly I was flooded back with the memory of how affable and open she seemed to me at the bar, and "I think someone is after me."

"Sorry Pravina, I take that back. This might not have been an accident."

"I don't think so either. I can already think of a few people who wouldn't want her around, but everyone's saying it's just the curse of the Scottish Play. Oh, the newspapers are going to have a field day on this!"

A tearful Pravina begged of me, "Please take this case on before the police and the newspapers start making a huge media blitz out of the whole thing, I beg of you! Even though Margot was famous, she was in a tangled web of lovers, ex-lovers, old clients, and I think she was married to a barmy old sod at one point too. The police will think she just deserved it. Please do this, money is no object. Margot was the best friend I've ever known."

I couldn't possibly say no to this woman. I indeed had seen what a kind and charming person Margot was, she was just as beautiful inside as she was out. Famous or not, Margot deserved justice. And I badly needed the dosh.

So much for my fantasy of a sunny holiday in Spain.

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Whew! That's what I got. Let me all know what you think! --Rachel R. aka Squinky (yes, I'm a girl posing as a dude!)

Feb-14-2007 09:29

Update 2/14:

Well kiddies, the mystery's about 70% done. This intro has been revamped quite a bit-- so much that it's going to be split into 2 parts. I just need to write the twist, ending, and some character dialogues. Then it's off to the board to see if it gets used!

Feb-14-2007 09:29

Update 2/14:

Well kiddies, the mystery's about 70% done. This intro has been revamped quite a bit-- so much that it's going to be split into 2 parts. I just need to write the twist, ending, and some character dialogues. Then it's off to the board to see if it gets used!

Feb-14-2007 14:43

It'll be great to see a new FM up when you finish :)

Feb-14-2007 17:52

I'm about 80% done now-- just have the twist and I'm still planning a nice big ending-- keep your fingers crossed for me that it'll get approved. :) If it does, I want to write many more of them! I found that I really had a fun time writing this and definitely want to do more. My style's an odd mix of tradition and innovation.

But hopefully by Monday or so I should be done!

Mar-1-2007 00:45

Just curious, did your FM get accepted? (I'm looking forward to playing it!) I wrote one myself about two months ago and never even got a response back...

Jul-10-2007 18:57

Sounds so cool. it kind of sounds like a story that I wrote for my own amusement. I've never writen a story online before. Totally awesome. I LOVE IT!!!

Jul-20-2007 08:35

where do you go to either sign up or submit your mysteries. Do I need to talk to Ben

Jul-20-2007 10:12

No Botsie, just go to the Writer's Workshop link and start writing. :)