![]() ![]() ![]() I read the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes for Dummies, The Sherlock Holmes Handbook by Ransom Riggs (yes, THAT Ransom Riggs), Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova, just to name a few. It was then that I thought, “I want to write Sherlock Holmes as a nine-year-old girl.” Oh, and how he has the manners and temperament of a small, spoiled child. I suddenly “got” the appeal – how Sherlock Holmes can make deductions because he can see things others don’t. Within ten minutes, I was struck by Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. (And okay, the fact that my brother was cast as Sherlock Holmes may have something to do with it.)īut all of that changed when I sat down to watch the BBC series, Sherlock. ![]() Or maybe it was because I was a little annoyed that when my elementary school did a Sherlock Holmes musical, I was relegated to the choir since there weren’t any major roles for girls. Or I didn’t really understand how Sherlock’s mind work. Maybe it was because they were boring old adults. Sure, I was familiar with the Baker Street detective and his sidekick, Dr. Oddly enough, I wasn’t really into Sherlock Holmes. I enjoyed going along on a case with these pint-sized detectives and trying to figure out “who done it?” ![]() When I was in elementary school, I devoured Encyclopedia Brown, Harriet the Spy, and Nancy Drew novels. ![]()
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