tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927747170998995622.post7598181357306120823..comments2023-09-28T08:31:05.222-04:00Comments on Thoughts from Baker Street: Taken Over by the Ghost of WatsonKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291262762143375183noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927747170998995622.post-52848542896792877152012-04-19T15:41:09.614-04:002012-04-19T15:41:09.614-04:00I have to say I'm REALLY excited for Jack of A...I have to say I'm REALLY excited for Jack of All Trades. Given that this is a premise you can take in all kinds of directions, I can't wait to see what you'll do with the characters and the mystery. You also make a lot of sense about Watson's roles in the series so far, and that while he is still an important person in Holmes' life, the novels aren't really about him. He can understand and comment only so much on matters of madness and the like. Nice to know he'll be in the limelight more for JoaT, at least.<br /><br />Something that intrigues me, though . . . I wonder how much literature (pastiche or not) there is out there about Holmes' pre-Watson days. And, more intriguely, I wonder what it would be like if Holmes investigated the Opera Ghost mystery as per its original setting (around 1881). It's just interesting to me that no one has considered that premise yet, even though it's the one that's most time-accurate for both universes. Then again, there are challenges to writing a mystery about Holmes before Watson came along.B.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16991579547913969410noreply@blogger.com