{"id":7942,"date":"2018-03-24T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T18:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?p=7942"},"modified":"2018-10-19T15:25:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T15:25:01","slug":"free-giveaway-a-sneak-preview-of-the-prequel-to-the-dakota-stevens-mystery-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/free-giveaway-a-sneak-preview-of-the-prequel-to-the-dakota-stevens-mystery-series\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE Giveaway! \u2014 A Sneak-Preview of the Prequel to The Dakota Stevens Mystery Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sto\u00adry of how Dako\u00adta Stevens and Svet\u00adlana Kr\u00fcsh met and became an inves\u00adtiga\u00adtive team is one that has haunt\u00aded me for 15 years\u2014ever since I opened a fresh note\u00adbook and began the \u201cpre-pro\u00adduc\u00adtion\u201d that became the first nov\u00adel in the series, A Real Piece of Work<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I knew I want\u00aded Dako\u00adta and Svetlana\u2019s intro\u00adduc\u00adtion to mir\u00adror the first meet\u00ading of Mr. Sher\u00adlock Holmes and Dr. John Wat\u00adson in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s nov\u00adel A Study in Scar\u00adlet<\/em>. Like oth\u00ader afi\u00adciona\u00addos of Sher\u00adlock Holmes, I have always loved Stamford\u2019s intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of them to each oth\u00ader in a chem\u00adistry lab, and Holmes\u2019 famous first words to Wat\u00adson: \u201cYou have been in Afghanistan, I per\u00adceive.\u201d<\/p>\n

I began writ\u00ading A Study in Crim\u00adson<\/em> before I knew how and when Dako\u00adta and Svet\u00adlana would meet. At the out\u00adset all I knew was, I want\u00aded the title of the sto\u00adry to have \u201ccrim\u00adson\u201d in it as my homage to A Study in Scar\u00adlet<\/em>. How\u00adev\u00ader, ear\u00adly on I decid\u00aded the word \u201ccrim\u00adson\u201d would refer to an inci\u00adden\u00adtal con\u00adnec\u00adtion to Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/p>\n

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Har\u00advard Square, Cam\u00adbridge, MA. The cen\u00adter of the action in A STUDY IN CRIMSON.<\/p><\/div>\n

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While liv\u00ading in Cam\u00adbridge, Mass\u00ada\u00adchu\u00adsetts after col\u00adlege, I spent many morn\u00adings writ\u00ading at Au Bon Pain caf\u00e9 in Har\u00advard Square<\/a>, and my after\u00adnoons play\u00ading chess there. \u201cWhat if,\u201d<\/em> I said to myself, \u201cSvet\u00adlana were the inter\u00adim coach of the Har\u00advard chess team, and she spent her free time crush\u00ading ama\u00adteurs at the caf\u00e9?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I have sub\u00adti\u00adtled the nov\u00adel \u201cA Pre\u00adquel to the Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series,\u201d but it would have been equal\u00adly accu\u00adrate to sub\u00adti\u00adtle it \u201cThe Dako\u00adta and Svet\u00adlana Ori\u00adgin Sto\u00adry.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m pleased to announce that A Study in Crim\u00adson<\/em>, a pre\u00adquel to the Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series, will be avail\u00adable for pre-order this spring, and for down\u00adload this sum\u00admer.<\/p>\n

In the mean\u00adtime, if you sub\u00adscribe to my web\u00adsite below, you will receive a FREE PDF sneak-pre\u00adview (the first 4 chap\u00adters) of the nov\u00adel!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addi\u00adtion to receiv\u00ading the sneak-pre\u00adview of A Study in Crim\u00adson<\/em>, sub\u00adscribers will have new blog posts emailed to them, as well as exclu\u00adsive con\u00adtent<\/em> unavail\u00adable to non-sub\u00adscribers, includ\u00ading bonus sto\u00adries, writ\u00ading tips, and insid\u00ader essays on the world of a writer.<\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/p>\n

Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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