The Three Stooges: Hollywood Filming Locations
 

Off topic, but crazy cool stuff just seems to happen to you when you live in Los Angeles. I randomly met Jim Pauley today, author of The Three Stooges: Hollywood Filming Locations, while at Just Tires in Hollywood, getting my oil changed and new tires. He was in town from Philadelphia for the Turner Classic Movies festival, and a tire on his rental car had exploded, so there he was. 

He didn't have to go far with his book pitch before I had him grabbing a copy out of his rental car. After flipping through a few pages, I bought it right then and there on the spot.  You should really check out his book, it's AMAZING! Besides, he was a super awesome guy, and I feel like I could have talked to him about old school hollywood forever. Pity my car was ready too soon. I did manage in a quick pitch about my book, Before the Strand, and he seemed genuinely impressed. Hoping that's the general response!

Here's his book, and I highly recommend it if you're a Three Stooges fan!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Three-Stooges-Hollywood-Locations/dp/1595800700

Before The Strand

Yet another unrelated post. Well, somewhat. That is, the subject matter is Victorian, but it's not necessarily about history. No wait, that's not right either! Oh dash it all! Well, I may as well 'cut to the chase' as they say.

For several years, I've been working on a novel called Before the Strand. It's a Sherlock Holmes story, but not your standard fair of pastiche where Sherlock Holmes and Watson solve yet another mystery. Instead, the story is centered around Jonathan, the 14 year old son of Sherlock Holmes, who sets out to unravel his mysterious past, and to learn why his existence was omitted and erased from Sherlockian history. There are many dark secrets and shadows that exist for the famous flat on Baker Street, and Jonathan is determined to discover what they are. 

My lovely agent is currently shopping the story around, so hopefully, there will be more news soon, but I felt the time was right, to finally announce it. The few I've coerced into reading it, have really enjoyed it thus far, so....hoping others will to! The game is afoot!

Well, this isn't exactly a Victorian historical blog post, as it more concerns fiction and steampunk and time travel, but what the heck. Shameless self-promotion.

Here is a comic book I'm involved with called 'The Legion of Molly Doves' that will be available at the San Diego Comic Convention this coming July, 2013, at booth #5533, and will also available for purchase online.  Think Charlie's Angels, meets The Time Machine, meets Steampunk, meets Sherlock Holmes.

More info will be posted as it's available on the publisher's blog,....

http://blissontap.blogspot.com/

We also have a facebook page...

https://www.facebook.com/TheLegionOfMollyDoves

oh, and a twitter page, but more updates soon!

 https://twitter.com/MollyDoves



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