![]() 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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