Pico, Day 15

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Here's today's post for your snippets, comments, thoughts.

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[saki101.livejournal.com]

Only a little writing, but some more thinking about how things will, hopefully, tie together.

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John shut the front door quickly. “That was a very good decoy job Mrs Hudson just did.”

“Yes. That feather-on-a-string thing was an astute purchase on her part,” Sherlock replied. “Gray might have been an asset if we were looking to engage people seated outside in conversation, but tonight it’s listening we need to do and inside the pub is where we need to do it.”

“Pity they won’t have any food this late. I’m starving again,” John said. “It was so busy at the surgery, I forgot about lunch until it was nearly time to go home.”

They eased past the crowd of smokers on the pavement. Sherlock swept his glance over each one as he held the door open for John. “I’ll order olives,” Sherlock said.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Productive thinking is so important but much more difficult to quantify than words. Kudos. I'm still enjoying your Sherlock characterisation here very much.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

It's so true. Some of the thinking seems to happen surreptitiously and once I become aware, it slows down!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I've said before that I find I do my best thinking on the edge of sleep (both going to bed and waking).

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Yes, that halfway state is very good for creativity if only one has the energy to get it written down or the luck to remember it later to do so.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I usually take a printout of my latest few pages to bed with a pen, so I can jot anything down if inspiration strikes. I've got a little low-intensity bedside light that isn't too wakeful too.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

What a good idea.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Ah, the feather on a string, more new things for Sherlock to learn! Though you'd think he'd know by now that olives don't really take the edge off. I like the way your snippets have so much life, there's always something going on in the background.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think Sherlock's nutritional knowledge is, at best, eccentric.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Poor John, he never seems to get to eat properly.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

I was thinking they could go have Chinese after the pub at that nearby place that stays open until 2 am, but they may need to follow someone. I'm not sure yet!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Thinking is good - when I find myself in a not-writing phase, as often as not what is really going on is a not-thinking phase.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

This story is playing peekaboo inside my head!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

For some reason the "I'll order olives" made me giggle out loud :)

[saki101.livejournal.com]

I chuckled a bit when I wrote it. More on olives shortly!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Cat distraction is a valuable skill.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

It is! I think Mrs Hudson's gained a lot of practice distracting people to help Sherlock out one way or another.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Good way to distract Gray - although I suspect he will not approve when he realises Sherlock has sneaked out without him.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

True enough! :-)