The Adventure of the Late-Winter Read
Long-time followers know this, but every winter I read one of the classics. It's important to understand the history of the craft of writing. All art forms are the same. It's important to stay current, but it's equally valuable to know where your craft comes from and to learn from what those folks created. And to understand how some cultural references came into being. This winter, I stumbled upon The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. As the title suggests, it's a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from his later years: Sherlock Holmes. If you're not familiar, in the late 1800s, British author Arthur Conan Doyle created the world's most famous private detective. The stories are told through the eyes of Holmes' trusty sidekick, Dr. John Watson. He would eventually write 56 short stories into the 1900s and commanded vast sums of money to keep writing. I'm, and don't cancel me for this, not the world's biggest fan of Doyle's writing. ...
