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The writer working the project has changed. It's now Prescott Martin.
I'm happy to announce that the adaptation author, Marta Tanrikulu, for Steampunk Holmes has joined our team. Marta has years of editing experience and a passion for writing speculative fiction.
If you remember from an earlier post I was perplexed with how to adapt the normally languid Sherlock Holmes short stories to a Steampunk thriller - the stories don't have that much action in them. Marta approached me with the idea of doing an adaptation of "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This somewhat atypical story was written later by Doyle and includes a lot of color. For example, it's a thriller with espionage - plans for a secret British military submarine are stollen - and Holmes and Watson move around London a lot on the subway system.
The story provides us with plenty of opportunities to introduce Steampunk technology while leveraging a solid plot-line along with Doyle's wonderful writing. We will make some changes to Steampunkify the story (of course!) and to add a bit more action, but other than that the story is pretty well written. That makes it much easier to produce the book than coming up with an original story.
We have decided that Watson, Holmes trusty side-kick, will have a steampunk mechanical arm which should come into use throughout the story. It's about time Watson had a bigger part don't you think?
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