Hi, and thanks for stopping by!
Now you're here, I feel I should say something really exciting about myself, like regularly scaling Mt Everest at weekends or flying faster than the speed of light, but that would be a terrible lie.
So what can I say relevant to my literary efforts online? Well, here you'll find my humble collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches and short stories. Sometimes I try to follow closely in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but I do like to experiment from time to time, so there are some stories that are most un-canonical.
I'm also a big believer in the importance of loyalty, which is probably what attracts me to the Holmes-Watson relationship, so generally my stories are littered with lots of warm friendship stuff.
Under pastiches, I'd put The Case of the Startled Bay (my personal favourite), The Adventure of the Unexpected Death and the slightly tongue-in-cheek The Adventure of Angevin's Empire.
Short stories include The Weight of Worth and The Affair of the Lincolnshire Sausage, which tend to be about those small ideas that pop into my head from time to time and are not weighty enough to develop into longer stories.
Then there's the other stuff (I don't know how to describe it!). Let's call them experiments in something different.
For example, The Case of the Reluctant Tenant is pretty heavy going, being a deep psychological study into the nature of loss and focusing on Holmes' feelings about Watson's marriage. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it was interesting from a writing pov.
The Adventure of Ex-President Murillo's Papers is a bit different too, as it sees Watson trying to tackle a case on his own and getting into a fearful mess - although he does emerge with his honour intact, since I've never subscribed to the bumbling depiction of Watson.
And then there's The Adventure of the Prestidigitator's Python, where a young Sherlock Holmes faces a considerable challenge in undertaking one of his early cases. Lots of fun to write and an encounter to remember!
Influences? The canon stories obviously. I also can remember seeing the Granada series when it was on in the late 80s and am still scarred (to some extent) by what happens in The Resident Patient (see, I can't even bring myself to write it!).
Miscellaneous ramblings? I've got an odd sense of humour, which I blame entirely on my family as I come from a long line of eccentrics (yes, really!). I've lived in London all my life, got my BA (Hons.) in History from the same university as Dr Watson (University of London) and live approximately 11 miles from 221B Baker Street.
When I'm not writing fanfic, I'm living another life as an art history lecturer. This means that I'm not the fastest updater in the world, but it does get done eventually. I've never left a story hanging yet!
Oh, and yes, the pen name. Another of my interests is early music and folk music. 'Westron Wynde' or 'Western Wind' is a 16th century love poem put to music by that very busy writer, Anonymous. It's short, but oh-so-very beautiful. And why did I choose it? Honestly? Because every other name I tried had already been taken. Oh, well...
What else can I say but enjoy!
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