Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, May 22 2007
Born May 22: Arthur Conan Doyle
Today is the birthdate of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose best known character was Sherlock Holmes. Doyle's own life seemed to be constantly plagued by one paradox after another, with his work as a physician not nearly so recognized as was his writing. Sherlock Holmes dealt with science and physical evidence, yet Doyle's own life seemed drawn more to mysticism and apparitions than to a life of religious fruit. He ended up killing off Sherlock Holmes in order to spend more time writing about what happens after people die. I've often wondered why he didn't kill Holmes and then write him up as continuing to solves crimes by communicating with still-living characters. In the end, I think maybe Mr. Doyle didn't want to communicate with the dead so much as he realized that life under the current human condition is an unfinished work. I'd like to believe that he died in 1930 with hope and with the belief that God is the true Author and Finisher of our faith.
posted at: 13:14 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Today is the birthdate of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose best known character was Sherlock Holmes. Doyle's own life seemed to be constantly plagued by one paradox after another, with his work as a physician not nearly so recognized as was his writing. Sherlock Holmes dealt with science and physical evidence, yet Doyle's own life seemed drawn more to mysticism and apparitions than to a life of religious fruit. He ended up killing off Sherlock Holmes in order to spend more time writing about what happens after people die. I've often wondered why he didn't kill Holmes and then write him up as continuing to solves crimes by communicating with still-living characters. In the end, I think maybe Mr. Doyle didn't want to communicate with the dead so much as he realized that life under the current human condition is an unfinished work. I'd like to believe that he died in 1930 with hope and with the belief that God is the true Author and Finisher of our faith.
posted at: 13:14 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
