I was thinking it would be placed in modern times, and the wife would not be solving the crimes, she would have no skill in that what so ever. I just think that being from the perspective of a by stander who can still you know have the investigative side of it would be fun.

You don’t have to be brilliant, I’m certainly not. I’m still in High School Xl

Alright, so this is actually pretty uncharacteristic of me, but I need something to work on / write about when I’m not headbutting my first-draft novel, and mystery stories are a fun way to write in both wide strokes and fine details.

Here’s my writing resume in simple list format:

1. HA. I’ve got a degree in it! (Studying creative writing for 4 years in college ought to be worth something, and honestly I think this is the first time I haven’t had to go “well, I know my degree isn’t exactly what you’re looking for but I’m still valuable.”). B.A. Creative Writing, Springhill College

2. I also have experience in psychology! I’ve got a minor in that. (Double whammy on the education front — look at that house worth of expense pay for itself.) If that wasn’t good enough, I’ve got close friends who work in law enforcement, clinical psychology and neuroscience.

3. I’ve written mystery stories before (alright only like 3) which we simultaneously loved and hated by all those who read them (I didn’t include the solutions/resolutions in the conclusions of the stories. Apparently this is a bad idea, because people are lazy and want to know that they are right. People read genre fiction to escape the inherent uncertainty of life.)

4. I’m pretty experienced with ghost writing and collaborative story telling. My day job is taking what people say and mean and making it sound better, and I’m a pretty incessant roleplayer.

5. I’m willing to commit to the project. Seriously. I need due dates. I miss them. Please bring them back.

And a couple of comments: you might want to avoid the wife angle since Watson’s characteristic comparative slowness could be interpreted as misogynistic sexism. Doyle combated this interpretation in Watson by making him a doctor. We could also combat this by likewise making the wife quite capable — just not a superhuman enigma solving machine.

@J.Merill That’s awesome!!!!! Your education is so enviable but I’m 15 so I’ll get there. The reason I wanted it to be a wife was for the love aspect (and maybe kids) she could be capable in a non-mystery-solving manor, I just feel like if she could solve the mysteries it’d be not something I’m interested in.

Now to logistics I’ll admit I’ve never done a collabrative project other than my vlog collab that now hasn’t had a post for two months and has only one member who is not me, so I don’t really know how to do this, um, any suggestions.

@Alibeth Thank-you