Hypable: Is Every Move the end for Mycroft and Rachel?
EM: For the time being, yes, this is the end. My brain needs a break. They might like to have a little break themselves. I can imagine doing some short stories, but that’s only if they really come knocking. I’m looking forward to doing something new and something different. I’ve been working with these characters for more than five years now, so it’ll be nice to tackle something new.
Hypable: What’s next?
EM: Well, you know Harris, and how fantastic he is? I might be toying with Harris’ location. I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to say!
Hypable: So it’s the end for Mycroft and Rachel, but not necessarily for this world?
EM: Not necessarily for the world. I’m working on something now, I’m more than halfway through. It’s coming along. I can give you a few hints, but I can’t give you too much detail at this stage. It’s set in Mildura. It’s drug crime, so it’s going to be a little bit more real, and a little bit more romance. It’s quite a diverse cast, and one of the characters is a police sergeant’s daughter. That’s about all I can say at this stage. Gritty, and more with the romance. I’m going to kill you in the feels.
Hypable: And what was the last scene that you wrote in the entire series?
EM: It was the last scene in the book. I get to a point when I’m about three quarters of the way through, when I’m piecing it together, and then I really have to write it in order.
Hypable: You said goodbye as they said goodbye, how poetic.
EM: I know, it was really sad. I did feel sad. I found it really hard to write this book. Simmone Howell [author of Girl Defective] said to me, “You just don’t want to say goodbye to the characters.” And it really hit me then.
‘Sherlock Holmes’ quick fire round:
Hypable: I have ten quick questions for you. Number 1. Sherlock vs Elementary?
EM: I love Benedict Cumberbatch, but I find Elementary more human.
Hypable: Number 2. Benedict Cumberbatch vs Jonny Lee Miller?
EM: Oh that is so hard! How can I do this? I can’t do this. I love Jonny Lee Miller. I’m going to say Jonny Lee Miller.
Hypable: Number 3. Joan Watson vs John Watson?
EM: Joan. Even though Lucy Liu really got on my nerves at the start of the series, but then she grew on me.
Hypable: Staying on the gender-bending theme: Number 4. Sherlock‘s male Moriarty vs Elementary‘s female Moriarty?
EM: Elementary, definitely. I’m really coming down on the Elementary side, aren’t I? I love it.
Hypable: Number 5. Robert Downey, Jr. vs the upcoming Ian McKellen?
EM: Oh god, Ian McKellen. Robert Downey, Jr. was a terrible Sherlock Holmes.
Hypable: Number 6. Classic Holmes: Jeremy Brett vs Basil Rathbone?
EM: Jeremy Brett.
Hypable: Number 7. Watson/Sherlock bromance vs Watson/Sherlock romance?
EM: Canon or contemporary? Canon, bromance. And contemporary, romance.
Hypable: Number 8. Canon Sherlock Holmes stories written by authors other than Arthur Conan Doyle: Yes or no?
EM: Yeah! Horowitz’s House of Silk I felt was beautifully faithful to the style, it just didn’t really do anything for me.
Hypable: Our last two are themed for your books. Number 9. Rachel vs Mycroft?
EM: Oh, no! That’s so hard! If I had to meet them in person, I’d want to meet Mycroft. I’ve been picturing him in my head for so long.
Hypable: Do you feel that’s because you’re more similar to Rachel, so you already have that insight into her?
EM: Yeah. I’ve been living in her head for so long, but I’d love to see Mycroft in person.
Hypable. Number 10. Every Breath vs Every Word vs Every Move, which is your favorite?
EM: It’s like choosing one of my children. That’s really hard. I’m going to say Every Word, because it was a real joy to write that book. It came out very quickly and was like automatic writing.
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