once read an essay by Isaac Asimov wherein he spoke about how each article or book he wrote afforded him the opportunity to become an expert in a new topic (and anyone familiar with his works can testify to the vast array of topics he did cover). In a way, that’s one of the main reasons I began this site: it allows me to delve into a subject of which I’m a mere dilettante (albeit a very enthusiastic one) and explore the hundreds of thousands of works relating to Sherlock Holmes and his creator –or literary agent, if you will– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, not to mention their tremendous influence on the worlds of fiction, criminology and pop culture. Each post of this blog therefore becomes another piece of my education, and –applying the old teacher’s maxim that the best way to learn is to share and teach– this site becomes both a natural outlet for my labours and a way to (hopefully) encourage other newcomer Sherlockians. Feedback, comments, discussion and the occasional learned voice can further help us all, I believe, so don’t be shy.

My other sites, a million monkeys typing and DIYPlanner.com (home to my free printable kit, the D*I*Y Planner), are more concerned with technological, productivity and creativity issues, but A Study in Sherlock is the home of my passion. Whether you’re a teenage newcomer or an elderly scholar (or a teenage scholar or an elderly newcomer), I hope you’ll find something to enjoy in these pages.

If you have suggestions for content, would like to see a review, have a link you’d like to share, or would just like to send along your thoughts, please feel free to contact me.

For more information:

• Why?
• Acknowledgements
• Legalities