It sounds so lame when I say that I got some ideas from a show on PBS, but it's true! Last night, I watched Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking with Rupert Everett as Holmes. Sure, there was the Victorian setting which gives me an idea of what kind of atmosphere I want to achieve. But the greatest thing was that Everett portrayed Holmes' darker side as a drug addict. What a wonderful flaw to stick one of my characters with!
