Susie Dinneen

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I’m having a bit of a Philip Pullman moment. Not only has The Secret Commonwealth just come out, but the BBC series His Dark Materials has been released too! I’ve only seen the first episode of the TV show, but already I am in love with Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter. Her golden monkey daemon is as terrifying as I remember. ⁠
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His Dark Materials always brings up the subject of daemons. (In case you haven’t read it yet, in Philip Pullman’s world, every person has a daemon, an animal that goes everywhere with them and is like a part of their soul.) My husband, Graeme, says that our cat Koto is his daemon. I always change my mind about my daemon—a moth, a ferret, a raven. The ultimate is a snow leopard, but tricky for taking the bus, I imagine. Like, would it need its own ticket? 🐆⁠
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What's your daemon?⁠
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"Once upon a time (when time ran by clockwork), a strange event happened in a little German town."⁠
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And so begins "Clockwork, or All Wound Up" by Philip Pullman. I'd never heard of it, but in an interview he said it was his favourite of his books, so of course I had to hunt it down. It's a little book (only 90 pages) but all the characters fit perfectly together and the plot is wound up tightly, and then tick-tock, it all springs to life. ⁠
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Second-hand find! 🕵️‍♀️⁠
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I know I'm supposed to be powering through my manuscript for NaNo, but I'm not going to make 50k words by the end of the month. That's okay. It is what it is. ⁠
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So I've slowed down and am going to do some research. By "research" I mean read Agatha Christie. ⁠
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Are you NaNo-ing? How's it working out?⁠
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"The sun was raining again." ⁠
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So begins Furthermore, a riotous story bursting with magic, colour and adventure. ⁠
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May your weekend hold the same 🌈⁠
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