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Only 3 more sleeps to go before #ELSETIME is published!!! Like Glory Bobbin in the story, I am feeling a *little* impatient, so here are a few fun facts about Elsetime while we wait! 
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Only 3 more sleeps to go before #ELSETIME is published!!! Like Glory Bobbin in the story, I am feeling a *little* impatient, so here are a few fun facts about Elsetime while we wait! 1/7
#ELSETIME was inspired by a real event: The Great Flood of London 1928. Writing draft 1, imagine my shock (& 
) when I found this clipping - for one of the characters, I had already chosen the same name as one of the 14 lost souls: Mrs Quick. This was a story I HAD to tell! 2/7
) when I found this clipping - for one of the characters, I had already chosen the same name as one of the 14 lost souls: Mrs Quick. This was a story I HAD to tell! 2/7
#ELSETIMEās Needle has a condition where he can hear sounds in colour (itās a form of synaesthesia). Each word itself has a colour, like āthimbleā is a fingernail-pink word, but say it like you hate it and his mind will fill with red! What colour is āElsetimeā, I wonder?! 
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#ELSETIMEās crow is called Magpie. She was inspired by gift-bearing birds visiting our garden feeders! In exchange for nuts and seeds, two hooded crows would leave behind shards of metal or glass and, on the rare occasion, something special ā even a tiny Spiderman head! 
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#ELSETIME features one of my favourite things: a hagstone (super-rare stone with a hole!). Rich in folklore, they have been used for centuries to ward off bad luck & provide protection. Apparently, if you look through one, you will see another world.
Have you ever found one? 5/7
Have you ever found one? 5/7
#ELSETIMEās story unfolds in a town called āInthingtonā ā taken from an old saying of my momās whenever she bought something new: āOh, sure isnāt that the āin thingā!ā Writing #ELSETIME was fun! Nearly all character and street names are based on a theme! Can you guess it? 6/7
Nearly all character and street names are based on a theme! Can you guess it? 6/7
#ELSETIME was inspired by my treasure hunting twins ā like Needle in Elsetime, they would hold each piece in their hands, imagining its wild story of times past! Here is a painting I made of their favourite finds. They tell me each piece is worth millions ā lucky things! 
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