Kate McClelland, four secrets and things devoutly to be wished for.

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Kate McClelland, four secrets and things devoutly to be wished for.

Four names people call me other than my real name

006 & a half – Kids in school (I was bullied a lot, so like an imprisoned spy, I would never tell anyone anything, so they called me this as 007 was taken :0)

Spaz – Kids in school (It was short for ‘spastic ‘ – I am not disabled but I am very clumsy and I wore big glasses at the time and they were not very nice)

Little One – Hubby (I’m not little, but what can you do?)

Mum – my favourite

Four Jobs I have had:

School Vacation Babysitter

Catalogue Packer

Trainee Graphic Artist

‘Spot the Ball’ coupon checker

Four movies I have watched more than once:

The Matrix (this genuinely blew my mind when I saw it the first time)

Labyrinth (David Bowie, SFXs, the old woman who carries all of her stuff on her back really made me think)

Harry Potter (all of them – who doesn’t love magic?)

Miss Marple (only with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple – she is Miss Marple to me)

Four books or authors I recommend:

I had trouble deciding as I love so many, but here’s a few you may or may not have heard of:

Simon Toyne – Any of his books Sanctus, The Key, The Tower (old magic, religion, secrets, love, battle running through the ages until now – now it changes because of one woman and one man – Ahh Gabriel, I would follow him through Hell!)

Jonathan Harvey – The Girl Who Just Appeared, The Confusion of Karen Carpenter (contemporary, gritty in a good way, funny, pulls no punches, but you don’t feel battered afterwards)

Ben Aaronovitch – The Rivers of London, Moon over Soho, Foxglove Summer, (magic police, wicked wizards, hidden places in the London Metropolis all run from the mysterious building called ‘The Folly’)

Scarlett Thomas – Bright Young Things, Going out, PopCo, The End of Mr Y, Our Tragic Universe (quirky, quantum swirling definition defying adventures for adults)

Four places I have lived

A slum due for demolition

A tenement block

A three bed terrace

A three bed semi

Four places I have visited

Rome

Vancouver

Ostend

Edinburgh

Four things I would rather be doing right now

Eating curry, chips and rice (UK chips, not US chips)

Writing with a pot of Smoky Lapsang on stand by

Reading with a nice pot of Earl Grey at my side

Walking through the countryside – anywhere in the British Isles

Four things that I am looking forward to this year

Spring – for the Bluebells and Freesias

Summer – for the Hollyhocks and Roses

Autumn – for the golden leaves and berries

Winter – for the Holly, Mistletoe and frozen spider webs