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Sat 11 Nov 2010And the magic begins
When ARMINTA WALLACEheard that Terry Pratchett was giving a masterclass in creative writing she jumped at the chance to learn from the famously outspoken author, who, after a slightly awkward start, recalled how he got into the fantasy business
HE IS by turns cranky and querulous and laugh-out-loud funny. Dressed in priestly black, his white beard glowing under the fluorescent light, he’s very English and, at least to begin with, palpably hostile. It’s like coming face to face with a quixotic, real-world mixture of George Bernard Shaw and Grandad from Only Fools and Horses.
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