MUSE MONDAY: The Smoky Moth of Enid Richemont
This week, the Unicorn welcomes experienced children's author Enid Richemont...
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| Enid Richemont |
Enid: My Muse is a totally silent, smoky Moth. Its wings are covered in the softest fur, and its body is jewelled. Its eyes, which are multi-facetted, see everything, but Moth doesn't easily share, and has to be persuaded and wooed. Sometimes Moth is male, but mostly it's female, or a combination of both.
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| moth picture: creative commons Wikipedia |
When did you first meet?
Enid: Long ago, when I was writing THE GLASS BIRD.
Does your muse appear in any of your books and/or artwork?
Enid: Moth haunts THE GLASS BIRD, because Moth and the Bird are kindred creatures.
If you won the lottery and had complete artistic freedom, what would your muse write/create?
Enid: A magic substance that would stop people from hurting each other - hurting others is such a waste of joy and life.
Before you go, does your muse have a message for the Unicorn?
Moth: Our people are such slow learners, and only we know how much they have to learn. Meet me in a hundred years or so, and maybe we'll fly together?
It's a date! By that time I should have grown some lovely wings like Pegasus - and I'm hoping they will sparkle like my horn, so maybe I'll be able to fly in the dark like a moth.
Find out more about Enid on her website: www.enidrichemont.org.uk
More than anything else in the world, Adam wants a friend. One day, walking home from school, Adam picks up a conker and - almost as a joke - he makes a wish. He wishes for a friend. But the conker leads him to something quite different: a glittering glass bird hidden in the ferns.
It's the most beautiful thing Adam's ever seen, and the most extraordinary - for the bird appears to live and breathe. Could it be that this wonderful creature has the power to make Adam's wish come true?
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