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Claire Daines

@221bees.bsky.social

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Seamstress, novelist, poet, Sherlockian, Whovian, Pratchetteer, Middle Zealander, ADDer, dog lover, cat worshipper, caffeine... (What's the opposite of an addict? Teetotaller? Ascetic?)

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@221bees.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 8:44 AM

Yeah, that one's my favourite, too!

@221bees.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:43 AM

My author's copies of 'Straight On Till Baker Street' arrived this week, been having fun doing photo shoots with my collection of props. Vote for your favourite in the comments!

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@221bees.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:23 AM

Available in paperback or hard cover from MX Publishing, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. All sales will help to support the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

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@221bees.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:23 AM

My latest novel is coming out on October 7th, squee! A magical retelling of the Sherlock Holmes case 'The Final Problem', in which Holmes must protect his friends from Professor Moriarty while struggling to deal with a flood of long-buried memories. Because all children grow up... even Peter Pan.

@221bees.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:06 AM

photo of what may be the derpiest Staffy in Oceania. But hey, if you're still keen to get the inside scoop on my little corner of the globe, pull up a chair! (And by 'inside scoop', I don't mean current affairs, you want my facebook feed for that!) (3/3)

@221bees.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:06 AM

I have to keep a blog. Problem is, I'm really bad at keeping up with things like this (thanks, ADD!), so you'll be lucky if I remember to post more than once a month, if that. It'll probably be mostly pics of the sewing projects I stupidly keep putting my hand up for, with the odd (2/3)

@221bees.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:06 AM

'...when the juggler misses the first chainsaw it is only the start of his problems. Some more will be along very shortly.' Terry Pratchett, Jingo Claire Daines here, juggler of various chainsaws in the not-so-fair land of Middle Zealand. To be a halfway successful writer nowadays, I'm told, (1/3)

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