....and what else, is 'new', dazzlenation?....lessons in writing from pullman?....."you're pulling our leg" replies BI online....hmmm....no laughing matter....lesson no. 1 - get a ghost writer to outline an entire book, chapter by chapter...with detailed notes so that you can't go wrong or deviate too much from the plot and character descriptions provided...and 'voila'...you've got a best-selling philip pullman novel....go figure:

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