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Episode 287: Is it a good idea though?
Show NotesJoin Vicky and Joe as they talk for 9 whole minutes about pickles, swear at UK politicians, then move onto a brief anecdote about Idi Amin. If you can sit through all that, you'll get a well-organised,
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Episode 286: How long will it REALLY take to write a nonfiction book?
Show NotesVicky and Joe talk about all the water in their house and get far more excited than you probably are about their new loft space. It's so middle-aged it's painful. And then—you'll get a rundown
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Day 31: National Storytelling Week
Today marks the beginning of National Storytelling Week, so I’d like to hear a story from you.Or perhaps you could write about a story that means a lot to you.If you fancy writing your own little story,
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Day 30: What’s on your left? Write about it in great detail
Simple prompt today.Turn your head to the left. What’s the first thing you see? No cheating—be honest.Now set your timer and write about it for 5 minutes. Don’t tell me there’s nothing to say—get
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Day 29: What delighted you most recently?
From rage to delight—today’s prompt is to write about something that’s delighted you recently.Maybe it was great service in a shop, or from a business. Maybe someone did something lovely for you.Here’s
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Day 28: What pissed you off recently?
Come on, this is your chance to vent.January is dark and gloomy (at least in this part of the world) and it does feel good to have a good old rant sometimes.Maybe narrow it down: what in your industry
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Day 27: Favourite vegetable?
They look like tiny trees, and so the broccoli is my favourite vegetable.(FYI, broccoli is one of those words I can’t spell, no matter how many times I write it. It took me 3 attempts to write the
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Day 26: If you could have a tail…
...what kind of tail would you have?Simple and silly prompt today.I sometimes think I’d like a T-Rex tail, but it wouldn’t be very practical. So instead, I’d like a lemur tail so I could walk around
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Day 25: Burns Night
In the UK—well, in Scotland, mostly—we celebrate Burns Night on January 25 in honour of poet Robert Burns.You’ll probably know him from Auld Lang Syne, but we won’t hold that against him, because
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Day 24: January haiku: new beginnings
Forgive me if you already know this: a haiku is a poetry form that orginated in Japan.From Wikipedia:Haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of
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