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Day 15: Would you rather be able to fly or breathe underwater?

In our Dungeons & Dragons group, a couple of us can fly.Florian can fly because he has fairy wings.My character can fly because she made an ill-advised impulse purchase at a dodgy market, and acquired

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Day 14: Weirdest thing you’d do for £££

Once, a long time ago, a friend of mine got a message from a dude on the internet.I think this may even have been pre-Facebook, kids. So, we’re talking AOL chatrooms the like.But I digress.He wanted

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Day 13: National Prosecco Day

Apparently it’s National Prosecco Day today.I don’t drink prosecco anymore, but I used to like it very much. It started as a treat when I’d done something I was proud of or when I’d signed a

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Day 12: 3 songs that make you want to dance

Today’s prompt is—think of three songs that make you want to dance, and write about why!Here are mine:Cannonball by The Breeders—it’s such an indie-banger and was part of the soundtrack to my

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How to Avoid Looking Like an Amateur Author

I’m going to make a big assumption about you: you're an expert. A pro.You love what you do, you do your absolute best for your clients, your friends, your family—and you go above and beyond to deliver

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Episode 315: Dropping the Mic with Mike Ganino

Follow Mike:Guest Info — Mike GaninoMike helps people get to the core of their story and share it in a way that creates change and profoundly impacts an audience. For the past 20 years I have

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Stop Trying to Find Your Voice

I looked everywhere: in my friends’ heads, in the books of writers I love, on TV shows and in movies; even down the back of the sofa.I looked inside my own head, and outside it, too.But I never did

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Day 11: Clever or funny?

Would you rather be clever or funny?I’m gonna be greedy with this one and say BOTH.I am both clever and funny.Srsly though, I do love to make people laugh—it’s disarming, it’s charming, it’s

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Day 10: National Lazy Day

Ohhhhh I love this.I’ve shared a prompt before about “laziness”—and my feelings about protestant work ethics and capitalist death grinds….So today, think on this: what would you do with a day

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Day 9: Book Lovers’ Day

I couldn’t ignore this one, could I?I am a book lover. A lover of books. All types of books, but especially hardback books—beautifully printed and bound copies.The stories inside, of course, are

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