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The Art of Loving to Hate Yourself

Since I’m moving house late in the month of November this year, I initially figured that I wouldn’t have time to participate in National Novel Writing Month this November. If you’re not familiar, NaNo is a non-profit event that was started by Chris Baty in the late nineties. You draft up a novel in thirty days, and you Read more of this blog post »

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