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DAVID OAKLEY has been telling brand stories at BooneOakley for years. He has won many prestigious honors, including the Kaopectate Award in the eighth grade for having diarrhea of the mouth. His first book, Why Is Your Name Upside Down?, is full of stories from his life in advertising. Despite this, he was recently inducted into the North Carolina Advertising Hall of Fame. He lives with his wife, Claire, and their dog, Walter, in Charlotte, where they raised Sydney and Lucas. He loves his family very much and hopes they still love him after reading his latest book, Nobody Eats Parsley.

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David Oakley Writer's block can be easily cured by a trip to the nearest Circle K or SevenEleven. All you need to do is buy a lottery scratch-off card. (I recommen…moreWriter's block can be easily cured by a trip to the nearest Circle K or SevenEleven. All you need to do is buy a lottery scratch-off card. (I recommend the $30 scratch-off.) Bring it back home and place it beside your laptop. Stare at it for a few minutes and write down all the things you're going to buy and the places you will visit, when you win $10 million. Once this writing is done, it's time to scratch. More than likely, you won't win anything, so now you can write about how pissed off you are at yourself for wasting $30, and that you will never ever take advice again from David Oakley. Voila! Writer's block is gone. (less)
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