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Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.
Christopher Bollen
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Christopher Bollen
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
Journalist
Novelist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vacation
Fail
Failing
Write
Writing
Trying
Every
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Miserably
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