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Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.

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Christopher Bollen
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
Journalist
Novelist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Failing
Write
Writing
Trying
Every
Time
Miserably
Vacation
Fail

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