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Hello, writer. Welcome to a new year. Have you written anything yet?
You should write something today so that you will write all year.
I'm not nagging, I'm just sayin'.
Yeah, I *am* gonna start ...
by SensibleShoes
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on Thu Jan 01, 2009 at 07:08 AM PST
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