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Mar 2019
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Writing

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About this episode

Everyone wants to write a book, but nobody knows how! Well, some people do and one of them happens to be Tom, one of the hosts of this very podcast. In this episode, we talk about the writing process, give some tips & tricks, and somehow wind up in a conversation about alarm clocks.

Oh, and head to Amazon and check out Tom's new book, Omni's Fall!

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