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Hello! I need some help. This morning, I've been sitting in a handknit blanket, reading a National Geographic and looking out my window into the Pacific Northwest rain. My laptop is near me, my hair is cut in the pixie style common to both my age group and the area of PDX that I live.  I am an aspiring writer-- eagerly ambitious, yet prone to bouts of wild procrastination. Lately, God help me, I've been contemplating whether I should learn to build myself a fixie bicycle.I'm aware that I'm a cartoon of the 'young creative', and I am familiar with self loathing. I look to those greater than I. Mr. Raymond, when you're writing, who are you writing to? Do you have an intended audience or reader or listener? I just heard you or someone slurp coffee, so I know you're real. Where do you want your voice to be heard? A neophyte wants to know.

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