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I could have dug my brain out with a spoon
Finnish fantasy writer Maria Turtschaninoff took the most boring job she could think of, to give herself head space to come up with new ideas to write about.
Picture: Maria Turtschaninoff
Picture credit: Niklas Sandstrom
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