Kate Mosse
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Thinking about all the things I have failed to do during the day.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Nothing. I sleep like a log.
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When I feel that I am unprepared. Before a show I always have nightmares that I go out on stage naked.
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Worrying about my children.
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