On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me, rip up the charades, forget about the

telly, let's play scratch cards, coins are to stretching, everybody laughing, better not be cheating,

and the chance to win a pound or three. Add some play to Christmas with scratch cards from the National Lottery.

Please gift responsibly. Rules and procedures apply.

Players and gifters must be 18 or over.

And the chance to win a pound or three.

Hey, you like writing.

Have you ever wanted to write a best-selling book?

How about 76 best-selling books? One for each trombone. James Patterson's done it. Now he's teaching people's process in his class at masterclass.com. Learn his prolific ways through 22 video lessons in a 40-page workbook. From idea to outlining to marketing your book,

learn more at masterclass.com slash nerdist. We also find world-class instruction from the likes

of Dustin Hoffman, Serena Williams, and Annie Leibovitz. I've seen the Dustin Hoffman one, and it's

really cool. And I'm not an actor, but it's absolutely fascinating.

I'm going to check out the James Patterson one, too.

That's masterclass.com slash nerdist.

Check it out.

Now entering nerdist.com.

Here we go.

Last live Nerdist Writers panels of the year are coming up in October and November.

Los Angeles, October 15th at CBS Radford Studio.

With CBS Studio, all-star showrunners, including Rob Doherty of Elementary,

Aileen Brosh McKenna of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Craig Sweeney, of Limitless,

and our old pal Jenny Snyder Erman, the showrunner of Jane the Virgin.

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