LEARN MAGIC!

If you want to learn some magic, Potty the Pirate has some great tricks for you to learn.

MAGIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

The secrets of conjuring have been kept for many years. If you give away any of these secrets, not only are you ruining the illusion for the spectators, but you are showing contempt for the art of conjuring, and the thousands of people connected to it. Anyone who divulges these secrets doesn’t understand why most people love to be fooled by magic, and why this performing art remains shrouded in mystery. If you ignore this advice, you are not a magician. Give up and take up knitting.
Here are some basic rules:

NEVER tell anyone how you do a trick - tell them it’s MAGIC!
NEVER repeat a trick - people will catch on quickly
NEVER perform a trick until you’ve practised it thoroughly
NEVER perform until the time is right

And the most important rule - PRACTISE, PRACTISE, PRACTISE!

When you start learning sleight-of-hand (or legerdemain), you are training lots of new muscles, just like a bodybuilder, but these muscles are in your hands and arms. You MUST NOT PERFORM these moves until you’ve practised for several days (or weeks), until your muscles are strong enough.
Talking the talk is an essential part of most magic tricks - learn the patter by rote, and after some time, words will pour effortlessly from your lips. Buy some joke books, and learn to say a few one-liners.
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL, stand in front of it when you practise!
WHO’S GOT A VIDEO CAMERA? It’s the best way to see how you’re doing.

RECOMMENDED READING:
Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic ISBN 1-85605-011-4