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		<title>Spring is in the air.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confession &#8211; I struggle to describe setting. I know, shameful. But for some reason setting is hard for me. I can create a pretty dynamic world in my mind, but it&#8217;s challenging to translate that onto the page. It always feels flatter to me in black and white. In a lot of ways setting is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research matters.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting comments lately. Thanks for posting your ideas. When I started this I had some hopes of being able to respond to comments, but the reality of my life is not supporting that possibility, so instead I&#8217;m hoping that sometimes I can use the comments to inspire a new post. So here goes&#8230; My current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identifying Topics &#8211; Brainstorm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;They&#8221; say write what you know. I agree with them. There&#8217;s a lot less research if you can start with something you know. There&#8217;s good stuff in my brain, but it feels trapped in there, so I have to coax it out. For me brainstorming is one of the best way to do that. Want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spammers of the world beware&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear spammers, I&#8217;ve been getting your comments and I have a question. Do icky spam comments on random blogs generate a lot of revenue for the adult film industry? If they do then I applaud your strategy, as you are remarkably persistent. If they don&#8217;t then I recommend, with all seriousness, that you get a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily practice. Yes, it matters.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever take piano lessons? Or play baseball or football? Or swim on the swim team? Have you ever exercised? (I agree. I hate it too.) Have you tried to learn to paint or cook? Do you know how to ride a bike? If you&#8217;ve done any of these things you know the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve gone AWOL &#8211; but I have an excuse&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Great Reads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What I'm reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the radio silence. Never a good thing when you are trying to develop an audience. But in my defense, I&#8217;m swamped with client work and of course this was released yesterday: So I will no longer be doing anything &#8211; working, mothering, writing, showering &#8211; until I finish it. Remember if you aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generating Topic Ideas &#8211; In the news</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Practice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers need something to write about, but generating and developing ideas can be a challenge. Over the next few posts we are going to explore several methods of identifying topics, so today let&#8217;s start with one I like to call &#8220;Truth is Stranger than Fiction.&#8221; There are some crazy/interesting/scary things going on in the world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s get writing&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings, My kid brother started this website three years ago with big plans, plans to put together a great resource for writers, particularly those looking to start a book. And then his life got in the way. He IM&#8217;d me a week ago to say as much. He wants to make a go of it, [...]]]></description>
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