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		<title>Back to School? Not This Year!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathleenwall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evenings are getting cooler as fall approaches. The Back to School sales are already disappearing from advertisements. My friends are complaining about school shopping and having to drag their kids out of bed in the mornings again. But here at my house, we’re feeling pretty removed from the back-to-school scene. We’re adding new routines, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=375&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for a Moment to Steal</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/searching-for-a-moment-to-steal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathleenwall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is here with a vengeance. I’m not talking about the heat, humidity, and afternoon thunderstorms, although we’re getting our share of all of those. I’m talking about being swamped with summer activities since the moment school let out for my daughter. Visits with family, trips to amusement parks, garage sales, vacation planning, summer reading [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=369&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too Ill to Write?</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/too-ill-to-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve finally recuperated from an illness that lasted nearly a week. It wasn’t anything serious, except I think I caught a couple minor diseases at the same time. And for nearly a week, I did nothing productive in terms of writing. I didn’t add a single word to my new MS. I sent no new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=363&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wow for the W-Plot!</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/wow-for-the-w-plot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathleenwall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the Central Ohio SCBWI meeting last week, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the W-plot that romance novelist Donna MacMeans presented. And all I can say is, “Wow! This works!” I’ve taken a complete step back from my WIP and have actually begun to plot it out. This is a new approach [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=351&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fantasy and Science Fiction Contest</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/fantasy-and-science-fiction-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 18:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathleenwall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guide to Literary Agents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guide to Literary Agents blog is having their fifth &#8220;Dear Lucky Agent&#8221; contest. This one is for adult or YA fantasy or science fiction. Your novel must be complete, and your prize is a critique of your first 10 pages (by agent Roseanne Wells of Marianne Strong Literary Agency). Click here for full contest details. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=347&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give Me an M! Give Me a C! Getting Readers to Root for Your Main Character</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/give-me-an-m-give-me-a-c-getting-readers-to-root-for-your-main-character/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 02:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The monthly meeting for Central Ohio SCBWI yesterday featured romance writer (and accountant!) Donna MacMeans, author of The Trouble with Moonlight and The Education of Mrs. Brimley. Ms. MacMeans spoke about the W-Plot, the basic shape of which you can see below.   The notes on the W-plot are mine, and the only thing you’ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=334&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Free Week</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/facebook-free-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathleenwall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Time Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I didn’t cancel my Facebook account. I didn’t even stay off the cursed social networking site all week. But I did cut down on my viewing, posting, lurking, snooping, friending, and so forth. And sadly, I feel proud of myself, as if I’m breaking away from an addiction. I suppose it’s not that huge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=328&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twisted Thoughts and Musical Blasts into the Past: Tuning In to My Inner Teen</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/twisted-thoughts-and-musical-blasts-into-the-past-tuning-in-to-my-inner-teen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I take a walk outside I&#8217;m surrounded by some kids at play I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear? Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head I&#8217;m spinning, oh, I&#8217;m spinning How quick the sun can drop away &#8211;Pearl Jam, “Black” 1991 “It’s been years since I’ve gone to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=321&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Series-ly</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/writing-series-ly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathleenwall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Series Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, I set aside my first novel (an early 125,000-word version of Shield, which I now consider one huge pre-writing exercise) and threw myself into another idea I had for a fantasy set in medieval England. At that point, I just didn’t know if I was wasting my time with the Shield pre-cursor. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=308&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coyote Con</title>
		<link>http://kathleenwall.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/coyote-con/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathleenwall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been wanting to attend a conference so you can interact with other writers but don&#8217;t have the time or money, you might want to check out Coyote Con, at http://coyotecon.com. The conference is aimed at writers of speculative fiction, but it looks like anyone with an interest is welcome. It runs through the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathleenwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9054210&amp;post=302&amp;subd=kathleenwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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