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		<title>Writer Mom Comic &#8220;Interrupted&#8221; (Kind of&#8230;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Months ago I started work on the next installation of the Writer Mom comic.  I spent a few hours penciling and inking and was almost done and ready to post.  Then I did the unthinkable &#8211; I put it in a safe place until I could find time to finish. I had all intentions of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2599&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here he is!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is my joy to announce the safe arrival of Baby Daniel into the world.  He is the reason I&#8217;ve taken the several month-long break from blogging, and I might add a very cute one at that.  It still amazes me that this tiny person grew inside me for these last few months.  We are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2589&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: &#8220;Another Bad-Dog Book&#8230;&#8221; by Joni B. Cole</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/book-review-another-bad-dog-book-by-joni-b-cole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I had the chance to interview author and writing teacher Joni B. Cole about her book for writers, Toxic Feedback (click here if you missed it).  It received such a good response from readers here at My Literary Quest Joni has asked me to review her latest book; Another Bad-Dog Book, Tales [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2576&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Connotation vs. Denotation, or how to become your editor&#8217;s new BFF</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/connotation-vs-denotation-or-how-to-become-your-editors-new-bff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve made a liar out of myself already, promising a weekly post and then letting almost a month slip by without a word.  Fear not, in addition to growing a new human I&#8217;ve been working on projects that have needed doing in regards to family organization and personal priorities.  Taking a break also made it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2570&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review, &#8220;The Trust&#8221; by Sean Keefer</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/book-review-the-trust-by-sean-keefer/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/book-review-the-trust-by-sean-keefer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books and Reading]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the perks of having a writing blog is the chance to read and review fresh new fiction from début authors.  These stories never fail to entertain and I feel privileged to be among the first to read to the work of these talented writers. Today&#8217;s book &#8220;The Trust&#8221; is the creative work of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2563&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Announcement</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/big-announcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As wonderful loyal followers you might be wondering why my posts have become increasingly more sporadic week after week. I assure you that there is a really good reason, and it has nothing to do with writer burnout.  Well, nearly nothing.  Those who have have read My Literary Quest for any length of time know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2559&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Vocabulary Isn&#8217;t Your Friend</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/when-vocabulary-isnt-your-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/when-vocabulary-isnt-your-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks my children have decided that their favorite TV show is the cartoon Caillou.  This isn&#8217;t a problem, the show tries hard to teach life lessons to preschool and younger children. These lessons have included thrilling topics such as the ever vague, &#8220;Use your imagination&#8221;, the slightly less vague, &#8220;Sometimes the cat gets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2552&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Messing with the SEO&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/messing-with-the-seos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been at the blogging game for any amount of time chances are that you have run across the acronym of SEO.  Search Engine Optimization can greatly if not drastically improve traffic flow to your site and is a must for anyone ready to transition from blog hobbyist to serious blogger. Sad thing is, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2544&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Answers for Name that Book Challenge #2</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/answers-for-name-that-book-challenge-2/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/answers-for-name-that-book-challenge-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here are the answers to Wednesday&#8217;s Name That Book Challenge.  A big congratulations to Paula for getting them all right, even the tricky one at the end &#8211; way to go! If you missed the quotes, don&#8217;t peek ahead &#8211; click here instead! &#160; 1. Animal Farm, George Orwell 2. 1984,  George Orwell [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2536&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Name that Book Challenge #2</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/name-that-book-challenge-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Name that Book Challenge comes from the required reading list for many schools.  These were selected from books I was personally subjected to during my formative years.  Two of the books are on my top 50 favorite  book list, or at least they would be if I ever sat down to create one.  Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2535&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My results from the &#8220;Devil is in the Details&#8221; exercise</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/my-results-from-the-devil-is-in-the-details-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/my-results-from-the-devil-is-in-the-details-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday I posted a writing exercise called &#8220;Devil is in the Details.&#8220;  In the spirit of fairness I will share with you what happened with my exercise.  This excerpt is from my current manuscript, &#8220;Stonebearer&#8217;s Betrayal&#8221; The door opened with a bang and a man, dirty from travel and smelling of horse, stepped in.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2529&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Exercise: Devil is in the Details</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/writing-exercise-devil-is-in-the-details/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all as writers know the importance of finding clear, concrete details to use in our writing.  Or at least we should.  Chances are if you are any bit like me your first draft tends to focus on plotting and character development, and not much else.  When the initial draft is done, then it&#8217;s time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2051&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ferengi Rules of Acquisition and Fiction Writing</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/ferengi-rules-of-acquisition-and-fiction-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/ferengi-rules-of-acquisition-and-fiction-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you follow Star Trek, the phrase &#8220;Rules of Acquisition&#8221; is likely to mean something.  For those who don&#8217;t, here is a short crash course. Among the race of beings called Ferengi, trade and profit are a way of life.  No, scratch that, trade and profit ARE life.  Everything in their culture revolves around worth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2517&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Musings&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/musings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personally Speaking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like forever since I&#8217;ve written a personal update here on the blog and the very act seems awkward.  My inner editor is having a heyday telling me how lame everything sounds.  And he&#8217;s right, it does.  I spent the last twenty minutes writing random tidbits only to delete them.  I mean, who wants [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2514&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Interview with Emlyn Chand</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/my-interview-with-emlyn-chand/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/my-interview-with-emlyn-chand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today instead of featuring an up and coming author I get to be featured in my own interview over at EmlynChand.com.  If you want to learn more of the nitty gritty about me go on over and check it out.  This interview results from a flash fiction contest she held a few months ago, mine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2509&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The World at Your Fingertips</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/the-world-at-your-fingertips/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/the-world-at-your-fingertips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may scoff at those who whip out their smartphones whenever and for whatever reason.  I know, I was one of them.  I used to think of myself as a bit of a purest when it came to using a phone as a phone and using a computer for well, everything else.  That was, until [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2505&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>6 Easy Ways to Avoid Writing in a Vacuum</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/6-easy-ways-to-avoid-writing-in-a-vacuum/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/6-easy-ways-to-avoid-writing-in-a-vacuum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, hello! So glad you came to visit me down here in my vacuum.   Pull up a dust bunny and stay awhile, I love company.  You see, I&#8217;ve isolated myself from the world hoping it will free my thinking.  I&#8217;ve heard that reading and watching things on TV impede the free flow of new ideas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2499&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: &#8220;Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages&#8221; by Boyd Lemon</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/book-review-digging-deep-a-writer-uncovers-his-marriages-by-boyd-lemon/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/book-review-digging-deep-a-writer-uncovers-his-marriages-by-boyd-lemon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of January this year I had the pleasure of interviewing Boyd Lemon about his upcoming memoir and his life as a writer.  To read the interview, click here.  Boyd was gracious enough to allow me to read and review this insightful book and share my thoughts with my readers. I&#8217;d like to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2492&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer Mom Comic Returns!</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/the-writer-mom-comic-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/the-writer-mom-comic-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The adventures of Writer Mom return! Today&#8217;s comic is straight from my real life, I couldn&#8217;t get the idea out of my head for a few days and knew I had to make it. Enjoy! To see the first Writer Mom comic, click here! Filed under: Humor Tagged: comic, funny, Humor, writer mom<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2487&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: In Leah&#8217;s Wake by Terri Giuliano Long</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/book-review-in-leahs-wake-by-terri-giuliano-long/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/book-review-in-leahs-wake-by-terri-giuliano-long/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 13:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tyler family was everything a high school student loved to hate.  They lived in a great house in the nice part of town, both daughters were good students and looked forward to a future of achievement and promise, and both parents had solid jobs and a solid relationship.  Yes, from the outside looking in, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2427&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quickly Quotable #60 &#8211; J. K. Rowling</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/quickly-quotable-60-j-k-rowling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 13:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.&#8221; &#8220;Never be ashamed! There&#8217;s some who&#8217;ll hold it against you, but they&#8217;re not worth bothering with.&#8221; &#8220;Hearing voices no one else can hear isn&#8217;t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.&#8221; &#8220;I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2474&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Joni B. Cole</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/interview-with-joni-b-cole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s we have the pleasure of hearing from Joni B. Cole, author of Toxic Feedback, Helping Writers Survive and Thrive.  This book is a must for anyone who is in the position of giving feedback on another&#8217;s work, including fellow writers, teachers, and workshop peers.  On to the interview! First of all, tell our readers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2467&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transition into Summer</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/transition-into-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personally Speaking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[summer break]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a writer mom, the schedule is always changing.  Some days are school, some are play dates.   School is in it&#8217;s final weeks and then there is the long nothing known as Summer break.  For most, the end of school is a mixed blessing.  I look forward to having more freedom to plan activities but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2463&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Junkmail Vultures are Circling</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/the-junkmail-vultures-are-circling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personally Speaking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For my birthday last year I received a subscription to Writer&#8217;s Digest as a gift, and a wonderful gift it has been.  From the articles to the market listings, any writer can find useful information.  The subscription however, has come with an interesting twist.  It seems that my name and address has been leaked to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2456&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Answers to Friday Fun: Name that Book</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/answers-to-friday-fun-name-that-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 03:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A big congratulations to Paula for getting all the answers correct in the first My Literary Quest &#8220;Name that Book&#8221; challenge.  In case you missed her answers in the comments section, here they are again: The Princess Bride, William Goldman Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2446&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Friday: Name that Book</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/fun-friday-name-that-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books and Reading]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Below are some passages from some of my favorite books.  Nothing obscure or off the beaten path here, have fun and enjoy your Friday! Quote #1 He held up a book then. “I&#8217;m going to read it to you for relax.” “Does it have any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2444&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 5 Shalts and Shalt Nots of Book Trailers</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/the-5-shalts-and-shalt-nots-of-book-trailers/</link>
		<comments>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/the-5-shalts-and-shalt-nots-of-book-trailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing and Publication]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/?p=2431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago it was unheard of to use a book trailer to attract readers.  Today, it seems like new books are required to have one just to keep up with the market.  To me, using a video to sell the written word feels wrong.  The whole appeal of reading a book is to create [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2431&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator Pitching to Relatives</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/elevator-pitching-to-relatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not many people outside of the internet know that writing is what I do to stay sane.  This weekend a close member of my family asked what the book I&#8217;m writing is all about. My reply went something like this: &#8220;It&#8217;s set in a pre-industrial world, no electricity, cars, explosives, etc,  kinda like the dark [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2423&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quickly Quotable #59 &#8211; Sleep</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/quickly-quotable-59-sleep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Caleb Colton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clifton Fadiman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dorothy Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaston Bachelard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bed is a bundle of paradoxes:  we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.  ~Charles Caleb Colton Consciousness:  that annoying time between naps.  ~Author Unknown Insomnia is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2419&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Annie Besant</title>
		<link>http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/interview-with-annie-besant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 13:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsuchigari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Post]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Feature Friday I am excited to share an interview with young and vibrant author Annie Besant. Annie published her first children&#8217;s book through Tulika this year, a charming story called Mala&#8217;s Silver Anklets.   On with the interview! What was your inspiration behind the story of Mala&#8217;s Silver Anklets? My inspiration was this sweet little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myliteraryquest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11282340&amp;post=2412&amp;subd=myliteraryquest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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