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		<title>Darn you NaBloWriMo&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to blow off posting today. It&#8217;s been a long week. Veterans day the kid was home. He ended up getting sick so he stayed home today and now, since he is still sporting a low-grade fever no school tomorrow.
The problem with my 5 year-old son is he is full of energy. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=284&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who served and those who stay behind&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who serve in the armed forces deserve respect and thanks.  I want to say thank you for your sacrifices for our country.
But I also want to thank a big group that is usually forgotten in the pomp and circumstance surrounding Veterans Day.
Thank you to the family members left behind. It is a horrible thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=281&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An editing trick</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished editing the first 30 pages or so of the book last night. whew. Let me tell you, editing isn&#8217;t as much fun as writing. However it is satisfying to know these 30 pages of the novel are so much better than they were before.
I tired a new editing trick I learned about on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=277&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visions of query letters danced in my head&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I planned on getting out of the house today. I was going to go to a coffee shop and work. I need to get out of the house because I am turning into a hermit.
Instead I ended up not sleeping very well last night. I was dreaming I sent off query letters for the novel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=272&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict, too much or not enough?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a third book of a series yesterday. It had been a while since I had read the first two books. Yes, the book explained a little about what happened in the first two, but there were some parts I was totally lost. The book had way too much conflict to follow along. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=267&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yard sale day, ugh.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, yard sales aren&#8217;t anywhere near as much fun on the other side of the fence. Woke up at 6 AM and sold until 2:30 PM. We did really well though with only a handful of items that didn&#8217;t sell. I am confident I can sell them on CraigsList.net though.
No writing or editing done today [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=265&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Information overload&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rissawrites.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/information-overload/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading every agent blog I can find for months now. I have read and reread winning query letters. I am trying to be spongelike. In both ways- absorbing as much information as possible and SpongeBob like when he shouts, &#8220;I&#8217;m ready!&#8221;

My head is starting to spin from all the information out there. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=263&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making your stories jealous&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha! I did it. I started writing the other idea, the new shiny idea and it made my other story jealous. Last night before bed, during the time I am trying to turn off my thoughts, the original story reared it&#8217;s ugly head and started talking to me again.
I can see my main character who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=255&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>follow up post</title>
		<link>http://rissawrites.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/follow-up-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay I was going to leave a comment on my original post, but decided a follow up post would be better.
I didn&#8217;t listen to my own advice here about walking away from the conflict. Silly me. I heard about more accusations and I lost it. I allowed the negative to swallow me up and drain my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=253&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life gets in the way sometimes&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rissawrites.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/life-gets-in-the-way-sometimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers will talk about being so busy they can&#8217;t find time to write. Sometimes, life gets in the way of writing. For me, the biggest obstacle to writing is the stress of living. Worry of money problems, conflicts with others, starting my low carb diet and worry over swine flu have all contributed to my stress levels this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=251&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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