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		<title>The Royal Bank of Time</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Owen For once, I have a little extra time and I want to use it wisely. I feel like a kid with a penny going into the penny candy store, but I&#8217;m spending time instead of money. There must be a time bank. I’m going to call it the Royal Bank of Time. &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/the-royal-bank-of-time/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Royal Bank of&#160;Time</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Making Time for Self in 2019</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 05:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Owen &#160; &#160; Life goes by fast. Very fast. And every year goes faster. If the next one swooshes by as fast as the last, I may not have time to finish this so I&#8217;ll type faster. Looking Back In 1948, there were no strip malls or shopping malls. If you wanted something &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/making-time-for-self-in-2019/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Making Time for Self in&#160;2019</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Little Dead Stinkbug</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 05:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Moral  of the Stinkbug by Deborah Owen https://www.CreativeWritingInstitute.org &#160; Tonight I saw something on the floor. Thinking it was a piece of a leaf, I picked it up and found myself holding a dead stinkbug with his feet pointed toward the ceiling. I’m not a stinkbug fan, but neither am I scared of them. &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2019/01/05/the-little-dead-stinkbug/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Little Dead&#160;Stinkbug</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Feeling Lost? Don&#8217;t Know Where to Begin in 2019?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 05:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Well, here we are&#8230; December 29, 2018. Almost to the end of a very long year that whizzed by like a cold arctic wind. My daughter&#8217;s birthday was Dec. 27 and my anniversary is Dec. 30, so after the 30th, my plan for 2019 will kick in. How about you? Do you have &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/feeling-lost-dont-know-where-to-begin-in-2019/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Feeling Lost? Don&#8217;t Know Where to Begin in&#160;2019?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Once Upon a Christmas &#8211; True Story &#8211; Read to your Child/Grandchild</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Caroline Grace Just for fun&#8230; if you have a little person in your care, they might like to hear this true story of how I found my little teddy bear at age six. The Very Worst, Very Best Christmas Ever Once upon a long, long time ago, an almost-new little brown teddy bear started &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/12/27/true-story-read-to-your-child-grandchild/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Once Upon a Christmas &#8211; True Story &#8211; Read to your Child/Grandchild</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Christmas Tree Shopping in Yesteryear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 04:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Owen Art work by Luana Spinetti Christmas Tree Shopping in Yesteryear While writing to a student today, I suddenly remembered how things were when I was a child. I&#8217;m talking about the stone age, people! Wow. How times have changed. In those days, families owned one car. People stayed home at night and &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/12/22/christmas-tree-shopping-in-yesteryear/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Christmas Tree Shopping in&#160;Yesteryear</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Re: Discrimination Article</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 02:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Owen Apparently, a few people saw what they wanted to see in my article on discrimination a month or two ago. If you read the article and take nothing out of context, you will clearly see I was saying every person should have STANDARDS based on their own inclinations. It isn&#8217;t up to &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/re-discrimination-article/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Re: Discrimination Article</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Use the Readability Statistics</title>
		<link>https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/how-to-use-the-readability-statistics/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 03:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Brent Middleton &#160; Ever hear of Readability Statistics? No? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. This little key feature in Word is probably one of the most underutilized facets of the program. Unless you used it to track the number of characters for an assignment in school, you probably never noticed it. We are talking &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/how-to-use-the-readability-statistics/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to Use the Readability&#160;Statistics</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flash Fiction Contest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Writing with Integrity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Owen, CEO of Creative Writing Institute Psalm 26:11 – But as for me, I will walk in my integrity… I read that verse today and it touched my heart. I had to do some soul-searching. There are all kinds of writers. I don’t mean good and bad ones. I mean honest and dishonest. &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/writing-with-integrity/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Writing with Integrity</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Discrimination? Good or Bad?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 02:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Owen Do I discriminate? I sure do… and you should, too! I’m sick of people’s attitude toward the word discrimination. It is not a vile word. It’s a good word, and if you don’t discriminate in most areas of your life, you haven’t taken much of a stand. For example, I discriminate on &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/discrimination-good-or-bad/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Discrimination? Good or&#160;Bad?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reactivating this Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2018 03:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like most people whose blog goes dormant, it happened one day at a time. Looking back, I see I haven&#8217;t run anything but contest ads since my son almost burned to death in a race car, my cousin who was once like a sister was found dead, and Mom died &#8211; all within six weeks &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/reactivating-this-blog/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Reactivating this Blog</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Short Story Contest!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Originally posted on <a href="https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/a-short-story-contest/">Writing Wicket</a>: <br />Creative Writing Institute’s Short Story Contest offers a fabulous opportunity for publication, in addition to cash prizes. Prizes: $200, $100, $50. First place winner may choose a free, tutored writing course in lieu of $200 prize. Top five winners and ten Judge’s Pick stories will be published in 2017 anthology&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is the greatest opportunity for publication you will ever have. Welcome to Creative Writing Institute&#8217;s annual short story contest. This is going to be our biggest and best contest yet. In a small fee-based contest like this, the competition is much less and your chances of winning are much greater. Our fee is &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/creative-writing-institute-short-story-contest-2017/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Creative Writing Institute Short Story Contest&#160;2017</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NEW 2016 ANTHOLOGY                                Win $10 Gift Card!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Originally posted on <a href="https://patbean.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/imagination-turns-moon-into-cheshire-cat-grin">Pat Bean&#039;s blog</a>: <br />&#8220;Slowly, the grin disappeared, until nothing was left but the cat. This is nearly as scary as the other way around.&#8221; &#8212; From Lewis Carroll&#8217;s “Alice in Wonderland”  Travels With Maggie Early last night I was riding in the car with my granddaughter, Jennifer, and her best friend,&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Originally posted on <a href="https://thewritingplace.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/what-does-it-mean-upmarket-fiction">The Writing Place</a>: <br />In an earlier post I talked about commercial fiction and literary fiction.  When agents and editors talk about &#8220;upmarket&#8221; fiction, they are referring to books that appeal to both audiences. They are books that have excellent writing along with a story line that appeals to a mainstream market.  &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Win a Short Story Contest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2016 21:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Secrets of Winning a Writing Contest by Bob Bruggemann If you want to win a contest, the first thing you must do is follow the guidelines. Many submissions are disqualified because they don’t meet all the requirements. If the rules state a maximum of 1,000 words, a 1,025-word story, however brilliant, will hit the trash. (Do &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/how-to-win-a-short-story-contest-3/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to Win a Short Story&#160;Contest</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Owen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.CreativeWritingInstitute.com First, second and third place winners and seven additional Judge&#8217;s Choice stories will receive publication in our fourth annual anthology. In addition, we are giving cash prizes and professionally designed eMedals to post on your site. (See medals below.) First place: Professionally designed Gold eMedal and $100, plus publication Second place: Striking Silver eMedal &#8230; <a href="https://deborahowen.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/short-story-contest-opens/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Short Story Contest&#160;Opens</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week we talked about asyndeton – a method of listing items without using a conjunction for the purpose of showing more by saying less – and the week before was onomotoepia.
 
Today we will study polysyndeton, which is diametrically opposed...]]></description>
		
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