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		<title>Stitching Your Scenes Together with Transitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As writers we spend a lot of time talking about plot, character, setting and description. We learn how to put all of those together into scenes and how to show character motivation with sequel. But then when it comes time to stitch it all together we often stutter&#8230; uh&#8230; okay&#8230; and then after that some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Beating those Cliches to Death</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard that clichés in creative writing should be avoided like the plague. But often they are the first thing at the tip of your tongue, the low hanging fruit that can help you hit that word count you so desperately want to hit. So, what’s a writer to do? Think outside the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Role of the Literary Agent in a Changing Marketplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This article, originally published in the Ninc newsletter, is a report on one panel I attended at the 2012 Novelists Inc. Conference in White Plains N.Y. This article was also referenced by literary agent Jim McCarthy of Dystel &#38; Goderich in his blog post When Agents Attack.) Industry Guests: Robert Gottleib (Trident Media Group), Nita [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Must Checks in Book Revisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the middle of revisions right now for the third book in my Dusty Deals Mystery series.  I&#8217;m not actually done with the book yet, but I took a break from writing this novel to go back and revise a few things that were bugging me. I do this at times if something major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Novelists Inc. Conference 2012: Social Media, Agents, Self-Publishing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the threat of Sandy, I came back from the Novelists Inc. Conference in New York two days earlier than originally planned. Thankfully, this still gave me the chance to see many friends and make a number of new ones. I also was able to attend the first two days of panels and roundtables. [...]]]></description>
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