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		<title>The Two-Headed Dog</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To a writer, creativity is like a dog that one hopes will, given its head, sniff its way inexorably—if erratically, if in a roundabout way—to a terrific plot, fascinating characters, inventive language, depth of thought, originality of vision.]]></description>
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		<title>How to dissect a rejection letter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How would you like to have people decide whether or not to buy your book based on the opinion of someone neither of you have ever met? Well, then, why do you do it?]]></description>
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		<title>A Note to People Who Won’t Read This</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why read? Learning to read, and appreciating reading, is good for you. It’s a cerebral skill, literally; a skill that must be learned and practiced and honed and maintained largely at the conscious level. ]]></description>
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		<title>Brand on the Run</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently all writers who are “serious about making money in this industry” are obligated to create and maintain a blog as a plank in their “platform.” You hear that word all the time in writing circles: platform.]]></description>
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