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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author Paul Dail takes a Utah motorcycle ride from southern Utah to Parowan Gap and across the Utah West Desert to Great Basin National Park and Lehman Caves]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 12:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author Paul Dail reviews 'The Only Good Indians' by Stephen Graham Jones, a blend of horror with Native American lore, exploring cultural identity through four haunted men's lives and ensuring a rich reading experience.]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 23:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author Paul Dail reflects on the market for paid book reviews, revealing how low pay and slim word count make it unattractive to both freelance writers and serious critics.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Making Art, Making a Life &#8211; Pt. 3: Conflicting Priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 13:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author Paul Dail discusses the conflicting priorities artists may face between their craft and personal lives, emphasizing the need to balance creative fulfillment with personal time and financial stability.]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 13:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author Paul Dail discusses the importance of prioritizing art amidst responsibilities. He outlines three options for artists balancing jobs and creativity, emphasizing how personal circumstances influence these choices.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Making Art, Making a Life &#8211; Pt. 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Horror writer Paul Dail discusses rebranding to reflect a broader creative scope and a focus on the creative process and balancing art with life.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Of Ice and Moving Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 15:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve always had a passing fascination with the idea that water in motion, like a river or a creek, can ice over, but I hadn’t thought much about it until one of my daily lunch walks at work recently. The 18th century poet William Blake wrote: “Expect poison from the standing water.” I first came &#8230; <a href="https://pauldail.com/2025/04/05/of-ice-and-moving-water/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Of Ice and Moving Water</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blowing the dust off, part 1: Ah yes, there’s that platform</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul D. Dail]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the nonwriters who might be reading this, Jane Friedman defines a platform as “an ability to sell books because of who you are and who you can reach.”

Friedman goes on to say that fiction writers don’t really need a platform, but this is a point in contention, and I’ve heard more editors and publishers say the opposite.]]></description>
		
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