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		<title>Recording The Audio Book of My Memoir, Riding The Bus With My Sister</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/01/31/recording-the-audio-book-of-my-memoir-riding-the-bus-with-my-sister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I found out last fall that my memoir, Riding The Bus With My Sister, was finally going to be recorded for an audio book, I was relieved, grateful – and nervous. Relieved because that book came out ten, yes, ten years ago, and in all that time, the audio rights had languished, unsold. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Greetings To All</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/12/22/holiday-greetings-to-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Announcing A Ten-City Book Tour for the Paperback of The Story of Beautiful Girl</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/12/05/announcing-a-ten-city-book-tour-for-the-paperback-of-the-story-of-beautiful-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Story of Beautiful Girl]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rachelsimon.com/blog/?p=3709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I blogged about how publishers almost never send authors on book tour anymore. I added that, although I travel a lot, it&#8217;s for professional speaking engagements. I&#8217;ve never been on a book tour. But in February, 2012, that will change. I&#8217;ll be on my first book tour! Grand Central Publishing will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Have I Been? A Photo Journey Through Fall 2011</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/11/26/where-have-i-been-a-photo-journey-through-fall-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/11/26/where-have-i-been-a-photo-journey-through-fall-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the weekend after Thanksgiving. While most people had large family gatherings with turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie, I took my sister Beth to see Puss In Boots, followed by a trip to a diner for our holiday dinner. It was a nice, peaceful, private way to say thanks for a thrilling, non-stop, very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Electronic Treats for Fans of The Story of Beautiful Girl</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/08/04/two-new-electronic-treats-for-fans-of-the-story-of-beautiful-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rachelsimon.com/blog/?p=3347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I began doing appearances in connection with The Story of Beautiful Girl, the American Network of Community Options and Resources, or ANCOR, assembled an extremely helpful and easy-to-read brochure that provides additional information about the past, present, and future of the kind of institutions I wrote about in my book &#8211; and what we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home, Home On The Road: Visiting Book Clubs By Skype and Phone</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/07/25/home-home-on-the-road-visiting-book-clubs-by-skype-and-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/07/25/home-home-on-the-road-visiting-book-clubs-by-skype-and-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rachelsimon.com/blog/?p=3268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that summer has arrived, I&#8217;m taking a break from the relentless pace of the last few months and am living a life of solitude, silence, and deep concentration. But with The Story of Beautiful Girl proving so popular among book clubs, I&#8217;ve also been visiting groups across the country &#8211; from the comfort of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jennifer Weiner Praises The Story of Beautiful Girl on The Today Show</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/07/07/jennifer-weiner-praises-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-on-the-today-show/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/07/07/jennifer-weiner-praises-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-on-the-today-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so excited! This morning, mega-authors Jennifer Weiner and Harlan Coben appeared on The Today Show to recommend their Books Not To Be Missed For The Summer &#8211; and Jennifer raved about my book! Here&#8217;s what she said. &#8220;Great title, great cover. Sad book. Two people who are institutionalized run away from this terrible place. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Love Book Clubs</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/07/01/i-love-book-clubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rachelsimon.com/blog/?p=3157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t belong to any book clubs. But I sure do love being in them. I grew up in the pre-book club era, when people who read books didn&#8217;t think in terms of gathering once a month in a living room with a dozen friends, food, wine, and maybe a set agenda, and then spending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Wore Costumes To Do Author Readings? Really?</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/06/21/you-wore-costumes-to-do-author-readings-really/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/06/21/you-wore-costumes-to-do-author-readings-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I did. For the first three books of my career &#8211; the books that preceded my first bestseller, Riding The Bus With My Sister &#8211; I wore fun, whimsical costumes to do author readings in bookstores. In fact, during these early years of my career, from my first book, Little Nightmares, Little Dreams (1990), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do You Mean, You’re Not On Book Tour? Don’t You Travel All Over The Place?</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/06/16/what-do-you-mean-youre-not-on-book-tour-dont-you-travel-all-over-the-place/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2011/06/16/what-do-you-mean-youre-not-on-book-tour-dont-you-travel-all-over-the-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rachelsimon.com/blog/?p=2937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last nine years, since Riding The Bus With My Sister came out, people have said to me, &#8220;Boy, your book tour is lasting a long time!&#8221; or &#8220;Don&#8217;t you get tired of being on book tour?&#8221; For the last month, since The Story of Beautiful Girl came out, people have said, &#8220;Please come [...]]]></description>
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