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		<title>Finishing My Book Tour: Atlanta, Charlotte, Connecticut, Delaware, Virginia</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/05/16/finishing-my-book-tour-atlanta-charlotte-connecticut-delaware-virginia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not meant to neglect my blog. For many months &#8211; since I last posted this winter &#8211; I have thought of it every day. But I have been traveling hither and yon, first for the remainder of my book tour, then for myriad speaking engagements. Between Feb. 10 and May 25, I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Menu For A Book Tour (for The Story of Beautiful Girl) (in Miami, mostly)</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/03/05/menu-for-a-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-in-miami-mostly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the menu of my time in Miami, Stop #5 on my book tour for The Story of Beautiful Girl. Starters An Assortment of Wraps After flying from Austin (Stop #4) and landing in Miami (Stop #5), you quickly come across two newsstands where your novel, The Story of Beautiful Girl, is on display. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Book Tour for The Story of Beautiful Girl: Austin</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/29/book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-austin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Giving to others]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hadn&#8217;t been there before, but I thought I knew what there was to know about Austin: music university state capitol warm weather liberal atmosphere But there was much I hadn&#8217;t known, as I discovered when I was in town on Feb. 17-19, during my book tour for The Story of Beautiful Girl (Stop #4). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forty Rules For Being On Book Tour (for The Story of Beautiful Girl) (in Wichita, mostly)</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/20/forty-rules-for-being-on-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girlin-wichita-mostly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are forty rules I’ve learned about being on book tour, most of which I realized while in Wichita, Book Tour Stop #3: 1. Pack only what you need because&#8230; 2. The more you have, the longer it takes to repack. And since you repack every day&#8230; 3. Decide at Stop #2 that you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Book Tour For The Story of Beautiful Girl: Chicago</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/16/my-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I loved the Chicago leg of my book tour! My media escort, Don, gave me the morning to myself. This gave me the opportunity to have a full night&#8217;s sleep, something I will crave as the book tour continues and I&#8217;ll be doing bookstore events until 9 or 10 at night, then needing to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Book Tour For The Story of Beautiful Girl: Airport Bookstores</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The morning of Valentine&#8217;s Day, when I got to the Denver Airport for my flight to City #2 on my tour, Chicago, I realized: Wait! Airports are full of bookstores! Why not see if copies of the brand-new release of the paperback is on display &#8211; and then see if I could sign them? And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Book Tour For The Story of Beautiful Girl: Denver, Part II</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/15/my-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-denver-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/15/my-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-denver-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having never been on a book tour before, I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect. But now that Day 1 is behind me, I have a better sense of how it works. When my publisher was setting up the tour, they arranged for me to work with media escorts in the cities I&#8217;ll be visiting. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Book Tour for The Story of Beautiful Girl: Denver, Part I</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/13/my-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-denver-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/13/my-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-denver-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Feb. 13, 2012, is the publication date of the paperback of The Story of Beautiful Girl &#8211; and the day my book tour officially begins! My first event will be tonight at the famous Tattered Cover, at the Historic LoDo location in Denver. But I&#8217;ve already been in Colorado for a few days. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Book Tour for The Story of Beautiful Girl: Boulder, CO</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/12/my-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-boulder-co/</link>
		<comments>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/12/my-book-tour-for-the-story-of-beautiful-girl-boulder-co/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually, my book tour starts in Denver tomorrow, 2/13/12. But when my fabulous publisher, Grand Central, told me a few months ago that they would be sending me on a book tour for the paperback release of The Story of Beautiful Girl, I got in touch with the wonderful folks at Special Transit, in Boulder, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judy Woodruff interviews Rachel Simon for the PBS News Hour</title>
		<link>http://rachelsimon.com/blog/2012/02/10/judy-woodruff-interviews-rachel-simon-for-the-pbs-news-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could there be a better way to kick off the release of the paperback of The Story of Beautiful Girl than to get interviewed by Judy Woodruff on the PBS News Hour? Yesterday I flew to Colorado. I&#8217;m currently in Boulder, getting ready for a talk tonight. After another talk on Sunday, I begin my [...]]]></description>
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