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		<title>NaNoWriMo: Day 1</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/nanowrimo-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;m doing National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo, or NaNo for short, again this year. This marks my 5th year. The first three years I succeeded and hit 50,000 words. Last year, I failed miserably. But all things considered, the fact that I even ventured to try to do it last year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=698&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>yes, i was being irrational</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, those comments I was so anxious about…
Well, they really were nothing to be afraid of, even though it took me another 3 days to finally look at them. (When I get a bit irrational, I get really irrational.)
So, FWI* raised 3 issues:

One of      my supporting characters is too much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=695&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>writing anxiety: really this is a good thing</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/writing-anxiety-really-this-is-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m experiencing something I’ve never before experienced with my novel-in-progress: anxiety.
We’re talking major butterflies. I seriously feel like I want to throw-up. (FYI: It usually takes a lot to make me feel like this.)
My favorite/current writing instructor, plus a couple of my workshop mates, has just posted comments on the novel pages I submitted for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=693&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>bookstores &amp; browsing: a perfect Saturday afternoon</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/bookstores-browsing-a-perfect-saturday-afternoon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t imagine a world without bookstores. Of course, 5 years ago I would have said I couldn&#8217;t imagine a world without record stores. Always a record store junkie, I was slow to embrace online music sales, one, because I appreciate the actual CD, &#38; two, just because I love the atmosphere inherent in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=687&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>writing along</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/writing-along/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[draft 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;ve been a terribly horrible blogger, but if it&#8217;s any consolation, know that my words have instead been poured into that infamous novel-in-progress.
Yes, I&#8217;ve been making progress &#38; it feels good. Admittedly, most of the progress made has less to do with me being a diligent self-motivated worker &#38; more to do with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=682&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 days, 50 pages</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/7-days-50-pages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, just got the official enrollment for my fall writing class which will have me working with my favorite instructor again. There was some question as to whether or not I would be able to enroll in the class, but it&#8217;s all official now. Which means I have only 7 days to get the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=680&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1 year</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/1-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
This is where I will be today.
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		<title>timing</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/timing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is just weird.
In the mail today was a card addressed to my mother. Inside, a &#8220;Get Well&#8221; card signed by a bunch of people saying various things like:
My prayers and thoughts are with you.
Our prayers are with you for your health and healing. 
Both my brother &#38; I read the card thinking maybe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=674&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>going with the flow</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/going-with-the-flow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[20th]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks 1 week until the first anniversary of my mother&#8217;s death.
I&#8217;m facing it with a bit of dread, but also openness to wherever my emotions take me. I realize I can&#8217;t fight what is coming, or what already is. I&#8217;d rather let myself go with the flow. Neither bottling up nor putting off what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=671&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>stop, reset, start over</title>
		<link>http://thisismewriting.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/stop-reset-start-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[digressions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[station]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I woke up in a foul mood. I&#8217;m not entirely sure what set me off. Before I even got out of bed, I told myself today was going to be a good day, even if there was nothing planned, well except work, to necessarily guarantee such. But then, as soon as I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisismewriting.wordpress.com&blog=2978454&post=667&subd=thisismewriting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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