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		<title>Script Frenzy 2012 (or: The Play&#8217;s The Thing!)</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2012/01/script-frenzy-2012-or-the-plays-the-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2012/01/script-frenzy-2012-or-the-plays-the-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve know that Script Frenzy existed ever since I started NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) back in 2005, but it&#8217;s always been in a rather nebulous way. Script Frenzy was neatly filed away under &#8220;Not-NaNo&#8221; and thus I didn&#8217;t really &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2012/01/script-frenzy-2012-or-the-plays-the-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Vote for 2012&#8242;s Serial Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2012/01/a-quick-vote-for-2012s-serial-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2012/01/a-quick-vote-for-2012s-serial-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The goal for this year is to write six eight-post serial stories in a variety of genres and settings and I&#8217;m looking for some input into which ones! Those of you who have stopped by the Serial Story page can &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2012/01/a-quick-vote-for-2012s-serial-stories/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Year and Two Novels</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2012/01/a-year-and-two-novels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2012/01/a-year-and-two-novels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Year's Resolutions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year was an interesting year in terms of writing. While both of my NaNo attempts were sporadic in terms of meeting daily writing goals, I did get back in the habit of posting the Saturday Story Prompts consistently. Due &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2012/01/a-year-and-two-novels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect Never Comes</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/12/perfect-never-comes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/12/perfect-never-comes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rough drafts are better than no drafts. Is that always true? Of course not, but for where I am as a writer I have come to the conclusion that it&#8217;s a truth I need to embrace for 2012. I won&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/12/perfect-never-comes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Narrowing The Field</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/12/narrowing-the-field/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/12/narrowing-the-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last few days putting around with In Dreams of Trees, but it&#8217;s time to put that book aside to ferment and focus on what I need to do in 2012. It&#8217;s odd thinking of writing in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/12/narrowing-the-field/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned from NaNoWriMo 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/12/what-i-learned-from-nanowrimo-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/12/what-i-learned-from-nanowrimo-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was supposed to go up yesterday, but I&#8217;m still recovering from the charge of the light brigade that took me to 50k. Nothing quite like heading into Day 29 with 13k left to write—sigh. Rampant stupidity aside, now &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/12/what-i-learned-from-nanowrimo-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Internet Never Forgets</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/11/the-internet-never-forgets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/11/the-internet-never-forgets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often I get an odd search string that shows up in the Google results when I wander Google Analytics. One that gave me real pause came in a few days ago: &#8220;rise and walk&#8221; book by &#8220;martha bechtel&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/11/the-internet-never-forgets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crockpot Plotting (or: NaNoWriMo Metaphors)</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/crockpot-plotting-or-nanowrimo-metaphors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/crockpot-plotting-or-nanowrimo-metaphors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a blast at Saturday’s NaNoWriMo Plot-In and there are now many pages of colored marker madness and ‘ah-HA!’ moments surrounding this year’s novel. I have the central themes down, the motivating actions for all the major players, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/10/crockpot-plotting-or-nanowrimo-metaphors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When a Story’s Too Big for the Page</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/when-a-story%e2%80%99s-too-big-for-the-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/when-a-story%e2%80%99s-too-big-for-the-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more I poke at the outline for this year’s NaNoWriMo novel, the more it tangles in on itself. Right now I have three distinct groups of people each of who have their own storyline that eventually entangles with the &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/10/when-a-story%e2%80%99s-too-big-for-the-page/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The First 10,000 Words</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/the-first-10000-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/the-first-10000-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with pantsing NaNoWriMo is that the first 10,000 words are easy. These are the words that have been building up all of October and are under high pressure by the time we release the floodgates on November 1st. &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/10/the-first-10000-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NaNo in a Nutshell</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/nano-in-a-nutshell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/10/nano-in-a-nutshell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the threads of ‘sum-up your novel in one sentence’ are springing to life across the various forums at NaNoWriMo.org. It&#8217;s a time-honored tradition of finding out if you have enough of a hook to spark other folks’ interest &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/10/nano-in-a-nutshell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Write What You Read</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/09/write-what-you-read/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/09/write-what-you-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never been a fan of ‘write what you know’ because I have never, ever written what I know. My stories have always had unicorns and dragons and talking cats and werewolves&#8211; and I’ve been writing what I don&#8217;t know &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/09/write-what-you-read/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Planning for NaNoWriMo 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/09/planning-for-nanowrimo-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/09/planning-for-nanowrimo-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September is creeping to a close and with the dawning of October comes the Month Before NaNoWriMo™! (dramatic music) NaNoWriMo is, of course, National Novel Writing Month which has been held every November since 1999. With 200,500 participants and 37, &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/09/planning-for-nanowrimo-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CampNaNoWriMo.org!</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/06/campnanowrimo-org/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/06/campnanowrimo-org/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[!!! CampNaNoWriMo.org !!!   That is all&#8230; (ie. The Camp NaNoWriMo website appears to be live&#8230; all that obsessive clicking finally paid off! *grin*)]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo vs. NaNoWriAny?</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/05/nanowrimo-vs-nanowriany/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/05/nanowrimo-vs-nanowriany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks over at The Office of Letters and Light (the non-profit that runs Script Frenzy and National Novel Writing Month) have come out with a new announcement that has me doing a happy dance! What could this astoundingly astonishing &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/05/nanowrimo-vs-nanowriany/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Telling Stories Online</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2011/04/telling-stories-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2011/04/telling-stories-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I am working into my Master Plan for next year is they idea of selling one-time &#8216;tickets&#8217; to serial stories. The stories would be free to read for a period of time and then fall into &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2011/04/telling-stories-online/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finding a New Story to Tell</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/08/finding-a-new-story-to-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2010/08/finding-a-new-story-to-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a bit of a crazy month and my latest Novel_in_90 fell by the wayside much more rapidly than I feared. The main fault, I think, was starting with an established storyline. I spent a good bit of &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/08/finding-a-new-story-to-tell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Solitude (or: Chasing Internet Squirrels)</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/08/finding-solitude-or-chasing-internet-squirrels-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2010/08/finding-solitude-or-chasing-internet-squirrels-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve started to wonder recently if the idea that a writer needs to seek out a quiet place to work is a personal fallacy. I&#8217;ve held it to be true for&#8211; well, nigh on forever at this point, but when &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/08/finding-solitude-or-chasing-internet-squirrels-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Novel_in_90 Reboot (Redux?)</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/08/novel_in_90-reboot-redux-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2010/08/novel_in_90-reboot-redux-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve started playing in the Novel_in_90 LiveJournal community again, thanks to a post on Friday asking when the next round was starting. (There aren&#8217;t rounds, as such, it&#8217;s a &#8216;jump in at any time&#8217; setup in which you are aiming &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/08/novel_in_90-reboot-redux-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So many WIPs, So little time&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/05/so-many-wips-so-little-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 01:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a rather impressive pile of works-in-progress at the moment. Actually, if you count the daily snippits and the story prompts in the totals&#8230; I have a rather terrifying pile of works-in-progress. But, as has been said by writers &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/05/so-many-wips-so-little-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Constructive Feedback Writing &#8211; My Nemisis!</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/05/constructive-feedback-writing-my-nemisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 13:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a membership to the Online Writing Workshop (SF/Fantasy/Horror branch) since about the time it started (2000-ish). In that time I think I&#8217;ve posted maybe four things and written a whopping 30 reviews. I have obviously not been a &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/05/constructive-feedback-writing-my-nemisis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When I grow up&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/05/when-i-grow-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always wanted to tell stories for a living. Of course I&#8217;ve wanted to other things as well (breed riding cows, build robot dragons, rule a computer kingdom as a Sysadmin, write computer games, etc.) But wanting is not doing. &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/05/when-i-grow-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stumbling blocks and stepping stones&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/05/stumbling-blocks-and-stepping-stones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 01:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to get moving again. Whenever I stop reading, I stop writing. It&#8217;s odd how wound together the two actions are&#8211; you&#8217;d think reading would cancel out writing. After all, if I&#8217;m writing for my own enjoyment wouldn&#8217;t reading someone &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/05/stumbling-blocks-and-stepping-stones/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh starts and other fairy tales&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2010/01/fresh-starts-and-other-fairy-tales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think it would be easy for me to slip back into writing&#8211; after all, I have a almost two hundred story prompts I could play with, or several dozen half-started stories and universes. Heck, I spent a good few &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2010/01/fresh-starts-and-other-fairy-tales/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>And lo&#8230; I have a lot of stuff to upload. *ponders*</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2009/10/and-lo-i-have-a-lot-of-stuff-to-upload-ponders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.martha.net/2009/10/and-lo-i-have-a-lot-of-stuff-to-upload-ponders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a contest over on Nathan Bransford&#8217;s blog (The 3rd Sort-of-Annual Stupendously Ultimate First Paragraph Challenge) that is asking for the first paragraph of works-in-progress. You would think with all the writing I&#8217;ve got online that finding a first &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2009/10/and-lo-i-have-a-lot-of-stuff-to-upload-ponders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The thing about resolutions is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2009/10/the-thing-about-resolutions-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;keeping them. *sighs* But on that note, I&#8217;ll be doing some 10 minute sprints today in the hopes I can just start the nine million WIPs I have. (In fact one of the 10 minute projects is simply making a &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2009/10/the-thing-about-resolutions-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I have forgotten the first rule of NaNo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2009/08/i-have-forgotten-the-first-rule-of-nano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything you write is starts out as crap.. and sometimes, it gets better. But first you have to get the words on the page, even if they don&#8217;t look the way you&#8217;d like them to. This is something I have &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2009/08/i-have-forgotten-the-first-rule-of-nano/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not quite dead yet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.martha.net/2009/07/not-quite-dead-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Bechtel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m going to try (once again) to get this blog back up and running. Daily story snippits, work-in-progress reports, Saturday Story Prompts&#8230; the whole works! If all goes well, I should be able to get things going to the &#8230; <a href="http://www.martha.net/2009/07/not-quite-dead-yet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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