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		<title>Want to Blog More Often?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At night I usually put my laptop on my lap and surf for interesting stuff about writing, books, poetry, and politics, while watching the Yankees or a political program. I don’t like multi-tasking, but at my age I do it all the time. Why? Because I feel like I am running out of time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need a laugh? One of the following is bound to make you laugh out loud. They came to me via the Internet&#8230;
When Insults Had Class
These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
The exchange between Churchill &#038; Lady Astor:
She said, &#8220;If you were my husband I&#8217;d give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunshine On My Shoulders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While watching a taped concert of John Denver for the third time on WXXI, I was feeling rather nostalgic. I loved his music. I have several of his albums.I play them in the car and in my writing den. So I was wondering about his plane crash. I did a little research on the Internet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Break Through!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 03:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoy collecting quotes. I started as a very young writer by writing down quotes from Reader&#8217;s Digest that was delivered to my parent&#8217;s household. Here is one by Robert Penn Warren:
&#8220;Insofar as writing goes, the writer&#8217;s fundamental attempt is to understand the meaning of his own experiences. If he can&#8217;t break through to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stride Forth with the Dream in Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised to find two comments from writers that were recently added! How nice! I have two manuscripts in my desk that were rejected a number of times. I have a manuscript that could be a winner that I am working on with the help of a friend. And I have already received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donna McDine Launches Free Writing Newsletter!</title>
		<link>http://poetryplus.booklocker.com/?p=144</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donna McDine is a special lady. She has a passion for writing and sharing what she knows about writing.  I had the pleasure of meeting her at a writing conference a few years ago. She is offering a FREE newsletter, “Write What Inspires You”. It contains interviews, a book reviews, writers’ accomplishments, testimonials,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Give Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit down to write, I think about how I want my words to matter and resonate with readers. As my laptop grabs my new document file and I settle down in my recliner with a zero calorie beverage, I start to think about what I might say to writers and others about writing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Write or Not to Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.” ~William Hazlitt
Okay, the title of this little blog sounds like a play on Hamlet’s dilemma. (No pun intended.) I was thinking about writing nine reasons for not writing and one for writing. Does that sound unfair or unbalanced? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rochester Children&#8217;s Book Festival</title>
		<link>http://poetryplus.booklocker.com/?p=137</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Einstein, &#8220;There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as though everything is a miracle.&#8221;
At Rochester’s 12th Annual Children’s Book Festival I sold a significant number of books. That was a small miracle. My cult group of readers is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snail mailer, Golfer or Blogger?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been on a long hiatus. Where have I been? I started corresponding with my brother more frequently. I found this very satisfying to share my inner world him. My letters mounted and my blogs bogged down. And then I got into golf big time. My goal was to hit the ball long and [...]]]></description>
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