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		<title>How to Start a Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the questions I hear frequently from aspiring writers is, &#8220;How do I start a story?&#8221; Even seasoned writers have days when the story won&#8217;t come. Talking to a reporter for Interview Magazine in 1995, Martin Amis said of novel-writing, &#8220;If I come up against a brick wall, I&#8217;ll just go and play snooker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Publish My First Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the questions I hear most often from aspiring writers is, &#8220;How do I publish my first book?&#8221; While there&#8217;s no easy path to publication, with a good story, a very thick skin, and  a great deal of patience, you can get there. I began writing the stories that would appear in my first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Submit Your Fiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, do your research The old-school but reliable Novel and Short Story Writer&#8217;s Market (Writer&#8217;s Digest Books)covers many of the better publications with detailed descriptions of tastes, editorial guidelines, payment, and rights. The Pushcart Prize Anthology (Pushcart Press) is an annual anthology of the best of literary magazines and presses selected by editors themselves; you&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Submit Stories for Publication</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<title>The noun&#8217;s the thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in July of 2011, WORD magazine remembered John Carter, songwriter, producer, and A&#38;R man extraordinaire, who “was instrumental in the careers of and a passionate supporter of Bob Seger, The Motels, Sammy Hagar, Melissa Etheridge, Tori Amos, David and David, and … Tina Turner.” WORD quotes an interviewfor industry website Taxi, in which Carter said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Rejection: Why Kathryn Stockett Never Gave Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Magazine features an essay by Kathryn Stockett, author of the wildly successful novel The Help, now a wildly successful film. It&#8217;s an old story, but worth repeating: novelist gets a zillion rejections, or 60, to be more precise, before finally landing an agent, a publisher, and a long-running spot at the top of just about every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24-hour flash fiction contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Line Zero litmag is running a 24-hour flash fiction contest. Here are the rules, from the contest website: We’re running a 24 hour prompt-based contest showcasing the art of flash fiction. Participants will have 24 hours to write a short story at 300 words or less. Line Zero editors, Renda Dodge and Bailey Shoemaker Richards will judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I want to be a writer&#8230;how do I start?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One question I often hear from teenagers is this: &#8220;I want to be a writer. How do I start?&#8221; 1. Begin by being a good reader. Read widely and well: fiction, poetry, memoir. To get a great idea of the possibilities of fiction, get a copy of The Scriber Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manuscript Services</title>
		<link>http://www.bayareabookdoctor.com/2011/12/05/manuscript-services-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<title>Guided Workbooks for Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Workbooks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[See what&#8217;s in store this year from the Guided Workbooks for Writers series.]]></description>
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