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		<title>The Dangers of NaNoWriMo</title>
		<link>http://marianallen.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-dangers-of-nanowrimo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were some dangers I expected, based on last year: Boring people silly by wanting to talk about my plot problems, confusing people by telling them stories about the childhood of one of my characters, going to the grocery instead of church because I&#8217;m thinking about the book instead of where I&#8217;m going&#8230;. This year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1929&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Excited!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[THE GIFT OF MURDER]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is my Toys For Tots book signing! It&#8217;ll be at the Harrison County Library from 1-4. I&#8217;ll have this year&#8217;s benefit anthology, THE GIFT OF MURDER, and last year&#8217;s, DYING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND and SWORD AND SORCERESS XXIII. I bought a truckload of SSXXIII, for some reason. I could built a freakin&#8217; house [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1927&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem With The Power Of Attraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[affirmations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to use affirmations to lose weight.
I love weighing 150 pounds.
It&#8217;s great, being able to fit into those pants I had gathering dust in my closet for so long.
My wedding dress fits again!
If visualization works, it might have been a mistake to make my National Novel Writing Month project one which has a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1924&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best. Sweet. EVAR!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom reminded me that I forgot to say anything about the dessert we had at A.J.&#8217;s on Sunday. We had our choice of apple pie or baklava, and we chose baklava. In terms of sheer calories, you get great value for money with baklava. It&#8217;s probably Mom&#8217;s favorite sweet. I like it A LOT, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1922&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNo Is Still In Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote over 3,000 words yesterday! W00t!
DOWN AND DIRTY DEATH is past the 30,000-word mark, and it&#8217;s true what they say in the pep talks: By the time you have that much material, you have so much in your mind about plots and characters and motifs, you can&#8217;t type fast enough.
I&#8217;m very proud of myself, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1918&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>English Roast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, this is not how to make fun of a Brit. Mom and I went for the &#8220;traditional English roast&#8221; at A.J.&#8217;s yesterday. I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;re thinking of making it a regular Sunday thing or not. I would advise not. The food was delicious, but the roast was by reservation only, and some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1914&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Days Are Just Packed</title>
		<link>http://marianallen.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/the-days-are-just-packed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Church first.
Then lunch at A.J.&#8217;s.
Then open house at the Lanesville library.
And I&#8217;ve already written over 1,000 words on my NaNoWriMo project this morning.  
A.J.&#8217;s is having a &#8220;traditional English roast&#8221; with roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roasted parsnips and I don&#8217;t know what all. Mushy peas, probably.
The characters in DOWN AND DIRTY DEATH just finished [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1912&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Nice Little Cake</title>
		<link>http://marianallen.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/a-nice-little-cake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I go next door to visit my mother almost every day, and we like to have tea and treats when I do. Sometimes she makes cookies, and sometimes I make cake. Ever since I found that recipe for &#8220;5-minute cake&#8221;, I&#8217;ve been making those. It&#8217;s fun to experiment with different ingredients for different flavor combinations. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1907&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Dick Stodghill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was saddened to learn that mystery writer and all-around gentleman Dick Stodghill passed away. I first met Dick at a mini-workshop the Midwest Writers Workshop put on in New Albany. His presentation there literally changed my life.
&#8220;Don&#8217;t take yourself too seriously,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but always take your work seriously.&#8221; He told us to respect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marianallen.wordpress.com&blog=2498605&post=1905&subd=marianallen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day 2001</title>
		<link>http://marianallen.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/veterans-day-2001/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 11, 2001, Community Unity organized a Veterans Day tribute in Corydon, Indiana. I was asked to write a speech to be delivered by one of our other members, a police officer. This is the speech, which I offer here in tribute to all the heroes who have fallen since.
~~~
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