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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Gack*  I missed my Sunday ROW80 update, and think I&#8217;ve been listed as MIA in most of the social networking arenas I (used to) frequent.  I breeze in, peek around, and scoot out &#8211; usually without comment.  It&#8217;s the age old adage about not having enough hours in the day.  Truth is, there would be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=389&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ripples in the Pond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is me.  Not literally, but certainly figuratively.  And I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s a good thing I have *a lot* of hair.  Otherwise I would be bald. Let me just say, overall, I don&#8217;t mind editing.  I&#8217;m a putzer and a tweeker, and editing allows me to do that under the auspices of something grander.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=385&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making Adjustments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myrandommuse.wordpress.com/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The post I had scheduled for Friday got eaten.  Which sounds a whole lot like the age old excuse, &#8220;The dog ate my homework.&#8221;  Well, in this case, cyberspace ate my post.  And I didn&#8217;t have the time, or quite honestly the inclination, to re-write it.  I finally need to admit that while I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=380&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Of Taun-tauns and Editing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a scene in The Empire Strikes Back where Han Solo cuts open a Taun-taun to stuff Luke into it and by doing so, save his life.  At one point, Han drapes himself across the beast, his efforts exhausting him, and proclaims, &#8220;And I thought they smelled bad from the outside!&#8221; That&#8217;s exactly how I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=372&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hocus-Pocus and Bippity-Boppity-Boo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a reader, one of the things that turns me off is gratuitous magic with little structure and no consequences.  (The same holds true of sci fi with science that just doesn&#8217;t ring true.) As a writer, my magic system is regulated, not frivolous, and has a cost.  Several of my readers have commented on, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=368&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Award &amp; ROW80 Update</title>
		<link>http://myrandommuse.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/another-award-row80-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myrandommuse.wordpress.com/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A big Thank You to J M McDowell for handing me this: Those who know me best would argue that I am not who they think of in connection with anything having to do with &#8220;Sunshine&#8221;.  As it usually denotes cheery, outgoing, happy, etc.  Not that I&#8217;m a grumpy, unhappy, introvert.  Okay, fine, I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=364&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Setting the Record Straight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You write fantasy?  Well, you have it easy then.  You can just make everything up!&#8221; Yes, someone actually said that to me.  To which I responded, &#8220;Huh?!!?&#8221; I know, eloquent, hey? Well, sure, those of us who write fantasy do make up a lot of things.  We create whole worlds for our characters to inhabit.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=360&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Wednesday Check-in</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you sitting?  I&#8217;m actually writing this Tuesday evening, and scheduling it to publish Wednesday morning, instead of frantically penning something Wednesday at the day job.  On break, of course.  *cough, cough* Just a quick mid-week update on ROW80 goals &#8212; no change from Sunday.  Except that I actually have a few ideas for blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=354&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post with J. A. Campbell</title>
		<link>http://myrandommuse.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/guest-post-with-j-a-campbell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I turn my blog over to fellow writer, Julie Campbell.  Julie has written a special story just for this occasion featuring Doc, the vampire hunting Border Collie.  I think you&#8217;ll enjoy it. Julie writes fantasy novels. When she’s not out riding her horse, she can usually be found sitting in front of her computer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=348&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving the Finish Line</title>
		<link>http://myrandommuse.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/moving-the-finish-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There I was, sprinting toward the finish line, faster than a herd of turtles in a wind storm.  I could see it clearly.  Could almost touch it.  I just needed to dig deep and pull up the energy to make that final sprint.  Agent list is made and waiting, query is fine tuned, just need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myrandommuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25061796&amp;post=344&amp;subd=myrandommuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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