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		<title>31 Authors, 1 Model of a Writers’ Cooperative: Author Tawny Stokes on the Bandit Creek Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan O'Hara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, there’s been a self-publishing experiment taking place in the Calgary branch of the Romance Writers of America. (CARWA, members of which are known under the apt moniker “Carwackians.”) I’ve been an interested observer. Now that the Bandit Creek Series has matured, and can provide lessons and data, CaRWA’s third-time president joins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking for the Cowardly and Terrified</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuvi Zalkow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it should start becoming more and more obvious that I&#8217;m going through a writer-identity crisis as things get closer to the release of my book. And lucky you &#8212; you get to be a witness to my crisis. In this episode of my crisis, we walk through my attempt at networking even though I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You say Potato, I Say Potato, You Say Tomato, I Say Book Sales</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/05/17/you-say-potato-i-say-potato-you-say-tomato-i-say-book-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/05/17/you-say-potato-i-say-potato-you-say-tomato-i-say-book-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kath here. We&#8217;re thrilled that novelist Liz Michalski is back to guest with us! Liz&#8217;s last guest post with us was just terrific, and we&#8217;re so pleased she agreed to return and discuss a quite unusual way of marketing your book. Her haunting debut novel Evenfall has received praise and buzz. Booklist says, &#8221;EVENFALL is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something Old, Something New</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/05/16/something-old-something-new/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Masson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most writers, whether new or established, I have folders—physical and electronic—filled with stories that either never quite got to publication but that your instinct tells you are still worth something; or else were published long ago and whose details might be a bit dated, yet whose core is still strong. These aren&#8217;t dead stories, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Advertise with Writer Unboxed</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/05/13/advertise-with-writer-unboxed/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/05/13/advertise-with-writer-unboxed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Writer Unboxed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed something new recently at Writer Unboxed: advertisements at the top of the left-hand column. (We just finished running an ad for Chris Abouzeid, author of Anatopsis.) With the help of our assistant, we&#8217;ve created informational kits for both authors and businesses who might be interested in advertising with us. Bonus: They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Out-of-the-Box Author Blogging Ideas</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/05/04/seven-out-of-the-box-author-blogging-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/05/04/seven-out-of-the-box-author-blogging-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Therese here. Please welcome today&#8217;s guest, Shari Stauch. Shari is the CEO of Shark Marketing Co. and has been involved in publishing, marketing and PR for 33 years. As president of Charleston&#8217;s Center for Women, she moderates the Women Writers Forum, and conducts seminars on website marketing and image branding. Under her leadership the Center for Women [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Should You Focus on Your Writing or Your Platform?</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/27/should-you-focus-on-your-writing-or-your-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/27/should-you-focus-on-your-writing-or-your-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Friedman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craft! Platform! Craft!! Platform!! It’s a debate that might span eternity: how much time should you devote to writing versus platform building? I don’t know if there was ever a real beginning to this debate, but if so, it was when editors and agents started telling nonfiction authors that their book was only viable if [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>105</slash:comments>
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		<title>Q&amp;A With YA Novelist Kimberly Reid</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/24/qa-with-ya-novelist-kimberly-reid/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/24/qa-with-ya-novelist-kimberly-reid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carleen Brice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kimberly Reid is author of the Langdon Prep series of YA novels about a girl detective named Chanti Evans whose mom is an undercover cop. Chanti lives in the hood but goes to a private school in a swanky neighborhood. The 2nd in the series, Creeping With the Enemy, pubs today! A little of what [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Community Behind the Independent Bookstore</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/12/the-community-behind-the-independent-bookstore/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/12/the-community-behind-the-independent-bookstore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Therese here. It&#8217;s the second Thursday of the month, which means it&#8217;s #IndieThursday&#8211;a day dedicated to independent bookstores here and at Beyond the Margins, an esteemed blog we hope you&#8217;ll add to your daily visits. I&#8217;m honored to introduce a post written by Bob Proehl, Director of Operations at an independent bookstore in Ithaca, NY, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>On Rejection</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/11/on-rejection-2/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2012/04/11/on-rejection-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a writer, you may think you have the market cornered on this. This is one job where you can plug away for twenty years without positive reinforcement from the industry. Then one day, everything changes. Instead of an endless string of no-thank-yous, you get a yes, please. That sale or signing with your agent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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