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	<description>about the craft and business of genre fiction</description>
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		<title>Make your book—you’ll like it</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/18/make-your-book%e2%80%94you%e2%80%99ll-like-it/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/18/make-your-book%e2%80%94you%e2%80%99ll-like-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Rhamey</dc:creator>
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I hold in my hands a trade paperback titled We the Enemy. It’s the real thing—except you can’t buy it anywhere because this is the one and only copy.
This rare, one-of-a-kind book, written and designed by me, cost me all of $10.86 (including shipping). This is by way of Lulu.com. I couldn’t buy one at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>A love of words</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/17/a-love-of-words/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/17/a-love-of-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Masson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspirations]]></category>

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A month into my residency in Paris, and already it&#8217;s begun to feel familiar, a home away from home. We know where the good markets are now, the cheap butcher, the best baker in our neighbourhood, the guy who sells the best mussels and fish—and we cook up our little feasts on our humble two [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>9 Strategies for Surviving the Second Book</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/16/surviving-the-second-book/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/16/surviving-the-second-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese Walsh</dc:creator>
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First, some cool news: Juliet and I have both been nominated in the  DABWAHA Tournament 2010. From the official site:
For newcomers, the DA BWAHA is a tournament of books where we put up a field of 64 books and you vote until there is one book, one champion. The contest is twofold. First, you [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Swift Kick</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/15/a-swift-kick/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/15/a-swift-kick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Bolton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRAFT]]></category>

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Some of you who follow me on Twitter may know that the current project I&#8217;m working on for Working Partners is a horror novel for the YA market.  I&#8217;d submitted sample chapters to them last year, was asked to revise, then asked to submit a lengthier sample in December.  This week I received the revision requests [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Eugenia Lovett West, part 2</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/12/author-interview-eugenia-lovett-west-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/12/author-interview-eugenia-lovett-west-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Bolton</dc:creator>
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She had a highly-regarded editor pluck her out of the online equivalent of the slush pile and signed her two a two-book deal with St. Martin&#8217;s.  She&#8217;s also eighty-something years young.  But Eugenia Lovett West does not rest on her laurels or her age when it comes to writing tightly-plotted mysteries.  Her latest novel, OVERKILL, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Fine Balance</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/11/a-fine-balance/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/11/a-fine-balance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Winn Scotch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[REAL WORLD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2755</guid>
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So, among the things I have done this morning that don’t include writing: Tweeting, Facebooking, Scrabbling, Scrambling, updating my blog, and surfing through various gossip/entertainment forums in search of&#8230;what? Distraction? Yes, distraction. The one thing that I haven’t yet done today? Write. Despite the fact that I have a 1k (minimum) self-imposed word count per [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/10/six-impossible-things-before-breakfast/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/10/six-impossible-things-before-breakfast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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If you stick to it in this business, if you work on your craft and keep striving to improve, the chances are actually pretty good that you will achieve some level of success. There&#8217;s a saying I really like from Richard Bach: “A professional writer is an amateur who didn&#8217;t quit.” And that is so, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Myth: This Will Solve Everything (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/09/myth-this-will-solve-everything-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/09/myth-this-will-solve-everything-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRAFT]]></category>

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If you missed part one of author Skyler White&#8217;s craft essay on myth and fact, click here, then come back. Skyler&#8217;s debut novel, and Falling, Fly, has been dubbed a &#8220;trippy urban fantasy&#8221; by Publisher&#8217;s Weekly. She was about to tell us how &#8220;developing a character by creating their reality in tandem with their mythology&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Myth: This Will Solve Everything (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/08/myth-this-will-solve-everything-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/08/myth-this-will-solve-everything-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRAFT]]></category>

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Today and tomorrow, author Skyler White will wield the WU mic to talk to us about an interesting topic &#8212; using myth and fact to create well-rounded fiction. We&#8217;re thrilled she&#8217;s with us. Take it away, Skyler.
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The opportunity to write a piece about craft at Writer Unboxed has given me a welcome respite from talking [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>AUTHOR INTERVIEW:Eugenia Lovett West, part 1</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/05/author-intervieweugenia-lovett-west-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/05/author-intervieweugenia-lovett-west-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Bolton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2594</guid>
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Imagine entering a writing contest sponsored by a major publishing house, but not winning.  Then imagine getting an e-mail from a very A-list editor wanting to offer you a two-book deal because your writing captivated her.  An aspiring novelist&#8217;s fairy tale ending, right?
Dreams did come true for mystery novelist Eugenia Lovett West because [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Dark Side</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/04/the-dark-side/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/04/the-dark-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Marillier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRAFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REAL WORLD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2718</guid>
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One of the most often asked and most annoying questions for writers is ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’  My answer depends on the circumstances. If the questioner is, say, a talented twelve-year-old, I explain how everyday experiences can provide fodder for the writer’s imagination, and how the more widely a person reads, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Elements of Awe</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/03/the-elements-of-awe/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/03/the-elements-of-awe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Maass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRAFT]]></category>

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Who spreads stories and why?  Sociologists at the University of Pennsylvania have been studying data provided by The New York Times showing which of the paper&#8217;s articles are the most often e-mailed.  
Their conclusions have some relevance for fiction writers because they reveal what it is about stories that probably generate word of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Secrets Every Writer Should Know About Query Letters</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/02/secrets-every-writer-should-know-about-query-letters/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/02/secrets-every-writer-should-know-about-query-letters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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Today we welcome guest Laura Cross to Writer Unboxed. Laura, an author, editor and writing coach, is the author of a new book &#8212; The Complete Guide To Hiring A Literary Agent: Everything You Need To Know To Become Successfully Published. We&#8217;re happy she&#8217;s with us today to discuss something every writer wants to know [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Snippets</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/01/snippets-23/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/03/01/snippets-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Bolton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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Tidbits of interest to writers from around the &#8216;net.
ETA: Here&#8217;s a fascinating article from the NYTs on what we are all wondering: how much it actually costs to produce a book
But publishers also say consumers exaggerate the savings and have developed unrealistic expectations about how low the prices of e-books can go. Yes, they say, printing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Go, Little Book</title>
		<link>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/26/go-little-book/</link>
		<comments>http://writerunboxed.com/2010/02/26/go-little-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Elliott</dc:creator>
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I had some exciting news this month.  A quote given to me by the lovely Michelle Moran prompted the higher echelons at my publishers to take a look at the forthcoming second book of my trilogy, Dark Moon of Avalon, and decide to give it more publicity build up than had previously been budgeted for.  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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