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			<title><![CDATA[Six Steps To Finding An Agent]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You've finished your first manuscript, or maybe your twentieth. Maybe you're having trouble getting an editor's attention through the slush pile or conference interviews. Maybe you know that an A-list agent can cut through the bureaucratic hurdles and get your book into the hands of a decision maker. For whatever reason, you've decided that your next step is getting an agent. <br/><br/>The question is: how do you find, and "land", an agent who's right for you? ]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Cathy Yardley)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:30:00 CST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On Boredom]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I attended a writer's retreat last June. The name of the retreat was "Writing and Dharma," and it was billed as a combination writing and meditation retreat. Sounded right up my alley, so I jumped a plane to Portland, Oregon, and caught a rideshare to Cloud Mountain meditation center in the southern part of Washington. Nestled in a forest of the tallest trees I've seen, it had tranquil written all over it. Just the ticket for a case of high stress and writer's block.]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Cathy Yardley)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:30:00 CST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[When A Line Closes]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's always a little depressing when a series or imprint closes. There are few enough markets, it seems, and to lose two more and cause even more authors to compete for the markets you're targeting: well, it's enough to discourage any writer intent on selling. And considering one of them actually seemed to be doing well financially, it seems like sheer capriciousness on the part of the publisher. If books that are selling well can be canceled, what the heck chance does any other book have? And is there any way of predicting the actions of a publisher?<br/><br/>Here's an old chestnut of wisdom: the Chinese character for crisis is "danger" and "opportunity." The people who can see the opportunities are inevitably the ones who are going to come out on top.]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Cathy Yardley)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:30:00 CST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Being A Brand]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As a writer, you are a brand. This concept is just as important for the unpublished or newly published writer as it is for the career veteran. Why? Because you're going to be one name in a sea of competitors, whether it's on the editors desk or on a bookstore shelf. You need to have a definite sense of what makes you special in order to stand out. <br/>]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Cathy Yardley)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:30:00 CST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ideas of March]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When I sold my first book, I was ecstatic � until I hit a writer's block that lasted for a year and a half. Now that I've experienced it, I know that it's both real and painful for a lot of writers.]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Cathy Yardley)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:30:00 CST]]></pubDate>
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