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			<title>the last person to post here wins</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/comedy-and-games-f38/the-last-person-to-post-here-wins-t5139.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>fleamailman</dc:creator>
			<description>&quot;...see, I've already won...&quot; said the goblin again, who dearly wanted this thread to be a hotchpotch of everyones effort here, continuing &quot;...come now, you win this just by posting something, but how you win this, or if you don't post here, is just a benchmark of self is it not, but I have great faith in you, or I wouldn't be here, play beat the goblin if you want to play it that way too, anything then, but do post something, for you have such talent mortals while life's clock  ...</description>
			<category>Comedy and Games</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:58:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Anyone Have Trouble Seeing?</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/anyone-have-trouble-seeing-t5687.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Maybe I should wear my glasses--that's probably what they are for.  <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/lol.gif" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:27:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/anyone-have-trouble-seeing-t5687.htm#71964</comments>
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			<title>Understanding Traditional Book Publishing</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/understanding-traditional-book-publishing-t5673.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Shelagh</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[If you're considering self-publishing, you need to understand the advantages and disadvantages of traditional book publishing:
<br />

<br />
<a href="http://www.sideroad.com/Information_Product/book-publishing.html" target="_blank">http://www.sideroad.com/Information_Product/book-publishing.html</a>]]></description>
			<category>Information</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:20:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/understanding-traditional-book-publishing-t5673.htm#71777</comments>
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			<title>The Plot Thickens!</title>
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			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello, I just got a call from my brain surgeons office. The good news is he didn 't like the xrays of the frayed leads and wishes to perform a premptive surgery to reposition the leads before they break and necessitate a brain surgery to replace them.   I like  his thinking. 
<br />
 
<br />
Please keep  me in your kind thoughts and prayers. Remember Carol first and then me--thanks a billion!  <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/lol.gif" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:51:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/the-plot-thickens-t5682.htm#71853</comments>
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			<title>ANYONE RICH FROM PA ROYALTIES?</title>
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			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I made nothing.
<br />
 
<br />
Hope you did better.  I know I had sales on Amazon.]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/anyone-rich-from-pa-royalties-t5685.htm#71927</comments>
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			<title>To Those Whose Birthday We Missed</title>
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			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.publishedauthors.orghttp://www.publishedauthors.org//users/1414/21/58/76/smiles/354181.gif" border="0" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.publishedauthors.orghttp://www.publishedauthors.org//users/1414/21/58/76/smiles/354181.gif" border="0" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.publishedauthors.orghttp://www.publishedauthors.org//users/1414/21/58/76/smiles/354181.gif" border="0" alt="" /> We love you and are very glad you were born.]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:59:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/to-those-whose-birthday-we-missed-t5679.htm#71839</comments>
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			<title>Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/paris-hilton-arrested-on-cocaine-charge-t5668.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>LC</dc:creator>
			<description>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100828/ap_on_en_tv/us_paris_hilton_arrest



In light of what US drug use is doing to Mexico, I'd like to see her in jail for years. Extra time due to her high profile. It won't happen, of course, the charges will be dropped and she'll be out on bail. She doesn't live in Juarez, so she doesn't care what her snorting has done to the place.



I would like to see a focus on punishing (not rehabilitating) users instead of suppliers now, since punishing suppliers clearly  ...</description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Organ donation</title>
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			<dc:creator>dmondeo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<strong>The best thing about organ donation when you die  apart from helping save 
<br />
the lives of others is it makes your coffin a lot lighter for your 
<br />
relatives to carry.
<br />
So do your family a favour and donate the lot.</strong> <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_razz.gif" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:38:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/organ-donation-t5686.htm#71952</comments>
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			<title>Saving the American Flag</title>
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			<dc:creator>Shelagh</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the interviewees in Literature &amp; Fiction Interviews Volume II, Conrad Larson, emailed me this video link. I thought I would share it with you:
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<embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ro3AeMchnDM" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" quality="high" scale="exactfit"></embed>]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BIRTHDAY ?</title>
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			<dc:creator>joefrank</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[8/28/2010
<br />
 
<br />
                  Birthday ?
<br />
 
<br />
                  Cheers..Joe
<br />
 
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<a href="http://www.publishedauthors.org/gallery/Personal-album-of-joefrank/1990lc-pic_778.htm" class="postlink"><img src="http://www.publishedauthors.org/users/1414/21/58/76/album/1990lc10.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:22:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/birthday-t5667.htm#71690</comments>
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			<title>Free Press Release Sites for your Book Promotion Efforts</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/free-press-release-sites-for-your-book-promotion-efforts-t459.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>flashgordon</dc:creator>
			<description>So I've put together another list for everyone. This time it is press release sites. All of these sites offer both paid and free press release services. The paid packages offer more features, but the free ones will get your press release sent over the wire. 



Free Press Release Sites for Book Marketing and Author Promotion



Happy marketing.   </description>
			<category>Marketing Tips</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/free-press-release-sites-for-your-book-promotion-efforts-t459.htm#4456</comments>
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			<title>Miners Trapped</title>
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			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I feel so bad about the trapped miners. What a deal. I would wager they will retire after this ordeal.
<br />
 
<br />
I hope they are compensated someway.]]></description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:23:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First Chapter of King versus King</title>
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			<dc:creator>wahallonline</dc:creator>
			<description>Chapter 1



Owen’s senior year had held promise, he was captain of the football team, dated the cheerleader, and just bought his new road bike, but it all went away one week in October. 



The Falls in Vermont are not the Normal Rockwell New England version. The days become short and the leaves do turn the fire red and crimson but don’t waste time hanging around and crash to the ground before your eyes. Fall doesn’t wait for anyone and it comes and goes leaving us with a cold wind and misty  ...</description>
			<category>First Chapters</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:44:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/first-chapters-f12/first-chapter-of-king-versus-king-t5680.htm#71844</comments>
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			<title>King versus King</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/books-f8/king-versus-king-t5678.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>wahallonline</dc:creator>
			<description>I have a  new book out, &quot;King versus King&quot;. Please check it out and tell me what you think! It is on Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Black Rose Writing!</description>
			<category>Books</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/books-f8/king-versus-king-t5678.htm#71833</comments>
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			<title>Hello from new California Author</title>
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			<dc:creator>wahallonline</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Just joined, and want to say hello! I hope that in the early stages I will receive plenty of help and look forward to the day that I can help others! Thanks goes out to my publisher Reagan Rothe and Black Rose Writing, they are doing a super job on my new book! My book is &quot;King versus King&quot; and tells a story of a modern day Arthurian tale. Please take a look at it and see what you think!
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<br />
Bill]]></description>
			<category>Welcome</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:22:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/welcome-f1/hello-from-new-california-author-t5677.htm#71832</comments>
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			<title>Beck's "predominantly white crowd"</title>
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			<dc:creator>LC</dc:creator>
			<description>>

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100828/ap_on_en_tv/us_dc_rally

 

Predominantly white? Fascinating. Since Sharpton's rally color wasn't mentioned, I googled photos. What do you know, his crowd was predominantly black.

 

And the moral is ...? </description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:56:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/beck-s-predominantly-white-crowd-t5669.htm#71699</comments>
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			<title>Hi Alice,</title>
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			<dc:creator>Betty Fasig</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I looked at who is on line now and it is you and I.  
<br />
A beautiful flower, you are.  
<br />

<br />
Love,
<br />
Betty]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/hi-alice-t5650.htm#71534</comments>
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			<title>Hard times for traditional books</title>
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			<dc:creator>Shelagh</dc:creator>
			<description>According to figures just released by the central government, the days of the traditional book in China are numbered as more and more people are turning their attention to digital forms of publishing:



http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/hard-times-for-traditional-books-as-chinarsquos-digital-publishing-industry-grows-2042649.html </description>
			<category>Information</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:33:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>What did you buy today?</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/homes-and-gardens-f39/what-did-you-buy-today-t4746.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>LC</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_basketball.gif" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Homes and Gardens</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/homes-and-gardens-f39/what-did-you-buy-today-t4746.htm#61330</comments>
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			<title>What did you cook today?</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/homes-and-gardens-f39/what-did-you-cook-today-t4730.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>LC</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/suspect.gif" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Homes and Gardens</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:37:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/homes-and-gardens-f39/what-did-you-cook-today-t4730.htm#61139</comments>
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			<title>DO YOU BELIEVE IN PRAYER?</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/religion-and-spirituality-f25/do-you-believe-in-prayer-t5674.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I do and have had many prayers answered.   How about you? 
<br />
I know God is  very good.
<br />
Never give up--God is just a prayer away!]]></description>
			<category>Religion and Spirituality</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:44:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/religion-and-spirituality-f25/do-you-believe-in-prayer-t5674.htm#71778</comments>
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			<title>My Favorite Things</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/articles-f19/my-favorite-things-t5671.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Al Stevens</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[What's your favorite part about writing? 
<br />
 
<br />
Mine is the rewrite. Once the story, article, essay whatever is down, that's the end of the tedium. Then, I really enjoy going over the piece, paragraph by paragraph, sentence by sentence, word by word, polishing it, pruning it, crafting it from a blob of words into a finished work of writing. I never want that part to end, and I could go on forever making changes, corrections, enhancements.]]></description>
			<category>Articles</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:23:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/articles-f19/my-favorite-things-t5671.htm#71747</comments>
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			<title>The death of traditional publishing</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/the-death-of-traditional-publishing-t5672.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Shelagh</dc:creator>
			<description>According to Laura Miller, massive crowds are lining up to dance on the grave of traditional book publishing, proclaiming that the industry is antiquated and hidebound.



Laura discusses the difficulty of finding good self-published books to read among the three-quarters of a million titles self-published in 2009:



http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/06/22/slush/index.html </description>
			<category>Information</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/the-death-of-traditional-publishing-t5672.htm#71761</comments>
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			<title>COMPUTER MOUSE GONE MAD !</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/computer-mouse-gone-mad-t5670.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>joefrank</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[8/29/2010
<br />

<br />
              Need advice urgently , my computer mouse won't type in the bar on top of
<br />
              AOL , it get's invisible ? I have to go to Mozilla Firefox to check the sites. I
<br />
              don't know what's wrong with it ? Any advice how to fix it ??????? Thanks.
<br />

<br />
                                               Cheer..Joe... <img src="http://www.publishedauthors.org//users/1414/21/58/76/smiles/368598.gif" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:44:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/computer-mouse-gone-mad-t5670.htm#71732</comments>
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			<title>My grandaughter just graduated..</title>
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			<dc:creator>alj</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[From the Baby Bears to the Rockets at daycare.  She is now officially a toddler:
<br />

<br />
<img src="http://www.annjoiner.com/jayciegradsm.jpg" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:27:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/my-grandaughter-just-graduated-t5664.htm#71665</comments>
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			<title>Jumped the gun on promotion</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-problems-f10/jumped-the-gun-on-promotion-t2900.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
			<description>I am the personal assistant to a self-published author who has recently discovered that her book was not ready for publication at the time that she sent it off to the presses.  We've been working hard to edit the second edition, fixing everything from formatting to horrible typos that her first editor missed.



We stopped heavy marketing efforts in order to focus on improving the book, but we just received a letter from Barnes &amp; Noble (who we contacted about months ago) saying that they  ...</description>
			<category>Marketing Problems</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-problems-f10/jumped-the-gun-on-promotion-t2900.htm#44053</comments>
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			<title>GOOD NEWS!</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/good-news-t5616.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Dave and I get to visit Carol and Tom.  It  will be so nice to see them again.
<br />
Dave and Tom are both great  caretakers and of course, Carol and I are such easy patients. 
<br />
It will be fun comparing notes.  
<br />
I am getting anxious.  Tuesday the 24th is the day.  ]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:15:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/good-news-t5616.htm#71186</comments>
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			<title>Just who are "the American people"?</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/just-who-are-the-american-people-t5596.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>alj</dc:creator>
			<description>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/us/politics/15islamcenter.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1



Quote:“The decision to build this mosque so close to the site of ground zero 

is deeply troubling, as is the president’s decision to endorse it,” Mr. 

Boehner said. “The American people certainly don’t support it.”		



I am an American person, and am quite proud of it.  



All American people do not think alike, nor do they support the same projects and causes.



I am getting tired of this &quot;American  ...</description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:30:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/just-who-are-the-american-people-t5596.htm#70944</comments>
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			<title>Successful non-fiction author spurns traditional publishing</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/successful-non-fiction-author-spurns-traditional-publishing-t5666.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Shelagh</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[In the Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey A. Trachtenburg writes about the best-selling marketing author, Seth Godin, who is ditching his traditional publisher, Portfolio, after a string of books and plans to sell his future works online directly to his fans:
<br />

<br />
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704340504575447841893919812.html" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704340504575447841893919812.html</a>]]></description>
			<category>Information</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:10:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/successful-non-fiction-author-spurns-traditional-publishing-t5666.htm#71680</comments>
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			<title>COVER LETTER</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/query-letters-f20/cover-letter-t5665.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Kelvin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi
<br />
    I've finally got a publisher to request further, after sending my query letter. Yipee!!!  Please can someone give me a good format in writing a Cover Letter.
<br />

<br />
Kelvin O'Ralph]]></description>
			<category>Query Letters</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/query-letters-f20/cover-letter-t5665.htm#71671</comments>
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			<title>Living goes on at a fast pace</title>
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			<dc:creator>Betty Fasig</dc:creator>
			<description>It has rained most of the week here.  I am not deterred by rain and just go on with the work to be done.  I mentioned about the doves and the nests last week.



I have avoided their realm out of respect for their endeavor to continue and raise the small doves.  



Today, the first nest was empty.  I came to the second nest, and there was two small, almost with feathers, little doves with big eyes hovered there.  I felt so blessed to just see two little doves in the nest!  



This evening,  ...</description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:14:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/living-goes-on-at-a-fast-pace-t5663.htm#71662</comments>
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			<title>Epilogues</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/articles-f19/epilogues-t5662.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Al Stevens</dc:creator>
			<description>What are your opinions about an epilogue in a work of fiction? Good idea? Bad idea? Any comments on what an epilogue should and should not include?</description>
			<category>Articles</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/articles-f19/epilogues-t5662.htm#71658</comments>
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			<title>Eli Book Trailer</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/book-trailers-f34/eli-book-trailer-t5660.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Leslie Musoko</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/11Q7oevTgy8" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" quality="high" scale="exactfit"></embed>]]></description>
			<category>Book Trailers</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/book-trailers-f34/eli-book-trailer-t5660.htm#71640</comments>
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			<title>Integration</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/integration-t5661.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Abe F. March</dc:creator>
			<description>We often hear about a group of people who wish to remain separate from the rest of society.  They don’t want to integrate yet want the benefits society has to offer.  



Right now in Germany, there is much controversy over a soon to be published book that exposes a group of immigrants who refuse to integrate.  They refuse to learn the language in order to get a job and live off the benefits the country offers. An example is a family of five who receive 1,500 Euros (approx. $2,000) monthly from  ...</description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:26:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/integration-t5661.htm#71655</comments>
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			<title>Free Lunch  Bunch meets over the summer</title>
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			<dc:creator>LC</dc:creator>
			<description>http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/usda-to-try-new-summer-system-for-feeding-poor-students/19598805



According to this article, money is to be allotted to feed Free Lunch Bunch kids over the summer as well as during the school year. Advocates of the program claim that they'll go hungry otherwise, that their situation is &quot;catastrophic.&quot;



Billions of dollars are spent EVERY YEAR on food programs in this country! I've read that 1 out of 8 kids/families are on a food program. What  ...</description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:59:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/free-lunch-bunch-meets-over-the-summer-t5649.htm#71522</comments>
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			<title>A Medieval Fairy-tale</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/writers-cafe-f36/a-medieval-fairy-tale-t5659.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>alj</dc:creator>
			<description>I've been enjoying reading Jan Phillips over the last few months:  The Art of Original Thinking; Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity.  Right now I'm reading Circles, and came across this quotation:



Quote:A woman came to Paris to stand on a bridge after dreaming she would get help for her sick children. They had a dangerous disease and she had no money for medicine. In her dream,  she  learned  that  she might  save  them by  standing on  a bridge  every Thursday.  ...</description>
			<category>Writers' Cafe</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:58:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/writers-cafe-f36/a-medieval-fairy-tale-t5659.htm#71639</comments>
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			<title>e-readers still small beer in UK</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/e-readers-still-small-beer-in-uk-t5639.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>mike bryon</dc:creator>
			<description>



We had a brilliant trip to Grenada for the carnival but now it’s back to an email monster and a couple of new editions due by the end of September. 



On the subject of e-readers Benedicte Page writes in the bookseller.com that “only 2% of adults have access to an e-reading device, with younger men the most likely to have them, according to a consumer research study into people's media habits by Ofcom”.



You can read the full article here:



http://www.thebookseller.com/news/126406-young-men-like-e-readers-the-most-says-ofcom.html

 </description>
			<category>Information</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:18:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/e-readers-still-small-beer-in-uk-t5639.htm#71401</comments>
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			<title>Successful at not selling books ....</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/successful-at-not-selling-books-t1667.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>JoElle</dc:creator>
			<description>The internet is a very strange place. Did you know you begin to multiply without your knowledge? 



Of course my novels can be ordered directly from my publisher here:



http://www.orchardhousepress.com/joellemartin



or from Amazon here:



http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=joelle+martin&amp;x=15&amp;y=11



And of course they are listed at Barnes &amp; Noble here:



http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9781590925416  ...</description>
			<category>Marketing Tips</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:19:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/successful-at-not-selling-books-t1667.htm#22362</comments>
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			<title>Myspace</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/myspace-t1025.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>authorpromotion</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone,
<br />

<br />
I have a question for those with a Myspace page. Has Myspace been helpful for promoting your books?
<br />

<br />

<br />
Thanks in advance!
<br />

<br />
Nadia]]></description>
			<category>Marketing Tips</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:37:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/myspace-t1025.htm#13296</comments>
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			<title>So, There I was . . .</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/so-there-i-was--t5651.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Betty Fasig</dc:creator>
			<description>Standing there with my coffee cup in hand, looking out the screens of the porch.  I hear a crying sound and tried to locate it.  It was an adult squirrel on a lone branch, screaming to beat the band.  A baby woodpecker was out on the end of the same branch having a lovely time, up and down, under the branch and back to the beginning, smiling all the way.  



The squirrel came running down the branch, had a tussel with another squirrel, who was small and very young, kicked the little one out  ...</description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/so-there-i-was--t5651.htm#71535</comments>
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			<title>Small marketplace for works of fantasy</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/small-marketplace-for-works-of-fantasy-t5320.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Al Stevens</dc:creator>
			<description>To those of you who have published works of fantasy:

 

Following is a link to a store owned and operated by my daughter and another lady.

 

http://www.sticksandstonescircle.com/

 

I told her of the books and authors here, and she expressed an interest in having some of your works on her store's bookshelves.

 

She works from informal consignment agreements.

 

Here's the email address:

 

STICKSANDSTONESCIRCLE @ LIVE.COM

 

(delete the spaces.) To the attention  of gwendolyn

 

If  ...</description>
			<category>Marketing Tips</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:16:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/marketing-tips-f9/small-marketplace-for-works-of-fantasy-t5320.htm#67424</comments>
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			<title>HOSPITAL DROPS HEALTH INSURANCE- 14,000 WITHOUT HOSPITAL</title>
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			<dc:creator>joefrank</dc:creator>
			<description>8/25/2010



It came as a big shock that here in Santa Fe, NM

this morning in the local newspaper that our one hospital

here Christis St. Vincents Hospital has dropped Lovelace

insurance because they want more money, so now not

only am I not able to go to the hospital God forbid I get

ill but here in town 14,000 people won't be covered, I think

this is a disgrace ! The nearest hospital is an hour away in

Albq. NM , so can you imagine if you have a heart conditon

you would never make it  ...</description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:26:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/hospital-drops-health-insurance-14000-without-hospital-t5655.htm#71570</comments>
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			<title>Wheatmark Publishing online free seminars</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/articles-f19/wheatmark-publishing-online-free-seminars-t5658.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>dkchristi</dc:creator>
			<description>By the post below I am not endorsing Wheatmark Publishing.  I have not published with them.  However, they do offer some  information to which you may choose to listen.  I have heard all of them and felt I gained from each.





Dear DK



              Many of you already know that I spent part of August in Paris. I lived there while still a student in college and fell in love with the city's architecture, language, and food. 



                  I'm happy to report that from the boulevard  ...</description>
			<category>Articles</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:06:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/articles-f19/wheatmark-publishing-online-free-seminars-t5658.htm#71617</comments>
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			<title>For rugby enthusiasts (Llew really!)</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/for-rugby-enthusiasts-llew-really-t5570.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Shelagh</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Do you recognise anyone in this photo, Llew? The handsome guy in the centre is my cousin(bridesmaid at my wedding)'s son:
<br />

<br />
<img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v307/233/37/61201196/n61201196_38000506_7907.jpg" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:51:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/for-rugby-enthusiasts-llew-really-t5570.htm#70671</comments>
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			<title>Why even ask me?</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/why-even-ask-me-t5652.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>LC</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A few months ago PH asked me to rate different book layouts and color schemes that they were designing. I rated them 1 to 5, with 1 being my favorite. I was asked to write down my opinions on each and why I rated them the way I did.
<br />

<br />
I got the first set of proofs for my book today. Both the layout and color scheme are my &quot;5.&quot;
<br />

<br />
What can ya do.]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/why-even-ask-me-t5652.htm#71556</comments>
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			<title>King of Princes</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/king-of-princes-t5654.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>luigie</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Finished at last!
<br />
I posted the novel to the Welsh Book Council yesterday. 
<br />
Please hold thumbs for me for a good manuscr&#105;pt appraisal.]]></description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:59:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/king-of-princes-t5654.htm#71560</comments>
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			<title>Fao: Abe</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/fao-abe-t5444.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>A Ahad</dc:creator>
			<description>After what seems like years, your fantastic book 'To Beirut and Back' is now in Luton Central library biographies section. See for yourself in the online catalogue:-



http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/



BTW, I have started reading it! I liked the way you dealt with the a**holes in the bank who refused your mortgage application despite your first-class credit rating!  </description>
			<category>Chatter Box</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/chatter-box-f3/fao-abe-t5444.htm#69191</comments>
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			<title>gmail and long distance</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/gmail-and-long-distance-t5657.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>dkchristi</dc:creator>
			<description>At the moment (I'm sure it will change) GMAIL has an ap that allows those with a gmail account to call anywhere in the U.S., anytime, for free.  I just tried it out tonight and called my mom. The clarity was far better than skype and much easier to do.  I use a head set to speak but listen on my computer speakers.  



I really like gmail.  It has great word processing aps, forms, etc. that save me a lot of time and are quite useful.



gmail is free like yahoo or others but with far more &quot;stuff&quot;  ...</description>
			<category>Information</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:06:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/information-f21/gmail-and-long-distance-t5657.htm#71589</comments>
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			<title>Different View of 9-11 Mosque</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/different-view-of-9-11-mosque-t5656.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>alj</dc:creator>
			<description>http://mystateline.com/fulltext-news/?nxd_id=189315



  Quote: (New York, NY)  --  A newly formed group that includes a number of 

family members of 9-11 victims is rallying today in support of the 

building of a mosque near Ground Zero.

   The 9-11 families group 

&quot;September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows&quot; is teaming up with 

at least 40 religious and civic organizations to form a coalition 

called  &quot;New York Neighbors For American Values.&quot;  The coalition  ...</description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:47:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/different-view-of-9-11-mosque-t5656.htm#71574</comments>
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			<title>Is There Enough Trouble?</title>
			<link>http://www.publishedauthors.org/current-events-f27/is-there-enough-trouble-t5648.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
			<description>Does it seem like there is a lot of trouble everywhere?  I have never seen so many folks sick, unhappy or discouraged.  Is it me or has anyone else noticed this?</description>
			<category>Current Events</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:40:34 GMT</pubDate>
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