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	<itunes:summary>A podcast to help remove the pitfalls for writers as they try to live the dream of getting published.</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Michell Plested</itunes:author>
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		<title>More Things to Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a busy last few months and things are really starting to roll for me. I have a book coming out in August, the anthology Jeffrey Hite and I have been working on now has a publisher (Five Rivers Publishing) and I have a brand new podcast about to debut this month. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Podcasting Your Work Can Be Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking about my writing and my podcasting the other day and I came to realize how much benefit my writing actually gets from being podcast. It might stem from that advice you hear many professional authors give to &#8220;read your work out loud&#8221;, but there are definite positive outcomes to doing it: You end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE SUGARPLUM FAVOR  (A Christmas Story)  by Tad Williams</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tad Williams’ new short story collection, A Stark And Wormy Knight, is available now, worldwide, as an ebook, $4.99 (or equivalent) for one month http://www.amazon.com/Stark-Wormy-Knight-ebook/dp/B006P2QX3U The following story is unique to this blog and a few others.  Happy Holidays. THE SUGARPLUM FAVOR (A Christmas Story) Tad Williams Danny Mendoza counted his change three times in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the Streams</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve blogged and podcast and Tweeted many times about networking and the importance of reaching out to meet new people. It is always very rewarding to meet new people and build those online relationships. It is even more cool (for me, anyway) when someone reaches out to me. For example, a few weeks back, K_A_Dewberry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media for Fun&#8230; and Maybe Profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make: I love Twitter. I love all the cool people I meet on Twitter and I especially love interacting with them. I love it so much, in fact, that it sometimes cuts into my word count. But does that make it a timesink? I say no and I say that because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve put a lot of time into my writing, podcasting and networking. But what will I do when I actually get that elusive publishing contract? I have some ideas, but nothing concrete. For example, I know I want to do signings, interviews (written, video and audio). I want to do readings at the local libraries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Promotion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who tuned into the site yesterday, you would have noticed a strange message. In it I appeared to be talking about NanoWriMo only to have a weird &#8220;hacker&#8221; type message appear. This was not a mistake. I had actually volunteered to participate in JC Hutchins&#8217; promotional campaign for his &#8220;7th Son, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gearing Up fo[ CONTENT OVERRIDE: KILROY2.0 IS HERE!!! ]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to be talking a LOT about NanoWriMo for the next few weeks. I thought it only appropriate since that is what I will be focusing all my attenti &#62;&#62;&#62;  [ WARNING ::: DATABASE ERROR ::: CONTENT OVERRIDE ::: SOURCE: EXTERNAL ] &#60;&#60;&#60; &#62; source terminal location: UNKNOWN &#62; source terminal identity: UNAVAILABLE &#62; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Bother with Twitter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been involved in several conversations lately where the topic of Twitter comes up. Sometimes I tell someone I&#8217;m on Twitter and sometimes that person asks me if I&#8217;ve heard of it. In both cases, the person I&#8217;m talking with sometimes says something like &#8220;I don&#8217;t bother with Twitter because it&#8217;s just for sharing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conventions: Not Just for Dressing Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who here has ever gone to a convention of one kind or another? Don’t be shy, raise your hands high if you have. Now, how many of you have been to a convention where another writer or a publisher or an editor or an agent has been a guest, a panel participant or a known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Exactly is an Amazon Rush?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve talked about Amazon Rushes a few times, both on this blog and with various people. Quite often the first response I get is a blank stare. People know what Amazon is and they know what a rush is but put those two words together and you get confusion. So what is an Amazon Rush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The craft of writing can be a solitary one, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be.  The Internet provides a means to always be connected to friends, family and colleagues.  It can also be an enormous time-sink but that is a conversation for another time. I want to talk about the availability of community, both writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be Afraid to Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever tried to get his/her work in print knows how tough (virtually impossible?) it is to do.  Publishers and agents are inundated with dozens/hundreds of submissions every month; how can they possibly separate the wheat from the chaff? I&#8217;ve heard many times that a manuscript must be truly exceptional to be considered.  That raises [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Your Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been giving a lot of thought to how I will promote my books when they get into print.  I have been fortunate enough to have seen the efforts of several masters of self-promotion.  I&#8217;ve also seen several wannabes who fall short. Let&#8217;s start with what won&#8217;t work, shall we? First, never expect the publisher [...]]]></description>
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