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	<description>....................Always wanted to write?  It&#039;s not too late.</description>
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		<title>No Age Limit on Road Rage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EricaStone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While attempting to enter a freeway from the service lane, a friend of mine experienced a most surprising incident of road rage.  Only after he told me his story did I realize that I am probably guilty of gauging the possibility of irritating the drivers near me to the point of danger purely by age.  The younger they are, the less likely I am to honk my horn or wave my hands in the air wildly as a sign that I think they just pulled a really, stupid move.
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		<title>Making Friends Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EricaStone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet marketing lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making friends online]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a lot of value in writing online.   One of the best benefits, though?  Making friends online.  I have friends all over the world.  Amazing, since the only country I've ever been to outside the United States is Canada.  (In itself, that's odd considering I live only a few short hours from Mexico...)]]></description>
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		<title>80 Books for Free?  A Writing Contest You Should Try</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit, I browse my email. I get so much throughout the day between work and home that it&#8217;s nearly impossible to read every word. I need to come up with a better method because&#8230;I even browse email from my own family. That&#8217;s how I missed the note about a great, little writing contest being <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/80-books-for-free-a-writing-contest-you-should-try/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sharpen Your Pencils</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[And Working Mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That term came up in a call today and it got me thinking.  I started looking around my office and there wasn&#8217;t a single pencil in sight.  I haven&#8217;t written with a pencil in ages.  I have pens&#8230;lots of pens.  My kids have pencils (it&#8217;s a standard elementary school supply list item), but not me.  <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/and-working-mother/sharpen-your-pencils/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spina Bifida &#8211; Do Good Work in This World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on a writing project that will help (I hope) the Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania.  In order to gather as much information as possible, I&#8217;ve been poking around the web looking for material to help highlight the cause.  Twice now, I&#8217;ve come across folks whose stories really touched me.  I reached <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/spina-bifida-do-good-work-in-this-world/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lower Electric Bills – Trick is Twofold</title>
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		<comments>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/lower-electric-bills-%e2%80%93-trick-is-twofold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been researching electricity usage, reviewing electric bills, and reading up on the cost per kilowatt hour nationally and state-wide for a current project. I’m always on the hunt for ways to lower my electric bills and have been writing about this online recently. Then a light bulb went off (it’s okay, it was solar <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/lower-electric-bills-%e2%80%93-trick-is-twofold/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Bump</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writers-bump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.desertpond.com/?p=624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have writer&#8217;s bump. Yes, I said &#8220;bump&#8221; not &#8220;block&#8221;. I might actually have bumps, now that I think about it. First, there&#8217;s a bump &#8211; a callous, really &#8211; developing at the base of my right hand from where my wrist tends to sit on the keyboard as I type or on the desktop <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writers-bump/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spitting Out Posts</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/spitting-out-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted to my blog in so long I nearly forgot I even had a blog. I&#8217;ve seen some very nice, simple but effective blog posts lately on other sites and I think it&#8217;s time I squeeze in a few of those. Can&#8217;t guarantee they&#8217;ll be effective &#8211; or even entertaining &#8211; but if <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/spitting-out-posts/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Heart New York City</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/i-heart-new-york-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/i-heart-new-york-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, after only 3 and one half hours of sleep, I climbed aboard a plane in Phoenix and dozed my way to NYC’s JFK International Airport. Tomorrow, I’ll be attending an all day meeting, but tonight I have nothing to do but keep myself occupied. After grabbing a cab at the airport and strapping on <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/i-heart-new-york-city/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Contests Worth Your Time</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writing-contests-worth-your-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writing-contests-worth-your-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.desertpond.com/?p=587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, while doing some additional research on how to further develop a career in writing, I came across a question about a writing competition in a forum.  Competitions?  They have writing competitions?  I guess I should have realized that, but truly it hadn&#8217;t crossed my mind.  I ran off to my favorite search engine (hello <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writing-contests-worth-your-time/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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