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	<description>....................Always wanted to write?  It&#039;s not too late.</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>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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		<category><![CDATA[erin solange]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spina bifida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spina bifida association of western pennsylvania]]></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>Found Money</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/and-working-mother/found-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[And Working Mother]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[broke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dollars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting to think that I need a new blog, one that just focuses on my six year old. He&#8217;s great blog material. He&#8217;s my little blogger boy. He&#8217;s a blog-o-rama. I often tell him he should have his own show. Take yesterday, for example, when he greeted me in the morning as I was <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/and-working-mother/found-money/" 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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		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></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>Five Tips to Start Writing Again</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/five-tips-to-start-writing-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[writing tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I started this section of my blog to help me get back into writing again &#8211; sort of a place to park my notes and build a platform that would encourage me to keep at it daily. Having a blog does that, by the way. Once you&#8217;ve set it up, you feel responsible for feeding <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/five-tips-to-start-writing-again/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Day Off</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writers-day-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lazy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt a little worn out yesterday so I didn&#8217;t get much work done. Actually, worn out isn&#8217;t quite accurate. I didn&#8217;t feel tired, I just felt lazy. I should have done some writing. I should have worked on my Squidoo lenses. I meant to go around visiting. That&#8217;s what I call socializing &#8211; visiting <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writers-day-off/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Excuse Me While I SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/add-squidoo/excuse-me-while-i-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.desertpond.com/add-squidoo/excuse-me-while-i-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Add Squidoo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.desertpond.com/?p=365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I set out this weekend with one goal in mind. My research shows that having the same sidebar show up on every page of my blog is going to hurt my Google ranking as it could be considered duplicate content. I&#8217;ve been diligently working to understand search engine optimizaton (making a search-engine friendly website) ever <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/add-squidoo/excuse-me-while-i-seo/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing at ExtremeWriting</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writing-at-extremewriting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writing-at-extremewriting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drifter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.desertpond.com/?p=340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a horrible blogger &#8211; please forgive me, I&#8217;m fairly new. (Three months and I still get to say I&#8217;m new, right?) I feel very honored to have been asked to contribute to a friend&#8217;s blog but I forgot to mention it on my own blog. He&#8217;s a writer. Let me restate that &#8211; he&#8217;s <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/writing-at-extremewriting/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Exercises for Writers</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/journal-exercises-for-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/journal-exercises-for-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start Writing Again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories i like]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.desertpond.com/?p=297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my continuing journey to start writing again, I’m working through a book of daily writing exercises. The easy part, sometimes, is completing the exercise. The hard part is putting it out here on the web for anyone who might wander by to comment on or critique However, I’m hoping others who want to start <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/start-writing-again/journal-exercises-for-writers/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Check Out TweetBeep Twitter App</title>
		<link>http://www.desertpond.com/add-squidoo/check-out-tweetbeep-twitter-app/</link>
		<comments>http://www.desertpond.com/add-squidoo/check-out-tweetbeep-twitter-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Add Squidoo]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.desertpond.com/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Twitter app has been around for awhile but I&#8217;m just starting to discover its full potential as a tool for helping me with my blog and my Squidoo lenses. TweetBeep allows you to set certain search criteria for tweets and then have all matching tweets sent to your email address. How does that help <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/add-squidoo/check-out-tweetbeep-twitter-app/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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