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	<title>Fact, Fiction &#38; Folly</title>
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	<description>With Michelle L Devon (Michy)</description>
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		<title>Accentuate Anthology Contest Winners: THE WEDDING Theme</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contest Info & Results]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, after a dismal turnout for entries for the Elements of Love anthology in October, November, and December, when I re-opened the contests and extended the themes, the entries poured in. In three day&#8217;s time, I received 17 entries to just one theme, and that&#8217;s not counting the others that trickled in until the deadline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Interview with Lucinda Gunnin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucinda Gunnin Mini-bio:

Lucinda Gunnin is a writer and freelance reporter who currently lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and fellow author Steven Thor Gunnin. She enjoys hot cocoa with her fellow dreamers and women writers at Longbranch Coffeehouse every other Sunday and spends as much quality time as possible each day with her cat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Year Perspective: Seven Things I Learned About Writing from Seven Years Ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About ten years ago was when I started writing fiction with a serious intent that I might some day finish a book and get published, I set out on the journey with absolutely no experience. I started writing, but everything I did ended up being a personal essay or a journal-type entry or poetry. Writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Gifts I&#8217;d Like To Give</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a list of a few gifts I&#8217;d like to give and the reasons why I would like to give them:
DICTIONARY
There is a girl&#8217;s blog I read every day, at least every day that she updates, and she tries to sound so professional and educated by using big words. The problem is, she uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Kind of Fun to Do the Impossible</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fortune]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://accentuateservices.com/blog/?p=1040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See that title up there? Up there ^ see, where it says, &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of fun to do the impossible&#8221;?
That was in my fortune cookie tonight from dinner.
I had fried rice with pork, chicken, orange sauce and string beans. Thanks for asking.
Oh, and a soda. I know, I know&#8211;but I indulge now and again.
It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Stupid to Know Any Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://accentuateservices.com/blog/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so it&#8217;s not the nicest way to put it, right? I apologize. I really have issues with the word &#8217;stupid&#8217;, so I try to use it sparingly. My father frequently called me stupid as a child, and more frequently asked me if I was stupid. I mean, how are you supposed to answer that?
&#8220;What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inside the Head and Heart of a Writer</title>
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		<comments>http://accentuateservices.com/blog/2010/02/21/inside-the-head-and-heart-a-writer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[characterization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have the heart of a writer&#8230;

&#8230;.in a jar, on my desk.
Sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist. Buffy made me do it; I swear. It&#8217;s all her fault. Don&#8217;t worry. The image isn&#8217;t blood and guts and a heart. It&#8217;s making jam, strawberry. Promise.
Now, let&#8217;s get back on topic.
In the forum the other day, we were discussing characters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Rose</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting on the table in front of me right now is a gorgeous vase of roses, yellow with orange tips, that I received for Valentine&#8217;s Day. As gorgeous as they were then, they are now opened up and in full bloom and are absolutely stunning right now. Don&#8217;t believe me? Check out this perfect, unretouched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to use: Hyphen, Em &amp; En Dashes</title>
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		<comments>http://accentuateservices.com/blog/2010/02/17/when-to-use-hyphen-em-en-dashes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grammar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[how to use dashes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s little grammar hint and tip comes from a frequently asked grammar question that we regularly see come up on the writing forum: When do I use a hyphen vs. and em or en dash? Or better yet: What the heck is an em or en dash?
Never fear, I&#8217;ll answer both of those questions briefly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Learn to Write &#8211; You Must&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://accentuateservices.com/blog/2010/02/11/how-to-learn-to-write-you-must/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://accentuateservices.com/blog/2010/02/11/how-to-learn-to-write-you-must/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>(Michy)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;write.
Look, it comes down to this: the only real way to learn how to write is to actually sit down and write.
You can take all the classes in the world, study all the writing-related information on the net, read every book you find on the subject, study thesaurii (wouldn&#8217;t that be what they are in [...]]]></description>
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