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	<description>A place where I...gulp...finally take claim to that unutterable phrase, "I am a writer" and share my creative endeavours.   Short stories, poems, articles, diary entries - all will be here for the world to see!  Enjoy.  :-)</description>
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		<title>The ticking clock</title>
		<link>http://karencollum.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-ticking-clock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s a given that all of us have exactly the same amount of hours in our day, but this week I&#8217;ve felt like someone&#8217;s been pinching an hour or two of mine right out from under my nose. The kids have been sick again, I haven&#8217;t been able to stay on top of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=707&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Third place winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited right now I could do cartwheels (except for the fact that in my decrepit mid-30s state I can&#8217;t actually do cartwheels anymore without endangering myself LOL). Literary agent, Ms Mary Kole posted the third place winners in her query competition (there are two &#8211; it was a quality field) and yours truly just happens [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=704&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo &#8211; Day 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, a lot can happen in three days (in my life at least!). After a flying start on my planned NaNo novel, Emma Delaney, I was suddenly struck by how disinterested and uninspired my writing was. I&#8217;ve had times when I&#8217;ve questioned whether my writing was any good or whether I was capturing what I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=701&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>NaNoWriMo &#8211; Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s officially Day 1 of National Novel Writing Month. I was going to get up at 5am to work on my novel but we&#8217;ve had some lovely friends stay with us for the weekend and I ended up being up till after midnight. Rather than go to bed and have to set my alarm, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=699&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The job interview I don&#8217;t know I&#8217;m having</title>
		<link>http://karencollum.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/the-job-interview-i-dont-know-im-having/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love being part of an online community. Apart from my blog I&#8217;m active on Twitter and Facebook and am involved with two forums devoted to writing for children. I love the fact that while my children are sleeping I can connect with other writers, friends and family around the world any time of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=696&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Query Competition</title>
		<link>http://karencollum.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/query-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://karencollum.wordpress.com/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spend just a little time as a writer and you will soon discover the much-maligned, fear-inducing, is-it-rocket-science-or-is-it-simple concept of a query. A query is simply a writer&#8217;s first avenue of  contact for a potential publisher or agent. It&#8217;s designed to introduce your book and introduce yourself (in that order, I believe) in the hopes that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=690&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with Rejection</title>
		<link>http://karencollum.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/dealing-with-rejection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rejection. It&#8217;s one of those memory-laden words that instantly transports us back to a time and a place and a particular song or perfume or words. From the hurtful Kindergarten rejection of, &#8220;You&#8217;re not my friend anymore&#8221; to the adolescent heartache of, &#8220;I&#8217;m dumping you and going out with your best friend instead&#8221;, rejection is hard to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=681&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ready, set&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://karencollum.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/ready-set/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t go! I&#8217;m itching to get started on my NaNoWriMo novel, Emma Delaney, but I can&#8217;t. Not until November 1. Thankfully, that&#8217;s only 10 days or so away. And tonight I finished my planning. I have worked through each and every step in &#8216;The Snowflake Method&#8217; and I&#8217;m all set and ready to go. I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=678&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Writing about what I&#8217;ll write</title>
		<link>http://karencollum.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/writing-about-what-ill-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My YA novel, Emma Delaney is coming along beautifully. If all goes according to plan, I&#8217;ll be poised and ready to start writing my first draft when NaNoWriMo kicks off on November 1. I&#8217;ve been working through The Snowflake Method as my planning tool of choice and tonight I&#8217;ve embarked on Step 9: Writing about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=674&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blood, sweat and words</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve wanted to be a writer my whole life. For most of that time, the title &#8216;writer&#8217; was like a precious, sparkling trinket placed high upon the shelf, always out of reach of my grubby and clumsy hands and protected from my inquisitiveness. I wasn&#8217;t tall enough to reach the shelf and somehow felt that even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karencollum.wordpress.com&blog=3666445&post=672&subd=karencollum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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