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		<title>Writing retreat testimonial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Katherine Hyde was at the 2010 Orthodox Writers Week at the Beach at Colonyhouse in Rockaway, Oregon, last week, and here&#8217;s a little of what she had to say in her post, Advancing through a Retreat: A retreat is an escape from all obligations and distractions (especially if your location is internet-free, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HillHouse Farms: Country comfort for writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen now: Interview with Ron Heacock and Karen Walasek Right click to download I just had a conversation with Ron Heacock and Karen Walasek of HillHouse Writers Retreat, a 34-acre farm and writers&#8217; bed and breakfast. Imagine country living without the work &#8212; sitting on the front porch listening to the birds, watching a cat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to develop writing skills &#8212; by playing games</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you like puzzle games? I’m talking about an adventure game that takes you from one puzzle to the next, through a story line built into a world of graphics and music and characters. Like a lot of games, they capture a fundamental truth about life. In these games, I&#8217;ll go for a while, doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Try a Mini Writing Retreat to Build a Daily Writing Habit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 20:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe your budget, job, or family commitments keep you from getting away for a week to concentrate solely on your writing. Or maybe you just got back from a longer writing retreat, and now it&#8217;s time to make that investment pay off. You can use the same principles as in the extended writing retreat to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use a Writing Retreat to Help  You Finish Your Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of writers struggle to get their ideas on paper. They feel the urge to complete a novel or long nonfiction, but can&#8217;t seem to concentrate on it. The project calls to them when they&#8217;re in the midst of work and kids and plans, but when they sit down to write, they can&#8217;t escape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving from first draft to second</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of our interview, my friend Suzanne LaGrande talked about a lesson she learned in the process of rewriting her screenplay. The nugget &#8212; that I think a lot of us will identify with &#8212; is that we often think we&#8217;re finished when we&#8217;ve only just begun. Listen to this one-minute clip. Suzanne [...]]]></description>
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