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		<title>When Bad Things Happen To Mediocre Novels</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t going to be a book review &#8211; at all &#8211; but I felt compelled to voice my opinion about the last book I read; Precious Blood by Jonathan Hayes. Now, before I continue I would like to point out that reviews and things of the like are, to me, utterly pointless. Why? Because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1362&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meanwhile, Under Her Rock&#8230;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I have resurfaced. I didn&#8217;t go away (as is evident from my still-live blog) but I needed to take a break from blogging for a while &#8211; it really was becoming a bit of a burden and for a while there, I didn&#8217;t feel like I had anything constructive to offer anyone. All I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1353&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And The Wheels Are Back In Motion!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes people. I am very pleased to report that in the past week I have finally put pen to paper. Literally, pen to paper. I found that having my notebook nearby helps with writing on a whim &#8211; just like the old days. Laptops are so cumbersome, it&#8217;s not like I keep it on all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1346&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Week That Was And The Book That Made Me A Hermit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, yes, the week that has passed was completely consumed by the book I was dying to finish but dreading to finish at the same time (because it was uh-maaaay-zing!) &#8211; Stephen Kings&#8217; 11-22-63. So writing was &#8211; again &#8211; put on hiatus. I&#8217;m not complaining because as I&#8217;ve mentioned before &#8211; the book was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1343&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading, Writing and Stephen King</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here we are, post time of the week I hope everyone has had a fulfilling week full of words. I know I haven&#8217;t. Not the best start to the year, huh? Well I won&#8217;t go as far as saying that, I&#8217;m not going to start getting too hard on myself. I know for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1315&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Very Belated Post&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can I say? It has been well over 2 weeks since I have posted anything but its OK. It gave me a chance t think about blogging and why I got involved.  It has been nearly a year since I started writing this blog and to begin with, I was using it as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1312&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Me Your Thoughts&#8230;..Are We Ever &#8216;Too Young&#8217; To Write?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I was scrolling through my Twitter feed and came across this quote that was tweeted by @Shelfbuzz;  “Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels.” — May Sarton&#8221;. It got the wheels in my head spinning frantically. Do we really know enough at the tender [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1308&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time For A Change&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed my sporadic posts of late&#8230;.I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about my blog and it has become a little monotonous for my liking, very samey and predictable. I guess that&#8217;s not a bad thing when it comes to blogging however I feel I&#8217;m becoming very stale and with that come the excuses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1304&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Me Your Thoughts&#8230;Social Networking &#8211; Help or Hindrance?</title>
		<link>http://poetaofficium.com/2012/12/09/tell-me-your-thoughts-social-networking-help-or-hindrance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And what I mean by that is, does social networking like Twitter, LinkedIn, Stumble Upon etc help the writer get noticed (and therefore, potentially published) without doing the manual hard yards of submitting countless manuscripts, chasing editors/publishers ala the days of yore? If you don&#8217;t have a lot of time to get online, are you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1302&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspire Me&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s the ocean spray or the sound of the waves thundering against the sand&#8230;..all I know is that the beach has always filled me with a beautiful calm. Not much in this world has the ability to sedate me, to lull me into a peaceful state of mind. The magical ocean [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poetaofficium.com&#038;blog=33351740&#038;post=1295&#038;subd=poetaofficium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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