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		<title>What I Learned When I Wrote a Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, Most writers compose their version of this story after publication of a work. I&#8217;ve chosen to get it out of the way now. I have, over many months, composed a series of stories&#8211;many of them have already been published here&#8211;and decided approximately two months ago to set a deadline of June 30, 2011, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got a new one.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written about my typewriter before. Well, it broke, so I haven&#8217;t been clacking the way I used to. For now, I&#8217;ve been tapping on my Macbook, which you can see in the lower left corner. Recently, though, a friend called me up to say they were having a garage sale. Wonderful, they want me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://clstearns.ozymo.com/quip/got-a-new-one</link>
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		<title>Poem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realized today that I didn&#8217;t put an entry up here in May at all, and decided it would be a good time to drop a poem in. I wrote this one this morning. Enjoy! &#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Morning &#160; Looking out the window over yonder, there are enough stars to fill imagination, there are clouds and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goals and Motivation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sat at my desk. The subtle glow my Mac unfocused my eyes. I stared, wished, hoped. And where are the words? So, Scrivener is a fantastic product. I&#8217;ve used it now for about two years. I love it, and won&#8217;t trade it anytime soon. I carry two Moleskines &#8211; a small, soft ruled and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://clstearns.ozymo.com/quip/goals-and-motivation</link>
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		<title>A Piece of the New WIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a request from a faithful Twitter fan for a piece of the new novel. Here&#8217;s the introductory bit. This is the one that gave me such consternation about the idea of &#8220;too much pace,&#8221; but not until later in the story. Enjoy! &#8212;&#8212;&#8212; A quarter mile from Lamesa, Jack could tell that he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://clstearns.ozymo.com/quip/a-piece-of-the-new-wip</link>
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		<title>Story, Novel, Pace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going too fast. I can feel it in my veins. Seven thousand, three hundred and fifty words in. Around thirty pages. The whole damn thing is a train wreck splattered and shrapnelled across the entirety of the story. My question is, is that OK? I&#8217;ve given a synopsis to a few people, and let a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://clstearns.ozymo.com/quip/story-novel-pace</link>
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		<title>then again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided that it is time for a little poetry. i&#8217;m withered and you&#8217;re pale but then i look again and see you full of life see the way you&#8217;ve always been, you sparkle and i fade away, the days drift on like waves and then float in to fill you up and see the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://clstearns.ozymo.com/quip/then-again-2</link>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nanowrimo is a mouthful of skullduggery, and worth every intense, painful, wonderful, happy moment of effort spent on it. That said, I&#8217;m behind, though not for lack of trying. Find my Nano profile page here for a little taste of the story so far. I&#8217;ve been asked a slew of times today why I choose to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://clstearns.ozymo.com/quip/nanowrimo-2010</link>
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		<title>Aichmophobia, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[She sent me a text message inviting me to join her upstairs. That’s how it all started. Of course, I went to join her. I couldn’t resist, really. Her skin slid across my mind, dotted with freckles. The faint smell of lavender tickled my nose, and in my mind I was already curled up in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://clstearns.ozymo.com/quip/aichmophobia-part-1</link>
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		<title>Fun on Wordle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.wordle.net I had a little fun with Jack Chandler&#8217;s adventure and decided to share. It&#8217;ll spruce up the site a little, too. Add some color. Enjoy! My apologies to Wordle for not using their embedding tags. I wanted something larger than a 1"x1.5" thumbnail. &#160;]]></description>
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