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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Down time drawing to a close. Emerging from a necessary period of stepping back, refocusing, inhaling deeply, replenishing reserves. Preparing for the headlong, heartlong, possibilities-are-endless dive into research, writing, revising, querying. Anticipating storms. And drought. But optimistic to achieve splendid satisfaction in the end. Tagged: glass half-full<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=979&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Tis the most ____________ time of the year. Wonderful? Stressful? Anxiety-inducing? Magical? Whatever you call it, this is the time of year, more than any other, that people start thinking about how they will &#8220;gift&#8221; their money. And how can you help it? Just as the Thanksgiving leftovers are being wrapped in saran and refrigerated, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=970&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Rejection, Charlie Brown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Rejection … Is that kind of like Good Grief? An oxymoron? A joke? A sarcastic zinger? Something people only say when they’ve been rejected so many times that they just have to find something positive to say or else they’ll dissolve into a puddle of salty tears and never be able to transmute into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=957&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Release Day for the Yin and Yang Books!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember this post? I remember writing it, very clearly: sitting at my kitchen table at our old house - armed with my laptop, inspiration from my co-authors, and a pot of coffee. Well, today is the day that our collaborative stories get reincarnated into real paper and ink books that get to live on people&#8217;s shelves! Hooray! Many, many thanks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=951&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom of Dirty Sneakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up one morning several months ago, made coffee, and sat down for a few minutes before getting ready for work. As I sat in the quietness of a still-sleeping house, scanning our entryway, I was impressed that all the shoes had been thrown (or most likely kicked) onto the mat by the wall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=937&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is why we need to keep our libraries accessible to the public &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our mayor and his sidekick-city-councillor-brother want to privatize and shut down libraries in the city of Toronto. Read this to see what can happen to people if libraries aren&#8217;t as accessible as Tim Hortons&#8230; to see what they&#8217;ve been saying. If you live in the GTA, please sign this petition to stop the privatization of our libraries. Thank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=930&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Unexpected Lesson in Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[avoiding the abyss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a real facebook status update and spouse&#8217;s comment. (not mine) Status: &#8220;my husband rocks, first took kids to ice cream store then walked home and got the girls and boy from the dentist. Then took them all home so I could have as little stress as possible for my appointment. Thanks Babe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=924&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, how I love thee, Google+, but &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ So, is anyone getting anything done these days? I mean besides filling circles?  &#8220;Another social media platform? Are you crazy?&#8221; But I just can&#8217;t resist the allure of shiny things. I love glitter. I love sparkle. I love clean and fresh and bright. I also love a new challenge, learning new things, connecting and sharing with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=917&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Therein Lies the Secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expressions you will never hear from me: “Write simply for the love of writing.” “If you love writing enough, it won’t matter if anyone else ever sees your work or not.” “Write for writing’s sake.” Wait. Let me rephrase that: Those are expressions you will never hear from me if you consider your writing to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=910&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Respecting the POV</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who are my facebook friends knew this was coming, didn&#8217;t you? Point of View. How do we decide which POV to write in? Drawing of straws? Flipping a coin? Eeny meeny miney moe? No! Of course not! But I did something far worse than any of the above, something far more unforgivable. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=claudiaosmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13083812&amp;post=904&amp;subd=claudiaosmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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