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		<title>Back to the Classroom for Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been taking a novel-writing class for the last six weeks. It is my third official all-inclusive &#8220;specifically how to write novels vs. other kinds of writing&#8221; type of class. Why take three (or even two) swings at novel-writing lessons? Well, because I wanted know if I had forgotten giant chunks of stuff about writing novels while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=737&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>X-Ray Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I re-read &#8220;Cathedral&#8221; by Raymond Carver. I&#8217;ll have the opportunity to dissect and discuss this short story at my writing class tomorrow, and I&#8217;m itching to hear what my fellow writers have to say about this piece of work. For me, I thoroughly enjoyed the story when I first came across it a few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=680&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year, New Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am still typing away at the latest draft of my novel-in-progress, but I&#8217;ve got a new story forming in my creative world, too. I&#8217;m collecting ideas and sentences in a file folder near my desk. This week, I&#8217;ll give the new project a little more time and attention, maybe even experiment with a chapter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=674&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Editing Out The Kids!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the long journey to tell an exciting book-length story, I&#8217;ve done some brutal manuscript editing, but this week is especially tough. I&#8217;ve got to nix the kids. Yes, my main character&#8217;s own children! Each draft of this novel has seen big changes. In the first go-round, my main characters had an eventful 50 page [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=669&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading for Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking forward to the start my next Short Story Study class tomorrow. It will give me the chance to read stories that I wouldn&#8217;t make time for otherwise. My favorite part? Dissecting those stories with a group of other writers. The first short story I&#8217;ll read is &#8220;The Snows of Kilimanjaro&#8221; by Ernest Hemingway. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=665&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The journey to a completed novel continues</title>
		<link>http://thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/the-journey-to-a-completed-novel-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at it again. Another novel draft. Yes. Another one. I can hardly believe it myself. If I knew at the beginning of this project that I&#8217;d be working on this manuscript for as long as I have (three years and counting), I&#8217;m not sure I would have even begun. That would have been a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=653&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping a Novel Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month I&#8217;m typing my way through a first draft again, one of those looooong ones meant to become a book someday. I&#8217;m basing the new manuscript on a short story I wrote a couple of years ago, but even though I have the &#8220;big idea&#8221; in place, the story has miles to go before [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=649&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Read A Great Short Story Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been studying the art of the short story again. I&#8217;m meeting with a few other writers each month for discussions about selected works from the book The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. We are reading for pleasure, then re-reading for craft knowledge. We are hunting for the &#8220;why&#8221; behind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=628&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Researching the Revision</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m wandering through the town of Cave Creek again this week, taking photos as I go. This crazy little town and the mysterious legends that surround it inspired my last novel project, and I&#8217;m in the mood to retrace my steps. There was another encouraging nibble on the manuscript this month, but I still haven&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=597&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year, New Manuscript</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#8217;ve been typing away at this new project off and on for a couple of months, I&#8217;m just now hitting my stride. The characters are in place, the setting is enticing, and I&#8217;ve got the general vibe of the book underway. The plot however, is still elusive. I have given myself till the end [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4399580&#038;post=480&#038;subd=thebackstorycafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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