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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&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=480&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Putting My Feet Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mood here at the Backstory Cafe feels like a cozy blanket this month. People are relaxed, smiling, jovial. The clink of steaming mugs to my right, hearty laughter from the couple on my left. Yep. It&#8217;s a magical time. Book Number One is in that &#8220;no touchy&#8221; stage, being sent out to agents, awaiting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=479&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working hard at my table here at The Backstory Cafe this morning. My iced mocha rests near the giant stack of papers and books in front of me. I&#8217;ve already decided that I&#8217;ll reward myself with the giant chocolate cupcake I see in the bakery display, if I stop goofing off and get my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=473&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spilling Coffee on Draft #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Backstory Cafe is usually bustling with fictional characters, but today I&#8217;m the only person in the whole joint. I plop down on my favorite sofa in the back and look around. Quiet. Creepy quiet. The entire cast of my novel-in-progress has taken the day off. I even had to make my own coffee. The team [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=465&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Draft Three!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(I didn&#8217;t skip writing draft #2. In fact, draft #2 was a LOT of work, but those pages are in the rear-view mirror now as I start the next leg of my journey. A quick recap:  draft #2 didn&#8217;t suck, but it wasn&#8217;t fabulous either. Luckily the structure was good&#8211;the plot was complete, the tension [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=454&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Your Inner Critic?</title>
		<link>http://thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/inner-critic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All writers have an inner critic barking unkind things into their ear. My inner critic is loud and green and scowly. His name is Eye Roll. I sat down last week and did a thorough read-through of my novel&#8217;s first draft. Eye Roll was especially vocal, yelling out things that needed fixing. I tried to study [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=427&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The First Draft is Done, Now What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I set one last page on the giant stack of papers before me and yell, &#8220;I did it! I finished the first draft of my novel!&#8221; Whew. That was tough. I look up from my small table here at The Backstory Cafe and see the characters from my freshly typed pages all around me. They [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=391&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Chapter Two, where are you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting at a small table in The Backstory Cafe this morning. I have a stack of notecards to my left, a perfectly brewed mocha to my right, and my laptop squarely in the center. My computer screen should read, &#8220;Chapter Two,&#8221; but I&#8217;ve been sitting here for an hour already and the page remains [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=345&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s First Draft Time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Terry.&#8221; No reaction. &#8220;Petra.&#8221; No reaction. I shift my stance and speak to her back again. This time I present the option as a question. &#8220;Jonni?&#8221; The healthy yoga-bodied barista here at The Backstory Cafe finally turns to me with a nod of approval. We&#8217;ve been working on renaming her for months, and I&#8217;ve already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=331&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If You Watched Me Write a Short Story, This is What You&#8217;d See:</title>
		<link>http://thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/this-is-what-it-looks-like-to-write-a-short-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Windy Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I purse my lips at the blank spiral notebook page in front of me. I planned this block of writing time at The Backstory Cafe today so I could begin another short story, but so far all I have accomplished is munching down a chocolate chip muffin. I look around the crowded room and study [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebackstorycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4399580&amp;post=306&amp;subd=thebackstorycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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