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		<title>In Which You Interview Me, Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s high time to finally answer the 80+ questions you crazy people asked me way back when. I may shorten some of your questions or correct your typos/spelling errors because I am an ass. Accept it. I will answer a chunkful of these at a time. Let us begin. &#8220;I really liked Double Dead. Any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/24/in-which-you-interview-me-part-one/</link>
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		<title>Hive-Mind Me Some Toddler Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tiny human is now one, and he&#8217;s also now enamored of books. He has recently become addicted to Goodnight, Gorilla, which is cute as all get-out. The other day on Twitter, when I mentioned his newfound adoration of this book and many others (and also his abject disdain for Goodnight, Moon), many folks chimed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/23/hive-mind-me-some-toddler-books/</link>
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		<title>25 Reasons You Should Quit Writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time for my annual, &#8220;Nope, you shouldn&#8217;t be writing, quit now, run away, go on, shoo&#8221; post. This time, in the form of the &#8220;25 things&#8221; lists that all you crazy cats and kittens seem to love so much. 1. It&#8217;s Really Hard OMG YOU GUYS. Writing? It&#8217;s hard. It&#8217;s like, you have to sit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/22/25-reasons-you-should-quit-writing/</link>
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		<title>Revisiting The Fevered Egos Of Self-Publishing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, go read this: &#8220;The Man Who Thought He Was King.&#8221; About a self-published author who gets kind of&#8230; well, crazy? Uppity? I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m not even sure what he&#8217;s pissed about, honestly. Read it? Done? Cool. One of the biggest things holding self-publishing back is the attitude of some &#8212; not all, not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/21/revisiting-the-fevered-egos-of-self-publishing/</link>
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		<title>Transmissions From Toddlertown: The First Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been an awesome year in the truest sense of the word. Just as he's different than from when he emerged into this world, I'm different from when he emerged. IEverything has changed and it has changed for the better. As Jonathan Coulton sings, "You ruined everything -- in the nicest way."]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/20/transmissions-from-toddlertown-the-first-year/</link>
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		<title>Flash Fiction Challenge: The Paint Color Title Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love shopping for paint because the paint colors are so bizarrely and uniquely named. And I thought, hey, a challenge based on some of those colors would be kinda rad. So, here's the deal. I'm going to list ten paint colors. Choose one. This chosen paint color forms the title to your story.]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/18/flash-fiction-challenge-the-paint-color-title-scheme/</link>
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		<title>Blackbirds Giveaway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you'll note here, Angry Robot failed to notice the curious blue powder I drizzled into their drinks and, as such, were bombed into such a stupor that they decided to re-up with me for another two books. I know, right? What's wrong with them? Whatever the case, that means that you'll see a new book from me called The Blue Blazes, and a third (!) Miriam Black book, The Cormorant.]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/17/blackbirds-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>Recipe: Faux Pho</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pho, as you may know, is a very popular Vietnamese noodle soup. It's popular because it's fucking awesome and will blow your face open with comfort and deliciousness. True, one would not normally associate "face blown open" with "comfort," but hey, life is some complex shit. You're just going to have to make peace with your gods on this one.]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/16/recipe-faux-pho/</link>
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		<title>25 Ways To Earn Your Audience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I keep noodling on the idea of how you earn -- not build, necessarily, but earn -- your audience as a creative type. I'm not sure I have all (or any of) the answers, but here's a good shot at it. Note that this list isn't meant to be a bunch of checkboxes -- you don't need to do all of these (or even any of them, beyond the first). It's just meant to offer thoughts and options.]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/15/25-ways-to-earn-your-audience/</link>
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		<title>Bing Bing Bing Bing Bang, Popcorn!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marilyn Brigham at Amazon’s Children’s Publishing bought world rights, for six figures at auction, to Chuck Wendig’s Heartland trilogy. Agent Stacia Decker of the Donald Maass Literary Agency brokered the deal. The series follows a 17-year-old who discovers a secret garden full of rare vegetables in a world where the government only allows the growing of genetically modified corn.]]></description>
		<link>http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/05/14/bing-bing-bing-bing-bang-popcorn/</link>
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