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		<title>What is a Word Qualifier?</title>
		<link>http://www.bitterrootmountainllc.com/bitterroot/2009/11/23/what-is-a-word-qualifier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Maryn Langer
When you’re writing your first draft of anything, forget everything your English teachers ever told you.  Creating is a right brain function and trying to make your article, story, etc. perfect the first time through is like plugging your ears to listen.  Even though people who say they never re-write, rewrite. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Believable Characters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anna Goodwin
These suggestions can be used for both fiction and memoir writing.
Show character traits, don’t tell people about them. Emphasize the unusual.
Watch people around you to get ideas (e.g., family, friends, strangers).
Readers must “feel something” about the character (negative, or positive) to keep reading.
Form an image of your character in your mind. If this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 reasons for writers block and self-defeating behaviors in writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anna Goodwin
1.  Your conscious and unconscious thoughts and beliefs are self-critical and filled with fears. This can result in writer’s block, procrastination, and excuses. Most writers fall prey to at least one of these or all of them at times. Don’t be hard on yourself. These behaviors can be overcome. Take time to examine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Secrets of Successful Speakers (And All Writers are Speakers…)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Doctor Mark William Cochran
“Ummmmmm….”
“I’m sorry, I’m not really very prepared…”
(SQUWA-A-AK! BWOOP! SCRE-E-E-ECH!)  “Oops … um … heh heh …”
“I DON’T NEED THE MIKE. MY VOICE REALLY CARRIES. CAN YA HEAR ME IN THE BACK?”
(Thump, thump.)  “Pfft, pfft. ’Zis thing on?”
“I know this is kinda boring, but…”
How many times have you heard a speaker begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a channel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past, communication to the masses involved tuning into a signal that dispensed information. Over the years, we started to call these informational outlets, channels. It was expensive and complex to broadcast these signals, so great conglomerates of powerful people formed communication companies and invested a lot of money to make sure it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authors Speak Out On Independent Publishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ana Parker Goodwin
First came independent films, then independent music, and now independent publishing. We live in an exciting time, a time of innovative ideas, a time of change when the barriers of the old are collapsing. With the advent of the Internet, many talented artists who once ended up in large company “slush piles” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing on-line</title>
		<link>http://www.bitterrootmountainllc.com/bitterroot/2008/12/14/writing-on-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a really great article that reviews a host of powerful on-line tools for authors. Our Bitterrroot web site is running on the Wordpress.org self-hosted blogging engine. I frequently use Google Docs for word processing (for reasons I will explain in another article coming soon!) and I currently run a Facebook page for myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Larry Telles Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.bitterrootmountainllc.com/bitterroot/2008/11/20/larry-telles-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Interview with author Larry Telles about his new book:
A Brief History of the Silent Screen and the World at that Time
By Ana Parker Goodwin
Larry Telles is one of the most fascinating and enthusiastic people I have had the privilege to interview. He thrives on making the past come alive. Even individuals like me, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does it take courage to write a memoir?</title>
		<link>http://www.bitterrootmountainllc.com/bitterroot/2008/10/07/does-it-take-courage-to-write-a-memoir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Anna McClain Washington
Memoirs are often best sellers and are always best when written from the heart. Really, can a memoir even be a best seller if it doesn’t come from the heart? Read reviews of noteworthy memoirs and you’ll likely find a long list of one or more of the many following descriptions:  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules of the rode (road).</title>
		<link>http://www.bitterrootmountainllc.com/bitterroot/2008/09/04/rules-of-the-rode-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Hibberd
The other day while waiting at a red light, I observed the smooth flow of traffic. This took place just after 5:00 pm, rush hour. When lights turned green traffic moved while cars with red lights waited for their turn.
All of this took place because of the drivers’ adherence to the established traffic [...]]]></description>
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