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		<title>the drowned cities by paolo bacigalupi, or the joy of advanced reader copies</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/02/01/the-drowned-cities-by-paolo-bacigalup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another little perk of attending ALA Midwinter is the presence of several publishers (thought I&#8217;m told not as many as attend the ALA annual conference in June) whose sole purpose is to throw large numbers of advanced reader copies (ARC&#8217;s) of the books, about which they are hoping to create some readerly buzz,  at all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>in case you needed more proof that Jim C. Hines is awesome</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/30/jim-c-hines-is-awesome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I commented on Jim C. Hines&#8217; excellent essay about writing about rape in fiction (particularly speculative fiction) a couple of weeks ago. He impressed me then, but now he is my hero, because I have seen this: Writer Jim C. Hines Poses As The Women On The Covers Of Fantasy Books THIS is what a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>what a writer can learn from reading 100 books and serving on an ALA committee</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/25/what-a-writer-can-learn-from-reading-100-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Over the Rainbow List]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early in 2011 (or maybe late in 2010?) my friend Arla sidled up to me and started asking a few not-very-innocent questions. &#8220;You&#8217;re in library school now, right?&#8221; I assented to the factuality of the statement. &#8220;How would you like to get a bunch of free books?&#8221; After a bit of back-and-forth, I agreed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>outer alliance recommends workshops for glbtiq writers</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/18/workshops-for-glbtiq-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/18/workshops-for-glbtiq-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read this post (and added my two cents, too) on the Outer Alliance, about workshops and writing teachers who are friendly to and supportive of GLBTIQ writers and writing. (They use the term QUILTBAG, which I love, and which may be gaining enough traction that I can actually start using.) If you&#8217;re different from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>free e-book from chizine until 2am EST Saturday</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/14/free-e-book-from-chizine/</link>
		<comments>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/14/free-e-book-from-chizine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Friday the 13th]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Door to Lost Pages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Free e-book as a Friday the 13th promotion? Count me in! The good folks over at ChiZine Publications are offering folks the choice of any of their e-books, free for the asking. I just requested A Rope of Thorns by Gemma Files (haven&#8217;t read the first book  yet, but I&#8217;ve heard good things about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim C. Hines on writing about rape in fiction</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/05/jim-hines-on-writing-about-rape/</link>
		<comments>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2012/01/05/jim-hines-on-writing-about-rape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I highly recommend this essay by Jim C. Hines, just published over at Apex, about the perils and pitfalls writers may encounter if they choose to write about rape and other sexual violence in their fiction. It&#8217;s a thoughtful piece (not surprising given his experience as a rape counselor) and he dismantles a lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>terry brooks on writing</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2011/12/09/terry-brooks-on-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why didn&#8217;t someone tell me Terry Brooks wrote a book on writing? Just starting to read it, but it looks promising (and way more fun than that Norman Mailer book on writing). Here&#8217;s a little tidbit: The writer Walter Mosley wrote a few years ago in an article that appeared in the New York Times that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>in great company</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2011/12/08/in-great-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[publishing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beyond Binary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[JoSelle Vanderhooft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lethe Press]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whoo-hoo! I just got official word about an anthology that will be reprinting my short story, &#8220;Sex with Ghosts,&#8221; which originally appeared in Strange Horizons back in 2008. The title is Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, Brit Mandelo is the editor, the collection will be published by Lethe Press in May 2012, and in it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ok cupid&#8217;s wisdom for writers</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2011/12/01/ok_cupids_wisdom_for_writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read this post by Georgina Bruce, an up-and-coming writer I admire, and it made me think of this research done by the online dating service OK Cupid on &#8220;The Mathematics of Beauty.&#8221; Bruce said this about an experience she had with a bad review of her writing: I once read a review about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>veterans day writer&#8217;s bookshelf: haunted by combat</title>
		<link>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2011/11/11/veterans-day-writers-bookshelf-haunted-by-combat/</link>
		<comments>http://sarahkanning.com/blog/2011/11/11/veterans-day-writers-bookshelf-haunted-by-combat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kanning</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217; s a book I&#8217;ve been reading for background research that I can recommend much more broadly: Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans by Daryl Paulson and Stanley Krippner. Paulson is a combat veteran of the Vietnam war who later earned a Ph.D in psychology, and a psychology professor. I picked up the book because [...]]]></description>
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