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	<title>Workflow: Writing&#187; Ann Aguirre</title>
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		<title>Five Productivity Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People often ask me how I can get so much done. So I&#8217;m going to share with you a few of the strategies I&#8217;ve learned since I&#8217;ve been writing professionally. 1) Don&#8217;t multitask. When you&#8217;re writing, that&#8217;s what you need&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Darkness Within</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point in your career, you may write something that offends. That&#8217;s the nature of the job. But don&#8217;t feel that you must choose the safe course for fear of running aground. The beauty of fiction is that we&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>No Magic Beans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year around this time, I hear all about national novel writing month. People are jazzed about writing and that&#8217;s a good thing. People will try to give you advice about how to meet your goals, how to complete a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Build-a-Book Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been asked, more than once, how I go about writing a book. Certain factors don&#8217;t change from project to project. Some writers do extensive outlining before they start writing. I read. For instance, before I wrote Endgame, the last&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When the Going Gets Tough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a school of thought that says you can&#8217;t write anything unless the stars are aligned and your muse is inspired. I don&#8217;t subscribe to it. I say there is inspiration / motivation to be found in adversity, too.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Sky’s the Limit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are our own worst enemies. When I read the words, &#8220;I can&#8217;t, because&#8230;&#8221; I feel sad. Because that is the reason you can&#8217;t. Because you believe you can&#8217;t, because you don&#8217;t try. And then failure is a given. We&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bold New Frontiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do if what you&#8217;re writing isn&#8217;t a genre? In my case, I sell the book anyway. That&#8217;s certainly the situation for the book that came out yesterday. It&#8217;s called NIGHTFALL, and it has elements from fantasy and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Dreaming</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of you have vivid dreams? I do. I&#8217;ve wondered if there&#8217;s any correlation between those who have really detailed, realistic dreams, remember them, and use them to inform their writing on some level. I didn&#8217;t always remember my&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Your Fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend and reader pointed out to me that I have a tendency to fill my books with things that terrify me. And she is 100% correct. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a bad thing, however. It&#8217;s way cheaper than therapy.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Brave New Whatever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m seeing tons of coverage of the digital phenomenon. There&#8217;s been a lot written about Amanda Hocking, obviously, and the new Kindle millionaires, many of whom have never been traditionally published. This is exciting for many reasons, but I&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Do you ever sleep?  (From the FAQ file)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I actually get this one pretty often. The answer is yes. I sleep, generally from midnight to eight a.m., unless I&#8217;m up later, giggling maniacally with Moira Rogers (Bree &#38; Donna) in IM. This happens about once a week. I&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Year-round writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, this site got a bit heated over NaNo. I don&#8217;t intend to open that dialogue again. Instead, I&#8217;m offering a glimpse of how I work, year-round. I hope it will prove beneficial, as I&#8217;m super&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: realistic characters, multiple projects</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/137970/qa-realistic-characters-multiple-projects.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an email from Therese, advising me that we&#8217;re taking questions from blog readers for the month of December. That was actually a relief, as I&#8217;m fast drafting this month, and I&#8217;m using most of my brain for other&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo-No!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kath here. Rarely do I preface a contributor post, but we&#8217;ve already had some upsets in the comments over Ann&#8217;s post.  A reminder that as writers, we can leave comments of disagreement that are polite and reasoned, and not the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Cliffhangers done right</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So last Tuesday, the fourth Jax book came out. I won&#8217;t be spoiling anyone by admitting this particular novel ends on a rather spectacular cliffhanger. Donning my reader hat for a moment, I have a love / hate relationship with&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The fine art of ego management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That title is spot on for what I want to talk about today. First, let&#8217;s discuss our own egos. It can be easy to get puffed up because someone liked a book, or because we passed a milestone. But it&#8217;s&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Life Gets in the Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes everything goes perfectly. You&#8217;re spot on schedule, writing away, making your word counts. Your life runs like a well-oiled machine. But what happens when your children need extra attention, the dog runs mad, you have four hundred errands to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Advice: on characters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Therese told me we&#8217;re having an &#8220;advice&#8221; month here on Writer Unboxed, I was pleased. Not because my advice is so stellar, but because themes make it easier for me to choose a post topic. Our lovely co-founder expressed&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Some advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 05:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People will tell you to do this or that to make it in this business. Sacrifice a goat. Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me. Never write at 3 a.m. Stop killing your main characters. (Okay, maybe&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Digging in</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;ll be talking about the research I did to bring Kilmer to life in HELL FIRE. Kilmer is the archetypal spooky small Southern town, hiding dark secrets and terrifying magic. Here are some descriptive bits to give you some&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you stick to it in this business, if you work on your craft and keep striving to improve, the chances are actually pretty good that you will achieve some level of success. There&#8217;s a saying I really like from&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Hero vs Antihero</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a post wherein people discuss the idea of characters needing to be &#8220;worthy&#8221; of happiness and/or love. In other words, some folks don&#8217;t want to read about people who don&#8217;t always walk the straight and narrow, or&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>On Voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I got a DM from Therese this week, telling me that we&#8217;re focusing on voice this month. I was happy to have some direction for my post. First, I&#8217;ll say that I&#8217;m not feeling well as I write this,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>By request: Writing in more than one world</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked on Twitter what I should write about today because I like to feel there&#8217;s some interest beforehand. That means people will read what I have to say!
So Eliza asks, &#8220;How do you keep more than one story&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Query Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Aguirre</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today on WU, I&#8217;ve chosen a query letter from the pile and will give it a makeover. This is a pretty good starting point, but we can do better. Here&#8217;s the text, as sent to me, but I should note;&#8230;]]></description>
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