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  <title>New Community for Story-tellers!</title>
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  <description>Hello, everyone! Newcomer here, shamelessly pimping my brand-new asylum for all  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/24687.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>National Novel Writing Month</title>
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  <description>It&apos;s the last day of November - Anyone participate in &lt;div class=&apos;ljparseerror&apos;&gt;[&lt;b&gt;Error:&lt;/b&gt; Irreparable invalid markup (&apos;&amp;lt;a [...] http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/24445.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&apos;) in entry.  Owner must fix manually.  Raw contents below.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;width: 95%; overflow: auto&quot;&gt;It&amp;#39;s the last day of November - Anyone participate in &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.nanowr &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;(&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/24445.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Read more ...&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;)&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>question about commas and and</title>
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  <description>Question for everyone on using commas and the word and in sentences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which is m &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/24128.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:18:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Disney death’s good or bad?</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:59:49 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Arthur C. Clarke Passed Away</title>
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  <description>Arthur C. Clarke, a well known SF author, passed away at age 90.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msn&quot;&gt;http://www.msn&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/23712.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:11:22 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>There&apos;s nothing more boring than a poet</title>
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  <description>I found a very interesting text about writing and writers in a 1997 magazine cal &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/23511.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:06:03 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Agent Etiquette</title>
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  <description>When you contact an agent in the hope that they will represent you there are som &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/23087.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:31:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Hello everyone!</title>
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  <description>I found this community last week(?) and just didn&apos;t get the chance to throw up a &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/22950.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:31:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Pick Up Line Game</title>
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  <description>Pick Up Line Game/Opening Line/First line Game&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a game I&apos;ve seen in a fe &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/22725.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:17:21 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writing Summaries</title>
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  <description>The summary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: This is a general observation and is not intended to single  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/22513.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Magazine Question</title>
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  <description>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Does anyone know of any magazines that accept Inspirational short story fi &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/22091.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>What To Look For When You Critique</title>
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  <description>This is an article with the things to look for when you critique someone&apos;s work  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/21911.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>An LJ Version of The Writer&apos;s Cafe</title>
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  <description>With 6 Apart selling LiveJournal to SUP some of you may be on speaking terms wit &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/21706.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>How To Help The Middle Of The Book</title>
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  <description>I just read this article on how to help The Sagging Middle Syndrome.  No, it&apos; is &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/21292.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:13:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Can anyone identify this quotation?</title>
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  <description>Quoted in Cornelia Funke&apos;s &lt;strong&gt;Inkheart, &lt;/strong&gt;but not sourced:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&apos;ljparseerror&apos;&gt;[&lt;b&gt;Error:&lt;/b&gt; Irreparable invalid markup (&apos;&amp;lt;br &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;&apos;) in entry.  Owner must fix manually.  Raw contents below.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;width: 95%; overflow: auto&quot;&gt;Quoted in Cornelia Funke&amp;#39;s &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Inkheart, &amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;but not sourced:&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br  &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;(&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/21013.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Read more ...&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;)&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Icon Tells the truth ;_;</title>
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  <description>Anyone what to give me some Constrictive Critique on this WIP? (Since I‘m to chi &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/20911.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:32:52 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Character&apos;s Names</title>
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  <description>1. Have you ever Googled your character&apos;s names?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did recently and discovered  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/20507.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:32:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Goals for the New Year</title>
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  <description>Not &quot;resolutions&quot; per se.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what are your writing goals for the new year? Are &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/20417.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:33:19 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Is Posting Your Work On Line Considered Publishing Your Work?</title>
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  <description>Most publishers do not want previously published works, they want the first righ &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/20196.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:48:30 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Cheers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m new to the comm, and just thought I&apos;d introduce myself quickly befo &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/19787.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:12:32 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Building a City</title>
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  <description>Building a City&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people say they just create it as they go; I am not one o &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/19462.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:40:44 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>On Character Motivation</title>
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  <description>I just ran across this article about Character Motivation. Ilona talks a little  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/19325.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:42:46 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Once More With Feeling</title>
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  <description>Once More With Feeling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without emotion your writing can seem sort of flat and l &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/19138.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Critique Etiquette</title>
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  <description>In my travels through some of the writing communities around LJ over the last fe &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/18888.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The Aftermath of NaNo</title>
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  <description>*crickets chirping*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s post NaNo, is anyone still alive?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are you going  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://asylums.insanejournal.com/writers_cafe/18582.html&quot;&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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