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		<title>The Urge. The Itch.</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/10/23/the-urge-the-itch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nanowrimo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh no. I&#8217;m itching to write again. Dammit, why? I thought I was cured. I thought the day job had sucked all the life out of me. I thought I was past this illness called &#8220;writing.&#8221; Why oh why am I suddenly getting the itch to write again? Same story (TPATS) but with a different [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=561&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TV and More TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t seem to stop watching TV lately. It&#8217;s a product of the day job squeezing my brains like a cheerleader squeezing water from a wet sponge during a fundraising car wash. Where did that imagery come from? Obviously from GLEE, my second favorite show on TV. So campy and happy. And 90s-centric. I can&#8217;t get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=557&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does it take to crush Karmela&#8217;s spirit?</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/10/21/what-does-it-take-to-crush-karmelas-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a word: myjob.  Okay, technically two words, but it&#8217;s what&#8217;s making me want to slit my wrists.  November is looming and I can&#8217;t believe it. Haven&#8217;t blogged here since August.  To sum up:

Work is crushing my soul.
I need a new job.
I still can&#8217;t get my Tweets to sync with my Facebook updates; AND&#8230;
I&#8217;m not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=555&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry, we&#8217;re just not compatible.</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/09/09/sorry-were-just-not-compatible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dammit. I actually carved out time tonight to write, and what happens?  Compatibility problems. I had accidentally &#8220;upsaved&#8221; TPATS as a .docx, and now I can&#8217;t open it in my stupid laptop.  I tried installing conversion software from Microsoft, but they want me to use Internet Explorer to download the program. Typical of totalitarian Microsoft.
So [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=553&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Support Group</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/08/24/support-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WANTED: Members for a special support group. Must be a woman with elementary-aged children with full-time job outside the house. Most importantly, she must be an aspiring novelist but is struggling to write amidst demands of said children and full-time job. Children must be under ten years old and be whiny, full of energy and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=547&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to ebooks</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/08/19/odetoebooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many writers, seeing their books grace the shelves of the local Barnes &#38; Noble is like a crack high. I must admit that after having experienced this phenomenon myself (at my local Border&#8217;s), the rush is right up there with wedding/birth-of-first-child/first-apartment euphoria. Which is why there are still tons of writers out there resistant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=542&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>15 Books</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/08/18/15-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stolen from Michelle Rowen:
Rules: Don&#8217;t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you&#8217;ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen books you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.

Jackdaws by Ken Follett
A Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
Killing Rain by Barry Eisler
Flashpoint by Suzanne Brockmann
The Religion by Tim Willocks (do audiobooks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=540&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And today&#8217;s word count is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/08/05/and-todays-word-count-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SYTYCD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[carpal tunnel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Ten pages last night baby, woohoo!  But probably zero pages tonight since (a) I&#8217;m teaching class and (b) tonight&#8217;s the finale of So You Think You Can Dance. And may I just say?  Gooooo Brandon!  Gooooo Jeanine!
PS: I&#8217;m going to the orthopedist tomorrow to get my carpal tunnel looked at. But it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=534&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Pages Woohoo!</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/08/04/dammit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stupid carpal tunnel. Stupid narrow keyboard of the stupid Alphasmart Neo. The side of my right wrist hurts. And the pain is only growing in time, not diminishing. I&#8217;ve resorted to wrapping it in an Ace bandage. Perhaps I shall take an anti-inflammatory as well. I&#8217;ve had this before and the usual prescription is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=526&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Pages a Day, Everyday</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.com/2009/08/03/ten-pages-a-day-everyday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realistic goal?  Probably not.  But a good goal?  Hella yeah.  Ten pages a day, rain or shine. I&#8217;m doing the Nora Roberts Method of Writing and vomiting out this second draft.  I&#8217;ll make sure to first pre-write what I&#8217;m going to write, that way the backtracking can be minimized. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.com&blog=1273964&post=524&subd=karmelajohnson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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