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		<title>The Daphne</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am judging a total of NINE(!) entries for the Daphne! Holy shit, Batman, how did I get myself into this? And they&#8217;re (gulp!) historical romances! Ack! Better get crackin. Deadline&#8217;s April 25, which sounds far away but it actually isn&#8217;t.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=590&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Picky, Picky</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Short Story]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, either because of a lack of time or interest or both, I&#8217;ve become extremely picky about the reading materials I select. Maybe it&#8217;s because after years and years of gorging on erotica and romance novels and US Weekly magazines, my brain has finally had its fill of junk. I couldn&#8217;t even sit through the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=583&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Isabel Garcia&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;old college buddy. Thinking of you today. Happy, happy birthday, wherever you are.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=581&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Tribute to 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh 2009, you came and went so fast. I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s the end of the year. The freaking DECADE. When tribute bands decide to cover you, what will they call you? There&#8217;s the 80s, then the 90s, then&#8230;the zero-zeros? Someone come up with a name quick. And what songs will this Zero-Zero tribute band [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=566&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Review Site</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/new-book-review-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spyfiction]]></category>

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		<title>Am I Done Writing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmela</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m having a serious identity crisis lately. No, not about me as a person, but me as a writer. Sage friend Michelle Rowen asked me recently if I&#8217;m going to the next RWA convention in Nashville. My IGR (&#8220;initial gut reaction&#8221;) was, yes! It&#8217;ll be good to see old friends again. But the a second [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=563&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Urge. The Itch.</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.wordpress.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>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
		<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.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=561&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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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		<category><![CDATA[Glee]]></category>
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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.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=557&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does it take to crush Karmela&#8217;s spirit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=555&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry, we&#8217;re just not compatible.</title>
		<link>http://karmelajohnson.wordpress.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>
		<category><![CDATA[MS Word]]></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. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karmelajohnson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1273964&amp;post=553&amp;subd=karmelajohnson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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