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	<description>Random musings from the exaggerated mind of Cindie Geddes</description>
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		<title>Synopsis Suckage</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2010/07/02/synopsis-suckage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a synopsis, for me, is harder than writing a novel. And I know I’m not alone in that sentiment. Talking to a writer in the midst of chipping a novel down to a page or two is much like talking to a marathon runner who still has to walk to her car. She’s so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewriting is Over-Rated</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2010/04/08/rewriting-is-over-rated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few(ish) years, I’ve taken two very different writing workshops that absolutely changed how I saw my writing. Strangely enough, both were on the Oregon Coast. (Maybe great teachers are just drawn to that end of the country?) But on the surface, the two workshops shared little else in common. One workshop was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emotional Distances</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2010/01/21/emotional-distances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Character emotion is a tricky thing. Not enough and readers won’t invest; too much and you lose realism. I gave a tendency toward the former – emotionally distant characters that create emotionally distant readers (especially in long works). It’s something I’ve been looking at – been looking at for a few years now, actually. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone Gets Rejections</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2010/01/15/everyone-gets-rejections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to be one of those people who can look back and smile at rejection letters. Rob Sabo commented on my last post: “Perspective: The first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times. I think I read somewhere that Jo Rowling is the first billionaire author.” This got me to thinking. I love stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Ways to Think About Rejection</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2010/01/07/9-ways-to-think-about-rejection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about rejection, considering I have so very little in my life. I don’t date (which works well with the whole being-married thing), I’m not out of work and looking for a job (I’m self-employed), I don’t compete in sports, politics or even the lottery. And yet, surveying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Writers Want vs. What Writers Control</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2009/12/31/what-writers-want-vs-what-writers-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of what the rest of the world is thinking about as 2009 slips into 2010, writer goals never seem to change. Your neighbor wants to lose weight, your cousin is determined to get out of debt, your friend will get married if it kills her. But writers? While there are many variations, most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticks and Carrots</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2009/12/02/sticks-and-carrots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more I learn about writing, the harder it is. Back when I knew nothing, I would just leap to the page in joy. I created with unabashed passion. I had no critical brain, only creative. Now, I can still tap into that creativity but it’s hard for me to stay there. My critical brain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hierarchy of Short Story Rejections</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2009/11/25/hierarchy-of-short-story-rejections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handwritten (or personal e-mail) note asking you to submit more Personal scribble (or added line on an e-mail) on a form rejection asking you to submit more Note with critique but not asking you to resubmit Handwritten note (or personal e-mail) saying he/she likes your work Personal scribble (or added line on an e-mail) on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Grammar Rules I Just Can&#8217;t Seem to Keep Straight</title>
		<link>http://cindiegeddes.com/2009/11/05/9-grammar-rules-i-just-can%e2%80%99t-seem-to-keep-straight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in middle school, Mrs. Williams tried to force my young mind to shape itself around the proper use of language. But I was going to be a writer, dammit, and I didn’t need such conformity handed down by the man (even if she was a woman). Mrs. Williams mimeographed countless handouts on gerunds, base [...]]]></description>
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