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	<description>Smart enough to know life is hard work; wise enough to dive in</description>
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		<title>Keeping busy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been totally busy over the past month or so creating three new websites and nailing down details for Write! Canada. So not much time for me to do anything on my writing, etc
However, I did manage to do two online interviews, which are both out this week. Thanks to KD Easley and Linda Faulkner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;ve been reluctant to ask for help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[new year's resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saying no]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a blog that&#39;s really a follow-up to the one I posted here yesterday.
My single resolution for 2010 &#8211; Lindquist
	
It&#8217;s pretty simple. My resolution for this year is that I&#8217;m going to ask for help this year. At least once a week, if possible. From people who aren&#8217;t married to me and didn&#8217;t come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most people actually like to be needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ask for help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people who need people. help one another]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why is it so hard to ask for help]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just before Christmas, while planning my next mystery, Opaque Rays, I realized I needed more information than I could get from books or the internet. I needed to talk to a real, live person with some experience in either handing out or being on the receiving end of certain medications.
So I sent a note to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch me on TV!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it's a new day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[N. J. Lindquist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can still watch me on the TV program&#34; It&#39;s a New Day&#34; that was aired on Tuesday, December 15th.
I talked about Hot Apple Cider and tried to light a fire under listeners to get them all actively involved in supporting Canadian authors. We need a fan club!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch online here.
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		<title>Do you have a copy of Hot Apple Cider yet?</title>
		<link>http://bluecollarwriter.com/books/do-you-have-a-copy-of-hot-apple-cider-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
If you don&#39;t have a copy of Hot Apple Cider yet, now is a great time to buy one. Or let someone know you&#39;d appreciate receiving one for Christmas.
And if you do have a copy, now would be a really good time to get copies for your friends and family.
If you live in the US, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We had a party!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christian bookstore in Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith family Books and Gifts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On November 20th, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, Faith Family Books and Gifts in Toronto hosted an event with more than 30 Canadian authors at their store in Toronto.
Here are two photos taken by author Deborah Gyapong, one of me and one of the reading areas.&#160;You can see many more photos on Deb&#39;s blog&#160;here&#160;and&#160;here.
The last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coincidence? I think not.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anne McCaffrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgette Heyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligent books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lois McMaster Bujold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading for pleasure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So last night, I&#39;m reading a book by Lois McMaster Bujold called Miles Errant, which is really two books and a novella in one, and after finishing the novella (which is very good, by the way) and after hitting myself upside the head for not seeing the ending coming, I happen to glance at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I did something right last month!</title>
		<link>http://bluecollarwriter.com/writing/i-did-something-right-last-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how can I get writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle to write]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trying to write]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Realized November is already here. Sigh.
Time really does seem to go faster as you get older. 
Okay, I&#8217;ve said that before. But it&#8217;s true. 
Yes, I&#8217;m whining. 
But I don&#8217;t care. 
Another month has gone by and once again I feel as though I&#8217;ve got so many things undone that i had wanted to do. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pictures from the weekend</title>
		<link>http://bluecollarwriter.com/miscellaneous/pictures-from-the-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#160;spent Saturday in Pickering at Michael&#39;s Family Bookstore, along with about a dozen other authors. Here I am with my little section of the tent we had &#8211; in front of the store.


And on Sunday I had a booth in the Artist&#39;s Alley at the Markham Classic Car Show just off Main Street.

As you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writers need to network</title>
		<link>http://bluecollarwriter.com/social/writers-need-to-network/</link>
		<comments>http://bluecollarwriter.com/social/writers-need-to-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>njlindquist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what new writers need to know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writers learning from others]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Steve Grove for his question:
&#34;Almost every author starting out has no connections nor influence on the industry on either side of the border. They also have no marketing ability nor understanding of an industry that changes from year to year&#8230;.How important is the networking &#8211; about getting to know the right people?!&#34;
Steve, I [...]]]></description>
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