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		<title>The Cufflinks I&#8217;m Not Inspired By</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 07:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Cufflinks: these affordable imitations make you look rich at a fraction of the cost.  I was thrilled to find out, via my email spam filter, that there is a more affordable way to fulfill my lifelong ambition to spend as little money as possible to &#8220;look rich.&#8221; If I were a composer, that out-of-nowhere e-solicitation <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/05/24/the-cufflinks-im-not-inspired-by/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=742&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Nose Hairs I&#8217;m Not Weed Whacking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday May 14 was the Official Release Date ® for The Mighty Quinn. May I have some trumpets, please? Ah, shucks.  Thank you. The book&#8217;s ORD coincided with a Children&#8217;s Book Week excerpt reading/book signing event at Powell&#8217;s Books on Tuesday evening. The event went well, despite the fact that I would rather trim my <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/05/17/the-nose-hairs-im-not-weed-whacking/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=729&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fish I&#8217;m Not Licensing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 07:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dateline: Tuesday afternoon, driving to lunch/errands. I change the radio (I cannot abide a certain Taylor Swift song unless it is the goat version) and land smack dab in the middle of an advertisement for Northwest Surrogacy Center.&#160; A suspiciously animated-yet-serious female is talking about how fulfilling it was for her to serve as a <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/05/10/the-fish-im-not-licensing/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=717&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Writing I&#8217;m Not Typing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 07:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#8221;That&#8217;s not writing, that&#8217;s typing.&#8221; (Truman Capote&#8217;s dismissal of Jack Kerouac&#8217;s work) You, too can be an author! At least, you can share in the experience shared by authors well-known and obscure, established and wannabe: the rejection letter. In the tradition of the preemptive strike, the literary journal Stoneslide Corrective provides a vital public service, <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/05/03/the-writing-im-not-typing/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=707&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get Mighty! Nice way to start the week.  Really!  This (part of the) post is sarcasm-free!  And full of exclamation marks!  Because, why not?! On Monday Scarletta Press&#8217;s publicist forwarded the following email from the Children&#8217;s Book Council.  As for the CBC&#8217;s Tweet suggestions, the mere thought of that particular networking service gets me all twitter-pated, <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/04/26/the-first-lady-im-not-tweeting/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=694&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Baby Sloth I&#8217;m Not Wrangling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some pre-release book publicity for a good cause? Forgive the self-serving if ostensibly noble combination. Oak Grove Elementary School in Milwaukie, Oregon is having an Earth Day/work-party day this Saturday, April 20th.  Tree planting, courtyard sprucing and other activities will begin at 10 am, followed at 12 noon by a pizza party, and a reading <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/04/19/the/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=682&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tulips I&#8217;m Not Tip-Toeing Through</title>
		<link>http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/04/12/the-tulips-im-not-tip-toeing-through/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Thumbs I&#8217;m Not Lowering</title>
		<link>http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/04/05/the-thumbs-im-not-lowering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Ebert loved movies. Except for those he hated. So begins the Chicago SunTime&#8217;s feature on the death of film critic and author Roger Ebert.&#160; Ebert was one of the few critics (in any field) whose work I respected, even when I disagreed with his opinions.&#160; I&#8217;ve always suspected Ebert secretly loved those movies he <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/04/05/the-thumbs-im-not-lowering/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=666&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem I&#8217;m Not Talking About</title>
		<link>http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/03/29/the-problem-im-not-talking-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman clad in body-hugging, long-sleeve Nike shirt, Adidas leggings and New Balance shoes, [1] is running toward me.&#160; She is pushing one of those baby jogger strollers. You know how a rhythmic, rocking motion can calm and soothe many a fussy infant?&#160; Hers is not that kind of baby. A lone seagull crouches in <a href="http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/03/29/the-problem-im-not-talking-about/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theblogimnotwriting.com&#038;blog=41105169&#038;post=650&#038;subd=blogimnotwriting&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Woodpecker I&#8217;m Not Strangling</title>
		<link>http://theblogimnotwriting.com/2013/03/22/the-woodpecker-im-not-strangling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Parnell</dc:creator>
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