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	<title>How to Publish a Book. Of Blues. Hopefully. &#187; Distractions</title>
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		<title>Fort Myers Brush Fire of April 13, 2011.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assuming I was here&#8230;.might have been here. If I was here, then to the left is a signature picture of the big brush fire in Fort Myers, FL between Jamaica Bay &#38; Wal-Mart. Between the two is an east-west linear forest that is split by what used to be a railroad track. Apparently it&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Overcome Writer&#8217;s Block Tip #886:  Randomly Send a Facebook Friend Invite</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;entrenched in the camp, tools sharpened and readied to go&#8230;and I&#8217;ve got no fight in me. Can&#8217;t write. Well, at least, creatively about what I want to write about &#8230;.them Books of Blues. So, I checked Facebook to see what friends were up to. Then I looked on the right to see there were friend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve Been Thinking About Watching NBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Event.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;. I&#8217;m pretty much done thinkin&#8217; about it.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting into the Habit of Getting into the Habit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just leaving a note to remember to take time to write. Getting into the habit of getting into the habit, so to speak&#8230; Ever had to do that before? Trying not to live this way: Though, as Soren Kierkegaard would say, &#8220;But the music is charming.&#8221; So long as somewhere in there darkness, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Disconnect Between Indiana Career Connect &amp; Indiana Workforce Development Unemployment Claimant Self Service Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE:  If you&#8217;re looking for the Indiana Career Connect Site, click this link. If you&#8217;re the state and wondering how my post is ranked as high as it is for your domain, you should contact this Indiana company. According to the Indiana State Workforce Development Self Service Claimant Unemployment Website, all you have to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work, then Rest. Not Work, Work, Work, and Rest, Rest Rest&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ft. Myers, Margaritaville]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(I&#8217;m working towards this scene, but forgetting to rest as I go) I woke up, got prepared for a meeting in New Buffalo, MI, and called to confirm. They answered, said it would be better if I backed it up a day, and I was none more thankful. Now I&#8217;m backing up my trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Block Continues &#8211; Thank You Hulu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbfraizer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve still got three things to do before I can actually write a chapter in Book of Blues Prequel. But once those things are done, then its just me and those Book of Blues. A watching the final season of Royal Pains should do the trick. For me, writer&#8217;s block seems to be a forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer of Bean Bags in Indiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friday night in Duneland. The place: Valparaiso, IN. Much like how the card game Euchre grasped our area forefathers&#8217; attention, &#8220;Bags&#8221; has Pied Pipered the state of Indiana. Also known as &#8220;Cornhole&#8221; or &#8220;Bean Bags,&#8221; Bags has worked its way from the college towns into the fabric of every mill town, state road intersection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to Make Professional Decisions in Your Private Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dbfraizer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Max Power&#8217;s words still hit home a day later. He&#8217;s right. I need to take my journey to publishdom with more of a professional attitude despite my personal entwining with the project. My goals ain&#8217;t going to accomplish themselves. There might be a little improvise and a little compromise, but it will still take uncompromising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recreation &#8211; The Simple Things I&#8217;m Forgetting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nat Finn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Release]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social Media, SEO, Copywriting, Analytics, wanting a book published&#8230;I think of little else. I keep tellin&#8217; a buddy of mine that balance of work and recreation is needed in life. If you don&#8217;t do both you&#8217;ll have neither. My buddy calls my advice hypocritical. There&#8217;s a point in that logic. I keep preachin&#8217; it but [...]]]></description>
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