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		<title>Location, location, location</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another part of developing a novel structure is planning the locations. Just like with a movie, the “set” makes a difference. Where do your characters live? What kind of place is it (urban, suburb, rural?) If it’s a city, is &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/location-location-location/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Characters and emotions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have a rough plot nailed down, I need to think about my characters. Sometimes they come first for me, before any story, but this time they are still vague. Last week I jotted a few notes about &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/characters-and-emotions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Plotting Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the basic plotting steps I talked about part 1 and part 2, it’s time to start elaborating on the bare bones scene descriptions. To do this, I took each scene listed in part 2 and jotted a sentence or &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/nanowrimo-plotting-part-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Plotting Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I asked how you dream up a plot. I&#8217;m still waiting for a response from anyone&#8230; Despite your lack of comments, I thought I&#8217;d post part two of my plotting series. NaNo starts in – ack – 13 &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/nanowrimo-plotting-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How do you dream up a plot?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 I participated in National Novel Writing Month and I actually finished &#8211; I achieved the 50,000 words I had to write! (I haven&#8217;t done a damn thing with the resulting draft, but that&#8217;s neither here nor there.) Last &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/how-do-you-dream-up-a-plot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s new?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog updates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added a shop to this site where you can buy books, magazines, and e-patterns. So far I only have one pattern up, but I hope to add more soon. I also have the same pattern up on Pattern Spot &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/whats-new/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quilting books for sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve put this same ad on the SewItsForSale Yahoo group (only there I forgot to list my own book! Duh!) I&#8217;m selling several quilt pattern books. All are paperback and in excellent or like-new condition unless noted below. Most of &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/quilting-books-for-sale/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Composting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are one week into spring in the northern hemisphere and it&#8217;s time to start thinking about your garden. Serious gardeners have no doubt already planned what they&#8217;ll plant and started seeds indoors. The rest of us are a little &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/composting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An awesome possibility on the horizon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In mid-July I answered an ad for a job as Associate Editor with Quilters Newsletter magazine. I have been hesitant to share too much about it online just because: I don&#8217;t want to jinx myself. If I don&#8217;t get the &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/an-awesome-possibility-on-the-horizon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build, Maintain, and Use a Compost System available for pre-order</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently writing How to Build, Maintain, and Use a Compost System (Atlantic, 2010). I just sent the final manuscript to the editor yesterday and after one more round of edits it should be ready to go to print! &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/how-to-build-maintain-and-use-a-compost-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Something to feel good about</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of this year I decided to challenge myself to finish a novel I started in 2008. In the meantime I&#8217;ve had to take other writing gigs to pay the bills, but writing is writing and it all &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/something-to-feel-good-about/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Contests</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago I entered a contest on the Crafting Fiction blog. This morning I found out that I won second prize! I&#8217;ll get a copy of  How To Create Believable Characters from Men With Pens and The Unlimited &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/contests/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A May summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I somehow managed not to post for the entire month of May. The month started out on a very promising note. I had three interviews and two job offers in one week. I accepted one job and turned down &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/a-may-summary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Goal Posts update for April</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April I surpassed my writing goal by 4302 and wrote 20,302 words on my new compost book. My Goal Posts sponsors will be making donations in my name to First Book. In even better news, we finally got our &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/goal-posts-update-for-april/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Goal Posts update for March</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again I have surpassed my monthly writing goal! My goal was 16,000 words. I actually wrote 21,181. Sponsors! Do your thing and donate to First Book! If you&#8217;re wondering what the heck I&#8217;m talking about, check out My Goal &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/goal-posts-update-for-march/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Goal Posts update and a guest blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goal Posts update for February Last month I blew my writing goal out of the water! My goal was 16,000 words. I actually wrote 20,078. Sponsors! Do your thing and donate to First Book! I have taken on some new &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/goal-posts-update-and-a-guest-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New project on the horizon</title>
		<link>http://redheadedquilter.com/new-project-on-the-horizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I signed on to write another book &#8211; this one on composting. It will be titled: How to Build, Maintain and Use a Compost System: Secrets and Techniques You Need to Know to Grow the Best Vegetables. My &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/new-project-on-the-horizon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Encourage a writer, support literacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made my goal for January! Those of you who have been following my blog for the past couple of weeks know that I have been trying to accomplish two goals: Complete the draft of my historical novel Make a &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/encourage-a-writer-support-literacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Write Your @ss Off Day</title>
		<link>http://redheadedquilter.com/write-your-ss-off-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As all NaNoWriMo participants know, a great way to get motivated is to write with a bunch of other people. The Editorial @ss has proposed Write Your @ss Off Day.You can check out her blog for more details. I&#8217;ve chosen &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/write-your-ss-off-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing goals update week 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo via StockXchng It&#8217;s the end of the third full week of the year. My progress on my historical novel has been a little slower than I&#8217;d like, but I&#8217;ve been doing other things such as writing magazine articles, designing &#8230; <a href="http://redheadedquilter.com/writing-goals-update-week-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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