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		<title>The Best Writer&#8217;s Advice on the Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because I only blog once a week now, I will offer the best of what I read on the Internet just once a month. Check out those articles that strike a chord with you. &#160; Below you&#8217;ll find eight articles plus an announcement about an upcoming class on plotting. (The class has an early bird discount in effect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2012/02/01/the-best-writers-advice-on-the-web/</link>
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		<title>A Writer&#8217;s Life Was NEVER Easy!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you long for a quieter time in history when it was easy to be a writer? Do you imagine writing for hours at a sidewalk cafe in Paris? Maybe your ideal is scribbling in a journal beside Walden Pond&#8230; Dream On! A couple of years ago, when I visited the homes of C. S. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2012/01/25/a-writers-life-was-never-easy/</link>
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		<title>Are You Free to Be Your True Writing Self?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on a quest in 2012 to put the joy back into writing. Part of that joy includes being free. I want to share a gem I read the other day in this book: C. S. Lewis&#8217; Letters to Children. It is reported that C. S. Lewis answered all his mail (stacks of it daily), and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2012/01/18/are-you-free/</link>
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		<title>Unleash the Writer Within</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wish I&#8217;d had this writing book thirty years ago when I started out. I would have avoided some pitfalls and loooong detours that have taken years to correct. If you want a writing mentor, you need look no further than Cec Murphey&#8217;s Unleash the Writer Within. The subtitle calls it &#8221;the essential writers&#8217; companion.&#8221; I would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2012/01/11/unleash-the-writer-within/</link>
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		<title>Get Priorities Straight! (But How?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for the wonderful comments, both here and on Facebook, regarding my change in priorities and the decision to cut down from blogging three times per week to just once per week. In addition to the &#8220;me, too!&#8221; comments, I received quite a bit of email asking both &#8220;why?&#8221; and &#8220;how did you know what to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2012/01/04/get-priorities-straight-but-how/</link>
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		<title>Cutting Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, I am going to practice what I preach. I have been burning the midnight oil for far too many years, and this year I&#8217;ve taken steps to cut back and reclaim some quality time. One such change will be with this blog. Instead of blogging on my M-W-F schedule, I will only be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2012/01/02/cutting-back/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Writing Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excitement builds as we head into the new writing year. Old calendars cluttered with appointments and scribbles come down, and new pristine calendars go up on the wall. All those blank squares! All that potential for doing the writing of our dreams in the new year! I&#8217;ve been reminding you (&#8220;harping&#8221;) for weeks about setting goals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2011/12/30/happy-new-writing-year/</link>
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		<title>Are Your Writing Dreams Big Enough? Shoot for the Moon!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As 2011 winds down and we put away the reminders of the holidays, our writing minds naturally turn to 2012. It&#8217;s time to dust off some forgotten dreams, review met and unmet goals listed for 2011, and decide where we want to put our writing energies next year. As you mull over next year&#8217;s plans, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2011/12/28/are-your-writing-dreams-big-enough-shoot-for-the-moon/</link>
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		<title>Wrapping Up with &#8220;Flow&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas a day late! I hope your holidays were lovely and were spent with family and friends&#8211;either in person or by phone or Skype or email. We saw lots of grandkids over the weekend, and I got to hold babies (my favorite thing), and I was definitely NOT thinking about &#8220;writing in flow.&#8221; But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2011/12/26/wrapping-up-with-flow/</link>
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		<title>Key #5: Balance Among Opposites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We started this series with the goal of learning how to make the writing fun, how to enter into that timeless &#8220;flow&#8221; state more often. Five keys are needed, according to Susan Perry in Writing in Flow. Today is Key #5: finding balance among opposites. Which is it? I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve noticed contradicting writing advice. One author [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/2011/12/23/key-5-balance-among-opposites/</link>
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