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		<title>You know you are addicted to writing when …</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I turn around I read another article telling writers not to quit. Years ago, I realized I can’t quit. I’m addicted.  So to help others recognize the signs that they most likely have a writing problem, I have compiled a list. You know you are addicted to writing when … &#160; 1)      It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dorlanavann.me&#038;blog=32940640&#038;post=451&#038;subd=dorlanavann&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fairy Tale Inspired Short Story: Muse by Dorlana Vann</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muse by Dorlana Vann Since Jackson couldn’t channel his frustration onto the blank page, he used his fist to pound it into the desk. “Ahhh,” he cried, swooshing his fountain pen and several loose pieces of writing-paper to the floor. His caged birds squawked with excitement from the sudden movement in the quiet room. Feathers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dorlanavann.me&#038;blog=32940640&#038;post=449&#038;subd=dorlanavann&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Characters Are Not Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Listen to what I said here,” I said to my husband and then read a sentence from my work-in-progress. After I had finished reading, I said, “Well, I didn’t say it, my character did.” Don said, “Wait. You wrote it. So doesn’t that mean that’s what you said?” “No, not really. My characters are not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dorlanavann.me&#038;blog=32940640&#038;post=444&#038;subd=dorlanavann&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concept, Characters, and then Story. Oh&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call me crazy (You’re crazy) but I didn’t realize, until this morning, that I need characters before I can plot out any of my story. I’m working on my romantic comedy series, and I have the first book finished, and I’m 10,000 words into the second one. I’ve been trying to get a vague idea [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dorlanavann.me&#038;blog=32940640&#038;post=442&#038;subd=dorlanavann&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Mermaid Inspired Short Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in Enchanted Conversation Inspired by The Little Mermaid Excerpt from Supernatural Fairy Tales &#8211; eBook now available on Nook!  His Soul Inspiration by Dorlana Vann “Have you read this?” My husband, Philip, held the book of fairy tales I had bought from a used bookstore for my niece’s ninth birthday. “Well, not that one, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dorlanavann.me&#038;blog=32940640&#038;post=438&#038;subd=dorlanavann&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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