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		<title>Mini Update 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now we&#8217;re coming down to it: the home stretch. In these last few chapters, we&#8217;ll see if Calder and the others can defeat the big bad Narrator. Good luck, fellas. You sorely need it. Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/09/04/mini-update-6/</link>
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		<title>Divine Ambivalence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Review of Divine Misfortune, by A. Lee Martinez “Hello. My name is Anubis. I like long walks on the beach, carrying departed souls into the underworld, and the cinema of Mr. Woody Allen.” - Anubis&#8217; Pantheon.com profile video In a world where gods attend charity events and can be found on an online match [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/09/03/divine-ambivalence/</link>
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		<title>Digitalization: The Next Step</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the age-old debate: book vs. e-book. Do we go the traditional route, smell the fresh ink, flip crisp pages through our fingers? Or gaze into lit screens with never-ending data? I can see the pros and cons of both, so I&#8217;ve never been one to cause an uproar over e-readers and their destruction of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/09/01/digitalization-the-next-step/</link>
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		<title>Minstrel Song</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grad school starts today! So here&#8217;s a poem I wrote fall of third year. It&#8217;s a very important part of a character for my Shadows, Echoes, and Reflections book. You can learn more about this story in a few months, when I start gearing up for NaNoWriMo &#8217;10. Minstrel Song Between the harvest moon and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/08/30/minstrel-song/</link>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Workshop: Weaknesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know we like to head off criticism and talk about our strengths as writers, and that&#8217;s important, but we also need to acknowledge our weaknesses. If we don&#8217;t, how are we supposed to improve? First, discover what exactly your weaknesses are. If you have no idea, ask another writer to look over some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/08/27/writers-workshop-weaknesses/</link>
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		<title>Spirited Away Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spirited Away is a gorgeous movie with gorgeous music. I could write to this soundtrack all day long if I owned it. I love Haku&#8217;s theme song: And for those of you wanting something less exciting and more moving, check out Chihiro&#8217;s Waltz (also beautiful in piano version): Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/08/25/spirited-away-music/</link>
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		<title>Why Conclusions Are So Darn Hard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginnings are easy. Conclusions are hard. Simple, yet true. At the beginning of a story, anything and everything can happen. Time travel, the apocalypse, start of school, you name it. The end of a story is a bit more restrictive. You have to wrap up loose ends and write an ending that makes sense. One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/08/23/why-conclusions-are-so-darn-hard/</link>
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		<title>Mini Update 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I didn&#8217;t get much writing done, but I have the rewrite planned almost all the way to the end, which is excellent progress considering last week I had only a vague idea how to end this new version. Goal: Reach the story&#8217;s climax (final Narrator vs. Gang battle) by the end of August. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/08/21/mini-update-5/</link>
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		<title>The Other Riddle House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first Harry Potter RPG campaign was a success! There are still a few kinks to work out, like the logistics of combat, but overall, a positive experience. Campaign Stories We had two each of Gryffindor, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw, and one Hufflepuff, first years all. The story was they were serving detention with Hagrid in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/08/20/the-other-riddle-house/</link>
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		<title>Group Countdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Picking teams If you&#8217;ve read a fantasy story, and I mean any, chances are you&#8217;ve run into The Group &#8211; a splattering of main characters who team up to defeat evil. Authors can pick how many characters to have in The Group based on the story&#8217;s needs, but in my experience, some group numbers are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asinglebell.lorsini.com/2010/08/18/group-countdown/</link>
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