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	<title>the purple patch</title>
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		<title>back to the daily&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/back-to-the-daily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Struggle. To find a routine, that is. During the warmer months, when it&#8217;s actually light outside before 7 am, I &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/back-to-the-daily/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1830&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s try this again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/lets-try-this-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[checking in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kind of]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[return of the writer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://amybai.wordpress.com/?p=1823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Only this time with less whinging about how busy I&#8217;ve been, yes? Sure, I&#8217;ve been busy. Everybody&#8216;s busy, though. There &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/lets-try-this-again/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1823&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Amy Bai</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Elvii</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">NYE</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">CHECK IT OUT</media:title>
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		<title>NaNo: the willing suspension of self-doubt</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/nano-the-willing-suspension-of-self-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[inner editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine voter registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaNo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Question 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trusting yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing speed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://amybai.wordpress.com/?p=1816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m already behind&#8230; no surprise there. But I&#8217;m not that far behind, and that is a surprise, at least &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/nano-the-willing-suspension-of-self-doubt/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1816&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>readysetgo!</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/readysetgo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://amybai.wordpress.com/?p=1798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Although, re-reading the last 2K words, readyaimfire might be more appropriate.) So not only am I going to beta projects, &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/readysetgo/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1798&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">NaNo</media:title>
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		<title>back! maybe!</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/back-maybe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[not so much]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riding a bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaser Tuesday]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://amybai.wordpress.com/?p=1788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s been&#8230;*looks at watch* &#8212; um&#8211; a while. Sorry about that. Got caught up in things, i.e., life, the universe, &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/back-maybe/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1788&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>the end of the whole meme, and happy Oestara</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-end-of-the-whole-meme-and-happy-oestara/</link>
		<comments>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-end-of-the-whole-meme-and-happy-oestara/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[happy Oestara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[like riding a bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vernal equinox]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://amybai.wordpress.com/?p=1749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Well, I&#8217;m about 12 hours late on Oestara, actually, but I don&#8217;t post on weekends, so we&#8217;ll have to live &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-end-of-the-whole-meme-and-happy-oestara/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1749&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>just write it</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/just-write-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[epic fantasy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hitting that everybody-out-of-the-pool stage of almost-spring, wherein I a) find some drastic new haircut to get me through the &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/just-write-it/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1746&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>The Great Divide, or why revisions are evil</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/the-great-divide-or-why-revisions-are-evil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;I was going to go with gap &#8211;it&#8217;s more succinct&#8211; but then I realized I&#8217;d just end up getting a &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/the-great-divide-or-why-revisions-are-evil/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1742&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>lurgy, and (yes, yes) 30 days of writing</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/lurgy-and-yes-yes-30-days-of-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/lurgy-and-yes-yes-30-days-of-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oy. This is the longest 30 days of my life. Didn&#8217;t I start this in November? Anyway, I&#8217;ve spent the &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/lurgy-and-yes-yes-30-days-of-writing/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1738&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>cover art of much awesomeness, and also 30 days of writing</title>
		<link>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/cover-art-of-much-awesomeness-and-also-30-days-of-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/cover-art-of-much-awesomeness-and-also-30-days-of-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Bai</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[30 days of writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gretchen McNeil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POSSESS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my long weekend wasn&#8217;t quite as productive as I&#8217;d hoped, owing in large part to the fact that I &#8230;<p><a href="http://amybai.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/cover-art-of-much-awesomeness-and-also-30-days-of-writing/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amybai.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5373792&amp;post=1732&amp;subd=amybai&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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