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		<title>Book Signings &amp; Writing Projects</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everybody! The website&#8217;s been pretty neglected for the last few months, but I have remained busy as ever. Before all that, I have a little business to attend to: book signings. Taking advantage of the holiday rush, we&#8217;ve scheduled signings to support Project R on three back-to-back weekends this month starting tonight. It&#8217;s short notice, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=794&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Late, but Still Worth It</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an apology for the lack of updates, I give you the following penance&#8230; Project R is now available for purchase! Adam has never felt as though he belonged in the little commune nestled in a back corner of the megacity, a world of concrete and metal. Life is easy enough. He is respected and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=783&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CYA News Vol. 3, Issue 9: How to Write A Book, Pt. 3 / Jesus Freaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas F. Monteleone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was glad to see folks enjoying the last few blog posts.  I hope you guys know that I write this stuff for you.  I&#8217;d be pretty conceited if I spouted this nonsense because I thought you should live the way I do.  My whole focus for writing to begin with is to relay my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=774&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CYA News Vol. 3, Issue 8: How to Write A Book, Pt. 2 / YNAB</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, this last week I had a major brain malfunction (see Vol. 3, Issue 4) and forgot to post this.  No excuses, no busy schedule really.  I just flat out forgot.  My apologies for the mental lapse.  Hopefully, we can keep it from happening in the future. The Writer&#8217;s Greatest Resource Ideas won&#8217;t keep, something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=765&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CYA News Vol 3, Issue 7: How To Write A Book, Pt. 1 / Shawn McDonald</title>
		<link>http://authorsdesk.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/cya-news-vol-3-issue-7-how-to-write-a-book-pt-1-shawn-mcdonald/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could have titled this post, &#8220;How Sam Blunders His Way Through Writing His Books And Now Tries To Explain How To Do The Same,&#8221; but I dislike long titles. Learn from the&#8230;erm&#8230;expert? There are two things that people always seem to say when they learn you&#8217;ve written a book. The first, and most common [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=759&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CYA News Vol. 3, Issue 6: 3 Things That Make Me Swear / Uncharted</title>
		<link>http://authorsdesk.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/cya-news-vol-3-issue-6-3-things-that-make-me-swear-uncharted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whoops, I was enjoying the 4th so much I almost forgot to post this. Next week&#8217;s should be earlier in the day. Four-letter Words and Such I do my best to keep a clean mouth. Really I do. From a communication standpoint, swearing rarely enhances any particular point you are trying to make. The overuse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=749&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slight Delay</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was supposed to have posted earlier, but I just realized that WordPress, usually very reliable, failed to publish it. As you saw, there was no post last week and there won&#8217;t be one this week either. We had a bunch of stuff break with our cars and our house all at the same time. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=753&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CYA News Vol. 3, Issue 5: Gladiator / John C. Maxwell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for the flip-flopping on the posting schedule. I&#8217;ve been testing things to see when the best time is to publish the posts.  We&#8217;ve also been fiddling with the Facebook fan page to get things right. Bear with me, and we&#8217;ll get it nailed down with less variation in the future. My Mom&#8217;s Favorite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=737&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CYA News Vol. 3, Issue 4: Mouth-Brain Disconnect / OpenOffice</title>
		<link>http://authorsdesk.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/cya-news-vol-3-issue-4-mouth-brain-disconnect-openoffice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conversational FUBAR I don&#8217;t know how often this happens to other people, but lately it&#8217;s been an issue for me. Have you ever been in a social situation and, in your mind, you respond to something in a perfectly appropriate manner, but what comes out your mouth is completely different? Take, for example, the other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=730&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CYA News Vol. 3, Issue 3: Tae Kwon Do / Calvin &amp; Hobbes</title>
		<link>http://authorsdesk.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/cya-news-vol-3-issue-3-tae-kwon-do-and-calvin-hobbes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 01:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A History of Violence&#8230;erm Training From the moment my parents put me in Judo at the age of five, martial arts have been an integral part of my life.  While I have practiced a variety of styles  &#8211; the aforementioned Judo, Aikido, Boxing (very briefly), Escrima - the primary art I have dedicated myself to is Tae Kwon Do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=authorsdesk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7384132&amp;post=691&amp;subd=authorsdesk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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