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		<title>17 Questions and Answers &#8211; Georges Jaumain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Amanda,
have organised a website to show the 6 books I wrote in French. At least it is an easier way to be read than to try to have anything published in France. The site should be ready in a few weeks.
I have noticed that the French publishers are only publishing either books written by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=212&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Durban &#8211; Literary Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consulate General of India and the University of KwaZulu-Natal,
as part of Indian Experience 2008, are proud to invite you and a partner to &#8220;WORDS ON WATER&#8221; &#8211; a Literary Festival -  on 13th Sept 2008 from 10:00 am to 16:00 pm  at the GSB Auditorium, Westville Campus, UKZN.
 
Marketing Officer
Consulate General of India, Durban
Telephone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=210&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Writers Write Course in Durban and Romancing the Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will be hosting another Writers Write course in Durban, as a one week course, from 29nd September – 3rd October from 09:00 – 13:00 daily.
I, Amanda, will be training this course for this session only.
Please note that we only have a limited number of available spaces on this course. If you would like to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=199&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT TREE DID YOU FALL FROM?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find your birthday and then find your tree. This is really cool and somewhat accurate. Then send it to your friends, including the one that sent it to you, so they can find out what tree they fell from, but don&#8217;t forget to change the subject line to your tree.  Find your tree below and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=197&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writers Write Durban 2008 &#8211; Only Two More Places Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[37 graduates published – two places available for Writers Write Durban 25 – 29 August 2008
Special 1-week course (Durban only)
25 – 29 August 2008
The Writers Write Course Includes lectures and modules on:
1.   Story Ideas &#38; Plotting
2.   Viewpoint &#38; Genre
3.   Setting &#38; Description
4.   Scenes/Beginnings, Middles and Ends
5.   Dialogue
6.   Characters
7.   Pacing/Rewriting &#38; Research
8.   Manuscript Preparation &#38; Advice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=193&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Play a Bit with Wordle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wordle isn&#8217;t exactly a word game or a design tool, but it is an ingenious way to make beautiful word clouds.
According to the blurb on their website,  &#8220;Wordle is a toy for generating 		“word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds 		give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently 		in the source text. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=191&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Disposable Romances</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amanda Patterson
There’s something we don’t speak about much outside of the sanctity of the writing school’s walls.
It’s this desire – some might say obsession – to write romances for Mills &#38; Boon.
The powerful pound has clout.
Tens of thousands of pound sterling per novel can’t be taken lightly.
Even you could do that, couldn’t you? Without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=184&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Resources for Crime and Mystery Writers</title>
		<link>http://thewriteco.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/great-resources-for-crime-and-mystery-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know that crime and mystery writers are always looking for resources to check the accuracy of forensic details and crime scene investigation procedures.

Criminal Psychology
Forensics and Evidence Analysis
Police and their Procedures
Poison and Antidotes

Here is a great list of resources &#8211; although they are mainly from the USA, they are interesting and helpful to South African [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=181&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amanda&#8217;s 17 Questions: Jenny Crwys-Williams</title>
		<link>http://thewriteco.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/amandas-17-questions-jenny-crwys-williams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 7 August 2008
Place: Nice, Parkhurst
Book: Penguin Dictionary of South African Quotations

1. Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Atticus Finch
2. What is your most treasured possession?
My photographs
3. Which living person do you most dislike?
The bully boys of the world
4. What is your greatest fear? 
Spiders
5. Who or what has been the love of your life? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewriteco.wordpress.com&blog=3692228&post=168&subd=thewriteco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Night at the Opera &#8211; the Pictures</title>
		<link>http://thewriteco.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/a-night-at-the-opera-the-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, you heard all about A Night at the Opera?
Now see the pictures of the Gala Night at the Russian opera in Johannesburg with The Write Co.
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