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	<description>Confessions from the Home Office</description>
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		<title>Books Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/16/books-thirteen-fourteen-and-fifteen-the-hunger-games-catching-fire-and-mockingjay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, whoa. I picked up The Hunger Games because I kept hearing how fantastic it was, both from adults and (second-hand) from my spouse&#8217;s grade six students. And while I don&#8217;t normally go for young adult fiction anymore (and mostly &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/16/books-thirteen-fourteen-and-fifteen-the-hunger-games-catching-fire-and-mockingjay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Books Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/16/books-thirteen-fourteen-and-fifteen-the-hunger-games-catching-fire-and-mockingjay/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Do-Over</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/09/the-great-do-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent this summer working on draft two of my novel, which, I&#8217;ll be honest, I was completely dreading. After all, who likes rewrites? I knew it had a few problems, mainly plot-related. I tried everything possible during the first &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/09/the-great-do-over/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Great Do-Over", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/09/the-great-do-over/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Time</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/01/finding-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve been thinking about time a lot. Not its passing so much (though that&#8217;s bothersome) but how to cram everything in. I catch myself saying, &#8220;if I just took an hour a day to do x,&#8221; and then I &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/01/finding-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Finding Time", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/09/01/finding-time/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Twelve: Saint Maybe</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/05/22/book-twelve-saint-maybe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 14:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book 12 was really supposed to be Vanity Fair, but I stopped reading partway through to dive into Anne Tyler&#8217;s Saint Maybe, which I picked up at the Calgary Reads book sale last week. I often have more than one book &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/05/22/book-twelve-saint-maybe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Twelve: Saint Maybe", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/05/22/book-twelve-saint-maybe/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing about Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/04/26/writing-about-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always resisted the idea of making this a blog about writing, though in a sense it has never been anything but a blog about writing. Or not writing, it seems. But lately, writing about writing seems to make more &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/04/26/writing-about-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Writing about Writing", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/04/26/writing-about-writing/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Eleven: The Help</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/04/20/book-eleven-the-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first e-book! I&#8217;ve been reading a lot of non-fiction lately, mostly about writing. And when I haven&#8217;t been doing that, I&#8217;ve been writing my own fiction. So my novel-reading had fallen by the wayside for a while, but I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/04/20/book-eleven-the-help/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Eleven: The Help", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2011/04/20/book-eleven-the-help/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Ten: The Hatbox Letters</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2010/11/20/book-ten-the-hatbox-letters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, not really book ten, but whatever. I&#8217;ve blogged 1/10 of my experiment! Another Canadian pick &#8211; The Hatbox Letters, by Beth Powning. This was a bit of an odd one for me, for various reasons. It&#8217;s a slow starter, &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2010/11/20/book-ten-the-hatbox-letters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Ten: The Hatbox Letters", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2010/11/20/book-ten-the-hatbox-letters/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Nine: The Book of Negroes</title>
		<link>http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2010/11/15/book-nine-the-book-of-negroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, not really. It&#8217;s probably book 25, but I&#8217;ll have to fill in the list backwards. I&#8217;d had my eye on this book for a long time. I bought a copy for my sister and mailed it off to England, &#8230; <a href="http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2010/11/15/book-nine-the-book-of-negroes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Nine: The Book of Negroes", url: "http://www.fionawren.com/blogs/2010/11/15/book-nine-the-book-of-negroes/" });</script>]]></description>
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