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		<title>Where&#8217;s Shannon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I&#8217;ve become Waldo (of &#8220;Where&#8217;s Waldo?&#8221; fame).  Like I&#8217;m hidden inside a bunch of crazy-busy consecutive still-shots with no moment of normalcy in the middle.  Waldo is never at home, in his PJs sipping tea over a &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/wheres-shannon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2908&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religion in Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had no idea, when I started writing, that so many people who are writers identify themselves as Christians, especially in their writing (as opposed to, say, mentioning it in passing on the &#8220;About&#8221; page). Somewhere in the last year, &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/religion-in-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2890&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Enemy Your Protagonist</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/make-your-enemy-your-protagonist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know those cartoons with the author at the book signing and the parents saying something like, &#8220;We&#8217;re sorry, but can you take us out of the book?&#8221;  Or perhaps the cartoons/signs/shirts that say something akin to, &#8220;Do not disturb &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/make-your-enemy-your-protagonist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2894&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Congress Writes the Dictionary</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/when-congress-writes-the-dictionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like words.  I always have.  I&#8217;ve always been very talkative as well as opinionated.  Some of those opinions have changed over time, others have not.  I&#8217;d like to share one of those opinions with you today, along with my &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/when-congress-writes-the-dictionary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2882&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Bicyclist &amp; The Bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to go to the grocery store. Nothing unusual there. I mean, I buy produce on a fairly regular basis. BUT&#8230; that day I needed lots of different stuff. So, instead of going to the local grocery store, I &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/the-bicyclist-the-bird/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2845&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not Dead</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/im-not-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first time actually on my own blog in several weeks. First, I&#8217;d like to note that I&#8217;m not dead (yet).&#160; I didn&#8217;t suffer a horrible accident. No.&#160; Just life.&#160; It caught up with me. I know, you &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/im-not-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2840&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ring, Rang, Rung</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/ring-rang-rung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a bee in my bonnet about something.  Care to weigh in? Which is correct? He sneaked into the room. He snuck into the room. (or do you consider either correct? depending on context?) I&#8217;m not going to say &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/ring-rang-rung/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2830&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cat Got My Tongue</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/cat-got-my-tounge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I can&#8217;t be the only blogger with this problem. I have no idea what to write today.  I had all these ideas before&#8230; Now I have squat. Zilch. Goose Eggs. I spent a good chunk of last week &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/cat-got-my-tounge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2828&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not a Freak&#8230; or at Least I Have Freakishly Good Company</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/im-not-a-freak-or-at-least-i-have-freakishly-good-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheekbones.  Yup.  We&#8217;ve all got them.  But, have you described them lately?  No, not your own, but your various characters&#8217;? If you said &#8220;no&#8221; and are beginning to panic, take a deep breath. I don&#8217;t care about cheekbones. So, why &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/im-not-a-freak-or-at-least-i-have-freakishly-good-company/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2775&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teeter-totter</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/teetertotter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a bad blogger sometimes.  For instance, this week.  I didn&#8217;t have anything out on Monday, which was a holiday here in the US, and I didn&#8217;t have anything prepared for today before today actually rolled around. Now, I&#8217;m not &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/teetertotter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2772&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SQUIRREL!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a bit like a hyperactive small dog lately.  I seem to run from one object/task to another.  Just when I sit down to do something productive writing-wise, something pops up and it&#8217;s like a small dog in my &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/squirrel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2769&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Problems of Fiction Writers</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/problems-of-fiction-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to share with you today, excerpts from a Facebook conversation in a writer&#8217;s group.  In it, one of the group members asks for input regarding the handling of a character issue.  I hope you find it as &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/problems-of-fiction-writers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2739&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Poem (link)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to see my poem on &#8220;the daily gallen&#8221; blog A writer friend of mine, Tim Gallen, is featuring creative pieces on his blog.  Yesterday, he posted one of my original poems (I don&#8217;t do a lot of poetry, &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/poem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2761&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chasing My Tail</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/chasing-my-tail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flash fiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or, that&#8217;s what it would be if I were a dog. I have been trying, for some time, to write a novel.  It is HARD.  Not like the typing is physically challenging, but figuring out what should happen next, what &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/chasing-my-tail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2732&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Day that Kicked Me in the Arse</title>
		<link>https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-day-that-kicked-me-in-the-arse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon M. Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Writing Progress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know those days &#8211; the ones where everything that can go wrong does, and the rest manages to go not-right? Well, I had one.  Bear with me for a moment because there is alight at the end of the &#8230; <a href="https://shannonhowell.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-day-that-kicked-me-in-the-arse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonhowell.wordpress.com&#038;blog=31125490&#038;post=2728&#038;subd=shannonhowell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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