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	<description>Write. Run. Rejoice. Repeat.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Creating Sparks: Kindle the Fire of Imagination Conference!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Woo-HOO, registration is now open for SCBWI MD/DE/WV&#8217;s summer regional conference, &#8220;Creating Sparks: Kindle the Fire of Imagination!&#8221; I&#8217;m so excited about this conference because once again, we have an amazing line-up of speakers, including . . .
. . . the lovely Deborah Wiles,whose book, Love, Ruby Valentine, is one of my all-time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My week of writing, running, and rejoicing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Write!
I finally sent a new manuscript that I love, love, LOVE to my awesome agent! Fingers crossed she likes it.
(Fingers, toes, eyes . . .)
I have a bad habit - I always cling onto manuscripts and try to make them perfect before sending them to my agent because I&#8217;m so afraid she&#8217;s going to reject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Princess Half-Marathon 2013!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep, it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted.
Well, here, at least. I&#8217;ve been blogging my rear off over at our regional SCBWI blog, As the Eraser Burns. I&#8217;ve let this one slip, though, mostly because I&#8217;ve been writing a ton, and also because I&#8217;ve become a bit online anti-social. It&#8217;s just hard keeping up and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Things To Do Before You Crash and Burn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations and a mighty woo-HOO to all-around great guy James Proimos, author of several books including Scholastic Book Fair pick, SWIM SWIM, for the release of 12 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU CRASH AND BURN!

Hercules Martino has until the end of the summer (i.e., two weeks) to accomplish these twelve tasks. The tasks will take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Kudos and NaNoWriMo a go-go!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A belated woo-HOO to Mary Quattlebaum for the September 27th release of The Hungry Ghost of Rue Orleans!

Fred the ghost loves his leaky, creaky old house in New Orleans.  But when Pierre and his daughter Marie turn it into a jazzy-snazzy restaurant, Fred makes a haunting appearance.  Instead of being scared, though, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JUST FLIRT galleys!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If there ever was a good reason for me to start blogging again, it&#8217;s this:

The galleys for my second book, JUST FLIRT have arrived!!
Wow. When I look at the gorgeous cover and flip through the freshly-printed pages, it&#8217;s hard to comprehend that after four years, fourteen drafts, hundreds of lessons learned, and buckets full of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My poor grill.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[First it was Snowpocalypse 2010 . . . 
 
. . . then a bunch of starlings tried to move in. 

Poor thing. I think I&#8217;ll go out and buy it a brand-new cover to make up for all this. 
And then I&#8217;ll actually keep the cover on for a change. Hmm, might be good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Readergirlz Rock!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, all!  Be sure to check out Readergirlz this month, who are featuring Deb Caletti&#8217;s THE SECRET LIFE OF PRICE CHARMING!  


Quinn is surrounded by women who have had their hearts broken. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. She tries to be an optimist–after all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better find my wand!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The dates are picked, our reservations are made&#8211;we&#8217;re going to Universal Orlando this September, woo-hoo-HOOOO, can&#8217;t wait, can&#8217;t wait, CAN&#8217;T WAIT!!!
 
And we get to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!!  

Oh my gosh, I&#8217;m so excited.  SO EXCITED!  Even my non-reading son is looking forward to this.  (Finally&#8211;we get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Publishing</title>
		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/the-future-of-publishing</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My editor from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt sent me this very cool video, which may have already made the blogging rounds already, but I&#8217;m still hopelessly out of the loop. 
(When will I learn how to balance? I&#8217;m so horrible at juggling writing and promoting and working and housekeeping and laundry and kid running and&#8211;yikes&#8211;exercising.)
Anyway, enjoy. [...]]]></description>
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