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		<title>The good… the bad… the autumnal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official. Fall is upon us. Well, it’s been official since September 22, but I’ve been in denial. The current trifecta of Halloween, Election Day, and Daylight Savings Time has made me (reluctantly) take my head out of the sand. Actually, there are a lot of things I like about autumn – it’s winter that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Not MTV, But I’ll Take It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I decided to try to use YouTube to promote my second book, “Meeting Darkness.” How to use a video to advertise a book? The mind boggles – or at least, mine did. At first. Eventually, however, I decided on the idea of a slideshow – pictures from Chatham, MA (the inspiration for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hey! Why haven&#8217;t you been updating this blog?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/09/13/hey-why-havent-you-been-updating-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies to my devoted-yet-miniscule readership. I haven&#8217;t been updating this blog for the simple reason that I haven&#8217;t been writing. Why, you ask? See if you can guess: 1. I broke both arms in a freak fencing accident. 2. I won the lottery and have only just returned from a round-the-world cruise. 3. I quit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Break out the worry beads!</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/07/16/break-out-the-worry-beads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Meeting Darkness is done. Written, typed, proofread, edited (several times), and finalized. And I just sent the full manuscript off to an agent (who&#8217;d read the first two chapters and said he&#8217;d be willing to look at the whole thing.) Now, it&#8217;s time for me to fret in earnest&#8230; What if he doesn&#8217;t like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apparently, I never learn</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/07/01/apparently-i-never-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what have I been up to lately? Why have I forsaken all 3 of my regular blog readers? Well, there are two reasons, actually. Reason #1: I&#8217;ve been typing like mad to key in the finished manuscript of my second book, Meeting Darkness (did I mention that I&#8217;d settled on a title? And I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The trouble with adverbs</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/06/07/the-trouble-with-adverbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Stephen King, &#8220;the road to hell is paved with adverbs.&#8221; Ernest Hemingway used almost no adverbs. In fact, scores of English professors have noted that adverbs are a sure sign of lazy writing. Oops. I use them, I admit. Use them too much, probably. I often find there&#8217;s no better way to inject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What was that rule again?</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/05/10/what-was-that-rule-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 13:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not finished my first draft yet (still writing it &#8211; yes, in longhand &#8211; feel free to chortle at will), but I just reached the 2/3 mark. I know the time is fast approaching when I&#8217;ll need to key everything into Word, which begs the question: what will I do about those pesky grammar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of the mouths of middle-schoolers&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/05/02/out-of-the-mouths-of-middle-schoolers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 13:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I visited the 5th and 6th grade classes at the school where my mother-in-law teaches. The purpose? For me to talk to the kids about writing &#8211; specifically, the importance of revision. The result? A lesson for me about the importance of persistence. It started innocuously enough. The 5th grade class dutifully raised their hands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dessert first, please.</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/04/08/dessert-first-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been an eat-your-vegetables kind of girl (well, perhaps not vegetables &#8211; hate them, and I rebelled against them even as a child &#8211; but you know what I mean.) That&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve been as I write this book &#8211; I&#8217;m writing it linearly, as the reader will experience the story, trusting the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait, the Hare didn&#8217;t win?</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/03/15/wait-the-hare-didnt-win/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2009/03/15/wait-the-hare-didnt-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.katymcdermott.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my routine: I work every weekday, leaving my house at around 7:15am, usually getting home 11 or 12 hours later. After a hasty dinner and a few chores, I go up to my office to write for an hour or two before falling into bed and doing the same thing the next day. On [...]]]></description>
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