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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It&#8217;s a lot like nuts and bolts &#8211; if the rider&#8217;s nuts, the horse bolts!” ― Nicholas Evans, The Horse Whisperer Up in the high desert, I have a friend Beth. The closest thing I know to a horse whisperer. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/04/10/wild-horses-lame-shoulders/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1651&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Hire an Editor? </title>
		<link>http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/03/28/1650/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Catherine, Caffeinated: Let me count the ways I have tried to get the point across that you—yes, YOU—need an editor: I've said so in my book, I've made a video, I've told you why I desperately needed one... &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/03/28/1650/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1650&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Track of What&#8217;s Important</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One time in Belize, because Mischa and I miscued on who was in charge of whose bags, my backpack with all my camera gear and SD cards—all of our pictures from the whole trip—took off in the small airplane for &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/03/11/keeping-track-of-whats-important/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1638&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the Slush Pile: Michael Ondaatje and Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since serving as Associate Editor at Hayden’s Ferry Review, I continue to keep a finger on the pulse of the literary offerings at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. I’m thankful for my experiences at Piper and the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/03/06/from-the-slush-pile-michael-ondaatje-and-me/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1608&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Follow up to the Paris Birthday Surprise Trip: Or How all I Got from Paris was this Lou&#8230;Awesome Postcard</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My always-thoughtful father-in-law, sent me this postcard about Mischa surprising him in Paris for his birthday.  I shall give my translation skills a whirl. Too bad I&#8217;m meeting my German- speaking, Swiss journalist friend for breakfast&#8211;too late for a translation &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/03/04/follow-up-to-the-paris-birthday-surprise-trip-or-how-all-i-got-from-paris-was-this-lou-awesome-postcard/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1581&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Through the Handicaps, Or Not.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when I established a rhythm, just when I thought I had it all under control, it all kind of oozed out between my fingers. Or at least one finger. I was on a (writing) roll in February. Kids were &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/03/01/writing-through-the-handicaps-or-not/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1561&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Laughing into memory: Sharing a Buffalo blizzard with my teenager &amp; mother</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week my fifteen-year-old laughed at seeing her breath one morning as she scraped frost off her the windshield of the car. For the first time. My pleasure came from the pure, uncensored delight of that laugh. She’s a teenager. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/02/18/laughing-into-memory-sharing-a-buffalo-blizzard-with-my-teenager-mother/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1351&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Romancing family: a surprise birthday visit to Paris underway</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I kissed my husband, Mischa goodbye February 15th.  He’s on a mission to intercept his father and SURPRISE him for his 75th birthday.The kicker? His father’s in PARIS on a weekend trip with his girlfriend.  And he doesn’t know his son’s about to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/02/16/romancing-family-a-surprise-birthday-visit-to-paris-underway/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1382&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“He asked me to be his Valentine, Mommy.  What do I tell him?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My twelve-year-old posed this question.  With the days of the sparkly Valentine’s box and confetti-decorated, pink cupcakes mostly behind us, I pondered my own questions. Who is this boy? What is he like? What does it mean to be someone’s &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/02/12/he-asked-me-to-be-his-valentine-mommy-what-do-i-tell-him/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1284&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have you had an Accidental Speed Dial Moment? Here&#8217;s my favorite.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I accidentally hit speed dial the other day. To my grandmother.  She’s been dead now 4-5 five years. Seems impossible. You’d think I’d clean up my phone. Remove the speed dials that don’t work anymore. But I can’t. I love &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://unpackedwriter.com/2013/02/11/have-you-had-an-accidental-speed-dial-moment-heres-my-favorite/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unpackedwriter.com&#038;blog=34932185&#038;post=1231&#038;subd=unpackedwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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