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		<title>A Trite Observation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been mining my old archives. This was in them:  The best trap for a Muse is to write. Don't sit around waiting for her to drop by and wave her magic wand. Start writing. Write crap if that's all you have at the moment. Keep writing. Follow that trail . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080703000353</link>
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		<category>Philosophy, Routines</category> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:03:53 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Brief Technological Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case anyone was wondering when I'd finally get around to fixing my AllRSS (the RSS feed compiling the last ten blog posts I've posted anywhere, featured on my home page and on LiveJournal) so that it displayed something more useful than a PHP error citi . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080527180653</link>
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		<category>Technicalities</category> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 18:06:53 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Best Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the thing I am currently stuck on (but hoping to come unstuck on, like, now), a link.  And in case you're like me and don't click links unless you're given a very good reason, here's the introductory excerpt:The second draft is where the fun is . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080514185037</link>
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		<category>Spit and Polish</category> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:50:37 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Ooh! I Distract You With New Fiction!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because writing new stories is always easier than editing rough drafts, isn't it? Yeah, I know. I know. But--hey! New story!  First off, this story is not a Jumper rip-off. Promise.  While I was at the World Horror Convention the other weekend, I had a mom . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080407185435</link>
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		<category>Musespotting, Spit and Polish</category> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:54:35 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>The Parable of the Snail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chez LeBoeuf-Little has acquired a pet snail. Have I told you this story yet? Briefly, we were washing two pounds of fresh spinach and a snail floated to the top. Now we have a pet snail.  It's thriving like nobody's business. Its shell has grown by half a . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080325125229</link>
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		<category>Philosophy, Spit and Polish</category> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:52:29 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Declaration of THUNK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know what that means. Only, minus the "much-extended" part and plus 10,000 words. I was a good girl this month.  If anyone needs me, I'll be on the Viridian Ocean terrorizing the natives. (Yarrr.)  Tomorrow, John and I are going to go to the gym and tr . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080315231307</link>
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		<category>Surfacing, Whining, Yahoo! Yeehah! Woopie!</category> 
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:13:07 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Declaration of Wimpiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, not 6:00 AM, maybe closer to noon, because I am officially declaring my intent to have a couple hours' nap-time. Thththbbbp.  That's me: still last minute-ish. Only, the last minute is an overnight and no longer a month long. This is an improvement.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080315033002</link>
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		<category>Status Report, Whining</category> 
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:30:02 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Declaration of Intent: Goofing Off Saturday, Rewriting Sunday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As usual, I fell behind on my intended work schedule. Thus, 9,000 words to go between now and Deadline. That's OK; there's a lot of today left in today.  I'm going to go ahead and announce for all to hear that the current project will go THUNK in my editor . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080314132253</link>
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		<category>Spit and Polish, Status Report, Surfacing</category> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:22:53 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Slow, Steady, an' Social</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So this week has been a nibbly sort of week. Each day I've been sort of nibbling away at the March 15th project, and then running off to do something social and fun (cf. Melanie and Steve Rasnick Tem's book launch for The Man In The Ceiling, the rock climb . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080305193059</link>
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		<category>Status Report</category> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:30:59 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>And Now For SomeTHING Completely Different</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Putting Folk Wisdom and Traditional Aphorisms to Real World Tests, March has officially come in like a lamb. Saturday the 1st was short-sleeves warm; I got sunburned biking home from work. (I had to work. Long story. Emergency involv . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20080303092723</link>
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		<category>Profitable Hackery, Status Report, Support Structures</category> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:27:23 -0600</pubDate> 
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