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		<title>Marcie Writes is Up and Running &#8211; Follow Me There!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to announce that my self-hosted Marcie Writes site is  up and running. I will no longer be updating posts on this site after January 31, 2012. I will, however, continue to respond to comments. Also, check out my other sites and social networks: The Write Design Company &#8211; This is my business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4132&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Update: My Self-Hosted Marcie Writes Site is Almost Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Only a few more adjustments and I&#8217;ll be done. I hope to be sending you to my site by Sunday. Yes, two days from now. The fun will really begin then. I just wanted to share.  Woo-hoo! &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4126&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brian Hanington is the Greatest!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ending The Writing Crisis: The Corporate Perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stiff Sentences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While conducting research for my writing trainings, I found a white paper titled, &#8220;Ending the Writing Crisis: The Corporate Perspective&#8221;, written by Brian Hanington, President of Stiff Sentences Inc. I reached out to Brian for advice and he gave me 20 minutes of his time, which was a great blessing. I was concerned he wouldn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4094&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free Blogging Seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcie Hill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Woodson Library]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you curious about what a blog is and how it works? Do you want to know the difference between a website &#38; a blog? What else would you like to know about blogging? Get all of your questions answered at my Blogging Q &#38; A Session on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. The event will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4047&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: But Wait&#8230;There&#8217;s More!</title>
		<link>http://marciewrites.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/but-wait-theres-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was advised to &#8220;watch informercials to learn how to market your business,&#8221; by my friend who wants me to start making real money. I was more than happy to read a book to expand my knowledge. However, I really wasn&#8217;t prepared for the first book I decided to read, &#8220;But Wait&#8230;There&#8217;s More! Tighten Your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4062&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Learn WordPress? Attend the 1-Day Workshop</title>
		<link>http://marciewrites.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/want-to-learn-wordpress-attend-the-1-day-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago WordPress Meetup Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dante Hamilton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presented by Dante Hamilton, Founder, Chicago WordPress Meetup Group and Scott Winterroth, Pro Blogger and Chicago WordPress Consultant, this hands-on workshop is guaranteed to give you a full-fledged WordPress education in just one day on January 28, 2012. Lessons attendees will learn include WordPress 3.3 and the WP Dashboard Web hosting Selecting Themes Uploading Content [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4081&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Would You Spend on a Pen?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury pens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mont Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing instruments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All, I was cleaning out my drawer and found a Mont Blanc pen that was given to me as a gift. At that time it was given to me, the luxury pen was running for $100. Would I had bought it then? I was right out of college with no job. Probably not. Would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4100&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Many Thanks to Ronald T. Kellogg, Author of &#8220;The Psychology of Writing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://marciewrites.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/many-thanks-to-ronald-t-kellogg-author-of-the-psychology-of-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcie Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; One day I was thinking about why some people don&#8217;t like to write. I know everyone won&#8217;t love it as much as I do, but still, I was curious. So, I decided to do a search on the psychology of writing. Lo and behold, there was actually a book, &#8220;The Psychology of Writing&#8221; by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marciewrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4355394&amp;post=4089&amp;subd=marciewrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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