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		<title>Why I posted the post I posted</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/17/why-i-posted-the-post-i-posted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny is always very subjective. For the purposes of this post, let us assume my post from yesterday (Dignity is an illusion) is funny. Why would I post it? It&#8217;s worth asking since it&#8217;s an old post from elsewhere. The &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/06/17/why-i-posted-the-post-i-posted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dignity is an illusion</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/16/dignity-is-an-illusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than write yet again about stories, I thought I would tell a little story. This was actually written and posted about six years ago on another, now defunct blog. It is about the human condition &#8230; One day there &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/06/16/dignity-is-an-illusion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An explanation with a more serious tone</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/09/13/an-explanation-with-a-more-serious-tone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disrupted Lives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that my post from yesterday lacked a certain seriousness. It was, however, serious in the sense that I actually have put an ebook together and it is called, Disrupted Lives and Other Commotions. I&#8217;m hoping to &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/09/13/an-explanation-with-a-more-serious-tone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Twain explains stories and social media</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/03/mark-twain-explains-stories-and-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to write a post titled, “How to write a story.” However, a quick Google search showed that Mark Twain had beaten me to it. How wonderful is that? He has a piece titled, “How to tell a story&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/03/mark-twain-explains-stories-and-social-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten things that give me the willies</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/12/03/ten-things-that-give-me-the-willies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been lost in work all day and I&#8217;ve just come up for air. In my part of the world the day is as gray and grim as days get so, having lifted my head up from the work I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2009/12/03/ten-things-that-give-me-the-willies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>There is nothing subtle about this</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/08/23/there-is-nothing-subtle-about-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can take a hint. Here it was an otherwise lovely, lazy Sunday. The rain was falling softly, the dog was snoozing lightly and I was sipping my coffee slowly as I went to my computer to see what the &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2009/08/23/there-is-nothing-subtle-about-this/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Salads: things you should know</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/07/01/salads-things-you-should-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world I grew up in the major meal of the day was dinner (or supper, if you prefer). It was in the evening. This is how I continue: it&#8217;s in the evening. The time, however, is irrelevant. What &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2009/07/01/salads-things-you-should-know/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forget newspapers &#8211; everything is dead!</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/04/03/everything-is-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of unnamed sources are reporting today the death of everything. Pudding, shoes, computers &#8211; it&#8217;s all gone or will be shortly, all digitized and off into &#8220;the cloud.&#8221; &#8220;Many of us have been distracted by reports of the &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2009/04/03/everything-is-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crotch &#8211; the tactile social network</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/02/21/crotch-the-tactile-social-network/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2009/02/21/crotch-the-tactile-social-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working with a team developing a new social networking tool tentatively called Crotch. We expect to compete with Facebook and Twitter. Given the rapid growth of both, and the deep roots each has developed in a short time, you &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2009/02/21/crotch-the-tactile-social-network/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Resist the urge to be funny</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2008/09/22/resist-the-urge-to-be-funny/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2008/09/22/resist-the-urge-to-be-funny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the mistakes that often comes up in writing, and especially problematic in business/commercial writing such as ad copy, is the attempt to be funny. Humour works, and works like gangbusters, when it hits the mark. But when it &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2008/09/22/resist-the-urge-to-be-funny/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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