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		<title>Because I enjoy the challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people talk about success in any endeavour – be it golf, acting, writing or anything else you care to name – much emphasis is placed on perseverance. I was reading an article by my writer friend Mona Karel on just that subject. Certainly it&#8217;s an absolutely vital requirement for success in any journey where [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2744&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I find your lack of faith disturbing&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[captain needa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and other Star Wars favourite lines. I&#8217;m really not sure why, but I&#8217;ve found myself remembering Star Wars lines. Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m writing. Anyway, here&#8217;s a few of my favourites, a number being by him on the left. I found a few Youtube snippets, too &#8220;These are not the droids you&#8217;re looking for.&#8221; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2741&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t beat &#8216;been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2013/05/17/you-cant-beat-been-there-done-that-bought-the-tee-shirt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rules of writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[write what you know]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Write what you know. It&#8217;s one of the cliches of writing and (like most of the so-called rules) it&#8217;s not true. Translate that to &#8216;write what you can research&#8217; and you might be closer to the mark. I&#8217;m in the midst of writing new tiger story, the sequel to Black Tiger. It&#8217;s a stand-alone book, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2738&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t write it till I live it</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big cat rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david shpherd wildlife foundation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite sure, not so long ago, that I was going to write a new Morgan Selwood story this year. And maybe, later on, I will. But not just yet. The story just would not flow. I don&#8217;t believe in muses, I don&#8217;t believe there&#8217;s such a thing as writer&#8217;s block. In the immortal [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2733&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May the 4th be with you &#8211; a nostalgic look at Star Wars</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2013/05/04/may-the-4th-be-with-you-a-nostalgic-look-at-star-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 00:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A New Hop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Return of the Jedi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[May the 4th. Star Wars day. Back in 1977 a Galaxy Far Far Away crawled up the screen of a theatre near you. Since then, a whole new generation has been introduced to the worlds of the Force and an industry is in full swing, churning out books, toys, games, costumes – you name it. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2729&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing advice to take with a grain of salt</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2013/05/01/writing-advice-to-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 03:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new writers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a writer, I rub shoulders (virtually) with lots of other writers. On Facebook I&#8217;ll often see quotes from people like Stephen King, or Hemingway and others. Inspirational stuff. I think. But sometimes advice needs to be weighed and measured before it&#8217;s blindly believed. Here are a few I&#8217;ve encountered. Read lots Really? Oh, I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2722&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SFR Brigade presents &#8211; a scene from Morgan&#8217;s Choice</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2013/04/23/sfr-brigade-presents-a-scene-from-morgans-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morgan's Choice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[space opera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My contribution to this week&#8217;s SFR snippets is a piece from my space opera, Morgan&#8217;s Choice. For a short time only, buy the book for just $2.99 at  Amazon Barnes &#38; Noble Kobo Apple ______________________________________________ Morgan bolted, back toward the reflecting pool where the shuttle stood. Behind her the building moaned as if in pain. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2706&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five writing myths &#8211; and why they&#8217;re crap</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2013/04/20/five-writing-myths-and-why-theyre-crap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The writing business is full of advice, some good, some bad and some plain bullshit. I guess I&#8217;ve heard one story too many today, so this rant is my response. 1. You&#8217;ll never make money from your first novel Have a look at this list of &#8216;first novels&#8217;. Admittedly, some of these people will have [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2702&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The fall-out from changing publishers</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2013/04/18/the-fall-out-from-changing-publishers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing publishers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I announced in a blog post a little while ago, I&#8217;ve had to republish all my books due to circumstances beyond my control. It has now been about 10 days since I started the process of removing the titles from the various sites and republishing them under the new D2D label, and I thought [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2697&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two thumbs up for Draft 2 Digital &#8211; another way to self publish</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2013/04/11/two-thumbs-up-for-draft-2-digital-another-way-to-self-publish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[draft 2 digital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I explained in my last post, my publishing arrangement collapsed when the company I worked through, folded. For me, writing is a hobby and with nine books published, I didn&#8217;t want to find myself up to my armpits in the mire of managing a whole bunch of accounts with Kobo, Apple, Amazon and Barnes [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&#038;blog=13852607&#038;post=2679&#038;subd=gretavanderrol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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