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		<title>On over-engineering writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody&#8217;s got a novel in them, so they say. And as I&#8217;ve mentioned before, the novel writing business has become an industry in its own right. Everywhere you look you&#8217;ll find another course on how to come up with plots, write convincing characters, create a scene that &#8216;hooks&#8217;, edit your book so that every word [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1545&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another type of creativity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a keen amateur photographer. Recently I succumbed to the flattery of friends and decided to try my hand at actually selling some of my pictures. I uploaded a number of photos to my favourite online photo source, Dreamstime. I was absolutely delighted when they accepted a number of my pictures. But I have to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1540&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A re-imagined fairy tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fractured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Sookoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science fiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m absolutely delighted to host Sandra Sookoo, who is going to tell us all about her new SF Romance, &#8216;Fractured&#8217;. Love the cover, Sandra. Tell us all about it. Thanks for having me on your blog today! Today, I’m talking about my latest release, FRACTURED.  It’s a re-imagined fairy tale but it’s set in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1516&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hogfather the movie. A mixed experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life and things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve finally had a chance to watch &#8216;Hogfather&#8217; the movie – based on Terry Pratchett&#8217;s book. After I&#8217;d watched the first episode (the second will be on Saturday) my other half said &#8220;I didn&#8217;t hear much laughter.&#8221; So true. I&#8217;ve had some time to think about what I&#8217;d seen and how it affected me. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1512&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If you&#8217;re a writer, nothing is ever wasted</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iron Admiral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan's Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shadow of the Tiger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a writer, nothing you&#8217;ve ever done, nothing you&#8217;ve ever learnt, or experienced will ever go to waste. I was thinking this profound thought the other day, when considering my latest work-in-progress. It&#8217;s a paranormal romance, set in India, Hong Kong and Melbourne and it touches on Indian and Australian history, as well as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1504&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do &#8216;autocritters&#8217; help?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autocritter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copy editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on the final hurdle of the editing marathon for my latest novel, “Starheart”, the copy edit. I&#8217;m not a great adherent of the “Rules of Writing” as I&#8217;m sure some of you know. But on a whim I decided to test my MS against an &#8216;autocritter&#8217;. They come under various names and are easy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1498&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And a parrot on a pool fence&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2011/12/21/and-a-parrot-on-a-pool-fence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life and things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bah humbug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody else seems to be doing Christmas posts so I suppose I should, too. This year, it&#8217;ll be a party of three munching barbecued prawns around our swimming pool. As you might have guessed, I&#8217;m of the &#8216;bah humbug&#8217; persuasion. No tree, no presents and no huge Christmas spread. It&#8217;s all become too commercialised for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1490&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is a &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; type galaxy starting to look likely?</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2011/12/20/is-a-star-wars-type-galaxy-starting-to-look-likely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthlike planets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember that scene in &#8216;Star Wars: A New Hope&#8216; when Luke and Obi Wan go into the Mos Eisley cantina? The place was full of aliens. Leaning on the bar, arguing, drinking various foaming substances and playing cool, swing music. If you&#8217;ve any sort of interest in science, you&#8217;d be like me and go directly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1481&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why is &#8216;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8217; a good movie?</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2011/12/16/why-is-the-kings-speech-a-good-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plotting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just watched the movie &#8216;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8217; and thoroughly enjoyed it. For me to enjoy a movie is in itself a rare and wonderful thing. I don&#8217;t as a rule watch movies and my taste is limited. I loved the original &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; films and the LOTR films. And &#8216;Bambi&#8217;. So now, days later, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1477&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is writing a bit like prospecting for gold?</title>
		<link>http://gretavanderrol.net/2011/12/10/is-writing-a-bit-like-prospecting-for-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greta van der Rol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know, there&#8217;s a lot of similarities between the business of writing books and prospecting for gold. Think about it. There you are in London trying to scrape a living doing something or other and you hear the news they&#8217;ve discovered gold in Australia. A place called Ballarat, quite near Melbourne (wherever that is). It&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gretavanderrol.net&amp;blog=13852607&amp;post=1432&amp;subd=gretavanderrol&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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