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		<title>Tracey Jackson » ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS SWELL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<title>Change of Address.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last post I&#8217;ll be making to the TuffyPants blog. I&#8217;m shutting &#8216;er down. According to the experts, it&#8217;s important for writers to maintain brand consistency. McDonald&#8217;s golden arches are consistently depicted in all their building signage. The Walt Disney Company&#8217;s Disney script is the same basic shape everywhere you see it. So, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1611&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Invitation to the Big Dance (also known as Querying Lit Agents).</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 05:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bad design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few published writers forewarned me that the querying — Is that a word? It is now — of literary agents for representation is the worst part of writing. And you know what? They&#8217;re right. In some respects, it&#8217;s similar to what actors go through when they&#8217;re looking for a talent agent. You get some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1498&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navigating New York City subway trains is a challenge for any newbie. Figuring out late-night train protocol is Russian Roulette amped up to a whole new level. And God be with you if your need for a train coincides with MTA train repairs, the resulting chaos can send the most well-travelled commuter into the streets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1446&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pruning and Purging &#8230; It&#8217;s Not Just For Gardeners Anymore.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Bigger Picture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago I received an email from a very successful children&#8217;s book illustrator, whom I hired some twenty years when I worked as an art director at Disney, by the name of Ethan Long. The email announced the sale of origami stars made by his eight year-old son. I checked out the pictures of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1466&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amy in Addiction Land.</title>
		<link>http://tuffypants.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/amy-in-addiction-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Bigger Picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few minutes ago I read tweet stating that singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse died. Other tweets implied that it might be due to a drug and/or alcohol overdose as that&#8217;s the way Miss Winehouse lived her life. I&#8217;m no fan of Winehouse. I couldn&#8217;t tell you the name of one of her well-known songs. In fact, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1448&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Affair to Remember (Redux).</title>
		<link>http://tuffypants.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/an-affair-to-remember-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[orange-cranberry scones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summer of &#8217;09 was a bleak period for me . . . having spent a year and a half working with my contact at Village Road Show Pictures only for him to lose his job and all interest in my script, cooking became a solace for me. Breakfast foods became my focus. I mastered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1427&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Shortest Post Ever.</title>
		<link>http://tuffypants.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/my-shortest-post-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No news to speak of, really. I&#8217;m sending out query letters and getting a nibble here and there. It&#8217;s looking good though. Filed under: The Write Life<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1424&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>281 Pages Later &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://tuffypants.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/281-pages-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My manuscript has been successfully written, proofread, edited, re-written, re-proofed, and re-edited. And it&#8217;s done. The only thing left to do is write a suitably pithy epilogue. Today is a great day! Hallelujah! Filed under: The Write Life<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1349&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Every Party Has a Pooper.</title>
		<link>http://tuffypants.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/happy-birthday-its-donalds-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[50th birthday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bet many of you didn&#8217;t know that June 9 marks the birthday of one of America&#8217;s most enduring icons: Donald Duck. I bet even more of you didn&#8217;t know that Donald Duck was my alter-ego for a number years at Walt Disney World near Orlando. Yes, I was a costumed character. And I loved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tuffypants.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11445068&amp;post=1336&amp;subd=tuffypants&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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