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	<description>Women Writers of Fiction and Non-Fiction, Chick Lit</description>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say New Mexico’s light, land, and cultural mix forged me into a writer would be a cliche.  But what if I said a single human being in New Mexico did that?  Yes. One man, Dr. Patrick Rucker. We were both teaching at Eastern New Mexico University, in Portales, a dot on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelitchicks.com/2010/03/09/153/</link>
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		<title>This One Ya Can&#8217;t Eat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yikes!  I about fell over when I looked at the last time I was up here.  I admit it, I&#8217;ve been remiss.  Not lazy, just remiss.  I published a kids&#8217; book called Belle&#8217;s Star with a traditional publisher and it&#8217;s been doing so well that I&#8217;ve had my hands full trying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelitchicks.com/2010/02/24/this-one-ya-cant-eat/</link>
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		<title>Fear of Public Readings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer I had a public reading to do at Joseph-Beth bookstore for my short story in the Appalachian Angels anthology. This wasn&#8217;t my first public reading, but because this was a huge bookstore, it sure felt like my first one. My heart pounded away, my nerves were as taught as violin strings, my palms were sweaty, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelitchicks.com/2009/12/03/fear-of-public-readings/</link>
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		<title>Adding Some Local Color. Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I talked in an earlier post of the advantages of setting a story in your home town or a place you&#8217;re very familiar with. It&#8217;s often easy to weave some of this local color into your narrative. However when I travel interstate or overseas I always try to get to places that are off the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelitchicks.com/2009/08/29/adding-some-local-color-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Finding Lilies Mentioned in Pat Cromwell&#8217;s Multicultural Reading List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was very pleased when a reader contacted me and said she found Finding Lilies on Pat Cromwell&#8217;s multicultural and IR reading lists. I had never thought of the impact Finding Lilies could make on readers who enjoy reading multicultural romances. When writing the book, I not only wanted to encompass a tale of first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelitchicks.com/2009/06/24/finding-lilies-mentioned-in-pat-cromwells-multicultural-reading-list/</link>
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