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	<title>MyVampFiction &#187; State of the Fandom with Sarahbella</title>
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		<title>I hope you&#8217;ve had the time of your life&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, this is the last time I&#8217;ll ever use my State of the Fandom banner. That makes me sad. In all reality, though, I don&#8217;t have a clue what to say. MVF has been a huge part of my life for almost two-and-a-half years. Some of my best friends are my fellow co-owners and some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A peek into SarahB&#8217;s NaNoWriMo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/11/13836/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, maybe not so much in review, but a peek at what my November looked like. The first weekend I attended a writing retreat (okay, okay, some girlfriends and I went to a hotel and wrote for forty-eight hours straight). I came home with a work count of over 18,000. Over the last two/next two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look back</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/10/a-look-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September 2009 a group of friends had an idea.  The idea was to create a place where lovers of all kinds of paranormal could gather together and talk freely. On Halloween of that year, MyVampFiction was officially born, launching with forums and a blog.  Weeks later, The Dungeon was born, already featuring the fan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom &#8211; Genre Map</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/09/state-of-the-fandom-genre-map/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/09/state-of-the-fandom-genre-map/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was something I found a while ago that I thought was interesting.  (I I swiped this from Rafa Lombardino) Have you ever wondered how the different sub-genres of literature fit with one another?]]></description>
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		<title>Are you falling behind too?</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/08/are-you-falling-behind-too/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/08/are-you-falling-behind-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is anyone else falling behind with their reading? I honestly read about two books per week.  So how am I falling behind? I read too many books, that&#8217;s how.  I&#8217;ve got a dozen or so ongoing series that  I read.  If you figure they each come out with one new book per year, I should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July State of the Fandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/07/july-state-of-the-fandom/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/07/july-state-of-the-fandom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=10314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, it&#8217;s July.  Had you noticed?  I surely didn&#8217;t; the summer has completely gotten away from me.  My house has been the crazy kind of busy &#8211; graduation parties, movie premieres, birthdays, you name it, we&#8217;ve done it this year.  The site is absolutely exploding.  We have more staff, more contests, more giveaways than ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/06/state-of-the-fandom-14/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/06/state-of-the-fandom-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Month fourteen (or so) of trying to become a published author.  I&#8217;ve gotten one yes, six nos and have one story waiting for an answer.  The anthology I&#8217;m in comes out in about three weeks and I&#8217;ve submitted over 140,000 words of original fiction so far this year.  I&#8217;ve got one more story almost ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/05/state-of-the-fandom-13/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/05/state-of-the-fandom-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(links contained within this post lead to sites containing material not appropriate for children under 18) So.  Publishing.  That’s such a buzz word these days.  I’ve been actively pursuing being published for almost exactly a year now.  If there’s one thing the ‘wide world of writing and publishing books’ teaches you, it’s how to accept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/04/state-of-the-fandom-12/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/04/state-of-the-fandom-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was originally going to write this week’s column on the emotional roller coaster of attempting to get published, but as I wrote, I realized there was all kinds of stuff that you don’t know about my journey yet. I have two completed novels.  I submitted one to Harlequin – they take unagented submissions – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/state-of-the-fandom-11/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/state-of-the-fandom-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you know that I had surgery on Thursday and since I&#8217;m a procrastinator, I didn&#8217;t write my column ahead of time.  For this week&#8217;s SotF, I wanted to post a quick update on my journey into publishing so it&#8217;s going to be a bit quicker than usual. As of today, I&#8217;ve submitted five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom &#8211; Why Not?</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/state-of-the-fandom-why-not/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/state-of-the-fandom-why-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=7202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know this column is going to be unpopular with a lot of people, but it’s something I think needs to be discussed.  I’ve been involved with fan fiction in one fandom or another for about five years now – first in Harry Potter and now Twilight.  There’s one thing I’ve noticed about Twilight that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/state-of-the-fandom-10/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/state-of-the-fandom-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; So, the closing SotF for February.  Ahem.  Back in January I decided I was going to write out every single thought in a novel &#8211; every description of everything my characters walked passed, every thought in their heads, everything they ate.  80,000 words was my goal.  By the end of February.   That’s now. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentines Day!!</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=6935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I thought we could play a fun little game one of my friends introduced me to.  I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s called, but the gist of it is this &#8211; If you were stranded on a deserted island, which five people would you take with you.  For today&#8217;s fun, I&#8217;m going to limit your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom &#8211; Deadlines</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/state-of-the-fandom-deadlines/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/state-of-the-fandom-deadlines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=6610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn’t decide what to write about this week, so you’re getting on the fly writing from last night.  I finally decided to write about (another) topic that’s been on my mind lately – deadlines. I have a lot (alot, snicker) of them right now.  I have my deadlines for my blog articles for MVF, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom with SarahBella</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/state-of-the-fandom-9/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/state-of-the-fandom-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=6484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do I write? I write because I have to.  There’s some damn little beast on a wheel somewhere inside of me and if I don’t write, it won’t get off its wheel and let me sleep.  If I don’t write, the squeak squeak squeaking of the wheel keeps me awake and warps my brain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First State of the Fandom of 2011</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/the-first-state-of-the-fandom-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/the-first-state-of-the-fandom-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=6128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Usually I mostly write about fandom stuff.  Today is not one of those days.  I think everyone who reads my blog knows that I write both fan fiction and original fiction.  Well, right now I’m editing a piece of original fic that was just red penned by my fuxy friend SusanAshlea.  She gave me a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom &#8211; NaNo Edition</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/11/state-of-the-fandom-nano-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/11/state-of-the-fandom-nano-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s day fifteen of NaNoWriMo and I’m a little over half way to my 50,000 words.  I’ve written every day but one – I desperately needed the mental break and we were out of clean clothes ;)  What have I learned in the past two weeks? 1.       It’s possible for an outline to be too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Fandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/11/state-of-the-fandom-8/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/11/state-of-the-fandom-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you who read my column – or the blog in general – probably know by now that I’m participating in NaNoWriMo this year.  For the month of November, I’m going to use The State of the Fandom as a sort of journal, detailing my experiences so far.  I’m writing this first one a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>!!!Happy Anniversary!!!</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/10/happy-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/10/happy-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi girls!! **waves** I just wanted to take a few minutes and thank my fellow MVF co-owners for sharing this experience with me. Launching and owning MVF has been an experience  journey adventure like no other. Each of you brings something different to our little table and I feel truly blessed to have gotten to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 1</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/10/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-pt-1/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/10/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-pt-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahBella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the Fandom with Sarahbella]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=5079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, this may be a bit of random fandom crashing, but can I just say how redonkulously excited I am for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 1?  I am.  It’s not funny.  The other day I was thinking about the movie and I gave myself goose bumps. In mid 2007 I was anxiously [...]]]></description>
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