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		<title>It&#8217;s so Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe this is the last column I will write for MVF.  I’ve been trying to think of how to say all I want to communicate within the bounds of one blog post, but I still can’t come up with a way to express in a few how much this site, its co-owners, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stray Thoughts &#8211; New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/12/stray-thoughts-new-years-resolutions/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/12/stray-thoughts-new-years-resolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year at this time I wrote about my personal New Year&#8217;s resolutions for MVF in 2011. I thought it would be a good idea to look back and see how well I did in meeting my goals. 1.  My goal is to read and review fifty books.  It might be a lofty goal, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saluki&#8217;s Guilty Reading Pleasures</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/11/salukis-guilty-reading-pleasures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have them, those books that we read for pure guilty pleasure.  They will never be considered literary fiction and many of you might never admit to your friends that you read them, but they will secretly always stay close to your bedside, ready when you need some mindless reading entertainment. In my opinion, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;m Watching this Season</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/10/what-im-watching-this-season/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/10/what-im-watching-this-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two years of writing this column for MVF, there are some months that I just can&#8217;t think of anything fresh to write about. There are those rare times when a topic hits me and I have my column done well in advance. Then, there are the months that I am thinking about what to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Banned or Challenged Books of 2010</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/09/top-ten-banned-or-challenged-books-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/09/top-ten-banned-or-challenged-books-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As many of you already know, September 24th through October 1st is banned book week. Book banning began in colonial times, when books were banned for being obscene or blasphemous. Through the years, books continued to be banned for reasons ranging from  religious, moral to political grounds. Before television and the internet, people read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m falling, and I can&#8217;t get up!</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/08/im-falling-and-i-cant-get-up/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/08/im-falling-and-i-cant-get-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SarahBella wrote a blog this week about falling behind on her &#8220;to be read&#8221; list. Like Sarah, and most avid readers I know, this is nothing new. I don&#8217;t think I have ever had a manageable number of books to read. The list gets longer each day as I come across more books that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stray Thoughts with Saluki</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/07/10434/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people ask what my hobby is, the first thing I say is reading. I often feel like I should say something that sounds cooler, like mountain climbing or scuba diving, but the truth is, the one thing I like to do more than anything (well, besides sleeping) is reading. Give me a good book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Am I an Author, or am I Just Pretending?</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/06/am-i-an-author-or-am-i-just-pretending/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/06/am-i-an-author-or-am-i-just-pretending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child, I lived most of my time in a make believe world. Whether it was fighting with the other girls in pre-school to be Daisy Duke that day, playing Barbie, or house, I loved nothing more than to be lost in a world of my own creating.  I even had my own imaginary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Judge a Book By Its Cover.</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/04/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/04/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the purchase of my eReader two years ago, I don&#8217;t read many actual books. However, my mom still does and loans me her books when she is done reading them, since we both love the paranormal genre. One series she loaned me was the Mercy Thompson novels by Patricia Briggs.  The first thing I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OMG, Text Speak is Srs Bznes. Is that a good thing?</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/the-dumbing-down-of-the-english-language/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/the-dumbing-down-of-the-english-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an article about how the Oxford English Dictionary recently added LOL, OMG and &#60;3.  While I use each of these phrases when I tweet or text, I have never considered them proper English. I understand that there are plenty of words and phrases in the dictionary that are slang. A dictionary is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self Publishing &#8211; Revolution or Regression of the Publishing Industry?</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/self-publishing-revolution-or-regression-of-the-publishing-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/self-publishing-revolution-or-regression-of-the-publishing-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=7182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Self-publishing is not a new concept. For years, authors who haven&#8217;t been able to find success through the traditional publishing route have been using their own money to self-publish books. However, with the popularity of the Nook, Kindle, and Sony eReader, authors are now able to self-publish their works with more ease then ever.  Barnes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes a Book a Classic?</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/what-makes-a-book-a-classic/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/03/what-makes-a-book-a-classic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=7033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m participating in the MVF 50 book Challenge. Part of the challenge is to read at least four classic novels. As I started thinking about what classics I wanted to read, it got me wondering just what makes a book a classic.  We all can probably name a list as long as our arm books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FanFic &#8211; What I&#8217;ve Been Reading</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/fanfic-what-ive-been-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/fanfic-what-ive-been-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fic Recs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time that I devoured fanfic like it was the last piece of cake on earth.  I was reading so many stories that hardly a day went by when there wasn&#8217;t an update in my inbox.  Pretty soon most of my fics were complete and I was feeling a little burnt out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion Emergency: Twilight Saga</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/fashion-emergency-twilight-saga-2/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/02/fashion-emergency-twilight-saga-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=6661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last several months there has been quite a bit of coverage of the filming of Breaking Dawn. We have been treated to pictures of Bella and Edward on Isle Esme, including a picture of them in bed&#8230;naked *gasp* I&#8217;ve tried very hard to refrain from spending too much time perusing th because I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Didn&#8217;t Picture it Ending THAT Way!</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/6501/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/6501/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=6501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the fifth and last book of the MacKayla Lane Chronicles (or the Fever series, as I like to call it) was released. I&#8217;ve waited for a year with baited breath to find out answers to all the questions that have been piling up in my mind over the course of the series.  I started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stray Thoughts with Saluki</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/6220/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2011/01/6220/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many people, January means making resolutions for the new year.  Whether it is to start exercising, eat healthier, pay off debt, or quit smoking, many of you reading this blog have promised yourself to make a change in your life.  I&#8217;ve never been much for new year&#8217;s resolutions &#8211; I figure if I need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Haven&#8217;t Flounced the Twifandom</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/12/why-im-not-flouncing-the-twifandom-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/12/why-im-not-flouncing-the-twifandom-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like every day I see people in my Twitter feed threatening to flounce the fandom for one reason or another.  It&#8217;s very true the Twi-fandom has more than its share of drama -on many occasions I&#8217;ve rolled my eyes so far back in my head I thought they would get stuck.   Despite the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Card Project</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/12/5854/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/12/5854/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://myvampfiction.com/?p=5854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This time of year, I tend to think a lot about what I have to be thankful for &#8211; family, friends, my health &#8211; what I sometimes forget to be thankful for is my freedom.  It&#8217;s so easy to take for granted in a country where we have been free for over a century.  But, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Walking Dead</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/12/5825/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/12/5825/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a new obsession on T.V.  It is called &#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221;.  If you haven&#8217;t heard about it, it&#8217;s a show based on a comic book series of the same name on AMC.  And, like the title implies it there are zombies&#8230;lots of them.  The great thing about the show is that the zombies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I have the NaNoWriMo Blues</title>
		<link>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/11/why-i-have-the-nanowrimo-blues/</link>
		<comments>http://myvampfiction.com/2010/11/why-i-have-the-nanowrimo-blues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saluki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you know, November is NaNoWriMo month.  A whole month dedicated writing a 50,000 word original novel from scratch.  Many of my friends are participating in this event, and I can&#8217;t scroll through my Twitter feed without seeing dozens of tweets from people sharing their word count.  All of this makes me a [...]]]></description>
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