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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: Affirmations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, I began writing a series about Negative Thoughts and how to deal with them in the writing life. We all have times when we are overwhelmed with worry, fear, anxiety, anger, jealousy, rage, apathy or depression. In this series, I am sharing advice from the research I am doing for a non-fiction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: Get in Your Right Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right mind is not happy mind and where it leads is to work, not to ease. &#8211;Eric Maisel Last week I began a series about Negative Thoughts. I will continue by discussing ways to confront destructive thoughts in a healthy way to improve our writing life. In this post, I am referring to negative thoughts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga &amp; Writing Challenge: The Trip Thru 21 Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today (Monday) is the final day for 21.5.800 with BinduWiles.com which translates into five days of yoga each week and 800 words of writing per day for 21 days. The twenty-one days seemed to fly by very quickly for me, but as I look back at my life when I began this challenge, I realize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: Negative Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worry, anxiety, fear, insecurity, self-doubt, anger, rage, apathy, jealousy These are some of the feelings that create defeating, depressing and disturbing thoughts about our writing and our life. We all get them in some form, but getting stuck in these thoughts can destroy our creativity and keep us from writing. Most of our negative thinking is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: Getting in the Mood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it take for you to get in the mood to write? Can you create an island oasis when you are writing? Those are challenging questions for some of us. There are some writers that write on an oasis of solitude for hours each day, and others that grab fifteen minutes whenever they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga &amp; Writing Challenge: Creak &amp; Moan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I joined the challenge at BinduWiles.com called 21.5.800, which translates into five days of yoga each week and 800 words of writing per day for 21 days. This community project is still growing with over 470+ participants. I encourage everyone to visit the website for some very insightful and touching posts. I have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: Flying With Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I dream of being a strong majestic eagle, flying through a beautiful mountain canyon, knowing exactly what I am looking for and going after it with determination and focus. But, lately I have felt like a crazy bird, unsure where to build my nest and running into windows I didn&#8217;t see. I decided to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: Are You What You Write?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 17:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are You What You Write? As a fiction writer, have you ever felt that your personal character was judged by others based on the genre or content of what you write? Have you experienced strange looks, insincere polite comments, or talking behind your back about the content of your novel or short stories when you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir: Mother&#8217;s Day Blog Tour: The Precious Gift</title>
		<link>http://annetylerlord.com/memoir-mothers-day-blog-tour-the-precious-gift</link>
		<comments>http://annetylerlord.com/memoir-mothers-day-blog-tour-the-precious-gift#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 21:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother’s Day – Twitter Chats Blog Tour Welcome to the Twitter Chats Blog Tour, organized by Mari Juniper at Mari&#8217;s Randomities and Anne Tyler Lord at Don’t Fence Me In. Today&#8217;s theme is Mother&#8217;s Day. You&#8217;ll be traveling with us through the blogs of some of the fantastic authors and writers who participate in our weekly &#8212; funny, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: The Sky is Falling</title>
		<link>http://annetylerlord.com/the-writers-life-the-sky-is-falling</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried about anything today? How does worry affect your life, your creativity, your writing? I look back over the last few months and see times I was happy and content from day to day without much worry.  I like to think most of my life is that peaceful, at least in my mind. Then there [...]]]></description>
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