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	<title>Lara Zielin</title>
	<link>http://larawrites.com/blog</link>
	<description>A writer on the verge of ... something.</description>
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		<title>Author Kristin Levine on Lions, Austria, and Chocolate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Levine Kristin Levine didn&#8217;t always want to be a writer, but she (wisely) changed her mind, and now she&#8217;s officially in the Cool Kids Club. In fact, she&#8217;s pretty much at the head table now that her second book, THE LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK, is out on shelves. It follows two girls whose unbreakable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2012/02/07/author-kristin-levine-on-lions-austria-and-chocolate/</link>
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		<title>My Dad Looks Like Tom Clancy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear TotallyLooksLike.com, My dad TOTALLY LOOKS LIKE Tom Clancy. You may know Tom from such works as The Hunt for Red October, a novel that became a movie starring Alec Baldwin, before Alec made me snort milk out my nose as Jack Donaghy, saying things like, &#8220;My name is Jack Donaghy, and I have bedbugs.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2012/01/26/my-dad-looks-like-tom-clancy/</link>
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		<title>I Will</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a friend of mine asked for recommendations on how to get through a tough run. After a brutal jog today, I was inspired to write these &#8220;I will&#8221; statements. Even though my run pretty much sucked, I got through it. And I&#8217;ll get through the next one. I WILL.]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2012/01/24/i-will/</link>
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		<title>An Embarrassment of Riches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are always good books to read. Always. But for some reason, I just feel like the young-adult shelves in particular are PACKED right now with amazing novels. I&#8217;m not a book critic (I know how much work goes into books, even the bad ones, and I&#8217;m not about to slam anybody) but I do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2012/01/20/an-embarrassment-of-riches/</link>
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		<title>Rules for Texting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder if there are guidelines for texting? Well there are! I made them up just now. I&#8217;m not sure I really have a point here, other than to say a.) this was fun and b.) sometimes texting is downright scary. I&#8217;ll talk to you when you butt-dial me later, k?]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2012/01/17/rules-for-texting/</link>
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		<title>The Chicken Chair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a problem. A carved, painted, chicken-shaped problem. See, I found this chair the other day at an antique store. And I sent it to Rob all like, &#8220;Bahahahaha! You see this chair?! Isn&#8217;t this the craziest chair evaaar?&#8221; And Rob? He fell in love. Hard. He freaked out. He texted, and I quote, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2012/01/13/the-chicken-chair/</link>
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		<title>Cross-training My Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After halting a lot of my regular exercise routine in a desperate attempt to finish novel number four (which I did, praise Baby Jesus), I got enough out of shape that it was a bit of a struggle to jump-start my workouts again. Running was always a challenge, but it had become absolutely grueling. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2012/01/04/cross-training-my-life/</link>
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		<title>So, Like, What Now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As 2011 draws to a close, I suppose I could do a wrap-up of the places I&#8217;ve visited, and the games of Words with Friends I&#8217;ve won, and whatever else kind of summary I usually do this time of year. But, no. I am going to tell you the truth. Which is that as 2011 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2011/12/27/so-like-what-now/</link>
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		<title>A Sneak Peek at THE WAITING SKY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to read the first chapter of The Waiting Sky? Well, good! Because I&#8217;m sharing it with you right now! If you like what you read, I hope you will consider going to your local bookstore and requesting an advance copy (it comes out August 2, 2012), or asking your local library to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2011/12/19/a-sneak-peek-at-the-waiting-sky/</link>
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		<title>STRUCK has Struck!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a winner from the recent STRUCK contest! Congratulations, Gina! For those of you who didn&#8217;t win, don&#8217;t despair: The lovely Story Siren is doing a giveaway over on her site. She is awesome, and you can totally go there to win. Thanks to everyone who entered! And happy reading, Gina!]]></description>
		<link>http://larawrites.com/blog/2011/12/08/struck-has-struck/</link>
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