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		<title>FIFTY!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(I wrote this elsewhere for some good friends but frankly, I think it should be shared here) I just cranked out 400 words. That officially makes it 50 days of continuous daily writing. (2 days at the 350 minimum). Some stats: Average word count a day:  376 (rounded up) Highest day:  670  (Oh wow.  Not [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=584&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I think I&#8217;ve unlocked something</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on a lot of things lately.   I&#8217;ve been re-evaluating a whole lot of stuff in my life.   There&#8217;s been some trouble, some drama with some good stuff thrown into the mix. Writing, of course, is always at the forefront of these things.   It ranks right under family and work [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=582&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the final stretch!  Write ALL THE WORDS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all my friends (and loved one) who have taken the National Novel Writing Month challenge: It&#8217;s the final week!  Get your engines revving!  Write those exciting scenes!  It&#8217;s crunch time!   No matter what your word count is, you can do the impossible. I salute you! &#160; &#160; Filed under: news and views<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=580&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On reaching (or not reaching) 50K</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve done a slight disservice to a few people this month on the subject of NaNoWriMo in regards to the target of 50 000 words.  I&#8217;m not alone in having done so, and it&#8217;s not particularly egregious or anything but it bothers me enough that I wanted to set the record straight for me. I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=575&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word count so far:  29103 (haven&#8217;t posted today&#8217;s yet) Days I missed quota: 0 (yay!) Fun had: A metric fuckton (That&#8217;s an industry term). Body count: 1 (a redshirt, but it&#8217;s early) Actual space pirating: Surprisingly little but again, it&#8217;s early How am I doing? I am tired, but proud. Work has been, well let&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=573&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNo Update &#8211; Day 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[13297. I could not be more thrilled. I had my doubts about NaNoWriMo this year. I don&#8217;t tend to do well without a plan. The only other year I tried that, I floundered starting day three and had to write 22K in 2 days to make it to 50K and I failed to finish the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=571&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo 2012 &#8211; Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been too long since I&#8217;ve updated.  My wrist has been severely slapped.  I&#8217;ve received several frowns from my love (which is worse than any punishment I can think of). I am signed up and doing NaNoWriMo 2012.  I&#8217;ve had my best writing come out of NaNoWriMo I have some thoughts to share. &#160; Personal [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=568&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I died but I feel much better now.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I died for a while.  Not physically, but a very stressful situation just shut me down completely. I&#8217;m better now, I think, and I&#8217;m writing. &#160; The increasingly frustrating and rage-inducing situation finally made me snap.  My wife and I had &#8220;The talk&#8221; and the verdict was clear, I had to do something and do [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=565&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zero tolerance for zero days works!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, between work, family and just plain writing, a whole bunch of days have come and gone and I really wanted to do a quick update. Work&#8217;s been kicking my butt (I&#8217;ll omit the details to protect the guilty and because I don&#8217;t want to turn this into a work whine blog.  I want to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=558&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the day &#8211; Should you trust writing advice from a writer whose books you dislike?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not news to anyone in the know that I&#8217;m a writing blog/writing book junkie.    My surfing list is long and stuffed with them, my kindle is loaded and my bedside table is groaning with magazines and books such as Orson Scott Card&#8217;s &#8220;Character and Development&#8221;. Despite the fact that I read as much as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frankcote.com&#038;blog=12377358&#038;post=555&#038;subd=frankcote&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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