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	<title>Christine Rowlands Writing and Editing</title>
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	<description>Talk to me and I'll write for you</description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s an honour being norminated</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/08/12/its-an-honour-being-norminated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning, I received an e-mail with the subject line (in caps): &#8220;THE  PULITZER  PRIZE  2009  NOMINATION  LETTER.&#8221; Well, isn&#8217;t that exciting. After all, I am a nationally published writer and all.
Here is the e-mail, cut and pasted, warts and all:

REF:PULITZER PRIZE
ATTN:
I write to acknowledge the above attachment to us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When work is slow</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/07/30/when-work-is-slow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I probably do as much work as someone with a full-time job, but I only get paid when I actually produce something. When paid gigs are sparse, or you&#8217;re waiting on someone else so you can begin to do a job, you&#8217;ve got to find other things to do.

Look for work - the websites I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go where you&#8217;re wanted</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/07/07/go-where-youre-wanted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to finding work, you hear a lot of talk about finding a fit; that is, a match for your skills, interests, and talents. But recent experience has shown me that even a great fit is nothing without feeling appreciated and valued, whether you&#8217;re a freelancer, volunteer, or employee.
Part of this is being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smiling and shaking hands</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/05/22/smiling-and-shaking-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 18:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in writer school, we had to take several courses in professional development along with the regular diet of writing, editing, research and design courses. One thing that our instructors and guest speakers said, over and over, was that you have to get out and meet people. Not just that, but try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth Sheep Sick</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/04/28/sixth-sheep-sick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am feeling pretty gross, but since I am freelancing, I feel like the show must go on even if I would rather not be sitting upright, typing, or reading. And when you&#8217;re sitting around all nauseous and dizzy, the last thing you want to be doing is contacting potential clients, employers or markets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver writers taking over the world</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/04/11/vancouver-writers-taking-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could Vancouver&#8217;s next claim to fame be our literary prowess? (Quit looking at those mountains, we&#8217;ve got books to read.) Not only is there a miraculously resilient publishing industry in town (small but wiry, it is), but Vancouver is home to plenty of authors: Douglas Coupland, Steven Galloway (an old classmate done good, as profiled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To SASE or not to SASE</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/22/to-sase-or-not-to-sase/</link>
		<comments>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/22/to-sase-or-not-to-sase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as every client seems to have a specific invoice they want you to use, every magazine and book publisher has their own highly particular set of submission guidelines to follow. Some welcome electronic submissions; some still specify 8 1/2 x 11 paper, double spaced type, to be packaged in an envelope marked just so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EAC meeting addresses the power and perils of writing online</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/12/eac-meeting-addresses-the-power-and-perils-of-writing-online/</link>
		<comments>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/12/eac-meeting-addresses-the-power-and-perils-of-writing-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Editing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Editors&#8217; Association BC Branch has just announced their topic for the March monthly meeting and it looks like a good one: Public-Private Boundaries in Online Writing and Publishing. It will be held at the usual bat time and bat channel (7:30 pm, Wednesday, March 19 at the Y-W-C-A downtown) and features superblogger Derek K. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Learning</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/10/book-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/10/book-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A summer tradition in the publishing world is SFU&#8217;s Summer Publishing Workshops. As usual they&#8217;re offering a range of courses from one-and two-day seminars to the famous  immersion workshops.
I myself am a graduate of the two-week Book Publishing Immersion workshop, where participants simulate a publishing house and work from 8 am in the morning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Grab Bag of Spring Writing Contests</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/08/a-grab-bag-of-spring-writing-contests/</link>
		<comments>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/03/08/a-grab-bag-of-spring-writing-contests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get going, kid
Event Non-Fiction Contest #21

Deadline: April 15, 2008
Booty: $500 plus publication for the top three
Details: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/community/event-magazine/contestdetails.html

Better not procrastinate too long
subTerrain&#8217;s Lush Triumphant

Deadline:  May 15, 2008
Booty: Prize breakdown undisclosed, but there is $3,000 in prizes between the three categories, and publication
Details: http://www.subterrain.ca/subterrain/contests/Lush%20guidelines.htm

Squamish Arts Council  Sea to Sky Literary Contest

Deadline: June 1, 2008
Booty: Undisclosed cash [...]]]></description>
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