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		<title>Was I Really Published on Huffington?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does this count? Drawing attention to it feels like Good Morning Vietnam: Bruno Kirby's weasely superior boasts to Robin Williams's Adrian Cronauser that Reader's Digest published one of his jokes, ergo he must be funny. But Smith Mag ain't Reader's Digest, and my six-word memoir's only sort-of a joke. I guess . . . <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/was-i-really-published-on-huffington-post/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1488&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Three Princes of Serendip</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lit Mags]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The list was deeply personal to me, so I didn't jet it out to every journal. I carefully selected two or three journals I trust to handle it with care. Two months later, I heard from the editor of Emprise Review. Two weeks later, it was published here. <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/the-three-princes-of-serendip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1327&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Autumn Poem by The Boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time slows, the dawn comes late,

Squirrels prepare to hibernate,

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		<title>Caesarstone Quartz Blizzard: White, Bright, Alright!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A return to my kitchen remodel rescue is more homely than writerly, but my quartz tops are anything but. And since the majority of visitors find my blog through searches like "Caesarstone Blizzard," "how to clean stains off Caesarstone," and "Caesarstone and Barkeepers Friend" (not so much "writerly advice" or "brilliant writing tips"), I feel I owe it to the quartz-curious to update my views on the subject. <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/caesarstone-quartz-blizzard-white-bright-alright/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1360&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Girls Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every time I hear someone use the term &#8216;strong female character,&#8217; I want to punch them. The problem is, I hit like a girl.&#8221; So begins a smartly written, insightful rant by Carina Chocano, in New York Times Magazine (brought &#8230; <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/girls-rule/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1344&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stretch, Run and Cheer the Murakami and Tudor Way: &#8220;If Only Virginia Woolf Had Done Yoga&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/eliza-tudor-mfa-survival-guide-final/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop thinking about others as competition.  It’s hard sometimes to ignore what others are doing, but nobody’s path is the same. <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/eliza-tudor-mfa-survival-guide-final/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1272&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post-MFA Writers Facebook, Hobbify and Goof Off</title>
		<link>http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/eliza-tudor-mfa-survival-guide-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Facebook even if it scares the living hell out of you.  Keep in touch with your lit gang.  Make some new lit and non-lit friends.  Let people into your writing life.  It makes it less lonely. <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/eliza-tudor-mfa-survival-guide-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1247&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Got My MFA. Now What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 12:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did it because I didn’t just want to be someone with an MFA, I wanted to be someone with a shelf of books and short stories and screenplays with my name on them.

The fact is you will be much grumpier if you don’t write than if you do.  You’ll feel better after you’ve written.  <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/elizatudorsurvivalguide3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1228&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writers Write, Submit and Make Nice with Rejection</title>
		<link>http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/eliza-tudor-post-mfa-survival-guide-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Post-MFA Survival Guide Part 1: Read Lit Mags</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It does make me want to get a little smacky-smacky when I hear writers say, in whispered tones, “I don’t really read literary magazines.”  Well, that’s a problem.  The fact is there is a lit mag for everyone—slipstream, genre-based, anything and everything.  <a href="http://bethbates.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/eliza-tudor-post-mfa-survival-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethbates.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2519592&amp;post=1141&amp;subd=bethbates&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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