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		<title>NaNoWriMo Prep – Day 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Mroczka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Plan for the extraordinary, Make room for the extraordinary, And you will be extraordinary.” ~ Holly Lisle, How to Think Sideways Now that we have an idea about we are writing about, we need to begin thinking about the people that are going to populate our world of fiction – the characters. Since I write <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/28/nanowrimo-prep-day-6/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=359&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Prep – Day 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Mroczka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The starting gate to National Novel Writing Month 2010 is just a little over 7 days away and the anticipation is building.  I can’t wait to get writing! During our last encounter we created a “big picture” sentence that described who and what our story was about.  In today’s shorter lesson we are going to <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/24/nanowrimo-prep-day-5/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=349&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Prep – Day 4</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/19/nanowrimo-prep-day-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Mroczka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To plot or not to plot?  That is the question!  Today we are going to explore a few theories behind novel preparation and begin working with our idea to come up with a one-sentence description of your novel. Authors approach this topic from many different directions.  Some write volumes of pre-work before sitting down to <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/19/nanowrimo-prep-day-4/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=339&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Prep – Day 3</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/12/nanowrimo-prep-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Mroczka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally!! The start of National Novel Writing Month is just 19 days away. We are pumped and ready to take it head-on! Why won&#8217;t it just get here already? In &#8220;No Plot? No Problem?,&#8221; NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty added to the end of the first chapter a contract for all NaNo participants to sign. This <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/12/nanowrimo-prep-day-3/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=331&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Prep – Day 2</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/05/nanowrimo-prep-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Mroczka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What we are going to discuss today is the quality of writing that you can expect from yourself during the competition and how to begin building your support structure for this crazy month. 50,000 words is quite a daunting task. Thirty days doesn&#8217;t feel like very long. We will have to adjust our personal standards <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/05/nanowrimo-prep-day-2/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=317&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Prep &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/03/nanowrimo-prep-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique Mroczka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If there&#8217;s a book you really want to read but it hasn&#8217;t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison Welcome to the first day of our preparation month for NaNoWriMo!  We will be posting some tips to help you prepare and get the most out of your experience every couple days.  <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/10/03/nanowrimo-prep-day-1/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=300&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Heathen Soul: Does it exist?</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/29/the-heathen-soul-does-it-exist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nico Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous article [The Norse Afterlife] I discussed that the Norse afterlife was originally the grave and for many Heathens, the grave is where they expect to go upon passing on. However, it seems I did not cover a very important aspect of the afterlife belief and that aspect is the “soul”. While the <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/29/the-heathen-soul-does-it-exist/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=229&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Mercury Goes Retrograde…</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/18/when-mercury-goes-retrograde/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cell phones die or go missing.  Cash registers and card swipers malfunction. Cars break down in crazy, mysterious ways.  Emails and text messages get lost to the ether, calls drop randomly, and sometimes the phone doesn’t bother ringing until you get a voicemail.  You can’t think, you can’t talk, damned if you can spell.  The <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/18/when-mercury-goes-retrograde/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=168&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Norse Afterlife</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/17/the-norse-afterlife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nico Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: The following article is based on my own research. I do not claim to be an academic expert on the matters of Norse belief as there are people more suited to been an expert on these matters. I don&#8217;t expect anyone with me nor my findings. The following article will be edited in the near <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/17/the-norse-afterlife/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=161&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Loki &#8211; God or Wight?</title>
		<link>http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/05/loki-god-or-wight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nico Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loki is perhaps the most controversial figure in Norse mythology. He is commonly mistaken to be a god. However, there is little to no evidence to suggest that he is a god, let alone a god of fire as is the modern concept of Loki. First, let&#8217;s look Loki&#8217;s position within the Nordic pantheon. He <a href="http://paganwriters.com/2011/08/05/loki-god-or-wight/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paganwriters.com&amp;blog=25533720&amp;post=85&amp;subd=paganwriterscommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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