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	<description>Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.</description>
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		<title>The Writing Room: Neiman Storyboard&#8217;s 2012 Narrative Conference List</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For narrative writing help, check out Nieman Storyboard's handy 2012 conference roundup . 
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		<title>The Writing Room: Writing Tips &#8212; Free for Nothing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just discovered a site called Nieman Storyboard -- great tips for nonfiction writers]]></description>
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		<title>The Writing Room: Writing Tips from Jasmin Darznik of “Good Daughter” Fame</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing tips from Jasmin Darznik: "The big lie of memoir is that the story ends."]]></description>
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		<title>The Writing Room: My Book&#8217;s Almost Done, Sorta</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My book is close to done. I've been working on it for nigh on to 13 years now. Can't imagine what it will feel like to have it  done-ish.

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		<title>Why I Can&#8217;t Write My Memoir &#8212; Not the Part About My Mom Anyway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 18:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driving home the other day from just one of countless visits to my mom at the hospital, I had to ask myself , why aren't I writing about her? ]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble With Daffodils — and My Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trouble with daffodils is they have no subtext. They are all cheer and sparkle and optimism. They are avatars of perky. They get on my nerves.]]></description>
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		<title>The Writing Room: My Idea of a Good Time — A Week in the Mountains with a Bunch of Other Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley summer conference three different times and loved every moment. It's a great chance to meet writers, editors, agents -- and work on your writing.]]></description>
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		<title>The Writing Room: George Leonard and the Tao of Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Leonard, one of the founders of the human potential movement, and I both worked at Look magazine during the 1960s. We knew each other -- that is to say, I knew who he was.]]></description>
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		<title>The Writing Room: Carol Edgarian&#8217;s Letter to a Young Writer</title>
		<link>http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/01/18/the-writing-room-carol-edgarians-letter-to-a-young-writer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-writing-room-carol-edgarians-letter-to-a-young-writer</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you're a brand-new writer or writer of many years, be sure to check out Carol Edgarian's letter to a young college graduate who wants to write but doesn't know where to start.

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		<title>The Writing Room: Feng Shui for the Work Room &#8212; and the Bedroom</title>
		<link>http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2009/12/18/the-writing-room-what-does-it-have-in-common-with-the-bedroom/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-writing-room-what-does-it-have-in-common-with-the-bedroom</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are no photos in my my writing room. No kids, no parents, no family. Pictures of my parents have the worst effect on me when I'm trying to write. "When are you going to get a real job, Barb?" they shout from their frames as I enter the workroom. Peering over my shoulder as I write, they pass judgment on me and my thoughts, "You're writing about that? Shame on you."

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		<title>The Writing Room: Ah, the Colon, That Most Majestic of Punctuation Marks . . .</title>
		<link>http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2009/08/14/the-writing-room-ah-the-colon-that-most-majestic-of-punctuation-marks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-writing-room-ah-the-colon-that-most-majestic-of-punctuation-marks</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Openers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I read Noah Lukeman's treatise on the comma in a 2006 issue of The Writer's Chronicle, I have been a fan.  A devotee. No, let's face it, a groupie. ]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Room: Making Friends with the Passive Voice and Its Cousins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passive sentences can be wordy and vague -- or useful. For me, a passive sentence is one that -- for better or worse -- obscures the doer of the action.
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