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	<title>Natalie J E Potts</title>
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	<description>The journey of a spec fic writer.</description>
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		<title>Corruption vs evolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The English language, both written and spoken, is a forever changing beast, but perhaps more so for Australians and Kiwis. Our language is already a bit of a mixed bag, with mostly English English, but a sprinkling of culturally unique lexicon. But in recent years American English has been creeping in, with ever increasing vigour.
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2012/02/12/corruption-vs-evolution/</link>
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		<title>When do you give up on reading a book?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy, but I also believe some great books take a while to get going. I have *loved* some books which I had to start three or four times because the beginning just didn’t grab me (Power of One) and then once I got into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2012/02/05/when-do-you-give-up-on-reading-a-book/</link>
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		<title>The original idea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is said that there are only seven original plotlines that can be written, and every story out there fits into one of these. It is also said that each of us has a story in us. The only way to reconcile those two statements is to conclude that there is a lot of repetition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2012/01/29/the-original-idea-2/</link>
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		<title>Will they steal my idea?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something I’ve heard many times from new and would-be authors is the fear that if they send off their work to a publisher or magazine that work will be ‘stolen’. Obviously this fear can prove quite damaging to your writing career given that no-one will actually buy your writing if you never give them an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2012/01/22/will-they-steal-my-idea/</link>
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		<title>100 Words a day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who would ever have thought something so simple could work so well?!? Yes the target has only been to do 100 words per day, no that will not get a novel written by the end of the year, but YES it does get me writing, and isn’t that what this is all about?
So far the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2012/01/15/100-words-a-day/</link>
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		<title>New New Year&#8217;s Resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
The New Year is already a week old, and most of my resolutions have taken a bit of a battering. But I was prepared for that and am happy to renew them all afresh each week if needed.
Many members of my writers group are publically declaring their writing goals, so I figure I should join [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2012/01/08/new-new-years-resolution/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2012!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we have just embarked on our last year (don’t forget the end of the world come December 21st) so I think it would be a good idea to make it a great one. Now is the perfect time for setting some realistic as well as ambitious goals.
Before I went to sleep, but after I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-2012/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas 2011!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope you all are having, had or will soon have a very merry Christmas!

But not too merry  

Be safe and appreciate the ones you love.

Word count this week 1,000+ words! Yay!
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		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2011/12/25/merry-christmas-2011/</link>
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		<title>Leaving something behind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a very sad week this week for my family. My grandmother passed away after 90 amazing years of being active and social and always exploring life. She packed a lot into those years so while it was sad to let her go, it was great to rejoice in the memories of the adventure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2011/12/18/leaving-something-behind/</link>
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		<title>An important waste of time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written about writer’s guilt before; the feeling that any spare time spent doing anything other than writing is wasted time. I suspect most driven people in any pursuit, be it business, the arts, or anything that requires a lot of time probably feel the same.
But every now and then you get a reminder that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nataliejepotts.com/blog/2011/12/11/an-important-waste-of-time/</link>
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