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		<title>The Great and Powerful Oz . . . Has Spoken</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I arrived at the Big Sur Children&#8217;s Writing Workshop after a long drive up Highway 1. At San Simeon I&#8217;d queued up Tosca and for the next two hours enjoyed the brilliant voice of Leontyne Price singing one of Puccini&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-great-and-powerful-oz-has-spoken-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=180&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Off to see the Wizard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow bright and early (or notsomuch), I head out on the highway to the Children&#8217;s Writing Workshop in Big Sur. I&#8217;m taking my polished chapters and my unpolished ones, a query, a synopsis (that&#8211;even though I&#8217;d rather eat rusty nails&#8211;I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/off-to-see-the-wizard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=151&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When I was eight . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . I lived in a small redwood cabin in Big Sur. It was 1962 and I was in Mrs. Stewart&#8217;s third grade class at Captain Cooper School. That was the year it moved from next door to the &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/when-i-was-eight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=96&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;m still here! And it&#8217;s Halloween, one of my favorite holidays because&#8211;honestly&#8211;how could you not love a holiday that&#8217;s all about dress-up and candy!?! This year my husband grew ghostly white pumpkins. He carved one of them which will &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/boo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=83&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When I&#8217;m writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I’ve Been Away . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; from this blog for so long. In fact, it&#8217;s been exactly 2 years, 3 months, and 4 days, which is even longer than the gestation period of the Asian elephant (a very endangered animal, btw). Looking back at my &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/ive-been-away/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=33&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Needed: One Agent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah my lovelies, I did not visit my blog during May. That&#8217;s okay because it appears you didn&#8217;t either. But now it&#8217;s June, and June is a completely different month altogether. I&#8217;m feeling bloggish. Do you all remember in the &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/needed-one-agent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=19&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Clue!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my lovelies, I&#8217;ve been playing it pretty close to the chest about the BTWNBN1, so I&#8217;ve decided to give you all a clue. Ready? Okay, here it is: Any ideas? 1. Book That Will Not Be Named<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=18&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Zany?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, the only reasonable answer I can come up with is, why not? Here, from the American Heritage Dictionary: za·ny (zā&#8217;nē) adj. za·ni·er, za·ni·est Ludicrously comical; clownish. Comical because of incongruity or strangeness; bizarre. It&#8217;s definition two that resonates for &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-zany/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=16&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Once Upon a Time . . .&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are words that carry the promise of breathless excitement, great conflict, strong characters, and unique settings. When I was a child, I used them to start all my stories, and since this blog is a story of sorts, it &#8230; <a href="http://theresablack.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/once-upon-a-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theresablack.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3314469&amp;post=10&amp;subd=theresablack&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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