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		<title>Discovering Who You Really Are</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently chatted with Howard Falco, author of I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are for Examiner.com. Click here to listen to our 15-minute convo:  I asked him what the impetus was to write down his experience.  &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2011/03/02/discovering-who-you-really-are/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=570&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speak from that place in your heart&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mindiekniss.com/2009/11/02/speak-from-that-place-in-your-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindie Kniss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henri Nouwen slays me&#8230; &#8220;Speak from that place in your heart where you are most yourself. Speak directly, simply, lovingly, gently and without any apologies. Tell us what you see and want us to see; tell us what you hear &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/11/02/speak-from-that-place-in-your-heart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=258&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNo &#8217;09</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindie Kniss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve committed to the insanity otherwise known as NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. Each November, over 100,000 participants around the world attempt to write a novel in 30 days.  The goal is 50,000 words (approximately 175 pages).  If &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/10/31/nano-09/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=249&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Final Third</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindie Kniss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working in threes recently&#8230; it&#8217;s unintentional, but everything seems to divide nicely into thirds. The memoir I&#8217;m writing has developed into three sections, the marketing system I&#8217;m creating is a three-part process, and today I am considering the &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/08/31/the-final-third/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=233&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things I Did Today Instead of Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*  checked the mail (once in the morning for Saturday&#8217;s mail and once in the evening for Monday&#8217;s) *  drove to Safeway in the Pearl to buy milk *  checked my Twitter account about 8 million times *  read through &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/03/31/things-i-did-today-instead-of-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=183&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Fox</title>
		<link>http://mindiekniss.com/2009/03/14/the-little-fox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindie Kniss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend and fellow writer Adrianna Buonarroti introduced me to the little fox from Google&#8217;s tea house theme.  I am always curious what he is up to.  For instance, in the image below, he&#8217;s sitting on his pier with his &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/03/14/the-little-fox/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=163&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MFA Notes:  Barry Lopez</title>
		<link>http://mindiekniss.com/2009/02/09/mfa-notes-barry-lopez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Lopez spoke as a visiting writer at Pacific University&#8217;s MFA program winter residency.  I loved his introduction: “When you show up, you bring big trouble.”  This from the soft-spoken writer who documents the connection between land and people.  He &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/02/09/mfa-notes-barry-lopez/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=127&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Barnes, author of the new novel A Country Called Home (and my thesis advisor!) told us, “Even if it’s a personal story, it’s NOT ABOUT YOU.”  That statement will forever change the way I think about memoir.  There is &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/02/09/mfa-notes-kim-barnes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=125&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can still hear poet Kwame Dawes saying, “born at de right time,” in his smooth Jamaican accent.  He opened his craft talk with a brief biographical sketch: born in Ghana where he heard stories of glorious Jamaica from his &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/02/09/mfa-notes-kwame-dawes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=122&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MFA Notes:  Jack Driscoll</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Driscoll described what he attempts to do through writing, “To speak what it feels like to be human.”  As far as I’m concerned, he could have ended his craft talk there and left us with the inspiration and invitation &#8230; <a href="http://mindiekniss.com/2009/02/09/mfa-notes-jack-driscoll/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindiekniss.com&#038;blog=4806352&#038;post=119&#038;subd=kniss&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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