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	<description>where a mother tries to cultivate creativity and a sense of wonder in her kids—and does a whole lot of wondering herself in the process</description>
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		<title>By: patricia</title>
		<link>http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/04/26/an-audacious-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-4175</link>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Cari,

It&#039;s been a real thrill to have so many Simple Homeschool folks drop by! (And fellow freelance writers have a special place in my heart.)

I&#039;m still plugging away at my audacious project. I&#039;m currently working on a section of the book about facilitating writer&#039;s workshops for kids. Originally I envisioned it as a chapter--or a few chapters--in the book. But since I&#039;m such a big believer in writer&#039;s workshops, and feel that they have such potential to motivate homeschooled writers, I&#039;m working to put the information out as a self-standing e-book. It should be ready in a few months. We&#039;ll see how it goes! I may self-publish some of the other book sections as I go as well, as I really feel called to help fellow homeschooling parents with their kids&#039; writing. But I still see all of the ideas coming together in a cohesive book. Eventually.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and for the very kind words. Keep writing!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Cari,</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been a real thrill to have so many Simple Homeschool folks drop by! (And fellow freelance writers have a special place in my heart.)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still plugging away at my audacious project. I&#8217;m currently working on a section of the book about facilitating writer&#8217;s workshops for kids. Originally I envisioned it as a chapter&#8211;or a few chapters&#8211;in the book. But since I&#8217;m such a big believer in writer&#8217;s workshops, and feel that they have such potential to motivate homeschooled writers, I&#8217;m working to put the information out as a self-standing e-book. It should be ready in a few months. We&#8217;ll see how it goes! I may self-publish some of the other book sections as I go as well, as I really feel called to help fellow homeschooling parents with their kids&#8217; writing. But I still see all of the ideas coming together in a cohesive book. Eventually.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for stopping by, and for the very kind words. Keep writing!</p>
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		<title>By: Cari</title>
		<link>http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/04/26/an-audacious-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-4172</link>
		<dc:creator>Cari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just discovered your blog by way of Simple Homeschool. Wow! What a wealth of information and inspiration. 

As a fellow freelance writer and homeschool mother I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your voice and perspective. I&#039;d love to know what&#039;s happened with your audacious idea since you drafted this. I pray that regardless of your &quot;progress&quot; that you continue to find joy and satisfaction in your craft. 

Blessings to you.

Cari</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just discovered your blog by way of Simple Homeschool. Wow! What a wealth of information and inspiration. </p>
<p>As a fellow freelance writer and homeschool mother I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your voice and perspective. I&#8217;d love to know what&#8217;s happened with your audacious idea since you drafted this. I pray that regardless of your &#8220;progress&#8221; that you continue to find joy and satisfaction in your craft. </p>
<p>Blessings to you.</p>
<p>Cari</p>
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		<title>By: patricia</title>
		<link>http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/04/26/an-audacious-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-621</link>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 16:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I appreciate your offer to be a reader, Carrie, and I&#039;ll definitely remember that!

I&#039;m amazed at how blogging can connect you to people you never would have met otherwise. Finding other homeschooling mother-writers in the world is a perk I hadn&#039;t anticipated. It&#039;s wonderful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate your offer to be a reader, Carrie, and I&#8217;ll definitely remember that!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m amazed at how blogging can connect you to people you never would have met otherwise. Finding other homeschooling mother-writers in the world is a perk I hadn&#8217;t anticipated. It&#8217;s wonderful.</p>
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		<title>By: Carrie Pomeroy</title>
		<link>http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/04/26/an-audacious-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-620</link>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Pomeroy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 04:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I loved reading about how you arrived at your book idea, drawing from your own particular life, influences, and creative process.

I&#039;d love to be an advance reader as well if you want an extra pair of eyes.  

Enjoy your work!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I loved reading about how you arrived at your book idea, drawing from your own particular life, influences, and creative process.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to be an advance reader as well if you want an extra pair of eyes.  </p>
<p>Enjoy your work!</p>
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		<title>By: patricia</title>
		<link>http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/04/26/an-audacious-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-615</link>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are going to make sure I do this, aren&#039;t you?

I&#039;m sure I must have listened to that interview once upon a time, but thanks for pointing it out--I&#039;ll listen to it again, especially because they&#039;re local. Their website has some helpful info too!

I&#039;ve learned so much about the business of writing--and writing itself--from Writers on Writing. I love that podcast.

If I ever did shop for an agent, I&#039;d want to have at least a third of the book finished. I want to make sure I really want to do this, that I have time to do it, and that I &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do it. If I get that far, we&#039;ll see what comes next.

Thanks for all the support, Susan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are going to make sure I do this, aren&#8217;t you?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure I must have listened to that interview once upon a time, but thanks for pointing it out&#8211;I&#8217;ll listen to it again, especially because they&#8217;re local. Their website has some helpful info too!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve learned so much about the business of writing&#8211;and writing itself&#8211;from Writers on Writing. I love that podcast.</p>
<p>If I ever did shop for an agent, I&#8217;d want to have at least a third of the book finished. I want to make sure I really want to do this, that I have time to do it, and that I <em>can</em> do it. If I get that far, we&#8217;ll see what comes next.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the support, Susan.</p>
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		<title>By: patricia</title>
		<link>http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/04/26/an-audacious-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-614</link>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ooh, I like that word: &lt;em&gt;mentorship!&lt;/em&gt; That&#039;s what I have in mind: not a teacher-y kind of book, but a book that poses possibilities for the reader, makes their own thinking part of the project.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooh, I like that word: <em>mentorship!</em> That&#8217;s what I have in mind: not a teacher-y kind of book, but a book that poses possibilities for the reader, makes their own thinking part of the project.</p>
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		<title>By: susan</title>
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		<dc:creator>susan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s a good way to make yourself get serious fast: write a proposal and get an agent.  Have you listened to the Writers on Writing interviews with Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada?  Michael Larsen is an SF agent handling non-fiction...

http://www.larsen-pomada.com/lp/index.cfm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a good way to make yourself get serious fast: write a proposal and get an agent.  Have you listened to the Writers on Writing interviews with Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada?  Michael Larsen is an SF agent handling non-fiction&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.larsen-pomada.com/lp/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.larsen-pomada.com/lp/index.cfm</a></p>
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		<title>By: melissa s.</title>
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		<dc:creator>melissa s.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds exactly what I&#039;ve been looking for: a mentorship in the form of a book rather than a barage of information. I think including your personal parenting/homeschooling experiences would be very valuable. And of course you should say it loud and proud: you&#039;re writing a BOOK!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds exactly what I&#8217;ve been looking for: a mentorship in the form of a book rather than a barage of information. I think including your personal parenting/homeschooling experiences would be very valuable. And of course you should say it loud and proud: you&#8217;re writing a BOOK!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Emily</title>
		<link>http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/04/26/an-audacious-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-611</link>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am inspired to write more, to be creative (not just think about being creative), and to actually feed my plants. Rhiannon and I are in the process of making fairy wands (since she is a fairy, don&#039;tcha know) and I had a brainstorm to make a wand quiver to hang in her room. She is also insisting that I have a wand for myself. I will post photos soon of all this creative wand-ering... ha ha</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am inspired to write more, to be creative (not just think about being creative), and to actually feed my plants. Rhiannon and I are in the process of making fairy wands (since she is a fairy, don&#8217;tcha know) and I had a brainstorm to make a wand quiver to hang in her room. She is also insisting that I have a wand for myself. I will post photos soon of all this creative wand-ering&#8230; ha ha</p>
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		<title>By: patricia</title>
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		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aw, thanks, Kristin. See, now I have to do it because you all have such beautiful faith in me!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aw, thanks, Kristin. See, now I have to do it because you all have such beautiful faith in me!</p>
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