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		<title>Cover Reveal &#8211; Erotica by Rosie Bitts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pirates (The Lady Corsairs Part 3) Erotica serial by Rosie Bitts with Mr. Bitts Release Date: June 1, 2013 The continuing adventures of Anna and Margot&#8211;the Lady Corsairs. After rival pirates attack Billy the Bone&#8217;s ship, Margot and Anna find themselves awash in danger&#8230;and in need of satisfaction to put out the fires of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1198&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Secrets About Writing They Might Not Have Told You Pt. 2 &#8211; Editing</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/five-secrets-about-writing-they-might-not-have-told-you-pt-2-editing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who read my post Five Secrets About Writing They Might Not Have Told You Pt.1 &#8211; The First Draft&#8211;published way back in December&#8211;probably thought I either got lazy or didn&#8217;t really know five secrets. I can assure you, it&#8217;s not due to laziness, for I have published two novels since then (and the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1180&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cover Reveal: Cinta Garcia de la Rosa&#8217;s &#8220;The Funny Adventures of Little Nani&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/cover-reveal-cinta-garcia-de-la-rosas-the-funny-adventures-of-little-nani/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love hosting other authors on the blog, so let&#8217;s do that today! Welcome Cinta Garcia de la Rosa as she introduces the new cover to her book, The Funny Adventures of Little Nani. (Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom for your chance to win something, too!) &#8212;&#8211; Hello, everyone! I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1167&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attention Authors: Opportunity Knocks!</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/attention-authors-opportunity-knocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 23:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Kindle Promo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, I have been doing a great deal of pondering over the subjects of promotion and advertising. (To catch up, you can read my Guild of Dreams posts here, here and here). Now, I am like most indie authors&#8230;I don&#8217;t really like the promotion side of what I do&#8211;I would much [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1161&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post Promo Post (Update #2)</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/post-promo-post-update-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bruceblake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new month has begun and the little brown bar reappears on the old sales chart&#8230;Hero to zero. Thankfully, it doesn&#8217;t last long, though I&#8217;m still struggling to break through in Brazil, the only Amazon store where I&#8217;ve yet to sell a copy of any book. Of course, I might be better off worrying about [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1154&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Promo Update #1</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/promo-update-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bruceblake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All Who Wander Are Lost]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over on the Guild of Dreams, I&#8217;ve been detailing my promo efforts this month. Here&#8217;s a post about what&#8217;s happened so far and what&#8217;s coming up. Promo Update #1.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1148&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2-For-1 Cover Reveal</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/2-for-1-cover-reveal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought I would save those precious electrons that power the interwebs and kill two cover reveals with one blog post. Let me know what you think! &#8212;&#8211; Khirro&#8217;s Journey: The Complete Trilogy Release date: April 25 A coward. A king. A curse. A quest. Follow the fate of Khirro, a farmer who never wanted be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1136&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Important Words on Crowd Funding</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/some-important-words-on-crowd-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bruceblake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the latest crazes in the world of publishing (and well beyond) is using crowd funding to finance your writing project. Success stories of people who exceeded their wildest expectations abound. In fact, a personal friend of mine ran a Kickstarter campaign a year ago, aiming to raise $4000 to write his novel designed [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1134&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Author Spotlight: Brad Fleming</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/author-spotlight-brad-fleming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again: one of my favourite parts of being an indie author is how so many people come together knowing that all the boats float higher when the water rises (or some cliche like that). To that end, it is with great pleasure I welcome to the blog [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1119&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Release! The Invitation (The Lady Corsairs Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://bruceblake.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/new-release-the-invitation-the-lady-corsairs-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bruceblake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my wife suggested that we write an erotica serial together, I was both excited and a little nervous. I shouldn&#8217;t need to explain why I was excited to you&#8230;unless you missed the part where I said &#8216;write erotica with my wife&#8217;. Nervous, however, came from a few sources: new genre, a serial, historical&#8230;and writing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bruceblake.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17158612&#038;post=1109&#038;subd=bruceblake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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