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		<title>Pitch Preasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 21:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been posting about my now not-so-recent 2010 Missouri Writers Guild convention. I wanted to tell you the rest of by story. Better late than never, right?
 After the first night, I knew I was going to like the group. We had so much fun, laughing and just being silly. I really clicked with a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPad &#8211; Yes Another Blog Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not going to talk tech with you. I would fail miserably. I am certainly not up on all the new tools and toys, but I have seen the ipad. My friend (Tina) got an ipad and it is prrrreeeettttyyy. Love it, want it, need it, must have it. I can feel the sweat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cake Pops!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is not about writing, but just as cool.
What are cake pops you ask? Well they are the most amazing decadent desert ever! I found them on the internet and made them for my sister’s baby shower this past weekend. Not only are they good to eat but they are too cute. My BFF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Query Questions???</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I completed TRUE SIGHT in November and since then have been polishing the manuscript. I bet I could edit it thousands of times! I am still looking for the agent that will love it as much as I do. I have also updated my query like a million times.  I did get some great feedback [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Trailers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve stumbled onto my new obsession&#8230;.Book Trailers. I know your asking yourself.. What is that? Well for those of you that have been living under a rock like I have, they are a wonderful way to get across your book visually and musically. I love putting music to a novel, it sets the tone for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unwritten Letters Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister, Alex Boles, started this project and is doing so well with it. She is currently putting together her first book. I am so proud of her. Please go an check it out. Write that letter you&#8217;ve always wanted to. It&#8217;s a great way to get closure.
http://unwrittenlettersproject.wordpress.com/
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		<title>Learning Lots, Loving Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After attending Killer Nashville I came back to St. Louis charged and ready to go. I was going to dive right into my book and clean it up. Unfortunately my life got in the way and I had other priorities to deal with. Two weeks later here we are, still not any further. I did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plot Your Plot!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Killer Nashville this past weekend and learned the coolest tool for writing. We were taking a seminar dissecting what makes a good story. What it needs, ups and downs, story lines etc&#8230;
The suggestion was to rate each book scene between 1 and 10. One being no tension in the scene and ten being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Genre is Your Book?</title>
		<link>http://www.brandischmidt.com/2009/07/what-genre-is-my-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a question many of my fellow would be authors ask me.  Thinking about it, I have no idea.  Pondering the question, I decided to do some Internet research.  I couldn’t find one site that had all the genres listed with definitions.  So for you, I have put together a short list of the [...]]]></description>
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