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		<title>How Does She Do It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was so super exciting for me! A publisher requested my entire manuscript and I actually sent it! That is HUGE. My husband and I went out Friday night to celebrate with some friends. We had a great time. You have to enjoy the little victories. They may love my book, like it, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Characters in my life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you write your characters? Are they a little be of you, little bit of someone you wish you were? Mine are the parts of people I know and love. Some are the parts I hate. I&#8217;m not exactly like any of my characters. I think a little of me is in all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 &#8211; This is It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I have decided, this will be my year! I will get an agent and get THE KINDLING published! Yes &#8211; my dreams are big, yes they are crazy, and yes I will do it! It&#8217;s been a while since I blogged. Seems like like keeps getting in the way of my little blog. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Settle Down and Grow Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title of this post should say it all. Why do we have to get rallied up over the little things? Are they really that important? Probably NOT! I work, write, live and mother (mothering being my favorite part). I love my kids, love being their mother, but don’t want to be anyone else’s. Sometimes [...]]]></description>
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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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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/ Share on Facebook]]></description>
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