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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my son, done in acrylics by a wonderful artist, friend, and consummate storyteller named Tiffany McGillie. You can &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/06/16/portrait-by-an-artist-of-a-young-man/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1384&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Novel as a Garden: 14 Ways Writing Fiction is Like Growing Your Own Veggies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve once more been in the throes of novel revision during the past couple weeks, adding subplot and subtext, honing &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/06/13/your-novel-as-a-garden-12-ways-writing-fiction-is-like-growing-your-own-veggies/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1357&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer in Michigan Means One Thing to Me: Up North</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/06/06/summer-in-michigan-means-one-thing-to-me-up-north/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past week my husband, Zach, and I have been engaged in the blessed process of planning summer travel &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/06/06/summer-in-michigan-means-one-thing-to-me-up-north/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1346&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Have Been Chosen</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/06/04/you-have-been-chosen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday we had my son&#8217;s fifth birthday party with his crazy little friends at Impression 5 Children&#8217;s Museum. Calvin &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/06/04/you-have-been-chosen/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1340&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing the Hard Way</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/28/choosing-the-hard-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 15:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophizing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today my son turns five. I took this photo at Woldumar Nature Center last year when he and I were &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/28/choosing-the-hard-way/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1332&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Short Story Now Available (and a peek at summer cover art)</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/26/latest-short-story-now-available-and-a-peek-at-summer-cover-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 20:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publishing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Story]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day! You can now buy Clean, my short story for May, for Kindle and Kindle apps. Just click &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/26/latest-short-story-now-available-and-a-peek-at-summer-cover-art/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1318&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cover Art for May&#8217;s Short Story</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/25/cover-art-for-mays-short-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was super fun to work on. Many thanks to my lovely and intrepid model, Elise, who didn&#8217;t blink an &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/25/cover-art-for-mays-short-story/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1309&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to read the book. I&#8217;ll watch the movie.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/24/i-dont-want-to-read-the-book-ill-watch-the-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophizing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blue Like Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of you out there have heard this song from Switchfoot&#8217;s first album in 1997? It was a favorite &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/24/i-dont-want-to-read-the-book-ill-watch-the-movie/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1295&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breathe Writers Conference Schedule and Speakers Announced</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/23/breathe-writers-conference-schedule-and-speakers-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Your Information]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The line-up for the Breathe Christian Writers Conference workshops is taking shape. Click here to see the incredibly awesome array &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/23/breathe-writers-conference-schedule-and-speakers-announced/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1297&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Soon (i.e., as soon as I can get the cover art done)</title>
		<link>http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/22/coming-soon-i-e-as-soon-as-i-can-get-the-cover-art-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Bartels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick sneak peek at May&#8217;s short story, which is awaiting a photo shoot and design work for the &#8230;<p><a href="http://erinbartels.com/2013/05/22/coming-soon-i-e-as-soon-as-i-can-get-the-cover-art-done/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erinbartels.com&#038;blog=37472044&#038;post=1285&#038;subd=erinbartels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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