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   <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:31:30 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 17, Lauren Reeser</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/lauren-reeser.html</link>
    <description>I am a digital artist with a traditional and extensive education in illustration and animation at San Jose State University.  My art is complex,</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:31:21 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 17, Weight Loss Surgery Food Journals</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/weight-loss-surgery-food-journals.html</link>
    <description>Well I'm at it  again .  Writing food journals that is.  This time I've written 2 food journals to market to weight loss surgery patients:   The</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:27:55 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 16, Susan Houck--Crescent Moon Designs</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/susan-houckcrescent-moon-designs.html</link>
    <description>I received my first opportunity to design a book cover in 2008. I used Microsoft Word to design the book cover, published it in Adobe PDF, and then</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 5, Livermore The Online Novel</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/livermore-the-online-novel.html</link>
    <description> Site:   Livermore    How much traffic do you get?  about 50 to 100 hits a day   How much comes from the search engines?  very low percent   How much</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:37:49 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 1, SiteBuildIt Special Held Over</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/self-publishing-blog.html#SiteBuildIt-Special-Held-Over</link>
    <description>The special, described previously, has been held over until 11/9. Click the link, or write me for details.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:25:32 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 1, Discovering SpiritChili</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/discovering-spiritchili.html</link>
    <description>My spiritual journey and road to enlightenment comes through and in the form of acrostic poetry. I deliver semi-sub-liminal messages weaved through</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:23:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 27,   Crossing the Road: A Guide for the College Bound Chicken</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/crossing-the-road-a-guide-for-the-college-bound-chicken.html</link>
    <description>Four high school students embarked on a journey to explore the world of opportunities and possibilities by taking on the challenge of writing a book</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:13:40 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 23, Self-Publishing: Just Do It!</title>
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    <description>Several years ago, I was literally whining to a friend about all the questions and recipe requests I was receiving from my customers and how I was to</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:37:26 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 20, SBI Halloween Special</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/self-publishing-blog.html#SBI-Halloween-Special</link>
    <description>If you've visited this site much, you know I'm a big believer in &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.sitesell.com/writingsuccess.html&quot;&gt;SiteBuildIt&lt;/A&gt;, the company that gave me the &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://tools.sitesell.com/writingsuccess.html&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/A&gt; to build this site and others.

Want to see a pretty picture? It's a picture of my other SiteBuildIt site.

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SiteBuildIt lets authors turn their skill with words into traffic.

SBI is running a Halloween special. That makes this a good time to give it a go. The special lasts thru October 31st.

Call it a &quot;Buy one, get another for 2/3 off&quot; deal.

When you &quot;buy&quot; SBI, you get a year of service (and &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://webhosting.sitesell.com/writingsuccess.html&quot;&gt;web hosting&lt;/A&gt; is only the beginning of what &quot;service&quot; means). When you buy 2 SBIs:

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What does SiteBuildIt mean to me? It means I'm never in the dark despite my complete lack of technical and computer coding knowledge. It means a suite of tools that helps me design (and write) a site that attracts the kind of readers I'm looking for.

My wife and I have 3 sites between us and she's getting ready to start our fourth.

Authors, you can use the Contact page to put your questions to me or put them directly to &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://question.sitesell.com/writingsuccess.html&quot;&gt;SiteBuildIt&lt;/A&gt;.

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    <title>Oct 17, Ernn</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/ernn.html</link>
    <description>Illustrator focused on manga style.   Often draw bishonen (handsome/beautiful/cute boys/man). All artwork are CG 2D, sometimes mixed with copic art</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 17, A Mother's Day gift</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/a-mothers-day-gift.html</link>
    <description>For many years I thought of trying to publish a childrens book, my mother had written long ago. It was a cute and funny old and familiar story. She</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:56:55 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 14, 1106 Design</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/1106-design.html</link>
    <description>1106 Design is an award-winning Team of Ten who can help with many of the tasks you need to publish your book. From title consulting, to manuscript</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:01:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 13, wicklowphotographs</title>
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    <description>Site:  Wicklow Photographs    How much traffic do you get?  Very little   How much comes from the search engines?  20   How much money and time have</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:56:15 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 13, publishingmadeeasy.org</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/publishingmadeeasyorg.html</link>
    <description>Author's website:  publishingmadeeasy.org    How much traffic do you get?  4-5 per day   How much comes from the search engines?  not sure   How much</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:43:24 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 10, Shane Lees</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/shane-lees.html</link>
    <description>My style of creating illustrations is mainly done in the black and white media. I use charcoal, led, and graphite. I like the mood that B&amp;W drawings</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:30:28 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 9, To Find a Publisher vs. Self Publishing</title>
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    <description>It took me two years to learn to write a good proposal.  First the writer needs to insure that the title of his or her book tells what it is about in</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:59:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 7, Building Castles, Books, and a Website</title>
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    <description>Genre: Non fiction history and art  I have loved to draw and build castles and medieval armies from the time I was very young. I remember sitting  in</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:06:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 6, I self published and created my own book printing business</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/i-self-published-and-created-my-own-book-printing-business.html</link>
    <description>Four years ago, I sat down at my computer and started writing a movie script about my relationship with my ex husband. While writing one day, my</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 3, standthebook</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/standthebook.html</link>
    <description> Site:   Souper Publishing    How much traffic do you get?  very little   How much comes from the search engines?  none   How much money and time have</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:32:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oct 3, Writing Nemesis</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/writing-nemesis.html</link>
    <description>When someone asks me what it takes to become a good writer, I usually grumble, Enough rejects to paper the walls.  Perhaps that is not a very</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:49:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 30, Grief is the catalyst of becoming self published</title>
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    <description>My journey into self-publishing began over a decade ago. Little did I know the twists and turns I would experience as a result of publishing my first</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:57:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 26, Plane Sense and Perseverance </title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/plane-sense-and-perseverance.html</link>
    <description>To be honest, writing was not always was my passion.  My first experience was when I tried to write some science-fiction while in school. It did not</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:52:14 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 21, AuthorHouse,UK</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/authorhouseuk.html</link>
    <description>I self published my first novel,Clouded Crescent:Garrulous Goon through AuthorHouse UK in July 2007.Despite of ISBN allotments,POD has no demand and</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:56:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 20, Stand</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/stand.html</link>
    <description>My journey with Stand started ten years ago when I made the choice to share my life. This was not an easy decision for the simple reason that alot of</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:42:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 20, Controlling Your Destiny</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/controlling-your-destiny.html</link>
    <description>Are you waiting for a literary agent or publisher to get back to you? To tell you your work is good enough, a perfect fit, or marketable? If patience</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:16:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 19, My Self-Publishing Journey</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/my-selfpublishing-journey.html</link>
    <description>My self-publishing journey began in the fall of 1993 when I offered to write an essay for my pastor. I have been a keen student of the Bible for most</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:16:52 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 17, cherry</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/cherry.html</link>
    <description>I just draw what's on my mind to express my feelings..i usually sketch it.My favorite is to use a charcoal.I draw some paintings</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:06 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 15, Finally!  A book I can hold (and so can others)</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/finally-a-book-i-can-hold-and-so-can-others.html</link>
    <description>After joining two writers' groups and attending every conference/seminar/workshop I could afford (including one-on-one 15-minute sessions with an</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:09:53 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 15, Tales of NShalain</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/tales-of-nshalain.html</link>
    <description>Genre: Science Fiction  I have been reading science fiction of all types for over forty years, from Jules Verne up to the present. Some of it was and</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:03:21 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 10, Me, writing a book ? No way!</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/me-writing-a-book-no-way.html</link>
    <description>I never thought I would  write a book nor for that matter ever publish one on my own. But certain events can change everything and that is what</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:55:31 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 8, A Virtual Book Tour: Promote Your Book to Bloggers</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/virtual-book-tour.html</link>
    <description>A virtual book tour is pretty much what it sounds like: online book promotion. Talk about your book with bloggers.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 5, Self Publishing Autobiography</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/self-publishing-autobiography.html</link>
    <description>Self-publishing became a simple decision for me after exploring traditional publishing houses. I joyfully discovered a family connection with a</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 4, Preaching to the Converted</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/preaching-to-the-converted.html</link>
    <description>Genre: Sports  Technically speaking this is published by someone else - Lulu.com - but it's self publishing as far as I'm concerned because I did</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:30:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 3, How I Said Yes to Myself for a Novel 38 Years in the Making</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/how-i-said-yes-to-myself-for-a-novel-38-years-in-the-making.html</link>
    <description>Ive wanted to share the story told in MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL for 38 years, ever since I was a new Mrs. Lieutenant at Ft. Knox,</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 3, Self publishing, podcasting and me</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/self-publishing-podcasting-and-me.html</link>
    <description>Genre: Science Fiction  My name is Brian holtz and I have written two novels and I am working on a third. I have written seven shorter works of</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 2, Workington Dynamo</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/workington-dynamo.html</link>
    <description>This is self-publishing only because I did it myself. The novel here is listed as published and distributed by Lulu.com, the largest print-on-demand</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:09:49 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 29,  Start Where You Are</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/start-where-you-are.html</link>
    <description>Genre: anthology  Most writers start on the MOON, way out there in space. Then, with experience, they gradually work their way back down to earth. I</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:32:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 29, Dos and Don'ts In Self Publishing</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/dos-and-donts-in-self-publishing.html</link>
    <description>Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, African American  I was so proud of myself; my first novel was picked up by C&amp;B Book Distribution.  They asked</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 27, Avoiding Agendas!</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/avoiding-agendas.html</link>
    <description>I wrote Woman Redeemed wanting to capture real women of the 1st century and to portray Mary Magdalene in a realistic way that every woman could</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 24, roll of the dice</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/roll-of-the-dice.html</link>
    <description>Genre: Suspense thriller  I started my writing on 9/14/01.  Just after the WTC attacks I was rearended by another driver, which left me unable to do</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:49:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 24, Is it a Route You Really Want to Take?</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/is-it-a-route-you-really-want-to-take.html</link>
    <description>Genre: Historical Fiction  When my first novel was complete (The Better Angels) an entertainment lawyer/agent took it on but was unable to find a</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:41:58 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 21, Self Publishing the Truth</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/self-publishing-the-truth.html</link>
    <description>When I finished With Malice and Forethought in 2000 and the proof reading was complete, all twenty-three people told me it had to be published. To</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:12:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 20, A Dialogue about Authors' Websites in General and This Author's Website in Particular</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/a-dialogue-about-authors-websites-in-general-and-this-authors-website-in-particular.html</link>
    <description>Author's site:  Belize Survivor   This dialogue continues from the Comment section of  a self publisher post elsewhere on the site .  STEVE: So let's</description>
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    <title>Aug 20, Is NO Not Clear Enough For You?</title>
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    <description>I actually started writing after my youngest son started college. I was as green as the rain forest, but determined. I work as a budget analyst, but</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:42:21 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 19, Add a Genre Book List to Your Author Site - Quick Way to Attract Traffic</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/genre-book-list.html</link>
    <description>To attract targeted traffic to your author website, create a genre book list. Just make sure that it's a list your book belongs on! Here's what to do...</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 19, Publish or (and?) Die</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/publish-or-and-die.html</link>
    <description>How do you tell the person you love most in the world that you are going to die?  The doctor gave me the news late in the afternoon and after I got</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:20:43 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 18, Authors, Content Building Means Writing. Targeted Writing.</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/content-building.html</link>
    <description>Content means words. Content building means writing. Read why no one is better suited than an author to write the content that attracts traffic to your site.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:18:19 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 18, Book Selling on Amazon: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/selling-on-amazon.html</link>
    <description>A shocking number of self published writers are book selling on Amazon but leaving $$$ on the table! You NEED to join the Amazon Associates program.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 17, Book Marketing for Self Published Authors: Lots of How To's</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/book-marketing.html</link>
    <description>Self published authors: Find focused articles on all aspects of book marketing, including lots of stuff you never thought of!</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:38:13 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aug 16, It's free to publish me?</title>
    <link>http://www.shared-self-publishing.com/its-free-to-publish-me.html</link>
    <description>My first children's book Tales of the Tree People To tree...or not to tree? was traditionally published. Shortly after it was published I went through</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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