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writing statistics'/><category term='book club selections'/><category term='Fairy Godmother'/><category term='finish that book'/><category term='katy&apos;s musing: release day'/><category term='romance heroes'/><category term='Becca; writing; pitching'/><category term='happiness'/><category term='Marley Gibson'/><category term='Becca; goals; change your stars'/><category term='Eileen Cook'/><category term='annual report'/><category term='black moment'/><category term='excerpt'/><category term='originality'/><category term='Becca; challenges; change'/><category term='research'/><category term='staying positive; change your stars in 2010; motivation for writers'/><category term='process'/><category term='goals'/><category term='Linda Rettstatt'/><category term='Becca; muse; animus; writing; process'/><category term='Elizabeth Gilbert'/><category term='conflict'/><category term='change your stars in 2010; goal setting'/><category term='goal setting'/><category term='Valentine&apos;s Day'/><category term='Becca; queries; agents; process'/><category term='craft; Barb&apos;s musing'/><category term='Becca; writing job'/><category term='artist date'/><category term='emotional conflict'/><category term='Becca; goal setting; resolutions; New Year&apos;s'/><category term='writer&apos;s block'/><category term='Becca; writing; motivation; unplanned paths'/><title type='text'>Comments on THE MOODY MUSES: Katy's Musing: Sources and Tributaries</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/feeds/8526925859848776408/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/8526925859848776408/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/2012/01/katys-musing-sources-and-tributaries.html'/><author><name>Katy Cooper</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10631346527514599876</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u-tezPIo_wI/S844VUoOpKI/AAAAAAAAACE/3VwZI7mwZsY/S220/Head_shot.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235607208507087175.post-1073570845132635435</id><published>2012-01-25T21:09:39.582-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T21:09:39.582-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wonderful post, Katy.  Loved the analogy of the ri...</title><content type='html'>Wonderful post, Katy.  Loved the analogy of the river. Such great insight! We never know when those rich nuggets will resurface and bring us inspiration.  So glad yours resulted in such a good book!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/8526925859848776408/comments/default/1073570845132635435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/8526925859848776408/comments/default/1073570845132635435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/2012/01/katys-musing-sources-and-tributaries.html?showComment=1327543779582#c1073570845132635435' title=''/><author><name>Bex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12420145000708934434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6gUyrTQF7fM/Sx3FoHsyGXI/AAAAAAAAAEY/sJVtuvrryj0/S220/BW_logoSMALL.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/2012/01/katys-musing-sources-and-tributaries.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235607208507087175.post-8526925859848776408' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/posts/default/8526925859848776408' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1632903953'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235607208507087175.post-7210621826691469409</id><published>2012-01-25T14:38:50.797-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T14:38:50.797-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Katy, that was gorgeous. Nothing as good as one of...</title><content type='html'>Katy, that was gorgeous. Nothing as good as one of those good, deep sobs in a wonderful book, even better with a happy ending.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/8526925859848776408/comments/default/7210621826691469409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/8526925859848776408/comments/default/7210621826691469409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/2012/01/katys-musing-sources-and-tributaries.html?showComment=1327520330797#c7210621826691469409' title=''/><author><name>Anna Carrasco Bowling</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10578980454918684962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Unzadi/picofyouuuu.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/2012/01/katys-musing-sources-and-tributaries.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235607208507087175.post-8526925859848776408' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/posts/default/8526925859848776408' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1695069450'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235607208507087175.post-8908568695134876922</id><published>2012-01-25T11:06:35.696-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T11:06:35.696-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is beautiful, Katy.  Thank you.</title><content type='html'>This is beautiful, Katy.  Thank you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/8526925859848776408/comments/default/8908568695134876922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/8526925859848776408/comments/default/8908568695134876922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/2012/01/katys-musing-sources-and-tributaries.html?showComment=1327507595696#c8908568695134876922' title=''/><author><name>Cathryn Parry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08891116110179736706</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__nhH2hS5rvw/SLxCATXF-9I/AAAAAAAAABw/W3MFKcQJVjo/S220/Img0191.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.moodymuses.com/2012/01/katys-musing-sources-and-tributaries.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235607208507087175.post-8526925859848776408' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6235607208507087175/posts/default/8526925859848776408' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-587044464'/></entry></feed>
