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		<title>Two Great Starts to 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2012/01/08/two-great-starts-to-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[J.M. Snyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Breyette]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new year kicked off in a couple awesome ways. First off, on Wednesday, I made a new sale of the rights for the short story that appeared in Nerdvana back in 2009. The Adventures of Jake #1 will come out later this year as a stand-alone e-book short story from JMS Books. I&#8217;m excited that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011: Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/12/26/2011-year-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Ballet Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apolo Ohno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicycle Built for Two]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boxers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braking the Cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Farrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Levithan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronnie's Ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Normal Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Z.A. Maxfield]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was a good year. There&#8217;s no other way to put it. Here&#8217;s a look back at some of the stellar moments from 2011. Several of the items are linked to the blog posts where I originally blogged about them. Legally Married: After 16 years of being together, and 14 since we had our commitment ceremony, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life: Buh-Bye Borders and &#8220;Staying Alive&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/03/04/writers-life-buh-bye-borders-and-staying-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/03/04/writers-life-buh-bye-borders-and-staying-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Borders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Koontz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glorious Trash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kenney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.J. Rose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the closing of the historic Oscar Wilde bookshop a few years ago, Borders had become my &#8220;go to&#8221; bookstore. My local store had a friendly staff and was reasonably well-stocked. I was sad, but not particularly surprised, when it was announced that my favorite Borders location would be closing in the aftermath of the company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Words: Paperbacks and the eRevolution</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/02/09/writers-words-paperbacks-and-the-erevolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/02/09/writers-words-paperbacks-and-the-erevolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epublishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.A. Konrath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperback Fanatic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m kicking myself for not discovering The Paperback Fanatic sooner. This &#8216;zine from across the pond covers the weird and wonderful world of genre paperbacks from the 60&#8242;s and 70&#8242;s. I recently subscribed (It&#8217;s quite reasonably priced) and promptly recieved issue 17 in the mail. I was floored by the quality content, especially the articles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Typewriter to the Bookstore</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/01/27/typewriter-to-the-bookstore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s nice to know that, despite the current climate in publishing (Publigeddon? Publipocalypse?), some people still manage to have a sense of humor.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Bicycle Built for Two&#8221; Gets Contract</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/01/25/bicycle-built-for-two-gets-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/01/25/bicycle-built-for-two-gets-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicycle Built for Two]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braking the Cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamspinner Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some excellent news came into my inbox today. The short story, actually it&#8217;s being classified as a novella, Bicycle Built for Two was picked up by Dreamspinner Press for release later this year (looks like it will be published in June). It&#8217;s always exciting to get a contract and I&#8217;m particularly happy this sold. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ira Glass on Storytelling</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/01/21/ira-glass-on-storytelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ira Glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storytelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ira Glass is a national treasure and this interview is essentially Fiction 101 in just 5 1/2 minutes.]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/01/20/writers-life-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rom Lit Retreat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kenney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow Book Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T.A. Chase]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 3rd Annual Rainbow Book Fair will be held March 26th at the LGBT Center here in New York. This event gets bigger and better every year. Jeff and I are definately looking forward to it. This October the very first Gay Rom Lit Retreat will be held in New Orleans. Though registration isn&#8217;t open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life: Josh Lanyon and Literary Events in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/01/05/writers-life-josh-lanyon-and-literary-events-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2011/01/05/writers-life-josh-lanyon-and-literary-events-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Lanyon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Book Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow Book Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saints & Sinners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Hollywood Book Fair]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most discussed topics amongst writers last year was the fall of traditional publishing (So long gatekeepers in New York!) and the rise of self/e-publishing (Make big bucks on Amazon today!). Author Josh Lanyon offers his two cents on what it all might mean for authors of gay niche fiction like m/m romance. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready for 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/12/31/ready-for-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/12/31/ready-for-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braking the Cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Guillebeau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While 2010 was a good year (as you can see by the &#8220;2010 Top 10&#8221; post from last week), it wasn&#8217;t quite the year I was looking for when it started. These were the goals of 2010: More writing success: I did publish again this year and have a story that will get sent out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life: Author Interviews and What Writers Can Learn From Tron</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/12/29/writers-life-author-interviews-and-what-writers-can-learn-from-tron/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/12/29/writers-life-author-interviews-and-what-writers-can-learn-from-tron/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.J. Llewellyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ally Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Wendig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clare London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R.J. Scott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love &#8220;process porn&#8221;, meaning that I just can&#8217;t get enough of writers talking about writing. Book wenches has interviews with two of my favorite authors, Aj. Llewellyn and R.J. Scott. Michele &#8216;n Jeff Reviews just posted an insightful interview with popular m/m writer (and all-around super-cool gal) Clare London. Ally Blue had a Christmas epiphany, finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Top 10</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/12/24/2010-top-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LGBT Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angels in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art of Non-Conformity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braking the Cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Guillebeau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It Gets Better]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOH8 Campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provincetown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[So You Think You Can Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The LXD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Kushner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Under the Dome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past week I&#8217;ve looked back over 2010 and it&#8217;s been an amazing year. I&#8217;ve done some things I never imagined myself doing, got involved in some new causes and had a lot of fun. Here&#8217;s a look at 10 things (and three honorable mentions) that made 2010 great and memorable for me: 1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a NYT Bestseller</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/12/13/anatomy-of-a-nyt-bestseller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jackson Pearce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYT Bestseller]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One would assume that the New York Times Bestseller List is exactly that, a list of the books that sold the most during a given week. As it turns out, not so much. Below, Jackson Pearce tries her best to unravel the process of generating the most powerful PR tool in the publishing industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Writers Life: &#8220;I have a gun in my car. I&#8217;m going to go get it now.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/11/29/writers-life-i-have-a-gun-in-my-car-im-going-to-go-get-it-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/11/29/writers-life-i-have-a-gun-in-my-car-im-going-to-go-get-it-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<title>&#8220;Dancer&#8230;&#8221; Gets Good Reviews, New Story Nearly Complete</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/11/27/dancer-gets-good-reviews-new-story-nearly-complete/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/11/27/dancer-gets-good-reviews-new-story-nearly-complete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicycle Built for Two]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancer & Sexy Big Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamspinner Press]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Dancer &#38; Sexy Big Man has been out just a couple weeks now and it seems to be doing well so far. On Dreamspinner&#8217;s Nap-Size Dreams Bestseller list the short story has been at #1 for nearly the entire time its been out. This is exciting because Rivals got only to #3 during its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Dancer &amp; Sexy Big Man&#8221; Published Today!</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/11/10/the-dancer-sexy-big-man-now-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/11/10/the-dancer-sexy-big-man-now-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancer & Sexy Big Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamspinner Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[So You Think You Can Dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Dancer &#38; Sexy Big Man&#8221; published today from Dreamspinner Press (eBook ISBN: 978-1-61581-650-7). This was a fun story to write since it focuses on dance competition shows, in particular So You Think You Can Dance which is the inspiration for the story&#8217;s America&#8217;s Next Top Dancer. You can head over to Dreamspinner&#8217;s blog and read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life: The Challenging Month of November</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/30/writers-life-the-challenging-month-of-november/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/30/writers-life-the-challenging-month-of-november/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alison Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Viehl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Way of the Cheetah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The yearly challenge that is National Novel Writing Month is nearly upon us and writers of all types have been prepping for the impending insanity. Every month is NaNoWriMo for hard working romance author Alison Kent and, though she is not officially participating, she is working on her own 50k in Nov. challenge. Lynn Viehl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/27/writers-life-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/27/writers-life-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clare London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Little]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessewave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Knauss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Andros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samuel Steward]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest edition of my sister Jessica&#8217;s novella Tree/House is now available for purchase. She was also recently interviewed by author Mike Angley, so be sure to check out his blog to read more. Reviews by Jessewave continues to be a valuable resource for readers as well as writers of M/M fiction. They recently wrapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will &#8220;The Player&#8221; Shakespeare</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/26/will-the-player-shakespeare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/26/will-the-player-shakespeare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life in General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this were a t-shirt, I would totally wear it.]]></description>
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		<title>Lee Child on CBS Sunday Morning</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/25/lee-child-on-cbs-sunday-morning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/25/lee-child-on-cbs-sunday-morning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though I&#8217;ve never read a Jack Reacher book (one is sitting in my TBR pile) I find Lee Child&#8217;s modern take on the classic Lone Wolf character intriguing. This story that recently ran on CBS takes a look at Child&#8217;s fascinating personal story and his recent literary rock star appearance at Bouchercon.]]></description>
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		<title>“Dancer &amp; Sexy Big Man” Has Nov. 10 Release, Excerpt Available</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/17/dancer-sexy-big-man-has-nov-10-release-excerpt-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/17/dancer-sexy-big-man-has-nov-10-release-excerpt-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dreamspinner Press]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has happened in the past week with my new short story, &#8220;The Dancer &#38; Sexy Big Man.&#8221; Dreamspinner Press set a November 10 release date for the eBook short story, which is publishing as part of its Nap Size Dream line (just as &#8220;Rivals&#8221; did last year). I also got to go over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life &#8211; Words from Authors of Gay Fiction</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/05/writers-life-words-from-authors-of-gay-fiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/05/writers-life-words-from-authors-of-gay-fiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[A.J. Llewellyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.P. Bowie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Erno]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wildfire, the online newsletter from OmniLit and All Romance eBooks, has a great interview with prolific M/M writer A.J. Llewellyn. He talks about his start in gay romance fiction and his upcoming projects (both solo and collaborations). In the same newsletter, Val Kovalin reviews several new gay romances, including two novellas from Amber Allure&#8217;s Working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Coming&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/04/its-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/10/04/its-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the time of year when eager writers begin to brainstorm for the upcoming creative marathon that is National Novel Writing Month. Jeff and I are currently brainstorming ourselves (on a joint project no less!) and shall have news of our month-long literary folly soon!]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Life</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/09/22/writers-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/09/22/writers-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alison Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Scalzi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alice Walker is featured on the cover of the October issue of Writer&#8217;s Digest. In the interview she is as gracious, thoughtful and wise and you&#8217;d expect. I especially liked her answer to a question about her writing schedule. &#8220;For, I would say, three decades, I wrote every morning, or I made the space. Because part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Dancer &amp; Sexy Big Man&#8221; Goes Into Editing</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/09/18/dancer-sexy-big-man-goes-into-editing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/09/18/dancer-sexy-big-man-goes-into-editing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancer & Sexy Big Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamspinner Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neutral Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rivals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of July I signed a contract with Dreamspinner Press for the short story &#8220;Dancer &#38; Sexy Big Man.&#8221; I&#8217;d worked on this story on and off since last December and was thrilled when Dreamspinner said they waned it about a month after I submitted it. This past week I got notification that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Teen Author Festival &#8211; Inside The Mind of a Teen Boy</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/03/17/nyc-teen-author-festival-inside-the-mind-of-a-teen-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/03/17/nyc-teen-author-festival-inside-the-mind-of-a-teen-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barry Lyga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Levithan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Korman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Wizner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Skovron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt de la Pena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Northrop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neutral Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Burd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NYC Teen Author Festival is back this week and last night Will and I went to our neighborhood Barnes &#38; Noble in Tribeca to check out a panel discussion titled &#8220;Inside the Mind of a Teen Boy.&#8221; Of course, this was particularly interesting to me since I continue to work on my own YA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nerdvana Edited by Fred Towers</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/03/13/nerdvana-edited-by-fred-towers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/03/13/nerdvana-edited-by-fred-towers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nerdvana is an anthology, edited by Fred Towers, that looks at the interactions between geeks/nerds/brainiacs and men who are not usually attracted to them. The 15 stories cover a great cross-section of geekdom. As a geek myself I found most of the stories to be quite enjoyable as the geek tends to win the day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Years Goals 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/01/01/new-years-goals-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2010/01/01/new-years-goals-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ali Forney Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neutral Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again. A new year begins and it&#8217;s time to look backwards and forwards. At the start of 2009, I had these goal categories in mind. How did I do? Let&#8217;s see: Volunteering: I connected with the The Ali Forney Center at the beginning of the year and by mid-year I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Writing Pays Off</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/09/19/holiday-writing-pays-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/09/19/holiday-writing-pays-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chirstmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will wrote a couple weeks ago that we were in the holiday spirit not only becuase it was fall, but because we were working on holiday themed short stories as well. I&#8217;m happy to report that mine got picked up for publication. You can read more about it, if you&#8217;d like, over on my writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tis the Season</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/09/01/tis-the-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/09/01/tis-the-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the first day of September and it&#8217;s a beautiful 70 degrees here in New York. So why did I drag out my Christmas Barbie, bake gingerbread and put A Charlie Brown Christmas in the DVD player? Well, Jeff and I are both working on short stories for an upcoming Xmas anthology and frankly, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nerdvana: Coming Soon</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/08/07/nerdvana-coming-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/08/07/nerdvana-coming-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nerdvana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been nearly a year since I submitted &#8220;The Adventures of Jake #1&#8243; for the Nerdvana anthology (edited by Fred Towers, from STARbooks, ISBN: 1934187577, list price: $17.95) and about five months since I found out the story was accepted. Yesterday I saw the book cover for the first time as it popped up on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geek Out Takes a Break&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/07/03/geek-out-takes-a-break/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/07/03/geek-out-takes-a-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek Out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday April 13, 2007, was the first Friday Geek Out and over the next 117 weeks I&#8217;ve written about 101 movies, songs, shows, people, books, events&#8230;things that I am very passionate about. Over the weeks, there have been a few Fridays that I&#8217;ve skipped for one reason or another. Geek Out is going to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neutral Zone: Rejected</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/05/06/neutral-zone-rejected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/05/06/neutral-zone-rejected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neutral Zone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After seeing all those inspiring Lammy nominees last night, I did the anti-award thing and got some (not totally unexpected) rejection today. I got my official &#8220;you weren&#8217;t selected&#8221; letter from the The Twenty-Sixth Annual Delacorte Press Contest for a First Young Adult Novel. From what the letter says, Neutral Zone was one of more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YA Authors Strut Their Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/03/20/ya-authors-strut-their-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/03/20/ya-authors-strut-their-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cecily Von Ziegesar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtney Sheinmel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Ann Sandell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYC Teen Author Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Vail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon I took some time and went up to the 67th Street branch of the New York Public Library to attend a reading by five YA authors who took part in this week&#8217;s NYC Teen Author Festival. Martin Wilson, author of What They Always Tell Us, was the draw for me since I loved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nerdvana Acceptance!</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/03/18/nerdvana-acceptance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/03/18/nerdvana-acceptance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nerdvana]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Untitled Dream Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I did one last email check, as usual, right before bed last night and there was some good news! The story I submitted back in November for the Nerdvana anthology was accepted. &#8220;Adventures of Jake #1&#8243; will be included when the anthology from STARBooks Press hits the stores in the fall. This is the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attack of an Image Monkey: A New Story is Born</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/01/24/attack-of-an-image-monkey-a-new-story-is-born/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/01/24/attack-of-an-image-monkey-a-new-story-is-born/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The First Line]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Writing should feel easy, like a monkey driving a speed boat / Close your eyes&#8230; breath&#8230; ladle into that barrel of monkeys  you call a head and scoop out an image monkey / Now let that image monkey drive a speed boat, and you, you water ski behind it / Stay behind the image and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year Goals 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2009/01/04/new-year-goals-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course with the start of the new year comes the pondering of goals&#8230; along with how I did on last year&#8217;s goals. Here&#8217;s the recap of &#8217;08: Still better fitness: I&#8217;d basically say I didn&#8217;t do good here at all. We ate out way too much, which made keeping pounds off difficult. I also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Neutral Zone&#8221;: Judgement Day</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/12/31/neutral-zone-judgement-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 10:41am ET the envelope containing the Neutral Zone manuscript, cover letter, plot summary and self-addressed stamped envelope for the return notification went into the postal system. Next stop: Random House for the Twenty-Sixth Annual Delacorte Press Contents for a First Young Adult Novel. Yes, I made the entry deadline! (Yes, on the left is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Geek Out: Top 10 of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/12/26/top-10-of-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a special year-end Geek Out post. Rather than compiling specific movie, music, book or [insert topic here] list, I decided to do the top 10 from all aspects this year. Here we go&#8230; 1) My husband, Will: We celebrated 13 years together and 11 years of marriage in 2008 and it&#8217;s awesome (of course). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Neutral Zone&#8221; Sees The Light of Day</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/12/02/neutral-zone-sees-the-light-of-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/12/02/neutral-zone-sees-the-light-of-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 30 marked the two year birthday of Neutral Zone. It was on that day that I finished the first draft of the novel as part of the 2006 National Novel Writing Month. In July of this year, the third draft came to a close as I&#8217;d finally written the story I wanted to tell. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No NaNoWriMo This Year, Writing Projects Roll On</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/11/06/no-nanowrimo-this-year-writing-projects-roll-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/11/06/no-nanowrimo-this-year-writing-projects-roll-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I opted out of NaNoWriMo this year so I could focus on my 2006 NaNo project, Neutral Zone, along with a short story that&#8217;s due this week. The short story is for Nerdvana, an anthology that hits stores in Fall 2009. The collection focuses on nerds and geeks. To quote part of the call for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>200 Pages, 107,000 Words</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/07/11/200-pages-107000-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started working on Neutral Zone in November 2006 for National Novel Writing Month. During that month I churned out a bit more than 50,000 words and had the foundation for the story. During 2007 I consistently wrote a couple mornings a week and by the time 2008 started I was on to draft number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neutral Zone update</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2008/03/25/neutral-zone-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t blogged about the novel in a while, but I am cranking on that third draft. I managed to write a fair amount this past weekend, about 2 to 3 hours each day Friday through Sunday. I&#8217;d day I&#8217;m about half done. I like what I&#8217;ve done to give the story a linear timeline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Your Novel Comes to Life&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/12/23/when-your-novel-comes-to-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/12/23/when-your-novel-comes-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffandwill.com/?p=370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve written about it, but I am still working on Neutral Zone, my novel about two high school hockey players who fall in love and come out during their senior year. It&#8217;s still in second draft and coming along pretty well. I did get distracted from it while I did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meg Cabot &#8211; My new favorite Diva!</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/12/03/meg-cabot-my-new-favorite-diva/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/12/03/meg-cabot-my-new-favorite-diva/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffandwill.com/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may (or may not) have noticed, I&#8217;ve been particularly quiet about the whole NaNoWriMo experience. The reason I haven&#8217;t mentioned it is that I totally bailed on it around day 10. People, I&#8217;m a realist, I know when there&#8217;s no way in hell I&#8217;m gonna finish something. I don&#8217;t feel bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wintry Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/11/24/wintry-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brrrr&#8230; We&#8217;ve gone from near 70 on Thanksgiving day (which, of course, was great weather for the parade) to the current temperature of 26 with a wind chill of 19. I like the cold just fine, but I&#8217;m not a fan of the harsh wind chill. At least the sun is out though. It&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Geek Out: On Vacation</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/11/09/friday-geek-out-on-vacation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/11/09/friday-geek-out-on-vacation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffandwill.com/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I work diligently on NaNoWriMo (so far I&#8217;m a bit ahead of word count, and the plot keeps forming in my head at a good rate), Geek Out is going on hiatus for the rest of the month with the exception of the Friday after Thanksgiving. Geek Out will return full time December 7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Writer&#8217;s Life &#8211; The B-Day Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/11/05/this-writers-life-the-b-day-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/11/05/this-writers-life-the-b-day-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who sent Birthday wishes. The big day was relatively low-key, Jeff did surprise me though with some books from Oscar Wilde. He&#8217;s such a sweetie. I just started reading Suzanne Brockman&#8217;s All Through the Night. I&#8217;ve never read any of her stuff before, but I picked up her recent Christmas novella because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Novel Writing Month, Here I Go Again</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/10/24/national-novel-writing-month-here-i-go-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/10/24/national-novel-writing-month-here-i-go-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I officially signed up this morning to do the National Novel Writing Month challenge for this year. So, during the month of November, I&#8217;m going to churn out a 50,000 word (minimum) novel. Last year I succeeded and created the first draft of Neutral Zone, a story about two high school hockey players who fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Writer&#8217;s Life &#8211; We&#8217;re Hip</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/10/18/this-writers-live-were-hip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffandwill.com/2007/10/18/this-writers-live-were-hip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest issue of Writer&#8217;s Digest, LGBT literature has finally &#8220;arrived&#8221;. Um, okay. The article mainly focuses on the mainstreaming of the genre and how it has slowly begun to reach a wider (i.e. hetero) audience. It&#8217;s nice that the piece takes a &#8220;half full&#8221; view of the future of LGBT books when [...]]]></description>
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