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<title><![CDATA[ Just an Up-Date ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/just-an-up-date</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Just to let you know, I&#039;m still editing/revising The Curse, and am on page 192! Getting close to the end, guys. Thanks for hanging in there for me. Can&#039;t wait t ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ On the Road Again ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Plot twist!I&#039;m in a house I love. There&#039;s not a room in it where I don&#039;t feel comfortable. It&#039;s got a big [front] yard, it in a small town on a quiet road. I&#039;v ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 01:18:51 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Lessons ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As some of you may know, I got a book last year by John Truby, The Anatomy of Story. Going through it again, recently, I made a connection concerning what he&#039;s ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2023 19:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Procrastination ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I was asked the other day if I had the [ultimate] solution for procrastination, being that this friend and I have touched on the subject before. He apparently h ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2023 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ New Year: Let&#039;s Get It Right ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Happy [late] New Year! Hope all is well. It&#039;s time to start fresh, and speaking for myself, boy, have I got a long way to go! But that&#039;s only because of one par ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:35:45 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ 30 Day Trial ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/30-day-trial</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For those of you who are new, or checking in after a break, the 30-day trial refers to my self-imposed month (Sept) of intensive writing. At least, that was wha ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Are You Writing? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ How&#039;s it going, my writing friend?It&#039;s the end of day 5 of Kat-No-Wri-Mo. Three of those days I&#039;ve met my word count goal, all 5 days I&#039;ve met my writing goal, ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:45:47 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ KatNoWriMo ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/nano-now</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As many of you may know (if you&#039;re writers), NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is coming up fast! I have never participated as far as signing up, (I hear ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Morning Thoughts ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As I go through my notes this morning and transfer them to my Scrivener project, and review the already-writtern Scrivener notes, I&#039;m wondering about that &quot;box&quot; ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Alive and Well! ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ So. What have YOU been doing the last 5 months? I knew I&#039;d been silent for a while, but I didn&#039;t realize it has been THAT long. Besides life and work, I have be ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:44:08 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Upping Stakes ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/yin-and-yang</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Now that you&#039;ve [hopefully] started brainstorming your new story idea, let&#039;s talk about upping the stakes. Remember, I&#039;m starting a new story right along side y ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2022 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ To Begin ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ So let&#039;s start our stories. Where do we begin? With an idea, a message, plot and characters.I&#039;m lucky enough that my &quot;idea&quot; was given to me: my son wrote a pro ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 06:57:36 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Square One ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ So, I have decided to shelve The Curse, but you&#039;re going to have to trust me on this one. You see, many years ago, my son asked/encouraged me to write a story. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:05:52 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Audio Blog ]]></title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:37:06 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ MERRY CHRISTMAS ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/merry-christmas-2</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Merry Christmas! Hope all is well with you guys. I&#039;m doing wonderfully. The cats are well, I am well, I have a side job to pay the bills so I can continue worki ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:42:47 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ On the Other Hand ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/on-the-other-hand</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Never mind, my lovely readers. I take it back. What &#039;it&#039;? The last post &#039;it.&#039;After a talk with one of my supporters, and with myself, I&#039;ve changed my mind. I w ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:14:50 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Time to Let Go ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hello my marvelous, lovely, bright and shining followers and visitors! I see you&#039;re out there, and at this time of year, I definitely want to give thanks to you ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Conflict ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/conflict</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I’m still learning about conflict, (not the kind in daily life, but the kind in writing), and thought I’d share what I’ve learned and my inner thoughts on it. T ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:26:28 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ I&#039;m Baaaack! ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/i-m-baaaack</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As some of you may know, November is NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, making October, &quot;prep-tober.&quot; (Where do people come up with these things?) I do ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 04:29:41 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ On the Road Again ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Further updates are on temporary hold. Not that many of you will notice a difference, being I don&#039;t post as regularly as I should. But I just wanted to let you ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:42:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Happy Hippie ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/happy-hippie</link>
<description><![CDATA[ First, I would like to encourage you to &#039;like&#039; and especially comment on my blog when you visit. Even if you just say &quot;hi. I was here,&quot; would be nice. I know yo ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:32:52 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ All Downhill From Here ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/all-downhill-from-here</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Time for a new post, isn&#039;t it? To update you, I&#039;ve had a lot of encouragement the past couple weeks and I&#039;m following some advice from Jerry Jenkins, author of ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 15:38:23 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Plot Bunnies ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/plot-bunnies</link>
<description><![CDATA[ What to do? After texting back and forth little clips and quips, what started as an off-hand comment by a friend ended up being the next &quot;plot bunny&quot;: a story i ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ What&#039;s In A Name? ]]></title>
<link>https://kathygrahl.yourwebsitespace.com/blog/post/what-s-in-a-name</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Looking back, I see I must give you all an update. It turns out the problem with the mid-point was that I&#039;d forgotten all about the outline. When I rediscovered ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ K.M. Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:11:51 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mid-point ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As I start writing the mid-point of &quot;The Curse,&quot; I&#039;m finding that, as much as I&#039;ve outlined and can picture the scene in my mind, I&#039;m having difficulty with it. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathy Grahl ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:15:36 EST</pubDate>
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