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		<title>An Example of Good Copywriting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of the best writing for marketing and advertising never wins any awards. Oh, there are tons of awards copywriters and advertising folks in general can win, and those awards often go to clever, funny ads. But some great writing just helps drive sales. It&#8217;s inconspicuous, but actually communicates with the audience. Here&#8217;s an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=868&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Slut Buck&#8221; is in Apiary Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the slut buck, you ask? I know, I know! You&#8217;ve been asking this question for YEARS with no good answer. Well, today, dear readers, if you go download the newest issue of Apiary Magazine (which, of course, you should), your curiosity will be slaked with my short story of the same name. Plus, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=839&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listening to Find Your Characters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t generally attribute specific sources of inspiration to my writing, but occasionally, something grabs my attention and says, &#8220;Hey! You need me!&#8221; That&#8217;s how I had a theme song for a novel before I even started writing. Here&#8217;s what happened. I was just in the beginning stages of outlining a novel, when, on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=812&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ebooks: Publisher-Murderer, or Savior?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebooks are all four of the Horsemen of the Publishing Apocalypse digitally processed into one little, bloodthirsty file. Or they’re the shining savior who’ll give all writers bajillions of dollars, euros, or even dirham if they feel like retiring in Morocco. Whatever. Let’s all take a deep breath and be honest with ourselves here. Why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=793&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Me Your Favorite Writer and Win NGEP!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need your help. And I promise it&#8217;ll hurt less than trying to read Ulysses. If you tell me what writers I should be reading, you’ll win Nathanael Green Endorsement Points!* And the more writers you suggest, the more points you’ll rack up! I just want to hear who your favorite authors are. That’s all. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=770&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Rap Battles of Linguistics!</title>
		<link>http://500wordsonwords.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/epic-rap-battles-of-linguistics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 23:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bet you thought you&#8217;d never see that title. Still, there it is in black and white. You&#8217;re welcome. So, all you avowed word-nerds will certainly love this. But have you ever studied English as a foreign language? Maybe you&#8217;re an anglophile (mmm &#8230; scones). Or maybe you just have a hankerin&#8217; for a rap battle, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=759&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Better at English? Swedes or 6-Year-Olds?</title>
		<link>http://500wordsonwords.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/whos-better-at-english-swedes-or-6-year-olds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever go to plan a vacation (somewhere &#8230; anywhere but here!) and wonder where your English will be of the most use? Of course, I&#8217;d advocate learning at least some, if not a significant amount, of any local tongue. But let&#8217;s face it: learning all of the world&#8217;s estimated 6,500 languages is hard. Like, really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=751&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SUBMIT! How You Get a Short Story Published</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt a twinge, something along the lines of angry defiance the first time I noticed the link on a literary journal’s website: SUBMIT Later, I figured out that this was the link I needed to click to get my fiction published. It had nothing to do with domination of any sort. *shrug* “How do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=724&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Story in Fractured West</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My most recent piece of fiction, &#8220;Pretty Don&#8217;t,&#8221; is available in print in the current issue of the very sleek Fractured West. I have a copy in my own little grubby gauntlets, and I&#8217;m flattered to be included among the writers chosen for this issue &#8211; there&#8217;s some great fiction in those pages. If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=720&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Writer&#8217;s Obligation to Readers?</title>
		<link>http://500wordsonwords.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/a-writers-obligation-to-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathanael Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The five-year wait is over. I got an email from Tor.com today that gleefully announced (yes, it actually was gleeful) that George R.R. Martin&#8217;s next book, Dance of Dragons has a release date. For those of you who aren&#8217;t wrapped up in the world of fantasy fiction, this comes five years after the release of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=500wordsonwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5906279&amp;post=698&amp;subd=500wordsonwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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