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	<title>Dilsa Saunders Bailey aka &#34;simplydilsa&#34;</title>
	<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog</link>
	<description>Author of &#34;Dreams Thrown Away&#34;  First Novel in &#34;The Sperling Chronicles&#34;</description>
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		<title>Bigger Than Life and Stronger Than the Grandest Oak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This magnificent woman, named Minnie Edna Moment Rutherford, was born on May 1, 1873.  She walked this earth for 103 years, had thirteen babies, and so many descendants that we lost count or lost touch.  When she died, she ended an amazing legacy of five living generations.]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2010/02/27/bigger-than-life-and-stronger-than-the-grandest-oak/</link>
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		<title>Tidbits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writer's Digest announced The Self-Published Book Awards.]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2010/02/13/tidbits/</link>
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		<title>Self-Publishing and Print-On-Demand &#8211; Is There a Difference?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Self-publishing is different from your typical print-on-demand, yet it is the same. ]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2010/01/30/self-publishing-and-print-on-demand-is-there-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Opened to Self-Published Authors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Put yourself in the running for a $15,000 contract with Penguin USA and distribution by Amazon.com.]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2010/01/26/amazon-breakthrough-novel-award-opened-to-self-published-authors/</link>
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		<title>2009 In Restrospect-the &#8220;simplydilsa&#8221; Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to learn how to become a self-published author, stay tuned.  I believe in sharing. ]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2009/12/29/2009-in-restrospect-the-simplydilsa-way/</link>
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		<title>Comma Ze This, Comma Ze That-Itis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in case, you suffer the comma ze this, comma ze that-itis that I suffer from (where's my editor), here are a few tips on comma usage I have learned along the way.

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		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2009/12/01/comma-ze-this-comma-ze-that-itis/</link>
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		<title>Atlanta Writer&#8217;s Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ILet the story drive you.  Some of the authors wrote multiple genres.  The romance writers reminded us that there is romance in most stories and it can cross genres.  The message was not to set out to write a specific genre or deliver a specific message, just let the story drive you to write it.  The messages and the genre will follow.
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		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2009/11/21/atlanta-writers-club/</link>
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		<title>Customer Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you walked out of a store because of poor customer service?  Have you hung up the phone because you had to wait so long or the opening message was so long all you did was get distracted before you heard your option?  I want to hear about your customer service experiences, good and bad.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2009/11/06/customer-service/</link>
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		<title>Learning So Much About Self-Publishing Fiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ If you are like me whose book, Dreams Thrown Away, has been read and enjoyed cross gender lines, cross racial and cultural lines, and cross the age lines, you have a wider target audience that you would like to reach.  I want everybody who is interested in an atypical love story filled with tragedy and intrigue to have access to my novel.    ]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2009/10/25/learning-so-much-about-self-publishing-fiction/</link>
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		<title>Ongoing &#8211; Just the Beginning of the Marketing Journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are self-published, or published through a traditional publisher, only one thing is going to generate sales.  Marketing.]]></description>
		<link>http://simplydilsa.com/blog/2009/10/13/ongoing-just-the-beginning-of-the-marketing-journey/</link>
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