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	<title>In the Middle of Nowhere - Blog of contemporary erotic romance author Karen Erickson &#187; Uncategorized</title>
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	<description>Life on the Dirt Road - the daily happenings in the life of contemporary erotic romance author Karen Erickson</description>
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		<title>Oh. My. God.</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/05/14/oh-my-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to hear about our experience with a rattlesnake last night? Then go visit me at Naughty &#38; Spice&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Want to hear about our experience with a rattlesnake last night? Then go visit me at <a href="http://naughty-and-spice.com">Naughty &amp; Spice</a>&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Talking about</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/04/07/talking-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yard work and the like over at The Sizzling Pens today. Come visit! I have pictures!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yard work and the like over at <a href="http://sizzlingpens.blogspot.com">The Sizzling Pens</a> today. Come visit! I have pictures!</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m At the Samhain Blog Today!</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/04/05/im-at-the-samhain-blog-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Getting crafty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talking about getting crafty. Seriously I didn&#8217;t think I had a crafty bone in my body but lately I&#8217;ve been making stuff! Who knew? LOL You can go check it out here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talking about getting crafty. Seriously I didn&#8217;t think I had a crafty bone in my body but lately I&#8217;ve been making stuff! Who knew? LOL</p>
<p>You can go check it out <a href="http://samhainpublishing.com/blog/2008/04/05/getting-crafty">here.</a></p>
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		<title>Passionate Ink April Workshop &#8211; Overcoming the Fear of Myspace</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/03/29/passionate-ink-april-workshop-overcoming-the-fear-of-myspace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[PI workshop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You still have time to sign up! This is a valuable workshop if you are at a loss over Myspace. Trust me!! Overcome the Fear of Myspace Date : April 9-11th 2008 Presented by : Shelli Stevens Cost : $15 (PI Members) and $20 (Non-PI Members) Does the fear and rumors of wild teens, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You still have time to sign up! This is a valuable workshop if you are at a loss over Myspace. Trust me!!</p>
<p>Overcome the Fear of Myspace<br />
Date : April 9-11th 2008<br />
Presented by : Shelli Stevens<br />
Cost : $15 (PI Members) and $20 (Non-PI Members)</p>
<p>Does the fear and rumors of wild teens, and the dirty old men that stalk them keep you from jumping aboard MySpace band wagon? Well I’m<br />
here to encourage you to look beyond the stereotype and help you set up an account as an author, giving yourself more name recognition and<br />
possibly a boost in your career. You’ll learn what works–and what not to do!</p>
<p>* * *<br />
- Overcome the fear of MySpace<br />
- Learn how to set up an account<br />
- How to make your page fun, professional, sexy, etc.<br />
- Discover the features of MySpace and how to use them<br />
- Go over basic coding<br />
- How to use MySpace to best promote your name and books<br />
- Networking without being annoying</p>
<p>These resources are all free and on one of the best online communities out there!</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.passionateink.org/workshops/">here</a> to sign up or for more information</p>
<p>About the Presenter:</p>
<p>Shelli read her first romance novel when she was eleven. It was a Harlequin that she snuck off her mom’s bookshelf, and she was forever<br />
hooked on romance novels. It wasn’t until many years later that she decided to pursue writing stories of her own. By then she acknowledged<br />
the voices in her head didn’t make her crazy, they made her a writer. </p>
<p>Shelli currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her young daughter, where she is President of her local RWA (Romance Writers of<br />
America) chapter. She writes various genres of romance for Samhain Publishing, Cobblestone Press, and Highland Press.</p>
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		<title>Going Into Hiding</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/03/20/going-into-hiding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a good blogger lately but sometimes life comes along and throws a big project at you. And that&#8217;s exactly what&#8217;s happened to me. I need to dive under the covers for a couple of days and work &#8211; really really hard. I hope it&#8217;ll be worth all of my effort. So Happy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been a good blogger lately but sometimes life comes along and throws a big project at you. And that&#8217;s exactly what&#8217;s happened to me. I need to dive under the covers for a couple of days and work &#8211; really really hard. I hope it&#8217;ll be worth all of my effort.</p>
<p>So Happy Easter and all that good stuff! May you get lots of pretties in your basket. I&#8217;ll be back around early next week.</p>
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		<title>Back in the Saddle</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/03/14/back-in-the-saddle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kinda. I&#8217;m at least back online! I feel good, for the most part (thank goodness for pain meds though I can&#8217;t take too many &#8211; they make me looney). Sven has taken a back seat but I&#8217;m not worried. That task master will whip me back into shape I&#8217;m sure. Fortune&#8217;s Deception is in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Kinda. I&#8217;m at least back online! I feel good, for the most part (thank goodness for pain meds though I can&#8217;t take too many &#8211; they make me looney). Sven has taken a back seat but I&#8217;m not worried. That task master will whip me back into shape I&#8217;m sure.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mybookstoreandmore.com/product_info.php?products_id=882">Fortune&#8217;s Deception</a> is in the Top Ten at Samhain! That&#8217;s exciting.</p>
<p>Another exciting thing? We&#8217;re getting a yard! Yes, finally after uh&#8230;almost seven years living in this house, we&#8217;re finally getting a front and back yard!</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e335/kdid210/?action=view&amp;current=lawn.jpg"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e335/kdid210/?action=view&amp;current=lawn.jpg"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e335/kdid210/?action=view&amp;current=lawn.jpg"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e335/kdid210/?action=view&amp;current=lawn.jpg"></p>
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<p></a><br />
I&#8217;d share an actual pic but my hub took the camera with him to work damn it. I&#8217;ll share real pics on tomorrow or Sunday I swear.</p>
<p>So how is everyone? Whatcha doin&#8217; this weekend?</p>
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		<title>Taking Pictures</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/03/01/taking-pictures-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bobcat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you see that? Can you tell who came to visit a couple of days ago? Yeah it&#8217;s a bobcat. We get a lot of bobcats around here. They freak me out a little cos sometimes they get too close for comfort. Like this dude. He lounged in my back field all afternoon &#8211; at [...]]]></description>
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<p>Can you see that? Can you tell who came to visit a couple of days ago? Yeah it&#8217;s a bobcat.</p>
<p>We get a lot of bobcats around here. They freak me out a little cos sometimes they get too close for comfort. Like this dude. He lounged in my back field all afternoon &#8211; at one point sitting on a rock like he was king of the world, sunning himself. When I took his pic I chased him off for a while. Then he came back.</p>
<p>Funny how when he was around, my cats were gone. Invisible. I&#8217;d love to know where they hid. I don&#8217;t blame them. This guy wasn&#8217;t as big as some of them I&#8217;ve seen but he&#8217;d definitely take my cats out no prob.</p>
<p> Ah livin&#8217; in the country. Ain&#8217;t it grand?</p>
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		<title>Wednesday means&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/02/27/wednesday-means/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;I&#8217;m at Naughty &#038; Spice. So please come visit me. Please please please.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;I&#8217;m at <a href="http://naughty-and-spice.com">Naughty &#038; Spice</a>. So please come visit me. Please please please.</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Monday So That Means</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/02/25/its-monday-so-that-means/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sex & The City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m over at The Sizzling Pens. And I&#8217;m talking about my four favorite women from TV&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m over at <a href="http://sizzlingpens.blogspot.com">The Sizzling Pens.</a> And I&#8217;m talking about my four favorite women from TV&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Printer Woes</title>
		<link>http://karenwritesromance.com/blog/2008/02/19/printer-woes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[display models suck]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My printer died. It had lived a long (for a printer) life and it was time to get a new one. After seeing the ultra cool all in one Kodak printer on The Celebrity Apprentice (yes yes I watched it but I quit &#8211; it got REALLY stupid), I decided I wanted it. The ink [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My printer died. It had lived a long (for a printer) life and it was time to get a new one. After seeing the ultra cool all in one Kodak printer on The Celebrity Apprentice (yes yes I watched it but I quit &#8211; it got REALLY stupid), I decided I wanted it. The ink cartridges are cheap and the amount they print is over double of the average printer.</p>
<p>Sunday armed with my children, we went printer shopping. I couldn&#8217;t find the model I wanted anywhere (sold out) and I ended up buying the display model at Office Depot.</p>
<p>Big mistake.</p>
<p>What a POS! I did everything I was supposed to, troubleshooting it until I couldn&#8217;t troubleshoot it anymore and I flat out couldn&#8217;t make the black ink work. So I took it back.</p>
<p>And went to Best Buy and bought the even bigger and badder model with no problems. It&#8217;s sitting next time as we speak, all pretty and shiny and ready to print out the partial I&#8217;m sending out tomorrow. Yay!</p>
<p>One word of advice &#8211; Never buy the display model. They suck.</p>
<p>Painting progress: The bathroom is going well! I would say in two days I&#8217;ll be finished. I have to do it in shifts &#8216;cos it needs to be done in layers and I have to let the layers dry. So a couple of hours over the next few days and I&#8217;ll be done! And pics will be shared, don&#8217;t worry&#8230;</p>
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