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		<title>The Nothing Special ARC Arrived!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of the blue, in the door, there was a Fed-ex box&#8230;  I expected the box last week and when it didn&#8217;t come, I assumed it would never come.  When you least expect it, expect it.  Because it was there!  My box of galleys from the publisher!  And, other than the glaring typo on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1139&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>English Majors (Redux)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this post fourteen months ago.  As we start a new semester at Mankato I think it&#8217;s worth throwing out there again. Biggest thing I&#8217;d add: actually loving stories is a prerequisite for success. English isn&#8217;t a good throw away major at all.  It takes love and work! (TEXT FROM NOV. 2010) Tonight, I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1137&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At one time, I hated to travel.</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2012/01/05/at-one-time-i-hated-to-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a wee boy (like 30-years-old), I couldn&#8217;t stand traveling.  When I&#8217;d travel, I&#8217;d constantly worry about what I should be doing at home (working to better my life, I suppose).  Yes, that&#8217;s it.  I constantly thought I was missing valuable work time.  I couldn&#8217;t enjoy myself on a trip unless I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1131&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It Is This: Nothing Special Cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been entirely sure that this cover would stick.  I like it a lot.  So, I hoped.  It&#8217;s Felton&#8217;s little brother Andrew, with his glasses removed, trying to look like a philosopher and sort of mimicking his piano hero Glenn Gould. Andrew&#8217;s a funny kid.  Andrew&#8217;s maybe sadder than he seems.  The cover is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1123&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates Steal Stupid Fast And It Hurts</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2011/12/07/pirates-steal-stupid-fast-and-it-hurts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t make a lot of money.  I just received a google alert for Stupid Fast.  I have very little money.  Publishing for most people produces very little money.  Every little bit that comes in matters a lot.  The google alert was for a free download site.  This single site has distributed, as of 10:45 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1121&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4. I have to be thankful for Steph</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2011/11/28/4-i-have-to-be-thankful-for-steph/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why?  You could throw us in a ditch and we&#8217;d have a good time.  We could be stuck in a heavy rain, in a big dank puddle, wearing leather sandals and we&#8217;d have a good time. I like watching her make dinner.  I like her watching me wash dishes.  I like going to the grocery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1117&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3. Thankful: @sourcebooks @sourcebooksfire You know it!</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2011/11/22/3-thankful-sourcebooks-sourcebooksfire-you-know-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really happy at Sourcebooks.  I&#8217;m hugely, dorkily in love with Sourcebooks, actually. Yes&#8230; Yes&#8230; I love my publisher, because they are smart and right and human and excellent. You know what I like? Emailing the publicist, Derry Wilkens, at Sourcebooks Fire and getting a reply.  That doesn&#8217;t happen at all publishers (true story).  Publicists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1113&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving 2. Leo</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2011/11/21/thanksgiving-2-leo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a little like a Jewish mother with the bragging, but that&#8217;s what I got. Of course, this is the time of year to be thankful.  In February, during my winter festival of bitching, I&#8217;ll reveal all of the stuff that&#8217;s crap.  Today, however, I give thanks again. My son, Leo, is almost 14.  In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1110&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1. Thanksgiving Mira</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2011/11/19/1-thanksgiving-mira/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year around this time I think, I&#8217;m going to take this business seriously. I&#8217;m going to get all thankful all over it.  Usually I post something or other about being filled with gratitude and then I&#8217;m done because other crap gets in the way  and I miss mentioning about a thousand things I&#8217;d like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1104&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You want to write? Don&#8217;t blow the easy part.</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2011/11/03/you-want-to-write-dont-blow-the-easy-part/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m teaching an undergraduate screenwriting class.  It&#8217;s at night (undergrads have a hard time at night).  It&#8217;s in a computer lab (terrible place to hold a creative writing class).  Still, it&#8217;s a screenwriting class.  At the very least, it should be of mild interest.  These are the stories we&#8217;re surrounded by in this culture.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&amp;blog=3993900&amp;post=1099&amp;subd=herbachisamess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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