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		<title>Growing up from Gross-Out Books and Bathroom Humor (Reading and Talk)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ll be discussing tonight at the Ridgedale Library, which must be directly on the line between Minnetonka and Hopkins, because it seems like the address is both places. 7pm Ridgedale Library 12501 Ridgedale Dr Hopkins, MN I&#8217;m not against either gross-out humor or jokes about bathrooms.  I&#8217;m an advocate, really.  I&#8217;ll do some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1249&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You should come to the Nothing Special launch in St. Paul!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nothing Special]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, May 6 at 2pm, I&#8217;ll be doing a reading from Nothing Special at the excellent Red Balloon Bookshop on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN.  This is the second of three books about Felton Reinstein, great athlete and shivering dork.  Andrew, Felton&#8217;s brother, drives the story, as he runs away instead of going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1234&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hey! Nothing Special is a real book today. @SourcebooksFire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nothing Special]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot going on.  Finals week at Mankato.  School visits.  Books coming out.  Muscle cramps during runs.  Nice dinners.  Car repairs.  I want to make sure to stop for a moment and say, &#8220;Holy balls. My book just came out.&#8221;  It&#8217;s available at stores everywhere today (in the U.S.). You can find it on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1231&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teens Know Best Stupid Fast Trailer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe what a wonderful job these guys did.  Awesome. Filed under: Fiction<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1226&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Special gets Junior Library Guild selection.@SourcebooksFire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nothing Special]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junior Library Guild reviews thousands of books and picks a few to support. When I got back from Texas, I found this thing in the mail.  What a very great way for Nothing Special to come out of the gate. Filed under: Nothing Special, Young Adult<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1223&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas is Big and Ready.</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2012/04/20/texas-is-big-and-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve now been to Texas twice in the last 6 months or so.  Before that, I&#8217;d never been in the state. Of course, I have a fairly limited view. But I like Texas, a lot. The book community, both library/school and blogger, is so energetic, ginormous, and organized. I met up with tons of librarians, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1218&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Vid: Know Thyself! (Thanks so much @figmentfiction)</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2012/04/08/final-vid-know-thyself-thanks-so-much-figmentfiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had such great time doing these craft videos for Figment.com.  If you don&#8217;t know, there are (really) thousands of deep-thinking, dedicated, talented-as-your-best-business, young writers on Figment. Being able to discuss writing with a bunch of them has been the highlight of 2012 for me. So, it is with a crooked heart I say: Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1206&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Figment Craft Vid 4: I hide in bushes to listen @sourcebooksfire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this video, I discuss one way to look at dialogue (mimicking natural, sort of cracked dialogue that people do in natural settings).  It includes a request that dialogue be character driven and important to story conflict. Here&#8217;s the full post at Figment! Filed under: Good Work, Writing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1201&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Figment Video Craft 3: Herbach acts like an idiot for scene/summary @SourcebooksFire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the third of five Figment videos on writing craft.  In this one, I&#8217;m discussing the scene/summary thing.  Here&#8217;s the truth: I&#8217;d like me to shut my stupid pie munch while I&#8217;m &#8220;acting&#8221; out the characters.  That said, I think it&#8217;s still useful.  Here&#8217;s the link over to Figment.  Or, watch the video right here.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1199&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks Platteville Library Foundation</title>
		<link>http://geoffherbach.com/2012/03/20/thanks-platteville-library-foundation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Herbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nothing Special]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stupid Fast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had Steve&#8217;s Pizza. Delicious. I got a Driftless bumper sticker from Bev (Platteville is in the driftless area, filled with hills, where no glacier ever plowed).  I saw lots of old friends and teachers.  Even met the department admin who worked with my dad in the early 70s.  I found out there are Amish [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=geoffherbach.com&#038;blog=3993900&#038;post=1193&#038;subd=herbachisamess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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