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	<itunes:summary>Author Caleb J. Ross chews, swallows, and every-so-often successfully digests various aspects of the writer&#039;s life, from rejection to success, sober to drunk. The World&#039;s First Author Podcast is for writers looking for a bit of navigation through the increasingly fractured path to publishing success...maybe.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official. I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin releases January 17, 2012. Preorders start December 19th.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preorder details for my new novel, I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin are forthcoming. Until then, get all excited with this synopsis. Tis the season for Caleb, more Caleb, and a little bit of Jesus (if there&#8217;s time).]]></description>
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		<title>I lost $ 75.48 on a Facebook ad campaign, and you can too! -OR- Can Facebook ads sell books? Quick answer: no. Long answer: noooooooooooooooo.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(part of my ongoing Search Engine Optimization for Authors series) Part of being a great author-marketer is knowing how to filter promotion time wastes from time worthwhiles. Some options are simple to filter. “Should I do a Goodreads.com giveaway to attract potential readers?” Yes (all it costs is the price of a few copies of a book to receive interest from hundreds of readers). “Should I rent a billboard for a month?” No (billboards offer either 1) travel-oriented products/services or &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/can-facebook-ads-sell-books-quick-answer-no-long-answer-nooo/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How can authors use Google Analytics Events Tracking to understand their readers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times did readers download your sample chapters? How many times did readers view your new book trailer? How many times did your website visitors click a button to buy one of your books? How many times did someone click a link to read one of your stories posted at another website? All of these items can be tracked using Event Tracking in Google Analytics. What is Event Tracking? I’ll leave the details up to Google itself, but for &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/search-engine-optimization-for-authors/how-can-authors-use-google-analytics-events-tracking-to-understand-their-readers/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing the right blogging platform for an author: it’s all about scripts and Google Analytics.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Announcing a new post category: Search Engine Optimization for Authors. Well, it’s new in that I’ve finally given a name to it, but as you can see by clicking over to the category, there are a few past posts that fit within this category) If you’ve read Christina Katz’s fantastic Get Known Before the Book Deal, or have been at all concerned about building that illusive “platform” so many industry types talk about then either 1) you are an author &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/choosing-the-right-blogging-platform-for-an-author-its-all-about-scripts-and-google-analytics/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bart Simpson and Little Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(part of my ongoing Unexpected Literary References series) Though the wonderful Pablo D&#8217;Stair recently called me out on the possible inaccuracy of calling this series &#8220;unexpected&#8221; literary references, I&#8217;m too far in to change the name (re: too lazy to change the name). And this latest find, from last week&#8217;s episode of The Simpsons, does not help defend any point I may have had about the unexpectedness of lit references in cartoons. Perhaps the series should be called &#8220;Great Unexpected Literary &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/lit-references/bart-simpson-and-little-women/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 012: November is NaNoWriNo. December is UhOhWriLess.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/podcasts/episode-012-november-is-nanowrino-december-is-uhohwriless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo is a month-long event in which writers of all experience levels attempt to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Sounds good, right? There is a sense of accomplishment for accomplishment&#8217;s sake with vomiting so many words, with setting and meeting a goal. However, I&#8217;m not so couch-therapy optimistic about it. Send any comments on this episode, or any writing and publishing related questions to caleb [at] calebjross.com. I will answer them in a future episode. &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/podcasts/episode-012-november-is-nanowrino-december-is-uhohwriless/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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November is NaNoWriMo. December is UhOhWriLess.
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November is NaNoWriMo. December is UhOhWriLess.
November 19, 2011 7:18 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@calebjross
Caleb J Ross





NaNoWriMo is a month-long event in which writers of all experience levels attempt to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Sounds good, right? There is a sense of accomplishment for accomplishment&#8217;s sake with vomiting so many words, with setting and meeting a goal. However, I&#8217;m not so couch-therapy optimistic about it.
Send any comments on this episode, or any writing and publishing related questions to caleb [at] calebjross.com. I will answer them in a future episode.
Show Notes and Mentions

National Novel Writing Month official website
Follow comedian Doug Wilson at @idigthedoug

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		<title>Preorders are now being accepted for As a Machine and Parts. Preorders will be SIGNED.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so incredibly thrilled to announce that my newest book, As a Machine and Parts, is now available for preorder. Simply click over to the Aqueous Books website to order. ALL PREORDERS WILL BE SIGNED. Unfortunately, they will be signed by me. I tried to reanimate Christopher Reeves or get Stephen Hawking here to do the signing&#8211;as that would not only be incredible, but would play nicely into the man/machine hybrid themes of the book&#8211;but for some reason I &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/preorders-are-now-being-accepted-for-as-a-machine-and-parts-preorders-will-be-signed/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 011: Where your work goes when you die OR Long Live Everything!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/podcasts/episode-011-where-your-work-goes-when-you-die-or-long-live-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll start by saying that the recording for this episode cut off prematurely due to dying batteries. I was going to re-record, but the considering the content of the episode, dying off seems especially relevant. Though short, I think this episode addresses some important ideas. What happens to our work when we die? And, more importantly, should we even care? How much should we try to control our future reputation? These questions, and more, will be asked in this episode &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/podcasts/episode-011-where-your-work-goes-when-you-die-or-long-live-everything/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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Seriously, no Foursquare check-in at this funeral?!
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Seriously, no Foursquare check-in at this funeral?!
November 16, 2011 11:03 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@calebjross
Caleb J Ross





I&#8217;ll start by saying that the recording for this episode cut off prematurely due to dying batteries. I was going to re-record, but the considering the content of the episode, dying off seems especially relevant.
Though short, I think this episode addresses some important ideas. What happens to our work when we die? And, more importantly, should we even care? How much should we try to control our future reputation?
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		<title>Solarcide interviews me, one of the most interesting interviews yet: The Digital Age of Domestic Grotesque</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nathan Pettigrew, one of the two minds behind the lit site Solarcide, asked me for an interview a few days ago. This guy knows how to ask questions, ones that not only evoke my own passion for the subject matter but also make it easy for me to answer in a way that is hopefully entertaining for readers. Head over to Solarcide now. Read the interview. Learn of my greatness. Here&#8217;s a taste of Nathan&#8217;s humbling intro: He’s one of &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/solarcide-interviews-me-one-of-the-most-interesting-interviews-yet-the-digital-age-of-domestic-grotesque/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will Tour Stop #75: Big Other, CALEB HAS LEFT THE BLOGOSPHERE!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-75-big-other-caleb-has-left-the-blogosphere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[75 blog posts. Seven-five. It’s hard to believe that I started this marathon blog tour back in March. I’ve had some good times promoting my novels, and it’s fitting that I can revisit and summarize some of those good times at the Big Other blog, which was the second stop on my tour all those months ago. Click here to read the final guest post of the Stranger Will Tour for Strange blog tour. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-75-big-other-caleb-has-left-the-blogosphere/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will Tour Stop #74: Shaking Like a Mountain – I own way too many domains</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-74-shaking-like-a-mountain-i-own-way-too-many-domains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a problem with purchasing domains and never using them. In all I have about 20, all but 5 or so go unused. Many of the domains are literature themed. Today at Shaking Like a Mountain, I offer possible uses for these domains. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will Tour Stop #73: Dan Donche&#8217;s blog – a reaction video to Donche&#8217;s website</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-73-dan-donches-blog-a-reaction-video-to-donches-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-73-dan-donches-blog-a-reaction-video-to-donches-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been making a few videos lately. They aren&#8217;t well-produced by any means, but hopefully they bring a smile to 80% of people who watch them (for the other 20% I hope for frowns; got to maintain my street cred, right?). Today my blog tour brings me to Dan Donche&#8217;s blog where I offer a reaction video of me watching content on his website. It&#8217;s meta. Click here to watch the guest post video. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-73-dan-donches-blog-a-reaction-video-to-donches-website/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to standardize your author name for search engines</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/search-engine-optimization-for-authors/how-to-standardize-your-author-name-for-search-engines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/search-engine-optimization-for-authors/how-to-standardize-your-author-name-for-search-engines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The always wonderful Jane Friedman recently posted and responded to a question from a writer about the standardization of an author name and how search engines interpret (or cannot interpret) the various spellings of a single author’s name. I won’t post Jan O’Hara’s entire question here, but definitely check it out. A representative excerpt follows: Depending upon the blogging platform I’m using, it variously codes my name as OHara, O’Hara, O\Hara, or Hara&#8230;While some search engines or bookselling sites prompt &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/search-engine-optimization-for-authors/how-to-standardize-your-author-name-for-search-engines/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will Tour Stop #72: Bukowski&#8217;s Basement – Writing in Weird Places</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-72-bukowskis-basement-writing-in-weird-places/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-72-bukowskis-basement-writing-in-weird-places/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I drop by Bukowski&#8217;s Basement today to offer a few words on the romance of writing to unique locales. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.]]></description>
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		<title>A short list of books I own, are currently within reaching distance, but have not yet been read</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/general-news/a-short-list-of-books-i-own-are-currently-within-reaching-distance-but-have-not-yet-been-read/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/general-news/a-short-list-of-books-i-own-are-currently-within-reaching-distance-but-have-not-yet-been-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not enough time. The forever growing stack of to-reads will never be tamed due to this one simple fact. Though I read every day, sometimes for hours at a time, I&#8217;m never able to get to all of the books I feel deserve to be read. With that, I bring you this short list of to-reads that I own already but have, embarrassingly, not had the chance to read. Why this post? Perhaps to keep me honest. Or, perhaps a way &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/general-news/a-short-list-of-books-i-own-are-currently-within-reaching-distance-but-have-not-yet-been-read/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will Tour Stop #71: Tom Williams&#8217; blog – In Defense of Concept Fiction</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-71-tom-williams-blog-in-defense-of-concept-fiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-71-tom-williams-blog-in-defense-of-concept-fiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For this post, so graciously hosted by Tom Williams, author of the incredible The Mimic&#8217;s Own Voice, I was going to take the title of his book literally and write something verbatim from one of Tom&#8217;s previous posts. But then I realized that such a thing would be stupid. Instead I write about something that I feel I am always defending, so I figure it&#8217;s time I write a post about it. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-71-tom-williams-blog-in-defense-of-concept-fiction/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will Tour Stop #70: Chris Deal&#8217;s blog &#8211; more comics created using author bio pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-70-chris-deals-blog-more-comics-created-using-author-bio-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-70-chris-deals-blog-more-comics-created-using-author-bio-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author bio photos often seem to me as stuffy, strangely manicured posturing that is supposed to be a way to connect the reader to the author (and drive sales), but do they work? I&#8217;m not sure. However, they are good for displaying humorous captions. Check some out today at Chris Deal&#8217;s blog. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will Tour Stop #69: xTx&#8217;s blog and why the hell must I (try to) be so funny all the time</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-69-xtxs-blog-and-why-the-hell-must-i-try-to-be-so-funny-all-the-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-69-xtxs-blog-and-why-the-hell-must-i-try-to-be-so-funny-all-the-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been awful about posting notices here telling all you lovely people when I have a new blog tour post go live. And today&#8217;s (yesterday&#8217;s) failure on my part is especially effed up, as the infamous and aesthetically mysterious xTx has allowed me a day on her blog. See if I ever get invited back. I write about my inherent, and unnecessary, need to turn everything I say into something potentially humorous. Success or no, I&#8217;m addicted. Click here to read the guest &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/blog-orgy-tour/stranger-will-tour-stop-69-xtxs-blog-and-why-the-hell-must-i-try-to-be-so-funny-all-the-time/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An extremely stupid book trailer for Stranger Will. Share the stupidness.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/an-extremely-stupid-book-trailer-for-stranger-will-share-the-stupidness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/media/an-extremely-stupid-book-trailer-for-stranger-will-share-the-stupidness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I actually really love each of the three aristocratic representative books in the above trailer. In fact, Freedom was definitely one of my favorites from last year. It&#8217;s just fun to chip away at pillars.]]></description>
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		<title>9 April 2010, Denver, Colorado</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/events/9-april-2010-denver-colorado/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<title>under the influence</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/publication-annoucements/under-the-influence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any form of expression is arguably one committed &#8220;under the influence.&#8221; What we eat, what we say, how we walk—hell, human beings simply walking is really just a biological influence. But historically, for writers, one of the most iconic influences of all time is Absinthe—The Green Muse; a devastating liquor. Everyone from Ernest Hemmingway (his short story &#8220;Hills Like White Elephants&#8221; comes to mind) to Joey Goebel (with his novel Torture the Artist) has capitalized on the image of Absinthe. &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/publication-annoucements/under-the-influence/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>a guilty conscious</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/publication-annoucements/a-guilty-conscious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online literary magazines seemed to me for the longest time some form of blasphemy. Not much compares to the tactile and aesthetic appeal of a printed, bound journal. Maybe that sounds a little creepy, but I&#8217;m a creepy guy. So when writer and friend Christopher Dwyer posted over at Write Club about this online lit-mag called Dogmatika I wasn&#8217;t exactly crushing keys to get over there. But call me a convert.Dogmatika was the eye opener. It stands as not only &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/publication-annoucements/a-guilty-conscious/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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