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	<title>Mark A. Rayner ..&#62; scribblings, squibs &#38; sundry monkey joys</title>
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		<title>Looking for a new publishing model?  Venture capitalism.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is obviously a spoof, but it&#8217;s somewhat amusing:
You can find it here if the embedded video doesn&#8217;t work.
So what do you think?  Believe the numbers?
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		<title>Ten rules for writing fiction &#8212; a collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian had a wonderfully entertaining collection of rules from various writers on Saturday.  
Many are prescriptive, and so, are useless.  But many are quite helpful and charming bits of advice for writing fiction and living.  Here are a few of my faves, but you can find the full list at The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smirk-worthy: Marvellous Hairy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another nice review, this one from Phronk.com.  
The monkey-related theme was a concern to the reviewer, but it seems the novel managed to bridge the monkeys funny/monkeys never funny divide:
Let me make a confession: I don&#8217;t find monkeys inherently funny. Their similarity to humans is amusing, sure, but it&#8217;s been overdone. Given the premise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;People think I have the power because I have the monkeys&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But they would be wrong!
Hilarious skit about what you can do with a room full of evil monkeys from the Kids in the Hall.  Thanks to Shelf Monkey for pointing this one out:
You can find it at youtube too, if the embedded video doesn&#8217;t work.
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		<title>&#8220;A Hilarious Romp&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betty L. Dravis, author of Dream Reachers, and an Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer loved Marvellous Hairy, to judge by her review.  She says:

&#8220;All in all, this is a hilarious romp that comes to a screeching halt with a satisfactory ending. Marvellous Hairy is a well-written book with an original plot and great bursts of [...]]]></description>
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