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		By: Sandra Ferguson		</title>
		<link>https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-77287</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandra Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 04:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So sorry for the caca in your life, and certainly with the debut release. Your words of &#039;recovery&#039; give all writers hope to survive the nonsense of this business. Thanks for sharing the story.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So sorry for the caca in your life, and certainly with the debut release. Your words of &#8216;recovery&#8217; give all writers hope to survive the nonsense of this business. Thanks for sharing the story.</p>
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		By: ~ IWSG: Quit or Stay? ~ &#124; Yvette Carol, Children&#039;s Writer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[~ IWSG: Quit or Stay? ~ &#124; Yvette Carol, Children&#039;s Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 20:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] read her blog post, Reality vs. Expectations&#8212;Remaining Calm When it ALL Goes Pear-Shaped (https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-sh&#8230;) and was inspired. Kristen said, “If we never fail, we never learn. Show me a person who never [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] read her blog post, Reality vs. Expectations&#8212;Remaining Calm When it ALL Goes Pear-Shaped (<a href="https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-sh&#038;#8230" rel="ugc">https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-sh&#038;#8230</a>😉 and was inspired. Kristen said, “If we never fail, we never learn. Show me a person who never [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers &#38; Readers 06-08-2017 &#124; The Author Chronicles		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Top Picks Thursday! For Writers &#38; Readers 06-08-2017 &#124; The Author Chronicles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] We all have times when life throws us curve balls. Karen Woodward tells how to write through the unexpected, and Kristen Lamb explains how to handle reality vs. expectations and stay calm when things go pear-shaped. [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] We all have times when life throws us curve balls. Karen Woodward tells how to write through the unexpected, and Kristen Lamb explains how to handle reality vs. expectations and stay calm when things go pear-shaped. [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Kristen Lamb		</title>
		<link>https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76914</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 22:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76906&quot;&gt;Michele Khoury&lt;/a&gt;.

ROFL. Baby if I ever get that delicate I need to retire :D :D :D . Yeah I just wasn&#039;t in Deep POV. Getting better but honey you didn&#039;t hurt my feelings *laughing*. But thank you for worrying you might have ((HUGS)).

Nah I was commenting in regards to one of the reviews, if that is what you thought you saw.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76906">Michele Khoury</a>.</p>
<p>ROFL. Baby if I ever get that delicate I need to retire 😀 😀 😀 . Yeah I just wasn&#8217;t in Deep POV. Getting better but honey you didn&#8217;t hurt my feelings *laughing*. But thank you for worrying you might have ((HUGS)).</p>
<p>Nah I was commenting in regards to one of the reviews, if that is what you thought you saw.</p>
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		By: Michele Khoury		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michele Khoury]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76694&quot;&gt;Kristen Lamb&lt;/a&gt;.

Oh my gosh, Kristen, I am SO SORRY.  I wish I could delete the last few sentences of my previous comment. I had no issue with how you&#039;d structured the first chapter, or the information you conveyed; nor did I feel it was an &quot;What About Bob?&quot; situation. From your blogs, I&#039;d learned about using words like said, knew, and felt. I had over-reacted to the word said only because that&#039;s something I&#039;m guilty of doing. Again, my deepest apology. I wouldn&#039;t want to hurt your feelings for the world; I love your blogs, your help, your knowledge, and guidance. (Nothing like opening one&#039;s mouth and inserting one&#039;s foot.) FYI: I&#039;ve since purchased The Devil&#039;s Dance and am looking forward to reading it. As you&#039;ve often stated, authors support authors. Is there something I can do for you?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76694">Kristen Lamb</a>.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh, Kristen, I am SO SORRY.  I wish I could delete the last few sentences of my previous comment. I had no issue with how you&#8217;d structured the first chapter, or the information you conveyed; nor did I feel it was an &#8220;What About Bob?&#8221; situation. From your blogs, I&#8217;d learned about using words like said, knew, and felt. I had over-reacted to the word said only because that&#8217;s something I&#8217;m guilty of doing. Again, my deepest apology. I wouldn&#8217;t want to hurt your feelings for the world; I love your blogs, your help, your knowledge, and guidance. (Nothing like opening one&#8217;s mouth and inserting one&#8217;s foot.) FYI: I&#8217;ve since purchased The Devil&#8217;s Dance and am looking forward to reading it. As you&#8217;ve often stated, authors support authors. Is there something I can do for you?</p>
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		By: HR Sinclair		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[HR Sinclair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Holy Cow! They upload the wrong version. That is poopy!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy Cow! They upload the wrong version. That is poopy!</p>
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		By: Kristen Lamb		</title>
		<link>https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76879</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76871&quot;&gt;Jen&lt;/a&gt;.

Jen I just have to approve comments. It&#039;s the only way to keep us all from being devoured by spammers. I keep and eye on it but can be here all the time, so often I just haven&#039;t approved you yet. I miss my old free site for only ONE reason. If I approved you once, I never had to do it again. Cannot seem to figure out that feature as a self-hosted.

Buy YES!!!! And that is really what I have wanted to do with this blog because I remember being new and thinking all the other published writers had all their ducks in a row. MAybe some do. But many writers (even big ones) once you get to know them don&#039;t even have ducks or a row. They have squirrels...at a rave.

Wonderful to meet you!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76871">Jen</a>.</p>
<p>Jen I just have to approve comments. It&#8217;s the only way to keep us all from being devoured by spammers. I keep and eye on it but can be here all the time, so often I just haven&#8217;t approved you yet. I miss my old free site for only ONE reason. If I approved you once, I never had to do it again. Cannot seem to figure out that feature as a self-hosted.</p>
<p>Buy YES!!!! And that is really what I have wanted to do with this blog because I remember being new and thinking all the other published writers had all their ducks in a row. MAybe some do. But many writers (even big ones) once you get to know them don&#8217;t even have ducks or a row. They have squirrels&#8230;at a rave.</p>
<p>Wonderful to meet you!</p>
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		By: Cynthia Stacey		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia Stacey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Awesome post Kristen. It&#039;s nice to know that everyone has issues, even the ones that appear flawless. You help keep me believing. Thanks :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome post Kristen. It&#8217;s nice to know that everyone has issues, even the ones that appear flawless. You help keep me believing. Thanks 🙂</p>
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		By: James Watkins		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Watkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wow! I needed this. Just today--three weeks from the publisher&#039;s deadline--I looked at my manuscript and thought, This is &quot;caca&quot;! (Well, I didn&#039;t use your euphemism.) Thanks for your honesty. I&#039;ve dusted myself off and am back at the keyboard finishing the third rewrite.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! I needed this. Just today&#8211;three weeks from the publisher&#8217;s deadline&#8211;I looked at my manuscript and thought, This is &#8220;caca&#8221;! (Well, I didn&#8217;t use your euphemism.) Thanks for your honesty. I&#8217;ve dusted myself off and am back at the keyboard finishing the third rewrite.</p>
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		By: Jen		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76871&quot;&gt;Jen&lt;/a&gt;.

and then I noticed the typos... ffs :)))]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/06/reality-vs-expectations-remaining-calm-when-it-all-goes-pear-shaped/#comment-76871">Jen</a>.</p>
<p>and then I noticed the typos&#8230; ffs :)))</p>
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