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		<title>28 Months Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it looks like I might be leaving Boscombe and going back to East Horsley, Surrey. I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s the right thing to do. &#8220;Don&#8217;t leave Boscombe and go back to East Horsley, Surrey,&#8221; people yell at me &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/28-months-later/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1051&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Political Speechwriter: Part Two</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/how-to-be-a-political-speechwriter-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/?p=1045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All 650 MPs in the UK have been emailed. The letter I sent can be found in my previous entry. So far, the majority of replies have been kind &#8211; gushing, even. &#8220;You are an excellent speechwriter,&#8221; they say. &#8220;I &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/how-to-be-a-political-speechwriter-part-two/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Political Speechwriter: Part One.</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/how-to-be-a-political-speechwriter-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, what do you do when everything &#8211; hair, face, balls, mind &#8211; just starts to drift away from you? You hold onto your career, that&#8217;s what. Or, you resurrect your career as a political speechwriter. Yesterday, that&#8217;s what I &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/how-to-be-a-political-speechwriter-part-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Replies From Eds to My Bullshit Generic Begging Letter</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/replies-from-eds-to-my-bullshit-generic-begging-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don&#8217;t need any further explanation, do we? No, no we don&#8217;t. Besides, I&#8217;m in a funk. I&#8217;d like to not be in a funk. Oh, if you&#8217;d like to read the Bullshit Generic Begging Letter, then please see the &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/replies-from-eds-to-my-bullshit-generic-begging-letter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1035&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011: The Good, the Bad and the Bad and the Ugly and the Bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not really one for those bullshit &#8216;Here&#8217;s What I Did in 2011&#8242; lists, but sometimes you need to assess things and assess them publicly. That last bit isn&#8217;t even remotely true. Neither is that first bit. Regardless, here is &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/2011-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bad-and-the-ugly-and-the-bad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1027&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Things I Love About Being A Freelance Journalist</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/nine-things-i-love-about-being-a-freelance-journalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a part of me that can&#8217;t believe this. A big part. Last week I wrote, &#8216;Don’t worry, “9 Things I Love About Being A Freelance Journalist” will follow next week.&#8217; And look: here it is. Now that never happens, that&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/nine-things-i-love-about-being-a-freelance-journalist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1019&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9 Things I Hate About Being A Freelance Journalist</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/9-things-i-hate-about-being-a-freelance-journalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry, &#8220;9 Things I Love About Being A Freelance Journalist&#8221; will follow next week. It&#8217;s good to get the muck out of the way first though, isn&#8217;t it? Of course it is. In fact, this could potentially be my &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/9-things-i-hate-about-being-a-freelance-journalist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1012&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ain&#8217;t Nothing But A G Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh dear. It turns out that I&#8217;m back in Boscombe. That in itself isn&#8217;t too bad. I have a lot of family here. I have friends here. There&#8217;s a big beach here. But there&#8217;s also my copy of the Writers&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/aint-nothing-but-a-g-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=1007&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Other Hard Ways to Make an Easy Living</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/other-hard-ways-to-make-an-easy-living/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. Last Friday, a corporate client who I&#8217;ve previously written for asked me how much I would charge to rewrite 350 words of their copy. &#8216;Fuck knows,&#8217; I replied (I&#8217;m paraphrasing here). &#8216;Six hundred pounds?&#8217; &#8216;Cool. Get started.&#8217; He said. &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/other-hard-ways-to-make-an-easy-living/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=999&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pork-Barrel Fuck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this evening, someone came to see me. They had to pick up a cat. Somehow, I&#8217;ve found myself in a situation where I&#8217;m living in an expensive house on top of a hill looking after cats. I don&#8217;t know &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/pork-barrel-fuck/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=994&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Handful of Pitches I Sent Last Night and This Morning to The Guardian, Vice, Fabulous and Grazia.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The title says it all, really. Here&#8217;s the first, to Rob Fearn. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; To: Rob Fearn @ The Guardian. From: Pitching the World. Subject: Ideas for Shortcuts Hi Rob, It&#8217;s been a couple of years since I sent you &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/a-handful-of-pitches-i-sent-last-night-and-this-morning-to-the-guardian-vice-fabulous-and-grazia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=987&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have I Got 9* Incredible Feature Ideas for You? (Answer: Probably Not)</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/have-i-got-9-incredible-feature-ideas-for-you-answer-probably-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why did it all turn out like this for me? I had so much promise. I was personable, I was bright. Oh, maybe not academically speaking, but &#8230; I was perceptive. I always know when someone&#8217;s uncomfortable at a party. &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/have-i-got-9-incredible-feature-ideas-for-you-answer-probably-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=979&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We in Trouble? A Bad Guide to Good and Bad Rates.</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/we-in-trouble-a-bad-guide-to-good-and-bad-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 18th of this year I wrote: &#8220;For me, freelance journalism is tough at the moment. Anecdotally, freelance journalism is tough at the moment. I’ve heard of a handful of people in the last week alone who have either &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/we-in-trouble-a-bad-guide-to-good-and-bad-rates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=968&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Journalists Who Have Beards</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/five-journalists-who-have-beards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I made a throwaway remark (that took 25 minutes to write) yesterday about having a beard, I&#8217;ve been flooded with requests to put up a picture of it. &#8220;Show us your beard,&#8221; these requests would say if they existed. &#8220;Go &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/five-journalists-who-have-beards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=932&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret Life of Pitching the World</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/the-secret-life-of-pitching-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point it all has to stop. At some point you have to be grand and say to yourself, &#8220;My work is far too important to me. Tonight, on a Saturday night, I will stay in. I will work. I &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/the-secret-life-of-pitching-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=924&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Think Of Your Own Title, I&#8217;ve Got Too Much On.</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/think-of-your-own-title-ive-got-too-much-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week or so ago I emailed my agent, Matthew Hamilton of Aitken Alexander Associates. In the email, I suggested that we shouldn&#8217;t be submitting the Pitching the World book proposal to publishers for a while. There&#8217;s too much going &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/think-of-your-own-title-ive-got-too-much-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=907&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Lose a Mind in Two Days</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/how-to-lose-a-mind-in-two-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday I scribbled some notes down on scraps of paper and sellotaped them to the wall beside my desk. Stuff like: &#8220;ROCKY WAS WRITTEN IN A WEEKEND&#8221; &#8220;BEARD?&#8221; and &#8220;MAKE FOGGY &#8211; MAKE REALLY FOGGY.&#8221; I&#8217;ve no idea what &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/how-to-lose-a-mind-in-two-days/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=900&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Want A Word With You, Abraham Lincoln.</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/i-want-a-word-with-you-abraham-lincoln/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the moment, I&#8217;m not writing this book. I&#8217;m doing lots of things, but writing this book isn&#8217;t one of them. Last week, this situation didn&#8217;t feel too odd. &#8216;I&#8217;m not writing this book,&#8217; I&#8217;d say to myself, &#8216;But I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/i-want-a-word-with-you-abraham-lincoln/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=894&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Old Switcheroo</title>
		<link>http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/the-old-switcheroo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if it stinks? The small book, that is, what if it&#8217;s just dreadful? What if when it&#8217;s finished I proudly ping over a copy to my brother and he tells me: &#8220;I don&#8217;t&#8230;look I&#8217;m not sure what you think &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/the-old-switcheroo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=890&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sleaze Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday afternoon I was speaking to my brother on the phone. &#8220;The thing is,&#8221; I told/bored him, &#8220;I&#8217;d write this book anywhere. If I had to sleep in a field and scrawl it on stone walls I&#8217;d still write &#8230; <a href="http://pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/sleaze-notes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pitchingtheworld.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9631968&amp;post=883&amp;subd=pitchingtheworld&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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