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		<title>Happy Valentines Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy day of love. Who wants a lecture on the Pagan origin of the holiday? Nobody, good, I don&#8217;t have the inclination. Hope every star crossed one of you has a great day.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=460&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Standing in the shower thinking.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and the water is so fucking hot. But I had an idea, an epiphany, a golden ray of light, a big ass light bulb go off over my head. The biggest obstacle my manuscript faces is its length. Period, end of story. No agent, or publisher wants to see any new manuscript over 100,000 words. Midnight [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=454&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what a manuscript looks like after a professional editor gets through with it.  Pitts edits visible I met Jami Carpenter at the Las Vegas Writers Convention and sent her these first few pages of my manuscript. Keep in mind this is after I have gone over the work, over and over again. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=449&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Title</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My prospective agent doesn&#8217;t like my title &#8220;Midnight in Vegas&#8221;! She doesn&#8217;t like that I put Vegas in the title. She doesn&#8217;t like name dropping cities like Vegas, New Orleans, or New York. I need a new title. I am open to suggestions, if anybody has any ideas please post them up. Any idea you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=444&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Las Vegas Writers Convention Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[11:45 AM Thursday. Vegas baby! While Las Vegas is an old haunt of mine it is still a glittering gem that never fails to captivate even the most jaded of observers. I am at the convention taking a break for lunch in the Sam&#8217;s Town Casino. No true Nevadan gets distracted by flashing lights or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=443&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Cover 1.6</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest Version Lost the Zombie party goers. I think this is cleaner. I worked with the fonts some more. I like the green glow on top because it has a celestial effect and then the yellow glow for my name goes with the skyline of the city. I also added a small line under the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=436&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Cover v1.5</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lystra Pitts</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dear Lucky Agent Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am submitting Midnight in Vegas to the Dear Lucky Agent Contest posted on Chuck Sambuchino&#8217;s Guide to Literary Agents Blog. The contest features an agent judge who looks at your first 150-200 words. The winner gets a free critique by the judge-agent (and hopefully a request for more, although that isn&#8217;t guaranteed). I think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=429&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rome is burning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rome is burning Arches crumbling I am dancing Basking in the fire Pipes are playing Dirges sounding Welcome to the pyre<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=424&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Cover v1.4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Added a crowd and changed the font to blue.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lystrawrote.com&amp;blog=7118912&amp;post=418&amp;subd=lystrawrote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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