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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 19:53:38 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So proud of you, Em! This is so neat to see! And the whole idea of a spaceless race paints a picture of endurance and depth. Thank you for sharing this, girlie!</p>
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I run a race that no one can see,
But too often I lag behind.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 23:31:04 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you so much!</p>
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				<a href="https://storyembers.org/members/daeus-lamb/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daeus Lamb</a> started the topic <a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-xxi/" rel="nofollow ugc">Word War XXI</a> in the forum <a href="https://storyembers.org/?post_type=forum&#038;p=79877" rel="nofollow ugc">Word Wars</a> Great job, word warriors!

Group #3: 18,072

Group #2: 7,213

Group #1: 18.072

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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:53:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoa! Groups 1 and 3 both had the exact same word count?!</p>
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Group #3: 18,072

Group #2: 7,213

Group #1: 18.072

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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Talk room in the forum Fantasy Writers</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:55:15 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, guys! What&#8217;s up?</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Word War XX Winners! in the forum Word Wars</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-xx-winners/#post-125968</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 03:07:13 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh man!!! I didn&#8217;t get the notif that it started so I totally forgot. And I was looking forward to this one, too. Rats. I need to set an alarm for these each month or something. XD</p>
<p>Great job, Group 3!!</p>
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/time-management-isnt-enough-to-build-a-powerful-writing-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-6371</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:59:10 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, this is timely. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been struggling through trying to learn how to better manage my time and energy the last six months. I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that something has to change. Balancing writing and teaching was an utter PAIN, but determination and grit allowed me to make at least some progress. Once I had chosen to leave the formal&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-89393"><a href="https://storyembers.org/time-management-isnt-enough-to-build-a-powerful-writing-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-6371" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie&#039;s profile was updated</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89371/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 02:21:22 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 01:23:01 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoa! 17,251 is fantastic! Love these wars! Thank you!</p>
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				<a href="https://storyembers.org/members/daeus-lamb/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daeus Lamb</a> started the topic <a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-xi-winners/" rel="nofollow ugc">Word War XI Winners!</a> in the forum <a href="https://storyembers.org/?post_type=forum&#038;p=79877" rel="nofollow ugc">Word Wars</a> Ladies and gentlemen, it was a tremendous fight. Such heavy blows were struck on each side that I thought none would survive. But they have [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/4-ways-to-help-readers-connect-with-unlikable-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-5173</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:13:29 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this! My WIP is a Cinderella retelling from the stepsister&#8217;s pov. She, her sister, and her mother are all traditionally villains in the tale, and I wanted to maintain that exterior (with a bit of a twist, of course 😉 ). But some days that makes the unlikable and distant, closed-off character vibe a struggle! Thanks for sharing! A great&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-80445"><a href="https://storyembers.org/4-ways-to-help-readers-connect-with-unlikable-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-5173" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<a href="https://storyembers.org/members/maddiejay/" rel="nofollow ugc">Maddie Morrow</a> wrote a new post The cinnamon roll. A smol bean. We invent all kinds of affectionate nicknames for the cuddly teddy-bear characters we adore. But what about characters who have a few prickles? Or are [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Trying to decide in the forum Writers of Children&#039;s/Middle Grade Books</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/trying-to-decide/#post-111408</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 22:18:49 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Themes aren&#8217;t really as much an issue (dark vs. lighter stories) so much as content, length, and target audience.</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Trying to decide in the forum Writers of Children&#039;s/Middle Grade Books</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/trying-to-decide/#post-111407</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 22:17:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I&#8217;m not familiar with the <em>Ranger&#8217;s Apprentice</em> specifically, but there are always exceptions. I found an article that may be more helpful to you. There are multiple elements that go into it, and this is for general purposes, but an overlook is this:</p>
<p>MG:</p>
<p>Age of readers: 8-12</p>
<p>Length: 30-50,000 words</p>
<p>Content: No profanity, graphic violence&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-78259"><a href="https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/trying-to-decide/#post-111407" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Trying to decide in the forum Writers of Children&#039;s/Middle Grade Books</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/trying-to-decide/#post-111384</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 20:54:04 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Beth! Nice to see someone on here! 😀</p>
<p>Having any language at all automatically rules out middle grade as an option. It sounds like your story might fit better as YA. I hope this helps!</p>
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/how-to-use-the-lowpoint-to-show-off-your-characters-development/comment-page-1/#comment-4929</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:57:48 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love your last line. That&#8217;s the kind of suckerpunch you want to end on. This is an inspiring article! I didn&#8217;t relate to the examples you gave as thoroughly since I haven&#8217;t read the stories you used, but I still got the point and sort of followed along with my own characters and found myself asking how I could apply what you&#8217;ve said. Thank you&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-77147"><a href="https://storyembers.org/how-to-use-the-lowpoint-to-show-off-your-characters-development/comment-page-1/#comment-4929" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76843/#acomment-76897</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:48:50 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not at all 🙂 I hope some of my rambling was helpful XD </p>
<p>Yeah, that&#8217;s the issue I would focus on trying to resolve 🙂 </p>
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				<a href="https://storyembers.org/members/corkybookworm/" rel="nofollow ugc">Coralie</a> replied to the topic <a href="https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/writing-a-fantasy-werewolf-novel-am-i-doing-things-right/" rel="nofollow ugc">Writing a fantasy (Werewolf) novel: Am I doing things right?</a> in the forum <a href="https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/" rel="nofollow ugc">Fantasy Writers</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/ka_modina/' rel="nofollow ugc">@ka_modina</a> Going back to your original question, I must first say I appreciate your heart here [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/are-your-stories-subtly-undermining-gods-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-4871</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:31:46 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/karthmin/' rel="nofollow ugc">@karthmin</a> Do you have any resources you can recommend to further learn about and understand what subcreation is?</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Other writing communities in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/other-writing-communities/#post-109602</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 01:41:14 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/phoenix/' rel="nofollow ugc">@phoenix</a> I second the Young Writer&#8217;s Workshop! It&#8217;s excellent for community. I love SE and I find their articles most helpful, but the community on YDubs is far more active and expansive.</p>
<p>Goodreads also has a writing community which is fairly active. I&#8217;m not on there as much, personally, anymore, but I know there are several writing groups that&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-76845"><a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/other-writing-communities/#post-109602" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Writing a fantasy (Werewolf) novel: Am I doing things right? in the forum Fantasy Writers</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/writing-a-fantasy-werewolf-novel-am-i-doing-things-right/#post-109599</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 01:26:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/ka_modina/' rel="nofollow ugc">@ka_modina</a> Going back to your original question, I must first say I appreciate your heart here and your struggle.</p>
<p>Personally, I&#8217;m not a vampire or werewolf kind of reader. It&#8217;s just not done well often and I&#8217;m not a huge fan of vampires in general. Now, I&#8217;ve seen them done where I <em>did</em> appreciate them (ie. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-76843"><a href="https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/writing-a-fantasy-werewolf-novel-am-i-doing-things-right/#post-109599" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie changed their profile picture</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:37:18 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/are-your-stories-subtly-undermining-gods-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-4865</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:10:54 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is so true! Is it not absoultely amazing to take in the very many sides of our awesome God?!</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:09:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A thought-provoking article, certainly. There are some ideas in here I need to chew on and stew on a little. Though, I particularly enjoyed the last portion and found it highly encouraging. The call to prayer and immersing ourselves in God&#8217;s word, to leaning into Christ, knowing truth, and growing in our understainding and faith is strong. And it&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-76837"><a href="https://storyembers.org/are-your-stories-subtly-undermining-gods-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-4864" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Gail Carson Levine in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/gail-carson-levine/#post-107936</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 01:12:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/emma-starr/' rel="nofollow ugc">@emma-starr</a> I read <em>Dave at Night</em> a looonng time ago, but it was one of the first realisitc/historical fiction books I ever read and truly enjoyed. So, it&#8217;s kind of special to me for that. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t own that one, though! And I&#8217;ve never found a copy of <em>The Wish</em>, so that is one of the few I haven&#8217;t read!</p>
<p><em>Dave at Night</em> isn&#8217;t like her o&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-75388"><a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/gail-carson-levine/#post-107936" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:11:21 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love poetry. It&#8217;s truly beautiful and has such a unique capacity to address strongly emotional topics. Poetry connects people, and it&#8217;s gotten me through some rough stuff as a personal outlet. I&#8217;ve never considered myself any good at poetry, but I do really enjoy reading it and tinkering with it on the side for fun sometimes. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s really&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-74379"><a href="https://storyembers.org/why-novelists-need-to-stop-ignoring-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-4725" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:26:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/rolena-hatfield/' rel="nofollow ugc">@rolena-hatfield</a> You should totally try it out sometime! Once I started, I couldn&#8217;t stop!! I spend hours pouring over outlining and plotting and theme exercises and it felt like no time at all.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:07:39 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is so inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing!</p>
<p>Esther has always been one of my favorite stories. It&#8217;s so neat to see how we can glean even writing advice from it! I&#8217;m partial to the same subliminal approach myself and very much enjoyed seeing you walk through this topic. Thank you!</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:57:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooh! I like the quote! I&#8217;m going to have to remember that one. Goes hand in hand with one of my personal favorites by Lewis: &#8220;One day, you&#8217;ll be old enough to read fairy tales again.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wow. I absolutely love your message, especially in that intro. Excellent article. Thank you so much for sharing! The Narnian references really brought your points&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-73249"><a href="https://storyembers.org/three-ways-the-unique-strengths-of-fantasy-can-heighten-your-storys-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-4668" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Gail Carson Levine in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 23:13:45 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/emma-starr/' rel="nofollow ugc">@emma-starr</a> Sooo, <em>I&#8217;m</em> late to the party&#8230;but I LOVE GCL!! She is one of my childhood favorite authors!!! &lt;3 <em>Ella Enchanted</em> is classic, of course, and one of her very best works. But I&#8217;m also a pretty huge fan of <em>The Two Princesses of Bamarre</em>. &lt;3 Actually, I have a whole shelf full of her books XD There are only a few of them I haven&#8217;t re&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-73135"><a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/gail-carson-levine/#post-105420" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 23:00:54 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same! XD</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 22:59:26 -0400</pubDate>

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<p>RIGHT?! Yes they are! Ohmygoodness! Sidenote! I caved and bought Christy Wright&#8217;s 2020 planner and am using it to help me keep on track with my writing goals this year! &lt;3</p>
<p>I&#039;m going through tons of YWW resources and every SE article on theme this week. Kind of throwing everything on pause and trying out an outline from what&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-73130"><a href="https://storyembers.org/four-myths-about-outlining-i-used-to-believe-as-a-pantser/comment-page-1/#comment-4664" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Oi! Rillumen, let&#039;s huddle... in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/oi-rillumen-lets-huddle/#post-103751</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:49:37 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s halfway! Not bad at all!!</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:25:34 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/wordsmith/' rel="nofollow ugc">@wordsmith</a> Do you know if she met it?</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:23:59 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent article, Rolena! &lt;3 Love it! (Also, WHOOT WHOOT FOR DAVE RAMSEY!) Kay, sorry, had to nerd out there.</p>
<p>I am such an organized, sticky-noting, highlighting, OCD perfectionist that I would think I would outline everything. And for school papers, I did. But for a story? I have struggled with outlines. I really have. I don&#039;t know if I just&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-71591"><a href="https://storyembers.org/four-myths-about-outlining-i-used-to-believe-as-a-pantser/comment-page-1/#comment-4579" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Oi! Rillumen, let&#039;s huddle... in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/oi-rillumen-lets-huddle/#post-102665</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:25:00 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The title alone sounds so cool!! I saw her email. Didn&#8217;t she say her goal was 100 copies??</p>
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:06:56 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh no! Mm, I think I remember you saying something about that. Sadness. Well, I&#8217;ll tag you! 😉</p>
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&#8216;Tis my pleasure. And yes, I am unofficially a Lumenite. The only difference being that my name is not on the tag-list.			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:47:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/wordsmith/' rel="nofollow ugc">@wordsmith</a> !! For some reason you weren&#8217;t on my list! *bows* thank you for your contributions, sir!</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-viii/page/4/#post-102587</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:46:05 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are the word war results!!</p>
<p>We didn&#8217;t do so hot, but I know I needed a break after the intense NaNo effort. We&#8217;ll do better next time! We got this!!</p>
<p>And congrats to the awesome&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-70567"><a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-viii/page/4/#post-102587" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:34:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hah, nah, just means you are well prepared! XD</p>
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<strong>nods&#8230; fist bump</strong>

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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-viii/#post-102273</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:23:22 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh! Found the results! Never mind! XD</p>
<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/wordsmith/' rel="nofollow ugc">@wordsmith</a> Once a Luminite, always a Luminite!!</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:20:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/daeus-lamb/' rel="nofollow ugc">@daeus-lamb</a> would you tag me for Rillumen? I can tag the others to let them know! Thank you!!!</p>
<p>Also, where can we see the results of the last word war?</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Word War VII in the forum Word Wars</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-vii/page/2/#post-100556</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 03:11:38 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t forget to submit your points!</p>
<p>Go, Rillumen, Go! We got this, guys! Tonight&#8217;s the deadline, so get in those last few words and submit those word counts!</p>
<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/pookiemonster/' rel="nofollow ugc">@pookiemonster</a> Man, those donuts were good!! Thanks!!&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-68559"><a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-vii/page/2/#post-100556" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic What&#039;s Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 01:44:46 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/missfaeriekaiti/' rel="nofollow ugc">@missfaeriekaiti</a> got it!! Thanks!</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Word war #6 in the forum Word Wars</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 01:43:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/pookiemonster/' rel="nofollow ugc">@pookiemonster</a> I wrote two tons last night! XD</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Dear Rillumen in the forum Announcements</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/dear-rillumen/#post-98469</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 01:09:15 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, no! Well, we suspected he was busy since we haven&#8217;t heard from him in forever. This is sad. But understandable, I suppose.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re reviving a little bit! I, honestly, love the guilds.</p>
<p>Thanks for the update, Daeus!</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic What&#039;s Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/whats-your-story-world/page/2/#post-98416</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:59:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/missfaeriekaiti/' rel="nofollow ugc">@missfaeriekaiti</a> I&#8217;m so sorry! I haven&#8217;t had a change to open your story yet!!! <em>*cries* </em>Is there still time to read this and get back to you?</p>
<p>I can go to the Google Doc, but if you want to email me a file, I can try to put it on my kindle: <a href="mailto:coralieterry10@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow ugc">coralieterry10@yahoo.com</a></p>
<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/brie-donning/' rel="nofollow ugc">@brie-donning</a> um, your world sounds amazing!! I especially love the plains p&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-66556"><a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/whats-your-story-world/page/2/#post-98416" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic NEW ACTIVITY: Mini Prompt War &#038; Critiques in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:49:22 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, so life happened <em>*wince*  </em>but I want to participate!! It&#8217;s not too late, right??</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic Sci-Fi Serial Story Seeking Readers in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/sci-fi-serial-story-seeking-readers/#post-98412</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:47:53 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dudes, yes. College. Kills. Time!!</p>
<p>Sorry I&#8217;m late to the party! Getting caught up on SE notifs over the next week! So, I&#8217;ll check into as soon as I can! You may want to post this in the critique folder, too!</p>
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				<title>Coralie replied to the topic NEW ACTIVITY: Mini Prompt War &#038; Critiques in the forum Rillumen&#039;s Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 23:37:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, hey! What is this!? *bookmarks to come back to*</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:21:12 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/missfaeriekaiti/' rel="nofollow ugc">@missfaeriekaiti</a> Yup! That&#8217;s what I wondered! I&#8230;think I could manage in a month. I don&#8217;t suppose you can send a PDF can you? Or that and a Google Doc? I can read PDFs on my kindle and leave comments on Google Docs if necessary. I&#8217;ve never tried a txt file on a kindle, but I suppose I could. What kind of feedback are you looking for specifically?&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-65262"><a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/whats-your-story-world/page/2/#post-97158" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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