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		<title>The Enemy of Promise</title>
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At the weekend I read an interview with Amy Williams, Britain’s golden girl in Vancouver, and she said something that really chimed with me. 
&#8220;Every decision I&#8217;ve made was: is this going to help me go to the Olympics or is it not? Do I go out, do I not go out? I’ve probably been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=135</link>
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		<title>Bad case of the blues&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went to see The biggest film ever in the world, it&#8217;s official  in 3d yesterday. Darling Husband (or DH, as Mumsnet would have it) weirdly decided it would be an ideal Valentine&#8217;s Day treat - though it didn&#8217;t exactly create a romantic mood as we both ended up with cracking headaches (3d always makes me feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=124</link>
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		<title>Happy Hundredth!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Writer magazine celebrates its 100th issue this month &#8211; and I&#8217;d like to offer congratulations to all involved.
As a magazine, it pretty much does what it says on the tin &#8211; offering a valuable forum for newbies by printing  articles, poetry and short stories every issue, as well as giving useful information about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=117</link>
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		<title>Brain food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just come back from holiday &#8211; only a couple of days in Cornwall, nowhere exotic, but ohmiGod it was fab. I don&#8217;t know whether it was the unbroken nights of sleep, the salty fresh air, thirty lengths of the swimming pool before breakfast everyday, or the vast quantities of fabulous seafood and fish I consumed, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=115</link>
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		<title>In it to win it&#8230;. part two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OKAY&#8230; so it wasn&#8217;t the BBC National Short Story Prize (see earlier blog), but it was still wonderful to win something. Top prize in the International Short Story comp at the 2009 Wells Festival of Literature, to be precise, and I am still glowing from my fabulous day out.
Wells is a beautiful city (WELL worth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=109</link>
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		<title>Dive straight in&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently had a query from a new writer called Nick Thompson, essentially asking the question &#8211; &#8220;But where do I start?&#8221; I know how he feels; even if you&#8217;re writing an autobiographical piece, it can be daunting, when faced with piles of research notes or a head full of stories and ideas, to work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=101</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve gotta be in it to win it&#8230;</title>
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Today, I&#8217;m reminded of a joke I once read&#8230;
A devout man prays every week &#8211; &#8220;Please God, let me win the lottery jackpot. I&#8217;ll do great things with the money and promise to use it all helping others.&#8221;
Finally after many weeks without winning so much as a tenner,     he falls to his knees and says [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=69</link>
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		<title>Thoroughly recommended&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I made it to the &#8216;mental flamenco&#8217; this morning (see previous post). I&#8217;m not sure I was dancing exactly; my brain felt creaky, as if it was only capable of a kind of sciatic shuffle, but still, the session was well worth the effort (and the entrance fee).
This Bank Holiday treat made me realise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=63</link>
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		<title>Fire In The Head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mental Flamenco for writers&#8221; anyone?
That&#8217;s how  Writer / Artist / Mentor   Roselle Angwin describes her Monday morning drop-in sessions which aim to kickstart your writing week with creative ideas and exercises.
I&#8217;ve read Roselle&#8217;s articles in various writing magazines, but never had the chance to attend one of her courses, so I&#8217;ll be going along to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=51</link>
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		<title>Paper, pen&#8230; and a torch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an old chestnut of a tip for writers, popping up in every book of advice, each &#8216;how-to&#8217; article by successful authors &#8211; &#8220;always keep a pen and paper by you, in case inspiration strikes&#8221;.  I used to dismiss it as impossibly old-fashioned &#8211; a remnant of the Romantic idea that creativity comes from some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emmaseaman.co.uk/blog/?p=48</link>
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