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January 2008 Archives

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31st Documenting Our Lurve 25
30th She’s talking about me! 12
30th Nobody loves ghouls? Nobody? 26
29th Very Important Question About Book Writing 16
28th The Non-infringability of Plot and/or Ideas 37
28th I am not an expert 12
27th Wedding dance 21
26th Sites of interest 8
25th Teen movies 40
24th Why can’t I be Guest of Honour all the time? 15
23rd The juvenilia panel 12
23rd The great photo quest continues 9
22nd Urgent: photo help 19
21st Having fun is EXHAUSTING! 20
17th Juvenilia 19
16th First Kiss 22
16th I don’t think about it like that, honest . . . 14
15th But I never heard of that book . . . 11
15th Where do you get your ideas? 11
14th Yes, there are CAPS 20
14th Calling all Australians 14
13th The other options 5
12th Or this one? 28
11th Because Scalzi made us do it 26
11th Eine Kleine Madness and Magic 13
10th Posh? 64
9th Grace 11
8th Writing about writing 14
8th Not cricket 8
7th Another rewriting question 8
6th Who’s your grandmother? 130
5th Palm tree 15
4th Much traffic 15
3rd Why I don’t like writing groups 16
2nd How to Rewrite 58
1st Back in Sydney town 11
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