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	<title>Gerhi Janse van Vuuren</title>
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		<title>A South African present</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I frequently come across conversations where some young person is discussed and it is shared that they do not have a hope for the future. With that there are the assumptions that you should be able to see your own future and that if you only have a positive attitude then South Africa is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/03/05/a-south-african-present/</link>
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		<title>South Africa related questions asked and answered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been having a conversation with Lucas in the comment threads on my blog. Recently he came back with a number of questions. He did not say exactly why he was asking but I find the questions interesting enough to answer them anyway. So here&#8217;s my gut feel unedited first responses:
1. How do u [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/03/01/south-africa-related-questions-asked-and-answered/</link>
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		<title>Getting unstuck after a day out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now if you seriously though my advice for three days of change applied to real 24 hour days you are in for a surprise. At least I am again because I have just had two days of removing obstacles and I suspect this day is also going that direction.
In the end what you want is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/19/getting-unstuck-after-a-day-out/</link>
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		<title>How to become a successful writer in just three days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This thing about writing being difficult is whole lot of malarkey. I can show you how to become a successful writer in just three days. I&#8217;ve done it and if I can do it anybody can.
Ready? Here goes.
Day 1: Decide to be a writer
That&#8217;s it. You&#8217;ve done enough for the day. Go take a nap.
Okay, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/17/how-to-become-a-successful-writer-in-just-three-days/</link>
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		<title>All the arts are not equal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It might come as a surprise to some people but some decisions, even if they are good decisions that took a lot of careful examination and deliberation, need to be taken a number of times before they stick.
I just came to the decision (again) today that I will no longer pursue a career as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/16/all-the-arts-are-not-equal/</link>
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		<title>What to do with advice about writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I asked for advice about my CC Knotting and the Mammoths problem, and though I had no comments a friend emailed me a reply. He wrote in Afrikaans so I&#8217;ll summarize his reply here because it ends up being pretty practical advice.

It is difficult to give feedback without enough more background
Don&#8217;t get too radical too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/16/what-to-do-with-advice-about-writing/</link>
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		<title>Why start with Monday?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, why should I start with a Monday? I don&#8217;t have a boss that tells me what to do when. I do not have a set schedule that force me to view the week in a certain way. The only thing I have is the weight of the rest of the world that tells me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/15/why-start-with-monday/</link>
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		<title>How am I doing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You are most welcome to give me feedback on any post on this blog. How will I know if what I am offering sucks or not?
But this post is specifically for feedback. This post is a place to start a conversation where you can engage with me about the stupid decisions you think I&#8217;m making. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/14/how-am-i-doing/</link>
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		<title>What to do if the Mammoth Novel is not so big</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One dissapointing thing of working through a messy manuscript is that at some point you went a bit mad with the copy paste thing. My one novel is broken in that a number of sections of text is repeated a number of times. So I have to find out if there are any differences and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/13/what-to-do-if-the-mammoth-novel-is-not-so-big/</link>
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		<title>How do I put a manuscript into order?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is kind of a before and after scenario. Before was the messy problematic writing me and after is the sorted out professionally productive writing me.
When I started writing I wrote in normal text files. I used Textwrangler because of the cool feature you have of having a list of open files in a sidebar. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gerhi.com/2010/02/13/how-do-i-put-a-manuscript-into-order/</link>
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