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		<title>Litopia Daily 118:  As Good As Tolstoy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We continue our new year list of once-in-a-lifetime “must-read” books, as  recommended by John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.  Today’s featured work is a South American trilogy by Louis de Bernieres: The War of Don Emmanuels Nether Parts / Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord / The Troublesome Offspring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-118-as-good-as-tolstoy/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 117:  Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello - we&#8217;re back with the first podcast of 2009!
To kick off the new year, we have some truly stunning “must-read” book  recommendations for you – there&#8217;s no better way to profitably use up those book tokens – from the eminent John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.  Today’s featured book is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-117-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Litopia After Dark:  Holiday Special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve packed it all into this final end-of-year episode&#8230; forgetting the dull sublunary cares of the fraught publishing business, we instead seek succor in the ready wit, finely-honed humor and elegantly aligned elipticisms of our party team: Donna Ballman, Dave Bartram, Eve Harvey and Richard Howse.
Marvel as they play Pitch The Agent! Thrill as they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-after-dark-holiday-special/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 116: Turkey City Lexicon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Should you create a video, or any other new media, when pitching your manuscript?  And should you dare to re-pitch to an agent who&#8217;s already said No?  Peter concludes his week of answering listeners&#8217; questions.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks at one of the recurring subjects of the year - so-called &#8220;libel tourism&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-116/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 115:  The Pseudonymous Author</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pen names and pseudonyms - do you need to use one?  And should you post extracts of your work-in-progress on your website?  Peter and Brian consider how to write about green issues successfully.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks brings more good news - Amazon is looking for the next big Breakthrough Novel.    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-115/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 114: Exclusive!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How long should you wait before chasing an agent?  And should you give an agent an &#8220;exclusive&#8221; reading of your manuscript?  Peter answers more listeners&#8217; questions.   In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks brings some Happy News&#8230; for a change&#8230; both fantasy and romance are on the up-and-up&#8230;  and the lines at the bookstores are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-114/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 113:  Eve Goes Virtual</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is your first manuscript truly representative of your chosen genre?  And when should writers set up their first website?  Peter answers more listeners&#8217; questions.   In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna reports that Seattle poets are getting up to the most surprising things in order to bring poetry to life&#8230;  and self-publishing gets a new lease [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-113/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 112: The Arrogance That Power Brings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does a catchy title prick an agent&#8217;s interest?  And what are publishers trying to do with e-book royalties?  Peter answers listeners&#8217; questions.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna reports on the publishing industry&#8217;s attempts to persuade consumers to buy books this holiday season. In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, finds a website that shows writers talking about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-112/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 111:  Finding Your Writer&#8217;s Voice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eco-Logic is the title of Brian Clegg&#8217;s forthcoming book - Peter and Brian consider how to write about green issues successfully.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks at the &#8220;pre-empt&#8221; - what is it?   In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she considers way to find your writer&#8217;s voice.
Got news for us - or a comment? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-111/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 110: Big Deal!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiction Vs. non-fiction - how easy is it to make the transition from one to the other?  Brian Clegg, author of some 30 books, joins Peter to discuss.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna asks why some publishing deals have their vast financial size advertised everywhere - can you believe the numbers you read?.   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-110/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 109:  Going, Going, Gone!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How important is an online presence to writers?  This week&#8217;s guest Brian Clegg and Peter discuss the different ways that writers can benefit from the net.   In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna investigates how an auction for a writer&#8217;s manuscript works.   In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she rediscovers the joys of - book tokens!
Got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-109/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 108:  No More Bad News!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Clegg continues his week with Peter as they exchange tips about effective time management for writers.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna gets fed up with all the bad news - and rebels!   In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she looks at plot and story - do you know what the difference is?
Got news for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-108/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 107:  Becoming a Professional Writer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Clegg, author of some 30 books, joins Peter all week: how do people make the transition to becoming professional writers?  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna&#8230; is preparing for a big surprise tomorrow!   In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she looks at writers&#8217; rooms - what a mess&#8230;!
Got news for us - or a comment? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-107/</link>
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		<title>Litopia After Dark: A Bloody, Bloody Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Thanks to Janesdead on Flickr for the stunning blood red sky.
They’re calling this week the bloodiest week in publishing; hundreds of people lost their jobs, salaries are frozen and the once thought recession proof publishing world has been sent into a tailspin.  On Litopia After Dark we analyse the fall out of this shocking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-after-dark-a-bloody-bloody-week/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 106:  Blood on the Publishing Floor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday brings news of Mrs. Tittlemouse as  Peter enters a magical store-room for memories.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna brings grim news of widespread layoffs in the publishing business: the industry is not recession-proof.   In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she looks at Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s latest book, and how it may contain essential advice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-106/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 105:  You Can&#8217;t Pay Bills with Good Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polynesia the Parrot hits the nail on the head for  Peter this morning as he struggles with the relationship between language, observation and insight.   In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks at buying trends among book buyers - for example, teens mostly buy on-line - useful market research for the writer.  And MFA writing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-105/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 104:  Torntopieceshood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tofu - what&#8217;s it got to do with making pictures in your mind?   Peter can work tofu into just about anything&#8230;  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna brings big news from the e-book reader world - Nintendo gets in on the action! Teen writers take note.   In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she looks at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-104/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 103:  Mommie Dearest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Johnson&#8217;s dictionary provides hours of fun for easily-amused minds,  Peter recalls, before wondering whether today&#8217;s manufactured books are the equivalent of fast-food for the mind?   In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna continues the lexicographical theme by considering the secret life of words.  And the British barrister Constance Briscoe has won the libel case [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-103/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 102:  Bad Biography Juju</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How much of the reader&#8217;s worldview is logical, and how much subjective?  Peter considers how this impacts writers.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks at ways in which unflattering biographies and their biographers can be disposed of&#8230; by using witch-doctors, obviously.  And the Kindle goes out of stock for Christmas.  In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-102/</link>
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		<title>Litopia After Dark: Long Tails - And How To Use Them</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
With thanks to iosonadry on Flickr for the tail photo
Winter has well and truly arrived. If you’ve forgotten what daylight looks like, ice is forming on your keyboard and your fingers feel as though rigor mortis has set in, then let Litopia After Dark thaw you out with the warmth of our convivial banter and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-after-dark-long-tails-and-how-to-use-them/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 101:  Writing To Make You Cry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes you cry?  Peter considers the way in which writers evoke powerful emotions.  And misery memoirs - are they dying?  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks at the Words of the Year - &#8220;bailout&#8221; leads the list, somewhat predictably.  And does this mean the end of the publisher&#8217;s lunch?  In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-101-writing-to-make-you-cry/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 100: Edit While You Write?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our 100th Litopia Daily coincides with Thanksgiving - so Happy Thanksgiving! to all our American listeners!  For our centenary issue, Peter compares prose writing (books) to screenwriting.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks at the world&#8217;s most expensive book.  And the city of Louisville decides to celebrate Dr. Seuss&#8230; and promptly gets a cease-and-desist order.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-100-mark-my-words/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 099: Building Empathy and Beyond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The man with the little white dog&#8230; an aha! moment for writers.   Peter explores one sneaky but deep approach to building readers&#8217; empathy with your protagonist.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna looks at on the changing nature of our storytelling - a new report takes issue with MIT&#8217;s verdict of a few days&#8217; ago.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-099-building-empathy-and-beyond/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 098: Serials on Cereals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cereal packets with serials?  Peter explores some of the ways writers can make money from newspapers.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna reports on the top five movies about&#8230; writer&#8217;s block.  And why is &#8220;Twilight&#8221; already such a huge hit?  In Eve&#8217;s Salmagundi Club, she discovers a wonderful site for the OCD-challenged&#8230; would make a wonderful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-098-serials-on-cereals/</link>
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		<title>Litopia Daily 097: &#8220;Your Blue Veins Are Divine&#8221; - This Year&#8217;s Bad Sex Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the difference between writing for journalism and writing for a book?  Peter explores some of the key issues that separate the two crafts.  In today&#8217;s Write Report, Donna reports on bad sex in fiction - yes, there&#8217;s an award for it - and how the publishing world suddenly wants more Stephanie Myers-genre books.  In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.litopia.com/litopia-daily-097-your-blue-veins-are-divine-this-years-bad-sex-awards/</link>
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