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	<title>Comments on: The 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Blogging</title>
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		<title>By: Steph</title>
		<link>http://collectiveinkwell.com/the-5-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3371</link>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holy shit, Sean. 

Great letter. You know yourself well. You&#039;ve come a long way, baby! And that&#039;s a compliment. It takes some people way longer than you to find these things out, and when they do, many don&#039;t want to acknowledge them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy shit, Sean. </p>
<p>Great letter. You know yourself well. You&#8217;ve come a long way, baby! And that&#8217;s a compliment. It takes some people way longer than you to find these things out, and when they do, many don&#8217;t want to acknowledge them.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
		<link>http://collectiveinkwell.com/the-5-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3337</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the compliment, Brandi! Just remember, you&#039;re the boss. NOT your blog. Your blog is very pretty and clean, by the way. I like the neat layout and all the green.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the compliment, Brandi! Just remember, you&#8217;re the boss. NOT your blog. Your blog is very pretty and clean, by the way. I like the neat layout and all the green.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My pleasure Patricia!

Somedays it&#039;s hard to write. And when it&#039;s hard to write (for me) it&#039;s even harder to market yourself. I&#039;m glad I could do something to give you levity. Best of luck and best wishes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My pleasure Patricia!</p>
<p>Somedays it&#8217;s hard to write. And when it&#8217;s hard to write (for me) it&#8217;s even harder to market yourself. I&#8217;m glad I could do something to give you levity. Best of luck and best wishes.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL, thank you much!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL, thank you much!</p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
		<link>http://collectiveinkwell.com/the-5-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3334</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lori, this is one of my favorite comments I&#039;ve had in a long while. Thank you so much. I couldn&#039;t agree more, Dave has definitely helped to bring my best writer to the surface, and I truly hope I&#039;m just getting started. : &gt; )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lori, this is one of my favorite comments I&#8217;ve had in a long while. Thank you so much. I couldn&#8217;t agree more, Dave has definitely helped to bring my best writer to the surface, and I truly hope I&#8217;m just getting started. : &gt; )</p>
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		<title>By: brandi</title>
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		<dc:creator>brandi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sean,

This was a perfect timing post. I was just feeling blah about my blog, feeling despair over not enough comments, enough ideas, etc., when I came across this post.

Keep up the great work...and thanks for the much needed inspiration!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sean,</p>
<p>This was a perfect timing post. I was just feeling blah about my blog, feeling despair over not enough comments, enough ideas, etc., when I came across this post.</p>
<p>Keep up the great work&#8230;and thanks for the much needed inspiration!</p>
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		<title>By: Patricia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I truly enjoyed reading this post and wanted to pass on how nice it was to find it and I felt like I needed to comment (I often read don&#039;t always comment)

I had to give up M&amp;Ms early in life, but could not have made it through graduate school without them.  

I had to get down in the dumps today (relive the bad parts of the good old days) to pull up what I needed to write about for tomorrow&#039;s post.  Your letter brought me back to the present so I could get back to marketing and writing.  Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I truly enjoyed reading this post and wanted to pass on how nice it was to find it and I felt like I needed to comment (I often read don&#8217;t always comment)</p>
<p>I had to give up M&amp;Ms early in life, but could not have made it through graduate school without them.  </p>
<p>I had to get down in the dumps today (relive the bad parts of the good old days) to pull up what I needed to write about for tomorrow&#8217;s post.  Your letter brought me back to the present so I could get back to marketing and writing.  Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: madz</title>
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		<dc:creator>madz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Everything will work out&quot; ~~ Agree!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Everything will work out&#8221; ~~ Agree!</p>
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		<title>By: Lori Hoeck</title>
		<link>http://collectiveinkwell.com/the-5-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3265</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori Hoeck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Sean,

Awesome post concept and great lessons imparted! Thank you.

When I first discovered your site, I fell in love with your ability phrase a feeling, idea, or moment. Now, with more experience and David&#039;s influence, you are a marvel. I loved, loved, loved your Writer Dad post &quot;10 Ways to be a Great Dad!&quot; It sings with clarity, insight, and all those Sean touches that come shining through with wonderful tempo and placement. You will indeed go far! Hold on for the fun, fast ride of your life as all that marketing reaches critical mass!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Sean,</p>
<p>Awesome post concept and great lessons imparted! Thank you.</p>
<p>When I first discovered your site, I fell in love with your ability phrase a feeling, idea, or moment. Now, with more experience and David&#8217;s influence, you are a marvel. I loved, loved, loved your Writer Dad post &#8220;10 Ways to be a Great Dad!&#8221; It sings with clarity, insight, and all those Sean touches that come shining through with wonderful tempo and placement. You will indeed go far! Hold on for the fun, fast ride of your life as all that marketing reaches critical mass!</p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think all bloggers are probably guilty of something on this list. I&#039;m with you, the fancy pants one has landed me in the deepest waters. Another thing about fancy pants writing is that it tends to lose some of its immediacy. This letter for example was written faster than almost any post I&#039;ve written in a while, because I was just &quot;writing.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think all bloggers are probably guilty of something on this list. I&#8217;m with you, the fancy pants one has landed me in the deepest waters. Another thing about fancy pants writing is that it tends to lose some of its immediacy. This letter for example was written faster than almost any post I&#8217;ve written in a while, because I was just &#8220;writing.&#8221;</p>
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