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	<title>Vanessa Grant</title>
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	<description>writing the adventures of love</description>
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		<title>Indie Authors Post Open Letter to Microsoft about Barnes and Noble</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 07:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[rebecca crowley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t the only indie author to welcome the recent news that Microsoft had come to Barnes and Noble&#8217;s rescue. If you missed the news, see the Wall Street Journal article Microsoft Hooks Onto Nook: Software Maker&#8217;s $300 Million Deal Gives It a 17.6% Stake in Barnes &#38; Noble Subsidiary I started rereleasing my previously published books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create an eBook with an embedded cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indie publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angieo creations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[converting ebook files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embedding cover art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scrivener]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many published authors are choosing to independently publish their works as eBooks these days. Many authors have regained their rights from their print publishers and are electronically publishing their previously print-published works, and a number are also choosing to indie publish their new works, leaving their traditional publishers. Recently I was asked to explain how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To DRM or not to DRM &#8211; with apologies to Hamlet!</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/to-drm-or-not-to-drm-with-apologies-to-hamlet/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessagrant.com/to-drm-or-not-to-drm-with-apologies-to-hamlet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DRM and Rights Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shakespeare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sony big]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To DRM or not to DRM… that is the question &#8230;   Hopefully Shakespeare&#8217;s ghost will forgive me for mangling that line from Hamlet&#8217;s famous soliloquy! (Note: This article has previously been posted on the PenWarriors blog) A couple of weeks ago when I sent out a tweet announcing that all my eBooks are available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free book &#8211; March 3 and 4. &#8220;If You Loved Me&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/free-book-march-3-and-4-if-you-loved-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Characters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Writing Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Grant Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[british columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free ebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free kindle book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kensington books. hidden baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lovers reunited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orthopaedic surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seaplane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search and rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search for missing child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wilderness photographer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a gift to my readers, I&#8217;m setting the Kindle eBook version of my romance novel &#8220;If You Loved Me&#8221; free for two days &#8211; March 2 and 3rd. Have a free read on me! This edition includes a free preview of The Colors of Love. In my September 23, 2011 blog Yippee! &#8230; If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Colors of Love</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/the-colors-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Grant Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absent single parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artist heroine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rescue neglected child]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessagrant.com/?p=1474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very pleased to be releasing this new version of The Colors of Love, a romance novel I originally wrote for Kensington books a few years ago. I had a lot of fun writing this novel, and editing the novel in preparation for this new release brought me some joyous memories of my uncle, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STORM &#8211; set on Haida Gwaii &#8211; free on Amazon stores Jan 30 and 31!</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/storm-set-on-haida-gwaii-free-on-amazon-stores-jan-30-and-31/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessagrant.com/storm-set-on-haida-gwaii-free-on-amazon-stores-jan-30-and-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Grant Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[british columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haida gwaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot spring island]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[love story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lyell island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio broadcaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seaplane]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a special thank you to my readers, I&#8217;m giving the Kindle edition of STORM away free today and tomorrow! Also included with this edition, a free excerpt of If You Loved Me. Storm is my second novel, the story of Luke and Laurie falling in love on the magical islands of Haida Gwaii in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If  You Loved Me</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/if-you-loved-me/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessagrant.com/if-you-loved-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Samples]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Grant Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chatham sound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[if you loved me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missing son]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seaplane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephens island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vanessa grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wilderness photographer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife photographer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woman surgeon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessagrant.com/?p=1267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She needed his help to find her son – no matter what the cost! Surgeon Emma Garrett had made sacrifices to follow her dream of becoming a doctor – and yet none was as painful as turning down Gray McKenzie. But not even the threat of losing her greatest love could stop Emma from fulfilling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plotting 2012 &#8211; aided by Covey, Milk, and synchronization</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/2012-with-covey-rtm-sync/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessagrant.com/2012-with-covey-rtm-sync/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Writing Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Grant Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first things first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting organized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael hyatt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[priority matrix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remember the milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[setting goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen covey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(This post also appeared at PenWarriors.com) It&#8217;s January and I&#8217;m plotting my life in 2012. As with most tales, there&#8217;s a backstory: SETTING: Vanessa&#8217;s newly remodelled study. Fresh paint, new carpet, several years of hoarding cleared out. Time: mid-December GREMLIN (Vanessa&#8217;s internal critic): Here it is 2012 and you&#8217;ve got a todo list the size [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catalina&#8217;s Lover &#8211; book 1 of the Latin Legacy series</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/catalinas-lover-ll1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Grant Novels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kidnapped for love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lovers reunited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peruvian hero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vancouver]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessagrant.com/?p=1387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Catalina&#8217;s Lover (Latin Legacy) Years ago she ran from a hopeless love &#8230; she never dreamed she&#8217;d return as his prisoner! Juan Corsica Perez was a man who believed the earth belonged to him, and everyone in it. Only Cathy Jenan thought otherwise. They had known each other once and once it had been wonderful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A special thank you gift for my readers &#8230; STORM is free Dec 30 &amp; 31</title>
		<link>http://vanessagrant.com/a-special-thank-you-to-my-readers-storm-free-dec-30-31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessagrant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Grant Novels]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[british columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canadian author]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover designer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green island lighthouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haida gwaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot spring island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jenny's turn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queen charlotte city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search and rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm - the author's cut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm warning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stranded heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stray lady]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a special year-end thank you to my readers, on December 30 and 31st, I&#8217;ll be giving away one of my favourite novels, my recently released novel STORM. Storm is the first of three novels I wrote which were set on the Pacific Northwest islands of Haida Gwaii and it&#8217;s always been one of my [...]]]></description>
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