<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post8137507872773795822..comments</id><updated>2011-12-11T22:02:27.392-08:00</updated><category term='One Crazy Summer'/><category term='The Curious Garden'/><category term='Description'/><category term='Short Stories'/><category term='Where the Mountain Meets the Moon'/><category term='Research'/><category term='Charles and Emma'/><category term='All the World'/><category term='Calpurnia Tate'/><category term='Voice'/><category term='TIPS'/><category term='A Season of Gifts'/><category term='Picture Books'/><category term='A Penguin Story'/><category term='Mirror Mirror'/><category term='Touch Blue'/><category term='Historical Fiction'/><category term='Nonfiction'/><category term='UBIQUITOUS: Celebrating Nature&apos;s Survivors'/><category term='Plot'/><category term='Names'/><category term='Summary'/><category term='Characters'/><category term='Suspense'/><category term='Marcelo in the Real World'/><category term='Revision'/><category term='Language'/><category term='Chapters'/><category term='Poetry'/><category term='Guest Post'/><category term='Setting'/><category term='Absolutely True Diary'/><category term='Geektastic'/><category term='Literary Device'/><category term='Dialogue'/><category term='Wisdom'/><category term='Narrative Hook'/><category term='Backstory'/><category term='When You Reach Me'/><category term='The Snow Day'/><category term='Scene'/><category term='Alchemy and Meggy Swann'/><category term='Red Sings from Treetops'/><category term='Newbery'/><category term='Theme'/><category term='subplots'/><category term='Turtle in Paradise'/><category term='Social Issues'/><category term='Editors'/><category term='Mystery'/><category term='Title/Cover'/><category term='Blackbringer'/><category term='Audience'/><category term='Point of View'/><category term='Story Structure'/><title type='text'>Comments on Story Sleuths: A WORD FROM THIS MONTH'S AUTHOR: Cynthia Lord</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/feeds/8137507872773795822/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html'/><author><name>Allyson Valentine Schrier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15060010674699666764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_duGrvc5hn6w/SyHXgEbPQYI/AAAAAAAAAF4/XOElKDvcqg4/S220/blog+portrait_edited-1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-8257602891177379953</id><published>2011-12-11T22:02:27.392-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T22:02:27.392-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Great tip and insight. I&amp;#39;ve been struggling wi...</title><content type='html'>Great tip and insight. I&amp;#39;ve been struggling with my character&amp;#39;s motivation&amp;#39;s and found I was more in tune with a secondary character and soon he become the lead character. It took time to discover it though.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/8257602891177379953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/8257602891177379953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html?showComment=1323669747392#c8257602891177379953' title=''/><author><name>Pam Torres</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02953440041536434213</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08586516502208287073'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZ87bFEnEUY/TDt3MjKhcHI/AAAAAAAAABA/3ZOSuN_8VKU/S220/crop+pic.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-8137507872773795822' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/posts/default/8137507872773795822' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-189521688'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-5995787899251702834</id><published>2011-05-03T07:01:39.270-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T07:01:39.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice article, thanks for the information.</title><content type='html'>Nice article, thanks for the information.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/5995787899251702834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/5995787899251702834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html?showComment=1304431299270#c5995787899251702834' title=''/><author><name>sewa mobil</name><uri>http://griyamobilkita.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-8137507872773795822' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/posts/default/8137507872773795822' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-507377966'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-6573568728600632315</id><published>2011-03-23T04:06:22.896-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T04:06:22.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the great tip! I often find I have to k...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for the great tip! I often find I have to keep reworking my stories to make the character motivation clear.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/6573568728600632315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/6573568728600632315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html?showComment=1300878382896#c6573568728600632315' title=''/><author><name>Andrea Mack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09847015084170971764'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-8137507872773795822' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/posts/default/8137507872773795822' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2054522458'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-1200208327129797277</id><published>2011-03-22T14:20:21.019-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T14:20:21.019-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Cynthia, for sharing your thoughts abou...</title><content type='html'>Thank you, Cynthia, for sharing your thoughts about the opening of the book and for including this great revised page! I so enjoyed Touch Blue!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/1200208327129797277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/8137507872773795822/comments/default/1200208327129797277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html?showComment=1300828821019#c1200208327129797277' title=''/><author><name>Heather Hedin Singh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16042719762118668832</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05381353912106079909'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_63id3vYSpH4/S0qWIXCO8bI/AAAAAAAAAEM/73FoGZgIk1I/S220/square+header.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.storysleuths.com/2011/03/word-from-this-months-author-cynthia.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891516019371645116.post-8137507872773795822' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5891516019371645116/posts/default/8137507872773795822' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-795524111'/></entry></feed>
