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<title><![CDATA[Truth or Consequences]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=truth-or-consequences</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 15:14:19 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Barbara Kingsolver once said that if she comes upon a fact that is not true, even in a fiction novel, she will not read another word.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Night Writer]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=night-writer</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, In the middle of the night, magic happens.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Audiobook NOW available]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=audiobook-now-available</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:40:36 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[NEWS!]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[NEWS FLASH! Audiobook now available.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bear Woman Rising, The Audiobook:  Narrator Megan Cole Brings this Story to Life]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=bear-woman-rising-the-audiobook-narrator-megan-cole-brings-this-story-to-life</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2021 19:50:26 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Book production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Bear Woman Rising’s One Year Anniversary!]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=bear-woman-risings-one-year-anniversary</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 14:49:10 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Book production]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[One year ago, August 20, 2020, my novel Bear Woman Rising was published by Inword Publishers. After more than a decade spent writing and rewriting my story, ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When Words Take Wings]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=when-words-take-wings</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 22:36:38 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[When I confided to a fellow writer that my novel would soon be published, he told me, “You know, once your story goes public, it’s no longer yours.”]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Women’s History Month]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=womens-history-month</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:22:27 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[While one month designated to honor women is significant, we continue to persevere every day with little recognition and less pay than our male counterparts. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Invitation to the Sunshine State Book Festival 2021]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=an-invitation-to-the-sunshine-state-book-festival-2021</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:44:58 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The Chainsaw Manuscript]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=the-chainsaw-manuscript</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:33:32 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Less is More—Words of Wisdom When You Must Cut Words]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oh the Dread Critique Group]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=oh-the-dread-critique-group</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:12:41 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[I was so tired of only hearing the drone of my own voice in my head, I became desperate to hear what other writers had to say about my work.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First Zoom Book Club Meeting]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=first-zoom-book-club-meeting</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:51:13 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[DO Judge My Book by Its Cover]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=do-judge-my-book-by-its-cover</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:06:17 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Book production]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A friend once told me, “When I browse for books, I pick each one up, peruse the cover, flip it over, and read the back before I decide whether or not to take it]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Be Careful! Or you will end up in my novel]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=be-careful-or-you-will-end-up-in-my-novel</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:21:31 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[As Luck Would Have It]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=as-luck-would-have-it</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:04:52 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving Spoken Words, What Writers Do]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=saving-spoken-words-what-writers-do</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:02:03 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[I came to appreciate the value of documenting speech patterns, especially those spoken by people for whom English is a second language.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building Blocks of Stories, Part 2: The Characters]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=building-blocks-of-stories-part-2-the-characters</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:03:43 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[How much of an author's personal life play out in the characters of their fictional novel.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building Blocks of Stories, Part 1: The Setting]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=building-blocks-of-stories-part-1-the-setting</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 06:18:38 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[How settings are developed in a novel? Dorothy shares how personal recollections formed the setting of her novel, Bear Woman Rising. ho]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your story holds a piece of humanity. Share it!]]></title>
<link>https://bearwomanrising.com/blog/?post=your-story-holds-a-piece-of-humanity-share-it</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:54:41 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Staley]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[If you live, you have a story to tell. Writing offers a unique challenge, an opportunity to become a part of our human history. ]]></description>
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