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		<title>2011 in review for Chick Under Construction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, the blog didn&#8217;t do great in numbers but I guess it really didn&#8217;t do bad either.  Gotta step it up for 2012!  Thanks to all the faithful ChUC followers and commenters.  I appreciate you immensely!! Kimeko, aka ChUC The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=647&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the Beginning Was the Word</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chick Under Construction</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I listened to my dear friend, Katina Walton, speak about her new book, She Speaks: An Anthology of Poetry.  She quoted John 1:1 which says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  Wow, that made me think about the power of spoken word in a totally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=635&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Nyla Ray!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello All!  Happy 4th day of the New Year!  Nope, there is no flash fiction this week.  Sorry    A new year means new beginnings right, so I wanted to share another project I&#8217;ve been working on for a few months that&#8217;s finally coming together.  It&#8217;s&#8217; official, my first children&#8217;s book is close to completion!  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=623&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Eye Water to Cry With&#8221; &#8211; Flash Fiction Series, The End: Crystal Clear</title>
		<link>http://chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/eye-water-to-cry-with-flash-fiction-series-the-end-crystal-clear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chick Under Construction</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew!  It&#8217;s the last Chapter of &#8220;Eye Water to Cry With&#8221;!  I&#8217;m so glad I didn&#8217;t stick to my normal 300 word flash fiction or this story wouldn&#8217;t have been complete until May 2012  LOL!  I had lots of fun writing this series, especially piecing all the info together at the very last minute  :-) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=613&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!  ChUC&#8217;s Wish List&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/merry-christmas-chucs-wish-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chick Under Construction</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello All!  Can you believe that it&#8217;s the Friday before Christmas?  Before I run out to purchase the last few gifts that I promised myself I wouldn&#8217;t buy, I decided to share my Christmas wish list with you guys.  As a Chick Under Construction I am fully aware that my life is always evolving, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=605&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Eye Water to Cry With&#8221; &#8211; Flash Fiction Series, Chapter 4: Whine or Wine&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chick Under Construction</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please read Chapters 1 thru 3 if you are just beginning to follow the series.  This chapter is definitely longer than the others but I think you guys can handle it.  :-) Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________________ &#160; After some convincing, Jonas slid into the passenger seat of Mya’s Benz.  She could sense his uneasiness.  A pool of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=599&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Eye Water to Cry With&#8221; Flash Fiction Tuesday &#8211; Chapter 3: Smoke &amp; Mirrors</title>
		<link>http://chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/eyewater-to-cry-with-flash-fiction-tuesday-chapter-3-smoke-mirrors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chick Under Construction</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 3 of the Eye Water to Cry With flash fiction Tuesday series.  This is the hump chapter , it starts the build up to the last chapter.  Enjoy!! _____________________________________________________________________________ Jonas banged his basketball-sized hands against his steering wheel.   When he thought about how careless he had been at Lindsey’s, he banged the steering wheel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=591&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become a Writer</title>
		<link>http://chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/how-to-become-a-writer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chick Under Construction</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello aspiring writers, readers and creative artists! I&#8217;m sure most of you will fall into one of those categories.  I think you all should take a look at this article! How to Become a Writer I was searching blogs this morning and stumbled across this post on phdincreativewriting@wordpress.com.  It reminded me of the line in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13943008&amp;post=586&amp;subd=chickunderconstruction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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