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		<title>The importance of play</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/11/21/importanceofpla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make. I&#8217;ve never been much of a journaler, my creativity has always been bursty, and I have never in my life had anything resembling a daily writing habit. But I really need one. &#8220;Need&#8221; is the right word, too. I almost wrote &#8220;should,&#8221; but that isn&#8217;t quite correct. It&#8217;s 1:30 p.m., and I&#8217;ve [...]
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		<title>Jean Reidy&#8217;s Light Up the Library Auction</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/11/07/jean-reidys-light-library-auction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Jean Reidy&#8216;s new picture book, LIGHT UP THE NIGHT (Hyperion, October 2011) was inspired by her connections to Uganda and its children, many of whom have been displace due to past civil war or orphaned by AIDS. To celebrate the release of the book and honor those children, she is holding an online auction to [...]
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		<title>November is PiBoIdMo!</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/10/25/november-piboidmo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many writers, November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a month-long commitment to creativity wherein writers turn off their inner critics and pound out a complete 50,000-word novel in 30 days. I&#8217;ve seen the results, and it&#8217;s nothing short of amazing. A self-imposed deadline can be very motivating, especially when shared with others! Alas, how could [...]
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		<title>2011 CYBILS, Nonfiction Picture Books&#8230; and me!</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/10/01/2011-cybils-nonfiction-picture-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m absolutely thrilled to announce that I&#8217;ve been selected to serve as a judge in the nonfiction picture book (NFPB) category of the 2011 CYBILS (Children&#8217;s and Young Adult Blogger&#8217;s Literary Awards)! I write nonfiction picture books, so I read a lot of nonfiction picture books. Now, I get to help recognize the best of [...]
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		<title>Soccer, Walk to End Alzheimer&#8217;s, and TEDxRedmond 2011</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/09/09/edxredmond-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is a big day. First, my son will be having his first soccer game of the season with his brand new team. Go Eagles!     At the same time, I&#8217;ll be walking with my daughter in the Walk to End Alzheimer&#8217;s. (If you&#8217;re so inclined, there&#8217;s still time to support me here!) We&#8217;re [...]
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		<title>Save Bookstores Day haul post: fun nonfiction for kids</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/06/27/save-bookstores-day-haul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had an all too rare sunny summer day yesterday, so the family and I walked to the library (mostly to drop off oodles of books), and then we went shopping at our local independend bookstore in honor of Save Bookstores Day. My daughter was consumed by a book we had just bought at the Friends [...]
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		<title>SCBWI Western Washington&#8217;s 2011 conference wrap-up: part 2</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/05/23/scbwi-western-washingtons-2011-conference-wrapup-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 05:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t think SCBWI Western Washington&#8217;s 2011 conference could get any better than it was on Saturday, but yes, it could! Sunday started a little later (thank goodness, after all that dancing!). On Sunday, April 17, we started out by celebrating our awesomely talented and dedicated advisory committee. And they celebrated us with a great big surprise [...]
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		<title>SCBWI Western Washington conference 2011 wrap-up: part 1</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/05/22/scbwi-western-washington-conference-2011-wrapup-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 04:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the SCBWI Western Washington&#8217;s 20th Annual Writing &#38; Illustrating for Children conference was over a month ago. I&#8217;m finally coming down from the high that weekend always leaves me with&#8211;and recovering from the hard work and long hours that go into organizing it. So, I thought I&#8217;d share some of the high points (for me) [...]
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		<title>Fans of FARTISTE</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/03/23/fans-fartiste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a huge fan of Kathleen Krull&#8216;s nonfiction books for kids, so I was surprised and disappointed to read her recent article in the Horn Book about the difficulties she and her husband have had selling their book FARTISTE! I would’ve thought a picture book biography about a performer who entertained audiences with his mastery [...]
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		<title>6 Lessons Learned from Doing the Picture Book Marathon</title>
		<link>http://lauriethompson.com/2011/03/18/picturebook-marathon-wrapup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did it. I wrote 26 brand-new picture-book texts in the 28 days of February! Now that I&#8217;ve had some time to relax and reflect, I thought I&#8217;d share my thoughts on the experience. I started out with great gusto, then stumbled in the middle and took a bunch of days off, but managed to [...]
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