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	<title>R. F. Long &#187; Awesome authors</title>
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		<title>Free Octocon Anthology</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2011/08/03/free-octocon-anthology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the run up to Octocon, the National Irish Science Fiction Convention held (funnily enough) in October, my story CARRYING KEPTARA is currently available as part of their free showcase anthology, along with stories by Peadar Ó Guilín, Brian J. Showers and Derek Gunn. It&#8217;s available in ePub, Kindle and PDF formats. Plus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fairytales in fiction</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2011/05/09/fairytales-in-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 10:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claire Hennesy has a thought provoking post up today about Retellings, where writers take well known and established stories like fairytales and folklore and use them as a base for their own stories, building on them, changing their slant or reworking them into something new. I started to reply there, but given the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Octocon 2010 reportish kinda thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Octocon – 16th – 17th October, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin Ok, this was all very action packed so these are highlights otherwise it will go on forever! Guests and friends The Guest of honour was George R. R. Martin, who was truly charming and fascinating. His reading from Dances with Dragons was spellbinding. Sadly I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Octocon this weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2010/10/14/octocon-this-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to be at Octocon this weekend, Ireland&#8217;s Science Fiction Convention, where we&#8217;ll be up to all kinds of shenanigans. And I&#8217;ll be on a couple of panels Saturday 12pm Urban Fantasy vs. Paranormal Romance Sunday 1pm Where&#8217;s My Money Honey?! ( New Funding Models) &#8211; Err&#8230; Yes, me and money. Anyway&#8230; And I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angels everywhere &#8211; Guestblog from David Bridger</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2010/07/20/angels-everywhere-guestblog-from-david-bridger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m delighted to have my good friend and critique partner David to blog here today. David&#8217;s &#8220;Beauty and the Bastard&#8221; has just released from Liquid Silver and its about angels. And so is his post. So, without further delay&#8230; &#8211; When Angels Visit Thank you for inviting me, Ruth. I&#8217;m thrilled to be here sharing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better late than never &#8211; RNA Conference 2010 post</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2010/07/16/better-late-than-never-rna-conference-2010-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better late than never in so many ways. First of all it has taken me all week to get around to posting this. Secondly WHY have I not been going to this coference for years??? I am, as with most writers, not the most extroverted of individuals. Never really had been, although I can do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salome out today</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2010/06/21/salome-out-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First was Myla by Moonlight, and now&#8230; SALOME AT SUNRISE by Inez Kelly releases today from Carina Press! It’s not nice to piss off Mother Nature… Bryton Haruk sets out on a suicide mission to stop the bloodthirsty Skullmen from terrorizing the war-weary Land of Eldwyn. Consumed by guilt over the death of his wife, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P-Con Panels</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2010/02/28/p-con-panels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than a week left to the wonderful Phoenix Convention (or P-con as it is affectionately known). I&#8217;m really looking forward to this one. P-con was the first con I attended as a writer (as an adult) and found an abundance of people with all the same interests as me. This year I was invited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guestblog: With Shovel and Pail by Sarah A. Hoyt</title>
		<link>http://www.rflong.com/2010/01/27/guestblog-with-shovel-and-pail-by-sarah-a-hoyt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the recent Steampunk Workshop on Romance Divas (which was brilliant btw) I managed to blackmail persuade the fantastic Sarah A. Hoyt to write a guestblog for me. We also discovered that we share a brain have a lot of similar interests &#8211; Robin Hood, Musketeers, Swashing and Buckling, Brave New Worlds &#8211; preferably [...]]]></description>
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