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		<title>Comment on Poetry Written in a Poetry Workshop in Grassroots Books, Reno NV on 1/30/2010 by Alan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Nancy,

Thanks for coming to the workshop, and please do post the poems that you wrote at the workshop.

In answer to your question, the best way to do this is find someone who is successful and review their bio.  Then, write your bio in a similar style.  When you write a bio guard against what I call the &quot;community theatre&quot; syndome.  That is don&#039;t toot your own horn, even if you&#039;ve earned it.  e.g.  I would avoid something like this, &quot;Shanna is so pretty in &lt;em&gt;The Sound of Music&lt;/em&gt; that Julie Andrews would be envious.&quot;  Just stay with a biographical sketch.  Most people organize their credits chronologically, but that&#039;s not necessary.  You can group credits by the type of work.

If you&#039;re wondering where to find a bio, just do a web search for any major writer, or look up the writer on wikipedia.com  As a matter of fact the Wikipedia article on Julia Andrews makes a great example.

Good luck!
Alan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Nancy,</p>
<p>Thanks for coming to the workshop, and please do post the poems that you wrote at the workshop.</p>
<p>In answer to your question, the best way to do this is find someone who is successful and review their bio.  Then, write your bio in a similar style.  When you write a bio guard against what I call the &#8220;community theatre&#8221; syndome.  That is don&#8217;t toot your own horn, even if you&#8217;ve earned it.  e.g.  I would avoid something like this, &#8220;Shanna is so pretty in <em>The Sound of Music</em> that Julie Andrews would be envious.&#8221;  Just stay with a biographical sketch.  Most people organize their credits chronologically, but that&#8217;s not necessary.  You can group credits by the type of work.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re wondering where to find a bio, just do a web search for any major writer, or look up the writer on wikipedia.com  As a matter of fact the Wikipedia article on Julia Andrews makes a great example.</p>
<p>Good luck!<br />
Alan</p>
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		<title>Comment on Poetry Written in a Poetry Workshop in Grassroots Books, Reno NV on 1/30/2010 by NancyJane</title>
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		<dc:creator>NancyJane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How do you write a personal bio to promote yourself and what you have to offer to others?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you write a personal bio to promote yourself and what you have to offer to others?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Fraud Alert by A. Herbert Jordan</title>
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		<dc:creator>A. Herbert Jordan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You might also check out this Google article: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/choosing-smart-password.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You might also check out this Google article: <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/choosing-smart-password.html" rel="nofollow">http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/choosing-smart-password.html</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Request for a Product/Book Review &#8211; The Monster on Top of the Bed by Alan Jordan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan Jordan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After reading this post http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/119127, I enjoyed the vocabulary, alliteration and conciseness of Rhonda Lynn Fischer&#039;s review.  I sent her a request to review my book and sent a link to my review request.</description>
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