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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>First Step Press Online - Latest Comments</title><link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="http://api.friendfeed.com/2008/03#sup" href="http://disqus.com/sup/all.sup#forumcomments-f6589020" type="application/json"/><link>http://fspress.disqus.com/</link><description>A website for those who live to write, and who write to live</description><atom:link href="http://fspress.disqus.com/comments.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:16:30 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Verbum 2012: A simple, yet powerful word processor</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/verbum-2012-a-simple-yet-powerful-word-processor/#comment-171758921</link><description>or you could just download OpenOffice or LibreOffice.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">ross vassilev</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:16:30 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FSP Reader Poll: Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year?</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/fsp-reader-poll-are-you-doing-nanowrimo-this-year/#comment-84750591</link><description>I will be doing NaNo this year. Here is my user profile: &lt;a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/206066" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/u...&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trinae Ross</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:00:26 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 8 Tips for Writing Flash Fiction</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/8-tips-for-writing-flash-fiction/#comment-82286377</link><description>Some great tips there thank you.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Shane</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:53:48 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Common Mistakes With Writing Fiction</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/common-mistakes-with-writing-fiction/#comment-70985420</link><description>Thanks for the photo credit!</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jess</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:45:22 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How Not to Win Short Story Competitions</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/how-not-to-win-short-story-competitions/#comment-69808042</link><description>This seemed really obvious but then again, when you're really excited about a story it's easy to think something like, 'this is sooo good the judges won't mind that it's not relevant!' Thanks for reminding us to be disciplined.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Smander</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:21:58 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Short Stories are Getting Shorter and Shorter</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/short-stories-are-getting-shorter-and-shorter/#comment-67239552</link><description>There's a good collection of six word stories: &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quite-Planning-Revised-Expanded-Deluxe/dp/0061713716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1281301125&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Not Quite What I Was Planning&lt;/a&gt;.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Augustin</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:01:16 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FSP Short Fiction Writing Contest Announced</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/fsp-short-fiction-writing-contest-announced/#comment-68291298</link><description>Just to let you know, that the winners have been announced and posted on the sticky on the front page.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trinae Ross</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:04:53 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FSP Short Fiction Writing Contest Announced</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/fsp-short-fiction-writing-contest-announced/#comment-61968682</link><description>Had some computer issues, so we are pushing the announcement until July 18, 
&lt;br&gt;2010. Will will also put the winners up on the Stepping Stones Magazine 
&lt;br&gt;website.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trinae Ross</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:21:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FSP Short Fiction Writing Contest Announced</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/fsp-short-fiction-writing-contest-announced/#comment-61921013</link><description>Have the winners been announced yet?</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Duck_dodgers</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:22:21 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: WWotW: The Comfy Cottage</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/wwotw-the-comfy-cottage/#comment-59983176</link><description>Janet, you make me laugh! This morning's muses: 14 chickens and a turkey on the porch.  :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ami</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:28:18 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: WWotW: The Comfy Cottage</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/wwotw-the-comfy-cottage/#comment-58891999</link><description>I've been there, and I absolutely love it. Jealous much, I will admit.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Janet Morris Grimes</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:49:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The Voices in My Blood: Why I Read and Write Historical Fiction</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/the-voices-in-my-blood-why-i-read-and-write-historical-fiction/#comment-57616287</link><description>Nice story! I'm glad you could use my photo :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Louise</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:47:15 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Let&amp;#8217;s Write Poetry!</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/lets-write-poetry/#comment-51257460</link><description>Dear First Step Press on Line,
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&lt;br&gt;     Thank you for publishing my article.  You have done a wonderful job.  It looks great.  
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&lt;br&gt;(GMT) giovanni</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">GIOVANNI MARIA TOMMASO</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:53:23 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Writing a Great Short Story</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/writing-a-great-short-story/#comment-49067926</link><description>I've always wanted to try my hand at journaling, but didn't know how to get started. I think your tips for writing a Life Story might be just what I need to get going.&lt;br&gt;you can also share your LIFE STORY at :&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://pastsretold.com/content/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://pastsretold.com/content...&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">arunrox</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 03:11:48 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FSP Reader Poll: What Do You Like to Write?</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/fsp-reader-poll-what-do-you-like-to-write-2/#comment-48667389</link><description>My writing time is spent mostly between nonfiction articles and short fiction. I am currently pushing myself to finish two novels that I started, to begin thinking about this year's NaNoWriMo project. I have written a few poems, but I would be the first to admit that I am no poet.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trinae Ross</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 09:17:16 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Writing Short Fiction for Anthologies</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/writing-short-fiction-for-anthologies/#comment-46377162</link><description>http://www. &lt;a href="http://Stories.pk" rel="nofollow"&gt;Stories.pk&lt;/a&gt; i have visited to this site and found to get the excellent site for short story.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">nadeem1414</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:08:53 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FSP Reader Poll: Word Processors</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/fsp-reader-poll-word-processors/#comment-45904151</link><description>Since I use the Ubuntu operating system on my laptop, I use &lt;a href="http://Openoffice.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;Openoffice.org&lt;/a&gt; Writer and gEdit (a plain-text editor). On my desktop, I used Word 2007 and notepad. When I am using a friends computer, I log on to GDocs and work from there. What can I say, I like to use different tools depending on the situation.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trinae Ross</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:52:32 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Site Updates and General Information</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/site-updates-and-general-information/#comment-45895990</link><description>This site is great, there's so much information for the aspiring writer, poet, artist. I love the fact that it's both educational and entertaining.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Myra</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:29:16 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Pronoun Problems</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/pronoun-problems/#comment-48786135</link><description>I must say that by and large I am really impressed with this site.It is easy to see that you are excited about your writing. Trust all your future posts turn out as well. Cheers!</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tarah Eddinger</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:07:40 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: So You Want to be a Writer? How to be More Productive</title><link>http://fspressonline.org/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer-how-to-be-more-productive/#comment-48786133</link><description>hello remarkable little blog site ya have there :) I work with the exact same design template on my own blog though for whatever weird factor it appears to stream speedier on your site despite the fact that yours features much more content material. Have you been getting any specific plugins or widgets which quicken it up? Do you think you  might be able to write about the names so I can use these on my personal web pages so twilight new moon supporters could watch twilight eclipse online trailers and films a lot quicker I would be ever so pleased - many thanks in advance :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">robert pattinson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:24:59 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
