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		<title>I&#8217;m at The Muse!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although my writing guides are a pair of spirits named Heather and Henry, (Really, I discovered this when I went to a psychic this year.) I&#8217;m not referring to them this time around. Instead, I&#8217;m talking about the wonderful and FREE on-line writers conference known as The Muse Online Writers Conference. I&#8217;m presenting there on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=782&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Instead, I&#8217;m talking about the wonderful and FREE on-line writers conference known as <a href="http://themuseonlinewritersconference.com/">The Muse Online Writers Conference</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m presenting there on Thursday, October 6th about considerations for building a multi-volume fantasy series. I&#8217;m not sure whether it is too late to register, but for those already registered, please feel free to drop by. I am part of the great number of Crescent Moon Press authors hosting seminars throughout the week. Search for us under Crescent Moon Press.</p>
<p><a href="http://themuseonlinewritersconference.com/">http://themuseonlinewritersconference.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Grand Prize Winner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t caught the announcement on the Crescent Moon Press blog, please visit and scroll down for the big announcement about the grand prize winner of our blog tour scavanger hunt. Thank you everyone for making this a fun contest and check back for future games. CMP is a fun place to hang, so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=776&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you haven&#8217;t caught the announcement on the <a href="http://crescentmoonpress.com/blog/">Crescent Moon Press blog</a>, please visit and scroll down for the big announcement about the grand prize winner of our blog tour scavanger hunt. Thank you everyone for making this a fun contest and check back for future games. CMP is a fun place to hang, so check us out.</p>
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		<title>And the Winner Is&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 22:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to John Marani for winning my contest from the fabulous Crescent Moon Press Memorial Day Blog Tour event. John, you win a gardening kit. I&#8217;ll contact you with shipping questions. The scavenger hunt was loads of fun for myself and all of the other CMP authors and I hope everyone who sent in answers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=772&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations to John Marani for winning my contest from the fabulous Crescent Moon Press Memorial Day Blog Tour event. John, you win a gardening kit. I&#8217;ll contact you with shipping questions.</p>
<p>The scavenger hunt was loads of fun for myself and all of the other CMP authors and I hope everyone who sent in answers had a blast. Thank you for playing.</p>
<p>And tune in to the <a href="http://crescentmoonpress.com">Crescent Moon Press</a> blog on June 4th for the announcement of the grand prize winner. Let&#8217;s see who walks away with a brand new Kindle or Nook.</p>
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		<title>CMP Blog Tour!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 11:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crescent Moon Press Blog Tour! The Fun Continues Here&#8230; Welcome to the continuation of the Crescent Moon Memorial Weekend Bash! This three day blog tour is wrapping up its final day, Thursday, May 26th. I&#8217;m Michelle Picard and I hope you enjoy taking a look around my virtual home to help you on your way to winning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=764&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Crescent Moon Press Blog Tour! The Fun Continues Here&#8230;</h1>
<p>Welcome to the continuation of the Crescent Moon Memorial Weekend Bash! This three day blog tour is wrapping up its final day, Thursday, May 26th. I&#8217;m Michelle Picard and I hope you enjoy taking a look around my virtual home to help you on your way to winning lots of cool prizes. The grand prize drawing for the blog hop is your choice of Nook or Kindle, so I&#8217;ll cross my fingers for you. If you&#8217;re joining the tour late, you can still win. Just visit the <a href="http://crescentmoonpress.com/blog/?p=11">CMP blog</a> for the list of all the participating authors and visit each site to face their quest challenges. Don&#8217;t worry, you have until the very end of the day to visit all the sites.</p>
<p>Below is the scavenger challenge from my site that will qualify you to win your very own <strong>gardening kit</strong>&#8211;just the thing to grow your own Garden of Eden. And because my novels are set in Eden, I&#8217;m always thrilled to encourage fellow gardeners to grow their own magic.</p>
<p>Steps to Quest Success:</p>
<p>1) Follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/RulingEden">Twitter</a> <strong>or</strong> friend me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Michelle-Picard/100000107670126">Facebook</a>.</p>
<p>2) Email me at <a href="mailto:michelle@michellepicard.com">michelle@michellepicard.com</a> with the answer to this question: What are the seven magical races that Rachel (my heroine) leads? HINT&#8211;visit my <strong>books</strong> page on my website at <a href="http://www.michellepicard.com/">www.michellepicard.com</a>  and read the book blurbs to find the list.</p>
<p>3) Visit the next stop on the blog hop, the virtual home of the lovely Penelope Marzec <a href="http://www.penelopemarzec.blogspot.com/">www.penelopemarzec.blogspot.com</a>. After Penelope there are just two more stops to go, with the last at the CMP blog itself. You&#8217;re almost there.</p>
<p>Good luck and thanks for playing!</p>
<p>Michelle</p>
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		<title>Crescent Moon Press Memorial Weekend Bash!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 18:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three Day Blog Tour May 24th, 25th &#38; 26th Prizes at every stop Grand Prize Nook or Kindle, Your Choice Every stop along the way will have a posted quest Sign up for the newsletter or blog Email your quest answer to the author to enter for great prizes. Complete all blog tour stops to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=762&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Three Day Blog Tour</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">May 24th, 25th &amp; 26th</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Prizes at every stop</strong><br />
<strong>Grand Prize Nook or Kindle, Your Choice</strong><br />
<strong>Every stop along the way will have a posted quest</strong><br />
<strong>Sign up for the newsletter or blog</strong><br />
<strong>Email your quest answer to the author to enter for great prizes.</strong><br />
<strong>Complete all blog tour stops to enter into the grand prize drawing</strong><br />
<strong>A Nook or Kindle, Your Choice</strong><br />
<strong>BONUS a dozen digital books</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Full itinerary will be posted on the <a href="http://crescentmoonpress.com/blog/">CMP blog</a>.</strong><br />
<strong>All stops must be completed to qualify for the Grand Prize.</strong><br />
<strong>You can join the games late. All quests must be completed by May 26th end of day.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>All Winners Posted on <a href="http://crescentmoonpress.com/blog/">CMP blog</a> by June 4th.</strong></p>
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		<title>Visiting FF&amp;P</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter website of RWA today blogging about flat characters and what I do about them. What&#8217;s my short list of MUST KNOW information about my characters? Share your thoughts. Click here to visit me.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=755&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m at the<a href="http://tinyurl.com/4vteuxg"> Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal </a>chapter website of RWA today blogging about flat characters and what I do about them. What&#8217;s my short list of MUST KNOW information about my characters? Share your thoughts.</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4vteuxg">here</a> to visit me.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<title>Help Egyptian Author Olivia Gates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Mia Marlowe has a friend Bonnie Vanak (who writes Egyptian-set historicals as well as wonderful Nocturnes!)who  alerted her to the plight of Harlequin author, Olivia Gates. Here&#8217;s the info from Bonnie&#8217;s blog: As you know, protests are taking place in Egypt and the government has shut down internet communication. Author Olivia Gates, who lives in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=738&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My friend <a href="http://miamarlowe.blogspot.com/">Mia </a><a href="http://michellepicardsblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/olivia-gates2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-741" title="Olivia Gates" src="http://michellepicardsblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/olivia-gates2.jpg?w=500" alt=""   /></a><a href="http://miamarlowe.blogspot.com/">M</a><a href="http://michellepicardsblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/olivia-gates1.jpg"></a><a href="http://miamarlowe.blogspot.com/">arlowe</a> has a friend <a href="http://www.bonnievanak.com/">Bonnie Vanak</a> (who writes Egyptian-set historicals as well as wonderful Nocturnes!)who  alerted her to the plight of Harlequin author, Olivia Gates. Here&#8217;s the info from Bonnie&#8217;s blog:</p>
<p>As you know, protests are taking place in Egypt and the government has shut down internet communication. Author Olivia Gates, who lives in Egypt, has a February 1 release by Harlequin Desire called To Tempt a Sheikh. We&#8217;d like to get out the word about her book since Olivia cannot.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s support an author who cannot access the internet to promote her book.</p>
<p>To Tempt a Sheikh by Olivia Gates</p>
<p>He rescued hostage Talia Burke from his royal family&#8217;s rival tribe and swept her into his strong embrace. But Prince Harres Aal Shalaan soon discovered there was more to the brave beauty than he knew. Talia held information vital to protecting his beloved kingdom…and she had every reason not to trust him.</p>
<p>Marooned together at a desert oasis, Talia couldn&#8217;t resist Harres. Yet even as his sizzling seduction entranced her, his loyalty to his family and country would always make them enemies. Falling for the sheikh would be her heart&#8217;s greatest mistake…but she feared it was already too late….</p>
<p>In stores February 1!</p>
<p>Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Books A Million and bookstores everywhere. Also available at eharlequin both in print and as an ebook.</p>
<p>To read a first chapter and visit Olivia&#8217;s webpage, click <a href="http://www.oliviagates.com/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Life is Strange</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Picard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve blogged over at the Quirky Ladies this morning. I wish I could write in fiction with the same impact of the most riveting mystery of real life. http://thequirkyladies.blogspot.com/2011/01/shivers-up-my-spine.html<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellepicardsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669771&amp;post=732&amp;subd=michellepicardsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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