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		<title>How to Succeed in Evil: Consultation with a Vampire is Released!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest installment in the How to Succeed in Evil saga is now live on Amazon. You can get it right here: http://www.amazon.com/Consultation-Vampire-Succeed-Evil-ebook/dp/B006XY68Y4 It&#8217;s a novella-length prequel to the first book. Agnes is alive and Topper, well, he&#8217;s still Topper. The set up is this: Edwin is approached by a vampire for advice on how...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2012/01/how-to-succeed-in-evil-consultation-with-a-vampire-is-released/</link>
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		<title>NaNOPE &#8212; 49,070 in 30 days.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I missed 50k in November,  but it was worthwhile nonetheless. It&#8217;s really hard to write that many words while editing. I ran into some pretty serious problems along the way, but came up with some pretty good solutions. That&#8217;s great for the work, but not so great for the word count. I call it...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/12/nanope-49070-in-30-days/</link>
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		<title>What I&#8217;m Writing &#8212; NaNonNoWriMo Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m NOT writing a novel this month. But, in the spirit of NaNo I&#8217;m cranking out 50,000+ words anyway. On what you may ask? Rewrites on the sequel to How to Succeed in Evil, Hostile Takeover will take up some of that. So will a HtSiE novella called &#8220;Consultation with a Vampire.&#8221; I&#8217;m happy...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/11/what-im-writing-nanonnowrimo-progress/</link>
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		<title>Okay, I&#8217;m in. NaNONNoWriMo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo is such a good thing, I can&#8217;t resist. I wrote 1,800 yesterday, so I&#8217;m off to the races already. But there&#8217;s a twist. I&#8217;m not going to write a novel. Which makes it NaNONNoWriMo for me. I&#8217;m going to put up 50,000+ words in November. And I&#8217;m going to count editing the HtSiE novel...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/11/okay-im-in-nanonnowrimo/</link>
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		<title>In Praise of NaNoWriMo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here’s the question: How do you get some kind of handle on the often mercurial process of writing? Answers vary from writer to writer, but the question remains eternal. One good answer is NaNoWriMo. If you don’t already know, November is National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/10/in-praise-of-nanowrimo/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes – Ataraxis (n.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trip over the word &#8220;ataraxis&#8221; in a sentence and you’ll probably fall on it. And if you do one of those sharp letters is gonna stab you right in the liver. As your life’s blood seeps out into the paragraph below you will have time to think, “What kind of person uses a word like...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/10/words-patrick-likes-%e2%80%93-ataraxis-n/</link>
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		<title>A Word Patrick Likes? &#8211; Fungible (adj.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This fine word has become the great lie of modern times. It’s the idea that one thing is exactly the same as another. In it’s unstretched, virginal state, fungible is useful enough and there is no harm in it. It is a legal term that denotes a class of items each member of which is...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/10/a-word-patrick-likes-fungible-adj/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8212; Flange (n.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flange has great sound to it, especially when said with an British accent. For this reason, I had long thought that flange was a synonym of valve. But it is not. It is something far better and far more precise. A flange is a raised circle or collar used to make something easier to turn....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/09/words-patrick-likes-flange/</link>
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		<title>A Scary Story (with a pirate)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here is a repost of a Seanachai episode from way back in Aught Five. Sure, today might not a be a hot, bloated Thursday ripening in the foul sun of the dred Sargasso But, y&#8217;know, close enough. Do I really need an excuse to talk like...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/09/a-scary-story-with-a-pirate/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8212; Wingnut (n.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love the word wingnut. Not as an epithet or insult, but for the word itself. The word wingnut makes me happy for no easily definable reason. Perhaps it is the silliness of the object itself, a nut with wings so it&#8217;s easier to tighten by hand. It’s an object that seems to say, &#8220;You...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/09/words-patrick-likes-wingnut-n/</link>
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		<title>E-book Pricing and the Elasticity of Demand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(a guest post of mine that originally appeared on the Creative Penn) As a writer raised by Economists, I have some perspective that other&#8217;s don&#8217;t have, and maybe don&#8217;t want. (There&#8217;s a reason it&#8217;s called the dismal science after all.) But when approaching the question of how to price an e-book, sound economic theory (not...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/09/e-book-pricing-and-the-elasticity-of-demand/</link>
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		<title>A Giant Laser in Space &#8212; No, Really.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of those classic tropes of SuperVilliany &#8212; the GIANT LASER IN SPACE. An idea so ridiculous that it could only exist within the frail pages of a comic book or a pulp novel. Or so I thought. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2032057/Laser-assisted-water-condensation-used-create-rainfall.html If you&#8217;ve read How to Succeed in Evil, you&#8217;ll know I spend a bit of...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/09/a-giant-laser-in-space-no-really/</link>
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		<title>A Learning Experience?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, obviously, I&#8217;m very happy about the recent success of How to Succeed in Evil. It&#8217;s fun, it&#8217;s exciting, it&#8217;s&#8230; it&#8217;s&#8230; a learning experience? Very much so. I&#8217;ve practiced a couple arts in my time, and there is a commonality between all of them. Progress equates to learning. When I realized this I became very...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/08/a-learning-experience/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8212; Defenestration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a special kind of anger for which there is no word. And when you are this angry, writing a manifesto or stabbing someone or shooting someone simply isn&#8217;t enough to express how you truly feel. Luckily, for the truly, irreconcilably enraged, there is defenestration. In Latin it literally means, &#8220;from the window&#8221;. And...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/08/words-patrick-likes-defenestration/</link>
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		<title>UPDATE &#8212; How to Succeed in Evil e-book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How is my little book doing? The short answer is AWESOME. Better than I ever expected. It&#8217;s been up for two months now. There was, of course, the initial bump upon release, then sales died down. Or so I thought. It&#8217;s steadily been picking up steam and is currently averaging 18 books a day. By...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/08/update-how-to-succeed-in-evil-e-book/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8212; Peasant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once in my misspent youth, before the yoke of responsibility had worn it’s honorable shape into my shoulders, a Monday morning found me playing golf with an actor friend of mine. It was one of those rare few moments in life when you know you are getting away with something. The rest of the world...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/08/wpl_peasant/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8212; Foment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Foment comes from Late Middle English, through French, ultimately from the late latin verb fromentare which means to apply a poultice or hot lotion to a wound. In the modern sense it has become the act of stirring up a dissent. You bake a cake. You foment a rebellion. There&#8217;s a lot to be said...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/08/words-patrick-likes-foment/</link>
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		<title>An excerpt from HtSiE: Hostile Takeover.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a little peek at a bit I&#8217;m really liking from the big soupy pile of words that is any (and especially my) first draft. Edwin making a video. As rule, Edwin avoided the spotlight, but as CEO and primary owner of Omdemnity Insurance, there were certain figurehead roles that he needed to fill. You...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/08/an-excerpt-from-htsie-hostile-takeover/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8212; E.g.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so it&#8217;s technically two words, but I&#8217;m going to quickly quote Emerson and move on as if there is nothing wrong with e.g. being a Word that Patrick Likes. Because there isn&#8217;t. Reverend Waldo, if you please &#8212; &#8220;A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/08/words-patrick-likes-e-g/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8211; Amortize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You want to know why amortize is a word I like? It literally means to kill off over time. The English Speaking children of the world have received this word from Old French, which is basically trashy latin (the kind of Latin you would speak if you were a poor undesirable, person &#8212; most of...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/words-patrick-likes-amortize/</link>
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		<title>E-books and the March of Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been caught up in several discussions online about ebooks vs physical books. That the publishing industry is an state of flux, everyone agrees on. Some say it&#8217;s the end of the world. Others say it&#8217;s the beginning of a whole new world. But there is a point to be made in here that...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/e-books-and-the-march-of-progress/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8211; Kerfuffle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kerfuffle sounds like a made up word. This is silly because when you get right down to it, all words are made up words. But, one has to admit, Kerfuffle sounds especially made up. It sounds like it was what the guy who invented the word Smurf was working on before Joey Barbera knocked on...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/words-patrick-likes/</link>
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		<title>The Antidote for Sitting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Literally, sitting is killing you. If you are not familiar with this, I give you this infographic from Medical Billing And Coding (references at the bottom.) But what to do about it? The helpful infographic suggests that walking around the office as much as you can is a solution and I&#8217;m not saying that doesn&#8217;t...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/the-antidote-for-sitting/</link>
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		<title>Words Patrick Likes &#8212; Bowels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not ashamed to say it. I love bowels. This is not a strange culinary artifact  passed down to me by my Scottish ancestors. I mean to say I love the word bowels. The bowels of hell. The bowels of night. The bowels of Uncle Frank. The bowels of New Jersey. Combine the word bowels...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/words-patrick-likes-bowels/</link>
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		<title>Woke up this morning with this webcomic in my head.</title>
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		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/woke-up-this-morning-with-a-webcomic-in-my-head/</link>
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		<title>Announcing HtSiE:Hostile Takeover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it&#8217;s officially begun. Or since I&#8217;ve just crossed the 50,000 word mark on the sequel to How to Succeed in Evil, maybe it&#8217;s more appropriate to say, &#8220;It has already done been begotten.&#8221; (Ah, scratch that, that can&#8217;t ever be appropriate to say. Verb tense, anyone?) Anyway, the sequel is coming and it&#8217;s title...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/announcing-htsiehostile-takeover/</link>
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		<title>A Word Patrick Likes &#8211; Hamper (n.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While my wife will tell you that I have no positive knowledge of such a thing as a hamper, I must beg to differ. I know hamper and have great affection for it. The world derives from hanepeir which is an Old French word which denotes a special case that contains a  goblet. And let...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/07/hamper/</link>
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		<title>Mallet (n.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like mallet. It&#8217;s a good, honest sounding word. After all it&#8217;s a tool. A useful thing to have with you at almost any time. You really never say to yourself, geese, what&#8217;s this mallet doing here ? No. You say to yourself. &#8220;Hey, that&#8217;s a mallet. I should remember that. Could come in handy.&#8221;...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/06/mallet-n/</link>
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		<title>How to Succeed in Evil on Kindle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yup, it finally happened. I&#8217;m very excited that the whole book can be yours for mere pittance. 99 cents. Why, for less than the price of a cup of coffee you can have, all the antics of Topper. All the sinister brilliance of Edwin. All the prim and proper efficiency of Agnes (or, if you&#8217;ve...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/06/how-to-succeed-in-evil-on-kindle/</link>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Most Dangerous About the Author Blurb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know those &#8220;About the Author&#8221; blurbs that begin with poignant details from the writer&#8217;s childhood? The ones that quickly move through a series of credentials and accomplishments so impressive that they make you feel that if you don’t buy a book then everyone will recognize you for the uncultured Philistine that you are? Yeah,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/06/the-worlds-most-dangerous-about-the-author-blurb/</link>
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		<title>Lurking (v.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, I was given an assignment to write a banking brochure. It this kind of information that nowadays is buried several levels deep in painfully corporate website, but this was before big, dumb companies realized that the internet was going to be a thing and slightly after the invention of fire and...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/06/lurking-v/</link>
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		<title>The Babies Come From Storks Explanation.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another excerpt from the upcoming How to Succeed in Evil e-book. I spend enough time editing this thing and I might convince myself I don&#8217;t completely suck. There are those who think that the business of the law is conducted in the open air of the courtroom. That every discussion and decision is held...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/05/the-babys-come-from-storks-explanation/</link>
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		<title>Should I Write a Book About these Gods?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From How To Succeed in Evil: He is praying, to whatever committee of dark gods bureaucrats pray to in their secret, inefficient hearts, that Gus will pull through.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/05/should-i-write-a-book-about-these-gods/</link>
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		<title>Cracking Myself Up, Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You certainly don&#8217;t have to turn a sentence like this to tell a good story. In fact, I think my urges to do things like this have made it harder for me to learn how to plot. The crafting of lines get in the way of the action. But still, I just giggled again. He...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/05/cracking-myself-up-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Cracking Myself Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally knuckling down and preparing How to Succeed in Evil for it&#8217;s Kindle edition. Which is very interesting because I don&#8217;t remember the writing much at all. Sure, I remember the story and the characters and what happened, but the sentence to sentence minutiae of how I got from point A to point B&#8230; no...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/05/cracking-myself-up/</link>
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		<title>Talent and Improv</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a couple of notable things about this video. First, it&#8217;s one take. Which is pretty amazing and a testament to Scott and Stan. The other thing that interesting is that we made it on the spot. As we were shooting a bunch of other spots I kept walking by this awesome hallway. Visually...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/04/talent-and-improv/</link>
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		<title>More Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For your enjoyment, another video from that series that I did for Patterson Pope. One of the best things about doing work for the web is that you don&#8217;t have an arbitrary :30 or :60 second time constraint. It allows this gag to develop. In 1960&#8242;s Mad Men commercial land you can&#8217;t do things like this.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/04/more-stuff/</link>
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		<title>If You&#8217;ve Got Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people who work in advertising type this with conviction &#8212; I have a great client. But I do. I really do. And of all things, they sell shelving and filing equipment. But trust me, these guys are an awesome client. As proof, here&#8217;s a web video from a series I just did for them.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/04/if-youve-got-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Life is on me like Ringworm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is on me like ringworm. These days I wake up and before I even manage to get out of bed, the busy is all over me. As disgusting as this analogy is, sadly, it is apt. Especially when you consider how hard ringworm is to get rid of. I know this because one morning...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/04/life-is-on-me-like-ringworm/</link>
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		<title>An Interview with John Mierau</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A week ago (hey, was it two?) I spent some quality time talking to John Mierau for his &#8220;Podcast Teardown&#8221; series. It&#8217;s a great idea. The Teardown is a mini-series of 10 questions on the nature of podcasting, put to 10 well-known podcast authors. The questions are the same. The answers might just surprise you....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/02/an-interview-with-john-mierau/</link>
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		<title>Delay of Game Due to Server Troubles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may or may not know, there have been some significant difficulties with the Podiobooks servers on which my audio files currently reside. While the feeds are back up, a complete server fix will not be in place until Friday. So rather than add to the wonkiness, I&#8217;m holding off on posting another chapter...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/01/delay-of-game-due-to-server-troubles/</link>
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		<title>The Spiritual Questions Raised By Unkillable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing ever means exactly what it means. It&#8217;s the fundamental reason that writing is difficult. For example, if I write the word orange, I might imagine the burnt orange of a brilliant sunset I once saw in the Joshua Tree National Forest. The orange that you  imagine when you read that word can be very...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2011/01/the-spiritual-questions-raised-by-unkillable/</link>
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		<title>Enough with the religion of science already!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love XKCD. And the guy who does XKCD recently had some illness in the family, which makes anyone reevaluate things. I wish him and his all the best and am sorry for his troubles. But his recent comic touches a on a very important point. In the broad choice between science and religion you don&#8217;t go...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/12/enough-with-the-religion-of-science-already/</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Terry Pratchett (11 reasons to allow Americans into your contest)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Sir Terry Pratchett is having a contest for unpublished novels, but you can&#8217;t enter if you live in the U.S. This sucks. Especially for me. Because How to Succeed in Evil is an unpublished satire/parody that uses the superhero genre in a similar way that Sir Terry uses the genre of fantasy. He doesn&#8217;t...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/12/an-open-letter-to-terry-pratchett-11-reasons-to-allow-americans-into-your-contest/</link>
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		<title>Most Companies Market Like 17-year-old Boys Trying to get Laid.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent (wasted) an hour last night writing an email about a creative brief. For those not inflicted with the dubious and scattered discipline of corporate communications and advertising, that is a document that summarizes who you are talking to and what you are trying to say. A strategy for communications, if you will. But...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/12/most-companies-market-like-17-year-old-boys-trying-to-get-laid/</link>
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		<title>Unkillable Available for Sale (audio and e-book versions)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buy the complete audio book at CDBABY.com Or get an ebook at Smashwords or Amazon]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/12/unkillable-available-for-sale-audio-and-e-book-versions/</link>
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		<title>Lifehacker Likes Me. The Feeling is Mutual.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been getting a daily dose of productivity pr0n from Lifehacker for years. Taken altogether, the tidbits I&#8217;ve picked up there have saved me at least a month of time. Most recently, the the use of Simplenote &#160;for plain text capture and synchronization across machines and handheld devices.&#160; http://lifehacker.com/5584924/the-holy-grail-of-ubiquitous-plain+text-capture Now they&#8217;ve seen fit to use...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/11/lifehacker-likes-me-the-feeling-is-mutual/</link>
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		<title>What All Great Stories Are About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hidden at the core of every story that really moves me &#8212; every story has depth and character and sustains my interest &#8212; is the same quest. It&#8217;s the struggle for self-knowledge. And any story, no matter how well constructed or crafted that isn&#8217;t (in some way) about a character&#8217;s self-discovery, feels two-dimensional and cheap...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/11/what-all-great-stories-are-about/</link>
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		<title>Eating Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wonderful quote from E.M. Forster&#8217;s, &#8220;Aspects of the Novel&#8221; Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is  the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes  eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to  the west. I swear, if eating...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/11/eating-books/</link>
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		<title>This is simply magnificent! (HT Bad Astronomer)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While watching this by myself I spontaneously broke into applause. Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/10/this-is-simply-magnificent-ht-bad-astronomer/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Things You Never Want to Hear a Zombie Say.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[#10 Mnnnnghhaaaa #9 &#160;Guahhhhhhh #8 Blllllaggghrhahhhhhhhh #7 Burggggggggurp #6 Slargggggggggg-geck #5 Auuuuuuuuuuughhmft #4 Fksssssssssaaaaaaargle #3 Rowwwwwwwwwwwwwl #2 Braaaaaaaaains #1 *burp* Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/10/top-10-things-you-never-want-to-hear-a-zombie-say/</link>
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		<title>Don Shula Eats People.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t do this: Don&#8217;t advertise a restaurant with the suggestion that Cannibalism is an essential part of the good life that we&#8217;ve all somehow been missing. &#8220;Yes, Ethel, have a nibble of this Bohemian and then a sip of the Pino. A divine pairing isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/10/don-shula-eats-people/</link>
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		<title>Announcing Unkillable. New Novel coming in October.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been wondering what Patrick has been working on, here&#8217;s the scoop: He&#8217;s been working on talking about himself in the 3rd person and on a new novel called Unkillable. (Because talking about yourself in the 3rd person is kind of lame, the rest of this post will be about the novel.) Unkillable is...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/08/announcing-unkillable-new-novel-coming-in-october/</link>
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		<title>I so wish I had thought of this.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://gizmodo.com/5616783/zipper-motorboat-unzips-the-oceans-jeans Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/08/i-so-wish-i-had-thought-of-this/</link>
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		<title>Please don&#8217;t write like this.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things happen. Then there are results. The word that should be used in the last sentence of this awful copy is &#8220;happens&#8221; As it stands, this is simply barbarous. Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/08/please-dont-write-like-this/</link>
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		<title>How and Why to Blog &#8212; August 24 1:30-4:30</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How and Why to Blog (and Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIn) August 24th, 1:30-4:30 am @ Interact Studio The world has changed. The way we communicate as organizations and individuals will never be the same. So what do you do about it? You recognize that you have a tremendous power to create and distribute content....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/08/how-and-why-to-blog-august-24-130-430/</link>
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		<title>The dangers of being quotable?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Sam Boykin for leading with my quote. And not just because it&#8217;s my quote. Because it&#8217;s true. Business networking events do blow.&#160; Here&#8217;s his article on the first Ignite Charlotte:&#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/08/the-dangers-of-being-quotable/</link>
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		<title>A new keyboard, glorious and powerful.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, I had a 1966 Chrysler 300. A durable goods item from a vanished age it was. This Chrysler, in addition to having a 383 cu inch engine (an engine, which, in and of itself is bigger than than a Toyota Prius) had something called torque-flight suspension. I won&#8217;t bore you with...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/a-new-keyboard-glorious-and-powerful/</link>
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		<title>Where do ideas come from? August 4th?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I just finished my slides for the 1st Ignite Charlotte. And I couldn&#8217;t be more excited about my talk, &#8220;Where do Ideas Come From.&#8221; The event is free if you RSVP here: http://www.ignitecharlotte.org/rsvp-tickets/ If you don&#8217;t know about Ignite, you should. It&#8217;s a collection of short talks, 20 slides, 15 seconds a slide. I...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/where-do-ideas-come-from-august-4th/</link>
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		<title>Writing a lot of television spots today.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/writing-a-lot-of-television-spots-today/</link>
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		<title>At lunch I read the future in floating grains of rice.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/at-lunch-i-read-the-future-in-floating-grains-of-rice/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t ever use this word.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even if you don&#8217;t respect the language, at least have some respect for yourself. Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/dont-ever-use-this-word/</link>
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		<title>Captain Ahab: Old School Badass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m re-reading Moby Dick. Happened to pick it up this weekend and it sucked me right in. (The fact that I picked it up on a Kindle and also got sucked into buying a Kindle will be the subject for another post, I&#8217;m sure.) But here is one of my favorite passages: That&#8217;s more than...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/captain-ahab-old-school-badass/</link>
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		<title>You want to know what professionalism is?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think Penn Jillette has the answer: No matter what, you perform. http://bigthink.com/ideas/20807 Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/you-want-to-know-what-professionalism-is/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Be sure of this&#8230;&#8221; What a great line.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Re-reading Moby Dick on a Kindle. I forgot how magnificent this book really is. (I&#8217;m enjoying the device as well.) Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/be-sure-of-this-what-a-great-line/</link>
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		<title>Oh, TerraCotta Buddha hears you&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;he just doesn&#8217;t TerraCotta care. Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/oh-terracotta-buddha-hears-you/</link>
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		<title>Real-time and other kinds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend emailed me with a slightly snarky usage question about the compound adjective &#8220;real-time&#8221;. He asked, &#8220;Is there any other kind of time?&#8221; Of course, he&#8217;s absolutely right, it is a pretty hollow and meaningless lump of letters, but it did get me to thinking. Off the top of my head I came up...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/real-time-and-other-kinds/</link>
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		<title>The Universal Error of Our Technologically Hypnotized Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We like to focus on the tools we use to communicate more than the messages we are trying send. We don&#8217;t say, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to spread my message,&#8221; we say, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to send an email,&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;ll make a call.&#8221; It is the universal error of our technologically hypnotized age. And it makes things...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/07/the-universal-error-of-our-technologically-hypnotized-age/</link>
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		<title>War Metaphors are Never the Answer.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Either Time magazine needs to be slapped or the US Army needs to change it&#8217;s strategy. Either way, I can&#8217;t advise using war metaphors for anything other than war.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/04/war-metaphors-are-never-the-answer/</link>
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		<title>Why the Seanachai had to Come to an End</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are three reasons. 1) Old projects have to end for new projects to begin. 2) A 10 minute funny/interesting little audio bit on the internet can&#8217;t really evolve. It will only ever be a 10 minute funny/interesting little audio bit. 3) The name was a problem, as so eloquently pointed out by Scott Sigler...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/04/why-the-seanachai-had-to-come-to-an-end/</link>
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		<title>My First Book in Print</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s got an ISBN number. It&#8217;s even available on Amazon. It&#8217;s all kinds of awesome. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Stories I Told Myself&#8221; and it features the best of my work on the Seanachai Podcast. It also includes two never before released stories. &#8220;Getting Shot&#8221; the story of me, well, getting shot when I lived in L.A....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/03/my-first-book-in-print/</link>
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		<title>Patrick on the Dead Robots Society Podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Featuring me. P.G. Holyfield, Justin Macumber and a sharp-witted Terry Mixon. It&#8217;s all about how to podcast and it&#8217;s available here: http://tinyurl.com/DRSep121]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/03/patrick-on-the-dead-robots-society-podcast/</link>
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		<title>A Wake for the Seanachai &#8212; March 24th 9pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Download promo So, I’m driving home one night and I get shot. Twice with one bullet, actually. It’s not a joke, it’s a true story. And like all true stories that don’t end in death, it is ultimately a comedy. On March 24th at 9 pm I am going to read this story live on...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/03/a-wake-for-the-seanachai-march-24th-9pm/</link>
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		<title>The Third Wave of Literacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe we just entered what I call the Third Wave of Literacy. It’s tough to pinpoint this occurrence exactly – it’s not like anybody blew a whistle – but as I look back from the dizzying technological height of 2010, here are the divisions I can see. The First Wave In the first wave,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/03/the-third-wave-of-literacy/</link>
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		<title>How to Succeed in Evil in a nutshell.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, boys, this is the week we knock over the barn. Uh boss? Why a barn again? Because that’s where the blue bag is, you idiot. Remember: everyone wear suits, so we’ll stand out in a rural setting. Then we’ll meet up right under the big metal grain chute. And there it is, &#8220;Why a...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/02/how-to-succeed-in-evil-in-a-nutshell/</link>
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		<title>Going all Old Testament on the Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judges 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. This is the oldest example that I...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/02/going-all-old-testament-on-the-language/</link>
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		<title>As if there weren&#8217;t enough adjectives in the ad&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean&#8217;s Posterous]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/02/as-if-there-werent-enough-adjectives-in-the-ad/</link>
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		<title>Why I fear the iPad will disappoint.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of hype about the iPad. I am skeptical for many reasons, but all of my fancy arguments were just trumped by an email Apple just sent me. At the very top was this: After reading this sentence I have become afraid for Apple. It smacks of sales-ly desperation. Because if that&#8217;s...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/01/why-i-fear-the-ipad-will-disappoint/</link>
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		<title>I wrote -18,000 words today.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No seriously. I read Italo Calvino&#8217;s essay on Quickness. Got very excited, cut 20,000 words out of Unkillable. (which will make it stronger, shorter and allow me to finish it faster.) Then I wrote 2000 more words. 2000-20,000 = -18,000. At this rate I&#8217;l have no story at all by the end of the week...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/01/i-wrote-18000-words-today/</link>
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		<title>I AM CORRUPTING YOUTH!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some fine folks that I don&#8217;t know posted this video to YouTube of their adorable child. In the comments, they mentioned that the audio in the background was Patrick E. McLean&#8217;s &#8220;How to Succeed in Evil.&#8221; I&#8217;m not sure how to feel about my voice screaming&#160;obscenities&#160;and&#160;hilarities at a child, so I will default to AWESOME!...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/01/i-am-corrupting-youth/</link>
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		<title>The Reason to Practice an Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me, how much of my life I have spent in the practice of an art. As I write it, the word &#8216;art&#8217; seems ladened with incorrect connotations. It seems more correct to describe the process as a craft. There is, to be certain, an art of writing. But to get to the...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/01/the-reason-to-practice-an-art/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Road to Hell is Paved with Adverbs&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January isn&#8217;t even over yet and I can already see that 2010 is going to be a HUGE year. One of the things that I&#8217;m very excited about is that I&#8217;m going to get spend most of my time helping people improve their writing. This is a move that&#8217;s been four years in the making...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/01/the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-adverbs/</link>
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		<title>Fifteen Kinds of Snow It Would Be Useful to Have Names for</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a popular story that says that  Eskimos have many different words to describe many different kinds of snow. It is a total hoax. Which is a shame, because the idea has a certain magic to it. Fifteen Kinds of Snow that It Would Be Useful to Have Names for: The damp, back-killing snow...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2010/01/fifteen-kinds-of-snow-it-would-be-useful-to-have-names-for/</link>
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		<title>George Orwell&#8217;s Six Rules for Saving the Language (and the World)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world doesn&#8217;t make much sense to me. Or, more precisely, the sense that the world makes to others is not the sense it makes to me. Nowhere is this more evident in the use and abuse of language. Language of any kind is a slippery, imperfect instrument at best. And if we want to get...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/12/george-orwells-six-rules-for-saving-the-language-and-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Autumn Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Autumn Day by Rainer Maria Rilke Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your shadow on the sundials and let loose the wind in the fields. Bid the last fruits to be full; give them another two more southerly days, press them to ripeness, and chase the last sweetness into the heavy wine....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/11/autumn-day/</link>
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		<title>The Pomodoro Technique (for writers)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been using something called the Pomodoro Technique to help me in my writing. It&#8217;s been nothing short of amazing. On the surface, it&#8217;s very simple. You block out 25 minutes to work, crank up a kitchen timer and only focus on that task until the timer rings. But I have found it to...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/11/the-pomodoro-technique-for-writers/</link>
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		<title>Why is this doll winking at me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So this little guy is the original weeble-wobble. His name is Daruma and this is his home on my desk. There is a weight in his paper-mache base, so if you knock him over he stands back up again. He is modeled after a legendary monk named Bodhidarma. Like all legendary characters, there are a...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/11/why-is-this-doll-winking-at-me/</link>
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		<title>The Toughest Trees Ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve become fascinated by trees. I&#8217;ve always liked them. But David Allen Sibley&#8217;s &#8220;Guide to Trees&#8221; has really sparked my interest. If you see me out and about, and I&#8217;m staring at a tree, it&#8217;s not because I&#8217;ve gone any farther off the deep end. It&#8217;s my new curiosity. So the other day, on my...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/11/the-toughest-trees-ever/</link>
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		<title>An Early Morning Update.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m up early this morning. And, for the hell of it, I decided to record a video episode. Now that How to Succeed in Evil the Novel is done, I&#8217;m compiling an anthology of stories from The Seanachai. It&#8217;s going to be titled, &#8220;Stories I Told Myself&#8221; As a learning experience I&#8217;m going to self-publish...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/10/an-early-morning-update/</link>
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		<title>Epilogue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wrapping things up nicely.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/09/epilogue/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 70: The Only Sane Thing to Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It all becomes clear.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-70-the-only-sane-thing-to-do/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 69: Negatively Buoyant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin takes action.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-69-negatively-buoyant/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 68: Edwin Dresses for the Funeral</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elegant sadness.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-68-edwin-dresses-for-the-funeral/</link>
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		<title>Chaper 67: You Want Evil?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin turns a corner.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chaper-67-you-want-evil/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 66: From a Higher Place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aren't you afraid of me?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-66-from-a-higher-place/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 65: Out of Business?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this the end?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-65-out-of-business/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 64: The Last Hole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Playing by the rules.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-64-the-last-hole/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 63: The Back Nine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Topper can't stand it. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-63-the-back-nine/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 62: The Turn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reversal of fortune.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-62-the-turn/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 61: The Front Nine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe golf just isn't his game. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-61-the-front-nine/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 60: Henchcaddy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fateful day begins. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-60-henchcaddy/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 59: Excelsior Throws the Gauntlet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin picks it up?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-59-excelsior-throws-the-gauntlet/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 58: Gus in the Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director Smiles is put front and center.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-58-gus-in-the-hospital/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 57: Get Him To Pop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overcome a strong body through a weak mind. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-57-get-him-to-pop/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 56: A Reasonable Disagreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opening Arguments]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/07/chapter-56-a-reasonable-disagreement/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 55: A Tale of Two Back Rooms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Justice isn't made out in the open air. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/06/chapter-55-a-tale-of-two-back-rooms/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 54: An Angle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every good lawyer needs one. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/06/chapter-54-an-angle/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 53: Serving a Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's hard to catch up with a guy who can fly. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/06/chapter-53-serving-a-process/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 52: A Score to Settle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Topper searches for base motives. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/06/chapter-52-a-score-to-settle/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 51: The Death of Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was inevitable.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/06/chapter-51-the-death-of-culture/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 50: Agnes vs. Mistivio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Master of Darkness?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-50-agnes-vs-mistivio/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 48: Somewhere Over Kansas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victory is hollow after all. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-48-somewhere-over-kansas/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 47: A Giant Illusion in Space.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Loeb gets his laser.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-47-a-giant-illusion-in-space/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 49: Mr. the Magnificent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stay with the numbers Lifto.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-49-mr-the-magnificent/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 46: The Man Who Pulls the Strings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Talk to the Puppet?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-46-the-man-who-pulls-the-strings/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 45: Excelsior Speaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just flew in from Cleveland...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-45-excelsior-speaks/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 44: The Pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin sells a scheme.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-44-the-pitch/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 43: Getting the Best of a Bad Bounce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cromoglodon is a hit. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-43-getting-the-best-of-a-bad-bounce/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 42: The Cromoglodon is Born</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An innocent seduced?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-42-the-cromoglodon-is-born/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 41: Down But Not Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excelsior is surprised by defeat.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-41-down-but-not-out/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 40: How to Make Advantage From Avalanche</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin figures it out.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-40-how-to-make-advantage-from-avalanche/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 39: Topper Detects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Topper finds more than he bargained for. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/05/chapter-39-topper-detects/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 38: Calling Forth Nemesis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excelsior called in to deal with Barry]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-38-calling-forth-nemesis/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 37: Topper Gives a Pep Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trying to talk Edwin out of a funk. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-37-topper-gives-a-pep-talk/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 36: A Blakjack Toting Angel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Agnes restores order]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-36-a-blakjack-toting-angel/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 35: Wrecking a Building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barry BASH architecture]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-35-wrecking-a-building/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 34: Reasoning with Barry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a good idea.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-34-reasoning-with-barry/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 33: Clarence gets scared</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clarence gets a visit from Topper]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-33-clarence-gets-scared/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 32: Enlisting the Little Savage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Topper's the man for the job!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-32-enlisting-the-little-savage/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 31: Barry BASH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The one thing he's good at.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-31-barry-bash/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 30: Cotton Candy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enter a poor little boy named Barry]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-30-cotton-candy/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 29: A new suit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin recovers himself]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-29-a-new-suit/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 28: 23 Seconds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The duration of Dr. Loeb's success?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-28-23-seconds/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 26: Marauding through the night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything comes loose at the seams]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-26-marauding-through-the-night/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 27: The Rescue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Topper wants credit for the win]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-27-the-rescue/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 25: Excelsior fights the hurricane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Superpowered man vs. Nature]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-25-excelsior-fights-the-hurricane/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 24: How it happened</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How things went horrifyingly wrong.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-24-how-it-happened/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 23: How did this happen?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things go horrifyingly wrong.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-23-how-did-this-happen/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 22: The Demands of Dr. Loeb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin twists Eustace.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-22-the-demands-of-dr-loeb/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 21: Strip Club/Truck Stop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Topper vs. the Locals.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-21-strip-clubtruck-stop/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 20: Search Your Feelings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does Edwin regret spurning Iphagenia?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-20-search-your-feelings/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 19: Nothing Right for Agnes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Restraint and perseverance aren't paying off. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-19-nothing-right-for-agnes/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 18: Edwin Makes His Pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why fight for it when you can simply buy it?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-18-edwin-makes-his-pitch/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 17: Using the Asset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world ain't what it used to be. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/chapter-17-using-the-asset/</link>
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		<title>Helping a guy get his break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve written a novel, called How to Succeed in Evil. It&#8217;s a wonderful satire of Supervillians and Corporate Culture. The main character is a man named Edwin Windsor, who helps villians be more profitable and successful. He&#8217;s kind of like Arthur Anderson for Lex Luthor. Anyway, I&#8217;ve put it online as a free, serialized...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/04/helping-a-guy-get-his-break/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 16: Just a Consultant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin does what he does best.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-16-just-a-consultant/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 15: Following the Protocol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Agnes does her job. Topper attempts to swing into action. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-15-following-the-protocol/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 14: The Empress Josephine?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-14-the-empress-josephine/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 13: Edwin Dresses for Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can civilization be contained in a mere garment?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-13-edwin-dresses-for-dinner/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 12: Cindi with an &#8216;i&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excelsior tries to take a night off. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-12-cindi-with-an-i/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 11: Calling Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin checks in.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-11-calling-home/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 10: Cassette Girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than Edwin ever wanted to know about Iphagenia Rielly. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-10-cassette-girl/</link>
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		<title>Azizullah&#8217;s Vault</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you rob the safest bank in the world? Episode Script Azizulluah&#8217;s Vault INTRO: The world is large. And it&#8217;s interconnected in ways we can&#8217;t even imagine. Ties of technology, community, culture &#8212; boggles the mind in this digital age. And if there is one thing that has brought people together since the dawn...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/azizullahs-vault/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 9: What Do You Want Mr. Windsor?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin meets the Not-So-Sinister Dr. Loeb's mother. Iphagenia. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-9-what-do-you-want-mr-windsor/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 8: A Giant Laser In Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The one scheme that can't possibly work.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-8-a-giant-laser-in-space/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 7: Excelsior on the Beach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gus gives the big guy a pep talk. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-7-excelsior-on-the-beach/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 6: There&#8217;s Money and then there&#8217;s Money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin plots, schemes and puts up with Topper. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-6-theres-money-and-then-theres-money/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 5: A Par Four Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin and Topper hit the links.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-5-a-par-four-life/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 4: A Child of Faded Empire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enter Agnes, Edwin's formidable secretary.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-4-a-child-of-faded-empire/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 3: Edwin Walking the Hallway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin walks down memory lane. This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful wife. How did I get here?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-3-edwin-walking-the-hallway/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 2: Vorld Domination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin meets the Not-So-Sinister Dr. Loeb]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-2-vorld-domination/</link>
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		<title>Chapter 1: A Lot of Words He Doesn&#8217;t Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excelsior races to the rescue?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/chapter-1-a-lot-of-words-he-doesnt-know/</link>
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		<title>Prologue: Song</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In which a brave pilot fights to save his plane and all on-board.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/03/prologue-song/</link>
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		<title>Seanachai Best of CD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now available in the store. Buy one, buy five. It&#8217;s a nice way to support the podcast and have something to give to a friend or loved one (or hell, even enemy) when they say, &#8220;Seanofthedeadwhat? How do you say that?&#8221; or even , &#8220;Podcasting, why would I want to throw my iPod?&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/02/seanachai-best-of-cd/</link>
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		<title>The Best Resume Ever?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this really the best resume ever? It's definitely in the running. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/02/the-best-resume-ever/</link>
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		<title>Seanachai Promos &#8211; Get &#8216;em while they&#8217;re hot!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rusty Bender I Died Zombie Spelling Brains]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/02/seanachai-promos-get-em-while-theyre-hot/</link>
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		<title>Say Something Real</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And it's non-fiction.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/02/say-something-real/</link>
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		<title>Dorfing the auto post.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I had two episodes post right next to each other. One on Thursday of last week. And then one on Friday. As it turns out, adjusting the timestamp of your post is a powerful thing. And with all great powers, you want to try not to dorf it up. So, in the interest of...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/02/dorfing-the-auto-post/</link>
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		<title>What January&#8217;s writing looks like.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I put my writing log into a sparkline using Ubiquity and this is what I got. The highest peaks are two 3,000 word days, the average peak is 1000 words and the flat spots are, well, zero. (I was skiing those days January 09:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/02/what-januarys-writing-looks-like/</link>
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		<title>W. C. Fields</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It ain&#8217;t what they call you, it&#8217;s what you answer to.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/01/w-c-fields/</link>
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		<title>Emerson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/01/emerson/</link>
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		<title>H.L. Mencken</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/01/hl-menncken/</link>
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		<title>Winston Churchill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuous effort &#8212; not strength or intelligence &#8212; is the key to unlocking our potential.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/01/winston-churchill/</link>
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		<title>Snow Piranha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, that&#8217;s my dog.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/01/snow-pirhana/</link>
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		<title>A Defense of Writing Longhand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Is technology really my friend? Or is it just pretending to be my friend so it can date my sister? I like technology. A lot. But I&#8217;m not too sure how technology feels about me. It may be my faithful friend and boon companion &#8212; then again, it may just be pretending to be...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/01/a-defense-of-writing-longhand-2/</link>
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		<title>Pinflation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In which, pinball might help us get a handle on a complicated subject. The Crash Course by Chris Martenson http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse EPISODE SCRIPT: Pinball is a great game. There&#8217;s something about playing a game where the operating system is the same as the visible universe. Dress it up as much as you like, add all the animatronic...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2009/01/pinflation-2/</link>
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		<title>What do I know? Santa may be real.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed an interesting trend in the comments. Slowly but surely, we&#8217;ve gathered some obviously young and fairly charming opposition to the &#8220;There&#8217;s no such thing as Santa&#8221; episode. My favorite comes from Hannah. hi ppl santa is real we havent got a chimney but santa has this special key so he can get into...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/12/544/</link>
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		<title>First subscriber-only post up now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the first subscriber-only post is up. So if you think you should be able to see it and can&#8217;t, please email or comment and we&#8217;ll straighten it out as quickly as possible. The post presents a bit of work in progress. It&#8217;s a draft of a screenplay from 1999 called 86 Nickels. It was...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/11/first-subscriber-only-post-up-now/</link>
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		<title>86 Nickels Script</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So this is an early draft of the screenplay that eventually became Death of a Dishwasher. Very clearly, I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m doing structuring a screenplay &#8212; but some of the scene&#8217;s really snap. And the lines are still funny. I skimmed it as I was building this post and I chuckled to myself...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/11/86-nickels-script/</link>
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		<title>Members, donations and the lot.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, we&#8217;ve officially launched our membership system. This means a couple of things: first of all it means that, in return for donating to The Seanachai, not only do you get to help us keep the lights on and servers up, we&#8217;ll also be capable of giving you stuff in return &#8211;members-only content. Think of...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/11/members-donations-and-the-lot/</link>
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		<title>A Preview and a Question.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, things are going well. At least I think things are going well. There are some donations. Episodes are going up on a regular basis. I don&#8217;t feel like I&#8217;ve hit any of the new ones out of the park, but I&#8217;m hitting some solid doubles. What&#8217;s lacking, of course, is fiction. And I&#8217;ve got...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/11/a-preview-and-a-question/</link>
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		<title>An Introduction to the Seanachai podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though the Seanachai is parsed out in 5-7 minute increments, the entire podcast is more than 8 hours of finished audio. This tends to make it daunting for new listeners. So to enhance the accessibility, and more effectively suck people in, I&#8217;ve compiled a brief introduction. It includes some of my favorite episodes (and...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/11/an-introduction-to-the-seanachai-podcast/</link>
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		<title>Registerify yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, with all the visions and version of distopian, statist, cybepunk fantasies that I have dancing around in my head, I have to admit, I&#8217;m the first guy who&#8217;s a little reluctant to stand up and be counted. But the simple fact of the matter is, sometimes it has to happen. And this is...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/10/registerify-yourself/</link>
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		<title>State of the Seanachai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So far October shows: 103 Subscribers Podpress : 1914 downloads of the Relaunch Episode  9026 unique visitors  $193.42 in donations October 2006 reported 16054 visitors, but I no scared. It&#8217;s a rebuilding year.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/10/state-of-the-seanachai/</link>
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		<title>A Conversation with a Friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I hashed through some of the issues around the Seanachai with a friend of mind, Brandon Uttley. He ejected himself from a company he founded because he wasn’t satisfied with where it was going. He a good guy and a good guy to talk with. If you’re interested in getting involved, here’s 60 minutes...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/10/a-conversation-with-a-friend-2/</link>
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		<title>An open question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best things about starting up the Seanachai again is that I get to really figure out what I want it to be like. That is to say, I get to make a plan. Which is pretty nice. Because in 2005 I just let myself get run over by this project ALL THE...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/10/an-open-question/</link>
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		<title>Pardon Our Dust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello; St. Michael here. In preparation for the relaunch of The Seanachai on October 15th we&#8217;re rearranging a few things here on the site and preparing a new site design. As a result, some things on the current site may behave strangly or cease to function until we get the new site launched (at the...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/10/pardon-our-dust/</link>
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		<title>Be of good cheer&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;for I will not desert you. It&#8217;s a paraphrase from one of my favorite parts of Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman. And even though I haven&#8217;t been podcasting, I have not abandoned well, the faith, let us say. The book proceeds. Such arrogance to attempt such a long work, but it goes well. I...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/08/be-of-good-cheer/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Evil Update and a Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the old email box has been flooded in the last week. And everybody is asking the same question. What in the hell is going on? The only thing I find lacking in your work to date is the lack of quantity. I enjoy Edwin, as well as the short stories of yours I came...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/04/evil-update-and-a-question/</link>
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		<title>The Old Dog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m taking care of my parents dog. She&#8217;s 98 years old, and consequently, a little set in her ways. She&#8217;s a mutt, maybe chow crossed with Shepard, but who really knows? Her nose is wet. Her tongue hangs out. My dad bought her for five bucks out of a cardboard box &#8212; and the consensus...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2008/01/the-old-dog-2/</link>
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		<title>Dried Cherries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Love is weird. Love is weird. I&#8217;m not talking about the kind of love marketers shove down your throat every Valentine&#8217;s day. I mean the real day to day act of showing someone that you care. For example, every time I go home, my mother sends me away with food. I suspect that all mothers...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/12/dried-cherries-2/</link>
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		<title>New Episode of &#8216;Evil up on succeedinevil.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin confronts El Justiador. Topper does violent and funny things. Really, this episode has something for everyone. http://www.succeedinevil.com]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/09/new-episode-of-evil-up-on-succeedinevilcom/</link>
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		<title>TagCloud for HtSiE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, this is kind of interesting. It&#8217;s a visual representation of the most frequently occurring words in the text of all the How to Succeed in Evil Episodes. agent ah amazing anything away bad behind business company course cromoglodon de door dr edna edwin enough evil going golf gonna head hey himself insurance man money...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/05/tagcloud-for-htsie/</link>
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		<title>The Music of Evil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I keep getting questions about the music in How to Succeed in Evil. And to my surprise, people keep asking about what I call the main theme. I friend of mine turned me on to Reason and I played around with it until I had something I liked. When I started &#8216;Evil the podsafe...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/05/the-music-of-evil/</link>
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		<title>NPR Entry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I submitted the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day excerpt. Many of you made compelling cases for other excerpts but I felt that St. Pat&#8217;s was the strongest match with the 1st round requirements. Thanks for all your feedback. It means more than you know to have your support. Trying to break through is lonely, demoralizing work....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/05/npr-entry/</link>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Talking Podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday I&#8217;m going to be on Matthew Wayne Selznick&#8217;s (author of Brave Men Run) new podcast. It will me and Scott Sigler (Author of Earthcore and Ancestor) talking, among other things, about how the publishing industry is changing. Sure, I like the sound of my own voice, but I&#8217;m deeply interested in what Sigler...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/04/writers-talking-podcast/</link>
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		<title>New Site Design!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Webmaster Michael checking in to point out the new website design for How to Succeed in Evil! The Seanachai got a redesign not long ago so we figured it was time &#8220;Evil&#8221; got one, too! Welcome to the new succeedinevil.com! we hope you like it!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/04/new-site-design/</link>
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		<title>Well, it&#8217;s high time for an update (and a question)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is the expected cliche of our time to say, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been busy&#8221; but truly, I have. While there hasn&#8217;t been much going on on the site, there has been quite a bit going on behind the scenes. So here&#8217;s a peek. The nature of this whole thing. I&#8217;ve learned that this is very much...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/04/well-its-high-time-for-an-update-and-a-question/</link>
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		<title>New Website Design!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Michael here, just checking in to point out the new website design here at The Seanachai (as if you hadn&#8217;t noticed). We&#8217;re super proud of the new look and we hope you like it, too! Some other, minor, organizational things on the site may be changing in the near-ish future, but nothing you need...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/03/new-website-design/</link>
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		<title>Pifflewalstow &#8211; Patrick&#8217;s Five Point Plan that Will Allow the Seanachai to Take Over the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing up is hard. And I&#8217;m not sure it gets any easier the older you get. It just stays hard. For example, I have trouble delegating. When I get in my head to do something, by gum and Jupiter (and a bunch of other corny psuedo-swear words) I jump in and do it. The problem...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/03/pifflewalstow-patricks-five-point-plan-that-will-allow-the-seeanachai-to-take-over-the-world-3/</link>
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		<title>In Japan&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Little girls are not allowed to play with frogs that are wacked out on drugs. technorati tags:Japan, TheSeanachai, photos, Frog, Drugs, WTF, Patrick E. McLean]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/03/in-japan-5/</link>
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		<title>So I&#8217;m in Japan &#8211; Summimasen. Blogu Postu des.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And no, there&#8217;s no punchline. I&#8217;m actually on vacation in Japan. Jet lag being what it is, I&#8217;m awake a time that no human should be awake. Separated from the herd in a country that is uniquely and emphatically about the herd. Before I left, a Korean friend of mine commented, &#8220;You will like Japan....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/02/so-im-in-japan-summimasen-blogu-postu-des-3/</link>
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		<title>Evil, inexorable evil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a name like How to Succeed in Evil, can success even be doubted? Well, sure. But things are going pretty well now. New podcast episode is written and should be up within the week. (Barring attack by flying monkies or someone throwing gobs of money at me to write something else) The big news...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2007/01/evil-inexorable-evil/</link>
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		<title>TV Commericials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every job has it&#8217;s ups and downs. Recently I had a pretty big up when I shot these spots for the local hockey team. Seriously, this *is* my day job. At least on a good day. Check all of the out on YouTube. technorati tags:Patrick E. McLean, Copywriting, hockey, commericals, Seanachai, Charlotte Checkers, animal control]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/11/tv-commericials/</link>
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		<title>An odd observation.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my book Catastrophe: Risk and Return (2004), I examined the issue of scientific literacy briefly, pointing out that only a third of American adults (adults, not 15-year-olds) know what a molecule is, that 39 percent believe that astrology is scientific, that 46 percent deny that human beings evolved from earlier animal species, and that...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/11/an-odd-observation/</link>
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		<title>How to Succeed in Evil Update IN GLORIOUS COLOR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, okay. So I&#8217;m lame for being quiet for so long. (And I know I&#8217;m lame) But things are bubbling. I swear they are. For one thing, we&#8217;ve got a colorist (the Mighty Myron Macklin) and he&#8217;s awesome. And we&#8217;re almost, almost, almost, so close I can taste it, done with the color version of...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/10/how-to-succeed-in-evil-update-in-glorious-color/</link>
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		<title>How to Succeed in Evil Update IN GLORIOUS COLOR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, okay. So I&#8217;m lame for being quiet for so long. (And I know I&#8217;m lame) But things are bubbling. I swear they are. For one thing, we&#8217;ve got a colorist (the Mighty Myron Macklin) and he&#8217;s awesome. And we&#8217;re almost, almost, almost, so close I can taste it, done with the color version of...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/10/how-to-succeed-in-evil-update-in-glorious-color-2/</link>
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		<title>Gutenberg&#8217;s anniversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was on this day in 1452 that the first section of the Gutenberg Bible was published in Mainz, Germany. It was the first book ever printed with movable type, Gutenberg&#8217;s revolutionary idea. At the time, all existing books were copied out by hand, and in order to be as efficient as possible, scribes had...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/09/gutenbergs-anniversary/</link>
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		<title>A Wonderful Dialog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy having a very candid conversation about why the Star Trek franchise will continue. I howled. Yes it&#8217;s gutshot, but this every last bitter dollar will be squeezed out of it. SHATNER: So you want Paramount to say we&#8217;ve made enough money? NIMOY: Let&#8217;s stop making money. Yeah. SHATNER: Yeah, yeah....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/09/a-wonderful-dialog/</link>
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		<title>My Best Writing Hack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a professional writer. My words pay for my bread, my beer and everything else I consume. Last year, not counting re-writes or emails, I generated 400 pages. That&#8217;s a novel worth of writing. Except that I don&#8217;t write novels. The average length of what I write is about two pages. Which means I started...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/09/my-best-writing-hack/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;How to Succeed in Evil&#8221; Wins a Parsec Award!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patrick McLean was given a Parsec Award for &#8220;Best Fiction (Long)&#8221; for How to Succeed in Evil!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/09/how-to-succeed-in-evil-wins-a-parsec-award-2/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;How to Succeed in Evil&#8221; Wins a Parsec Award!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patrick McLean was given a Parsec Award for &#8220;Best Fiction (Long)&#8221; for How to Succeed in Evil!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/09/how-to-succeed-in-evil-wins-a-parsec-award/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Dishwasher&#8221; Wins a Parsec Award!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patrick McLean was given a Parsec Award for &#8220;Best Fiction (Non-speculative)&#8221; for Death of a Dishwasher!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/09/dishwasher-wins-a-parsec-award/</link>
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		<title>Parsec Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the Seanachai (I guess I could just say &#8216;I&#8217;) won two Parsec Awards this weekend. It&#8217;s somehow fitting that it was Labor Day weekend. Because if there&#8217;s one thing a podcast requires it labor. And it&#8217;s very nice to get recognition for that labor. The Seanachai was nominated in four categories and won in...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/09/parsec-awards/</link>
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		<title>The Confusion About Dialog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I told you I knew how to write dialog I would be lying. I have no clue how I do it. I listen and type what I hear. (Yes, these are the voices in my head.) So when people go on and on about dialog it bores me. And not just because I feel...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/the-confusion-about-dialog/</link>
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		<title>Expectations &#8211; the ball the game is played with</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to dissect a story. One of the ways that has proven to be most rewarding for me is to consider only the reader&#8217;s expectations. Plot, story, theme, character, point of view &#8212; all of it, right out the window (it&#8217;s fairly liberating). The only analysis becomes what is expected vs. what...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/expectations-the-ball-the-game-is-played-with/</link>
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		<title>Expectation Pt. II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s analyze a few storires using the expectations model. Nothing rigorous here, just what popped off the top o my head. The Book of Job: A man&#8217;s life falls apart. We expect him to curse his maker. We would totally sympathize if he did. (Since it&#8217;s his maker&#8217;s fault.) But he does not. Gospel according...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/expectation-pt-ii/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Yes, but&#8230;&#8221; The Cardinal Rule of Drama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have an friend who is a very talented actor. And one day he explained to me the secret of improv. No matter what happens, you have to respond with &#8220;Yes, but.&#8221; For example. &#8220;Your hat is on fire.&#8221; &#8220;Yes, but I bought it on sale.&#8221; If you just agree with the other person, the...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/yes-but-the-cardinal-rule-of-drama/</link>
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		<title>Story Construction &#8211; Intro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The business of building stories seems not much different from the business of building anything else. This is the insight of Lester Dent, the pulp writer who created Doc Savage. This was a guy who would regularly churn out 90,000 to 100,000 words a month on a manual typewriter. There&#8217;s no two ways about it,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/story-construction-intro/</link>
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		<title>Story Construction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The business of building stories seems not much different from the business of building anything else. This is the insight of Lester Dent, the pulp writer who created Doc Savage. This was a guy who would regularly churn out 90,000 to 100,000 words a month on a manual typewriter. There&#8217;s no two ways about it,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/story-construction-intro-2/</link>
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		<title>Rhetoric of Audio &#8211; Introduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve heard more than one or two episodes of the Seanachai, you&#8217;ve got an inkling that I&#8217;m up to something more than just reading my own stories. For the most part, I&#8217;m composing specifically for the medium. And along the way, I&#8217;ve been experimenting and refining my ideas about how audio storytelling works. And...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/rhetoric-of-audio-introduction/</link>
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		<title>Hey, where&#8217;s my damn Seanachai episode?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fine question (even if the tone was a little rude) and I&#8217;m glad you asked. I&#8217;ve been travelling, working on a pitch for a thing with a guy at a company (I don&#8217;t want to jinx it, but it&#8217;s more of a Thing with a Guy at a Company.) and trying to make a...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patrickemclean.com/2006/08/hey-wheres-my-damn-seanachai-episode/</link>
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