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		<title>This is exciting! The book is ready!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grikkl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm going public for the binkle and the children of the world. They must find out about the most powerful energy source on the planet. One they have 100% control over. And they don't even know it. Grown ups and leaders have been totally negligent toward young people--forcing them to learn things that don't matter. While ignoring things that matter very much.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>It&#8217;s a Gnome! &#8211; Delivered by means of a book</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/binkle_compass_thumb.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26" title="binkle_compass_thumb" src="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/binkle_compass_thumb.jpg" alt="Cover, The Binkle and the Catawampus Compass" title="binkle_compass_thumb" /> </a> For a while now my public identity only existed within the pages of a manuscript. One that almost nobody has seen. The occasional reader who saw early versions were quite complementary about my wisdom and personality. But I still had my privacy. My secrets hadn&#8217;t been spread all over for just about anybody to see. Nor had I yet given anything away about the closely guarded secrets of fairydom.</p>
<p>I see the wisdom of being out of the public eye. But as more and more people read <em>The Binkle and the Catawampus Compass</em> , I&#8217;m pretty sure to kiss my tranquil invisible days goodbye. I already told you why I&#8217;m taking this step&#8211;out of the shadows and into the public eye. It&#8217;s not for myself&#8211;not a bit of it. In fact the opposite&#8211;I&#8217;m very satisfied to live out my life as a private and unacknowledged gnome.</p>
<h2>Why I&#8217;m spilling the beans</h2>
<p>I&#8217;m only willing to go public for the binkle and the children of the world. They must find out about the most powerful energy source on the planet. One they have 100% control over. And they don&#8217;t even know it. Grown ups and leaders have been totally negligent toward young people&#8211;forcing them to learn things that don&#8217;t matter. While ignoring things that matter very much. That can&#8217;t be allowed to continue. Not if I can do something to turn things around. So here I am, spilling the beans in more ways than one.</p>
<p>Already, I&#8217;m starting to learn what &quot;Series&quot; means. It&#8217;s not one measly book, but a whole parade of them. The next one I&#8217;ve been helping with is <em>The Binkle and the Eight Foot Pigmies</em> &#8211;about a secret society. Who&#8217;s willing to bet that it&#8217;s existence, which was kept underground for thousands of years, stays secret? Not a chance.</p>
<p>Is it my fault that it&#8217;s comig out at this time. No, not entirely. Things are happening in the world. Scary things; confusing things, and unless people catch on to how to use the binkle, I don&#8217;t know if things can be pulled around.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m doing my part, helping to get the book out. Then jumping around like a trained monkey with all the marketing fiddle-de-de they&#8217;re expecting me to do. Then it&#8217;s up to the readers&#8230;</p>
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<li><a title="Book Informaton" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=28" target="_blank" title="Book Informaton">Book <strong>Information</strong> </a></li>
<li><a title="Book Contents" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=15" target="_blank" title="Book Contents"><strong>Contents</strong> of the book</a></li>
<li><a title="Read part of the book" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=19" target="_blank" title="Read part of the book">A short piece to <strong>read now</strong> </a></li>
<li><a title="Characters in the book" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=11" target="_blank" title="Characters in the book"><strong>Characters</strong> in the book<br />
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<li><a title="Find the allusions in the book" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=9" target="_blank" title="Find the allusions in the book"><strong>Allusions</strong> </a></li>
<li><a title="Terms in the book" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=21" target="_blank" title="Terms in the book"><strong>Terms</strong> in the book<br />
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<li><a title="What people say about the book" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=12" target="_blank" title="What people say about the book">What <strong>People Say</strong> </a></li>
<li><a title="The Author--Faith Lynella" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=22" target="_blank" title="The Author--Faith Lynella"><strong>Author</strong> &#8211;Faith Lynella</a></li>
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<p>Get your own copy so you can be on the front edge of a really big change going on. Here&#8217;s how to get yours.</p>
<h3>Buy the Book  <span style="color: #ff0000;">$12.95 <span style="color: #000000;">- Below, from <a title="Amazon.com" href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> , or from your favorite bookstore</span><br />
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		<title>The Binkle and the Catewampus Compass is at the printer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grikkl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publishing a book is much like having a baby The author goes through a creative process, moving from an idea&#8217;s conception to a fleshed-out manuscript. The story becomes tangible as the scenes and characters develop. It involves ongoing writing, revising, and reconsidering, That phase could be of almost any duration. For Catawampus that cycle took [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Publishing a book is much like having a baby</h3>
<p>The author goes  through a creative process, moving from an idea&#8217;s conception to a fleshed-out manuscript. The story becomes tangible as the scenes and characters  develop. It involves ongoing writing, revising, and  reconsidering,</p>
<p>That phase could be of almost any duration. For <em>Catawampus</em> that cycle took seven years! I like to think that it kept getting better during each revision, each sign that its time had not yet arrived. But then the signs shifted and it was time for it to happen.</p>
<p>The publishing process began. The publisher takes over from when the</p>
<p>Packaging the manuscript into a book involves:</p>
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<li>Designing the cover</li>
<li>Setting the price</li>
<li>Figuring out how and where it will be sold</li>
<li>Typesetting the pages</li>
<li>And hundreds of other details</li>
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<p>The printer and distributor then make sure that there will be a book for people to get their hands on. That it will be available in stores or over the Internet.</p>
<h3>Lots of people must help to raise it</h3>
<p>Lot of people have to work together for that baby/book to be born. And that&#8217;s just the start of its life.</p>
<p>When a mother brings a baby home from the hospital she knows her responsibilities are just beginning. Same thing with a book. Once it&#8217;s printed, people need to learn about it. That involves marketing and sales and shipping.</p>
<p>Readers play a part as well. If they don&#8217;t read the book, it goes nowhere. And if they like it, it helps them to tell their friends about it. The more books that get sold, the more likely the author and publisher are to continue to write and print them.</p>
<p>So here it is, making its first appearance. </p>
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