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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>
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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 [...]]]></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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		<title>The First and Only Blog by a Gnome</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grikkl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just so you know, this isn’t like me. Letting the whole world in on my secrets. Gnomes are known to have few words. I’m not much of a talker. Too slow, to easy for folks to miss the point. Now my wife, Adah, she’ll talk and talk. Not me. Not my way. not the gnome [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just so you know, this isn’t like me. Letting the whole world in on my secrets. Gnomes are known to have few words. I’m not much of a talker. Too slow, to easy for folks to miss the point. Now my wife, Adah, she’ll talk and talk. Not me. Not my way. not the gnome way either.</p>
<h2>I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m doing this</h2>
<p>For thousands of years we kept to ourselves so well that the few times we got discovered were not taken as true facts. I don&#8217;t know if I like being put in the same category as Big Foot, or the Loch Ness Monster, or UFOs. Occasional glimpses but no sightings that can&#8217;t be explained away. In fact, anyone who insists they saw any of us (me or those other weird rumored beings) is treaed like they&#8217;re touched in the head.</p>
<h2>But it&#8217;s all true&#8211;every word of it</h2>
<p>I figured it was better for me to speak out and say things the way they are, than to let other folks keep spinning lies about us. There are other reasons too. But I&#8217;ll get to them once we get going.</p>
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		<title>What Kind of Title is That? The Binkle and the Catawampus Compass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grikkl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s pretty obvious that nobody involved in the book knows the first thing about marketing. Who wants to buy a book about something they never heard of?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Nobody even knows what a binkle is</h3>
<p>It’s pretty obvious that nobody involved in the book talked to somebody who knows the first thing about marketing. Who is going to want to buy a book about something they never heard of?</p>
<p>Now me. I think about binkles all the time. Nothing else is as important, if you ask me. And I’m plenty glad to tell you why. That’s what this blog is about, after all.</p>
<h2>Binkles have been around for as long as gnomes have–probably longer</h2>
<p>We learn about them growing up. But you humans, something went wrong a long time ago. Somehow, the knowledge about the binkle got lost. For a long time now, kids have been growing up without being taught about binkle power. And if you ask me, and I guess I can say pretty much whatever I want, being as it is my blog, that explains a lot of the mess in the world these days.</p>
<p>I’m doubtful that human grown-ups will be able to fix the problems they have been so busy making. In my opinion, it’ll be young folks who just might be able to pull it around. If it’s gonna happen at all. That and binkle power.</p>
<p>I’m banking on it anyway. That’s why this whole <em>Catawampus Compass</em> book and blog are happening. To get the binkle message to the young ones. So there.</p>
<h3>Get to know <a title="More about the book" href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=28" target="_blank">about the book</a></h3>
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		<title>Binkle, Binkle, Binkle, Binkle!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grikkl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Binkles are the zizz of happy energy that send a thrill through your body. You've had them before, lots of times. But you always called them something else: the thrill, love, wow!, awe, the sweet spot. Whatever.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>I can’t say it too often–binkle</h3>
<p>That’s what this blog is about. A binkle blog. So why disguise the fact? If you’re not here for the binkles, you might as well leave now. Please don&#8217;t. But it would be like going to the candy store and not getting any.</p>
<h2>Binkles feeeeeeeeel swellllll</h2>
<p>On second thought, if you’ve come here, maybe it’s time you get to know more about them. Binkles are “under the radar.” Lots of them flying around with some people seeing or feeling their presence. And the rest not noticing a thing. If you start to pay attention, you’ll be the sort who can spot the binkles, and feel all the wonderful energy they deliver.</p>
<h2>Binkles are about a special energy</h2>
<p>Not the kind that gets plugged into in the wall. Not the kind that runs a car. It&#8217;s the<em> zizz</em> of happy energy that sends a thrill through your body. You&#8217;ve had them before, lots of times. But you always called them something else: the thrill, love, wow!, awe, the sweet spot. Whatever.</p>
<p>But the energy that made it feel so special was the binkle energy&#8211;no matter what it was called.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/binklethumbprint.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-27" title="A Binkle" src="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/binklethumbprint.jpg" alt="The energy of a binkle is as unique as the individual " /></a>This website is going to talk a lot about binkles. But not as much as the book, <em>The Binkle and the Catawampus Compass</em> does. And that&#8217;s still only scratching the surface.</p>
<h2>You recognize a binkle by <em>the way it makes you feel</em></h2>
<p>And once you start looking for them they get easier and easier to spot.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll see <a href="http://www.catawampuscompass.com/?page_id=18" target="_blank">more about binkles here</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">And in many posts and videos to come. So keep coming back her or to the sister website, <a title="Binkle Buddies" href="http://www.binklebuddies.com" target="_blank">Binkle Buddies</a> &#8211; <a title="Binkle Buddies" href="http://www.binklebuddies.com" target="_blank">http://www.binklebuddies.com</a> .</p>
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