<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>MAD about Words &#187; On MAD&#8217;s Mind</title>
	<atom:link href="http://madaboutwords.com/category/mad/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://madaboutwords.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:06:38 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Win a Free Manuscript Evaluation</title>
		<link>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/10/win-a-free-manuscript-evaluation/</link>
		<comments>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/10/win-a-free-manuscript-evaluation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On MAD's Mind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://madaboutwords.com/?p=5191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I must be mad. I&#8217;m giving it away for free. You’ve finished your manuscript, but you don’t know if it’s ready for prime time. Or maybe you’ve made a good start, but now you’re stuck. What do you do now? I&#8217;ve got a deal for you. Enter my first-ever contest and you could win a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/10/win-a-free-manuscript-evaluation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Submitting to Literary Magazines</title>
		<link>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/submitting-to-literary-magazines/</link>
		<comments>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/submitting-to-literary-magazines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On MAD's Mind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://madaboutwords.com/?p=5133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday Finds: Every week I share ideas and inspirations, both silly and serious, which inform my (writing) life. This week it&#8217;s all about submitting to literary magazines &#8212; and rejection. &#8220;Ten Things I’ve Learned over 12 Years of Sending Out Stories,&#8221; by Josh Rolnick. [via The Millions] &#8220;How to Read Rejection,&#8221; by C. Michael Curtis, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/submitting-to-literary-magazines/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Social Media &amp; the Siren Call of Other People&#8217;s Voices</title>
		<link>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/the-siren-call-of-other-peoples-voices/</link>
		<comments>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/the-siren-call-of-other-peoples-voices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On MAD's Mind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://madaboutwords.com/?p=5118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every week I share ideas and inspirations, both silly and serious, which inform my (writing) life. This week it&#8217;s all about the internet, social media, and tuning out the siren call of other people&#8217;s voices. We can pretend to be &#8220;busy&#8221; all day long by on social media, email, or by searching out someone else&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/the-siren-call-of-other-peoples-voices/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Friday Finds</title>
		<link>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/friday-finds-3/</link>
		<comments>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/friday-finds-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On MAD's Mind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://madaboutwords.com/?p=5104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every week I share ideas and inspirations, both silly and serious, which inform my (writing) life. Two Riffs on the Writer&#8217;s Speaking Voice This one, via the New Yorker, contains links to several audio recordings including one to Flannery O&#8217;Connor reading &#8220;A Good Man is Hard to Find,&#8221; and this one, by Ze Frank is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/09/friday-finds-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Friday Finds: Rejection, Abandonment, Persistence &amp; Failure</title>
		<link>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/08/friday-finds-rejection-abandonment-persistence/</link>
		<comments>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/08/friday-finds-rejection-abandonment-persistence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann de Stefano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On MAD's Mind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://madaboutwords.com/?p=5049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every week I share ideas and inspirations, both silly and serious, which inform my (writing) life. Rejection &#8221; I urge my students to go for it and send out their work, that they have to get used to a life of disappointment if they want to be writers. As if one can get used to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://madaboutwords.com/2011/08/friday-finds-rejection-abandonment-persistence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

