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    <about><![CDATA[I read, write, and teach English at Blue Mountain Community College.  You can find my work at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.hecale.com,">http://www.hecale.com,</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.applevalleyreview.com,">http://www.applevalleyreview.com,</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.projectedletters.com">http://www.projectedletters.com</a>  as well as in many print journals and anthologies.]]></about>
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          <body><![CDATA[I'm currently reading it. My is personalized to me and says, &quot;Shaindel, you are beautiful.&quot;  SIGH :-)]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[It was wonderful, Judy. And, no, Jay, I haven't. There are SO many books I wish I had the time to read!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/307359.The_Woman_Who_Gave_Birth_to_Rabbits_Stories">The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23613.Emma_Donoghue">Emma Donoghue</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:14:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Emma Donoghue is a fabulous author. I'm not normally a fan of historical fiction because a lot of it tends to be cheesy/romance sort of stuff, but Donoghue has a Ph.D. specializing in 18th Century British literature and history, and her work is always spot on and fascinating!<br/><br/>In _The Woma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Emma%20Donoghue%20is%20a%20fabulous%20author.%20I'm%20not%20normally%20a%20fan%20of%20historical%20fiction%20because%20a%20lot%20of%20it%20tends%20to%20be%20cheesy%2Fromance%20sort%20of%20stuff,%20but%20Donoghue%20has%20a%20Ph.D.%20specializing%20in%2018th%20Century%20British%20literature%20and%20history,%20and%20her%20work%20is%20always%20spot%20on%20and%20fascinating!%0D%0A%0D%0AIn%20_The%20Woman%20Who%20Gave%20Birth%20to%20Rabbits_,%20Donoghue%20takes%20actual%20historical%20figures%20and%20expands%20on%20their%20stories,%20writing%20speculative%20short%20fiction%20about%20their%20lives.%20For%20instance,%20she%20writes%20a%20story%20about%20a%20girl%20who%20was%20a%20charge%20of%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20during%20Wollstonecraft's%20short%20career%20as%20a%20nanny.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AJust%20a%20wonderful%20book!%20Highly%20recommended.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3158558.Dear_Everybody">Dear Everybody (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/65290.Michael_Kimball">Michael Kimball</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:45:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Once again, in the spirit of disclosure, Michael Kimball and I have collaborated before. He wrote about me for his postcard life stories project here:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://postcardlifestories.blogspot.com/2009/02/59-shaindel-beers-and-her-writing.html" title="http://postcardlifestories.blogspot.com/2009/02/59-shaindel-beers-and-her-writing.html">http://postcardlifestories.blogspot.com/...</a><br/><br/>And he interviewed me for my virtual book tour here:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://michael-kimball.com/blog.php?id=3963451762389829038?v=2" title="http://michael-kimball.com/blog.php?id=3963451762389829038?v=2">http://michael-kimball.com/blog.php?id=3...</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Once%20again,%20in%20the%20spirit%20of%20disclosure,%20Michael%20Kimball%20and%20I%20have%20collaborated%20before.%20He%20wrote%20about%20me%20for%20his%20postcard%20life%20stories%20project%20here:%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp:%2F%2Fpostcardlifestories.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2F59-shaindel-beers-and-her-writing.html%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%20he%20interviewed%20me%20for%20my%20virtual%20book%20tour%20here:%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp:%2F%2Fmichael-kimball.com%2Fblog.php%3Fid=3963451762389829038%3Fv=2%0D%0A%0D%0AIn%20any%20case,%20you%20know%20those%20scenes%20in%20cheesey%20romantic%20movies%20where%20the%20guy%20runs%20outside%20and%20yells,%20%22I%20LOVE%20THIS%20WOMAN!!!!%22%3F%20I%20was%20actually%20tempted%20to%20do%20this%20with%20Michael%20Kimball's%20_Dear_Everybody_--just%20run%20outside%20and%20yell,%20%22I%20LOVE%20THIS%20NOVEL!!!%22%20It's%20that%20good.%20%0D%0A%0D%0A_Dear_Everybody_%20is%20a%20compilation%20of%20Jonathon%20Bender's%20suicide%20documents--letters%20to%20everybody,%20combined%20with%20other%20documents--his%20ex-wife's%20funeral%20eulogy%20for%20him,%20his%20mother's%20diary.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20is%20a%20sometimes%20funny,%20mostly%20heartbreaking,%20incredibly%20understanding%20portrayal%20of%20a%20character%20with%20mental%20illness.%20Highly%20recommended.%20And,%20yes,%20I'll%20admit%20it.%20I%20cried.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:14:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Again, in full disclosure, Jessie Carty and I are online writing buddies. Her chapbook &quot;At the A &amp; P Meridiem&quot; shows the work of a promising young poet on her way to having a full-length collection out soon. Most of the poems in this collection are very strong, and I was intrigued by the a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Again,%20in%20full%20disclosure,%20Jessie%20Carty%20and%20I%20are%20online%20writing%20buddies.%20Her%20chapbook%20%22At%20the%20A%20&amp;%20P%20Meridiem%22%20shows%20the%20work%20of%20a%20promising%20young%20poet%20on%20her%20way%20to%20having%20a%20full-length%20collection%20out%20soon.%20Most%20of%20the%20poems%20in%20this%20collection%20are%20very%20strong,%20and%20I%20was%20intrigued%20by%20the%20arrangement%20of%20poems%20as%20things%20that%20happened%20at%20various%20hours:%207%20pm,%208%20pm,%20etc.%0D%0A%0D%0ACarty's%20strength%20is%20understanding%20the%20sacrifice%20inherent%20in%20all%20relationships,%20whether%20they%20are%20romantic,%20familial,%20or%20friendships.%20I%20want%20Carty%20to%20take%20more%20risks%20and%20be%20more%20raw%20and%20honest%20at%20times.%20I%20think%20that%20confidence%20will%20come%20with%20more%20writing%20experience%20and%20that%20she's%20well%20on%20her%20way.%20I'm%20looking%20forward%20to%20a%20full-length%20collection%20soon.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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