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		<title>Favorite firsts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned recently that the Chronicle had included the first line of Alcestis in their ongoing feature of &#8220;grabbers.&#8221; On Twitter a little while ago, someone (I forget who, argh) linked to this list at Flavorwire of their thirty favorite opening lines in literature. As usual, I liked some of them and boggled at others, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/03/08/favorite-firsts/</link>
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		<title>Signed copy still available for bids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget that a signed copy of Alcestis is available for bidding in the Con or Bust auction &#8212; proceeds will help fans of color who need assistance getting to Wiscon. Bidding ends March 13.
Also, speaking of queens, check out this article about the mysterious snake image that has appeared in a portrait of Elizabeth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/03/07/signed-copy-still-available-for-bids/</link>
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		<title>Quick update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s my birthday! I&#8217;m officially 28 &#8212; I say officially because my brain decided I was 28 about four months ago, and I kept having to remind myself that I was, in fact, still 27. But no longer! So far it&#8217;s been a nice relaxing morning, though now I really need to get back to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/03/05/quick-update/</link>
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		<title>Another lovely review from Open Letters Monthly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is apparently the week of great in-depth reviews of Alcestis! (Not that I would object if it became, say, the month of in-depth great reviews. Or, hey, the year would work, too.) Finch Bronstein-Rasmussen at Open Letters Monthly wrote a beautiful review essay that ties the novel to Edith Hamilton&#8217;s version of the Persephone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/03/01/another-lovely-review-from-open-letters-monthly/</link>
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		<title>Giveaway reminder, and an amazing review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A final reminder about the giveaway contest being run by Wonders   &#38; Marvels &#8212; the deadline for entering to win a  copy is today, Sunday, February 28.
Yesterday, my day was made by this stunning and thoughtful review of the book, which places Alcestis in the context of Mary Renault&#8217;s historical fiction.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/02/28/giveaway-reminder-and-an-amazing-review/</link>
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		<title>Wonders &amp; Marvels &#8216;Alcestis&#8217; giveaway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fabulous historical blog Wonders &#38; Marvels is giving away four copies of Alcestis! The deadline for entering to win a copy is this Sunday, February 28. To enter, visit the blog post linked above and post an answer to the following question as a comment:
What little-known  character in history deserves to be in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/02/26/wonders-marvels-alcestis-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>Signed copy of &#8216;Alcestis&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m offering a signed copy of Alcestis in the Con or Bust auction being run by the Carl Brandon Society. The money raised in this auction is available to fans of color who request assistance in order to attend Wiscon, the feminist SF convention held annually in Madison, Wisconsin. (I&#8217;ll be going for the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/02/24/signed-copy-of-alcestis/</link>
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		<title>Two good lists from the Seattle Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary Ann Gwinn of the Seattle Times asked historical fiction readers to name their favorites, and got so many replies that she&#8217;s been reporting their responses in installments:

Part I deals with historical novels set in the US, and mentions Nancy Horan&#8217;s Loving Frank, which is about my distant relative, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. I&#8217;m definitely interested [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/02/22/two-good-lists-from-the-seattle-times/</link>
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		<title>Weekend roundup: HNR, arsenic, and a cough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lessons I have recently learned: when people say that you should only go running while sick if your illness is above the neck, they&#8217;re not kidding. I went for a short run on Friday and my lungs are still in revolt. (I apologize to everybody who had to listen to me cough my way through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/02/21/weekend-roundup-hnr-arsenic-and-a-cough/</link>
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		<title>What I loved about &#8216;The Hunger Games&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a cold. It&#8217;s not the worst cold I&#8217;ve ever had &#8212; I think that honor goes to the one I got right before going to NYC with other Smith seniors during my last year of college, when I was dizzy for days and couldn&#8217;t hear correctly out of either ear for about a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/02/19/what-i-loved-about/</link>
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