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		<title>No Drama, Thanks, I&#8217;m Driving</title>
		<link>http://adistantsoil.com/2011/11/04/no-drama-thanks-im-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Doran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile, I&#8217;ll post something a bit controversial or confrontational. Not every week, not even every month, but search long enough, you&#8217;ll find something. On the whole, I try to restrict my posts to industry-related issues. A while ago, I had a long talk with some friends and decided that it&#8217;s best to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The State of Colleen&#8217;s Industry From Print to Web: It&#8217;s working, and I didn&#8217;t need a gag strip to make it pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Doran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been doing a lot of behind the scenes conferencing with some webcomickers, and crunching my numbers for A Distant Soil. The news is all very good, and while I don&#8217;t have as much time to do deeper analysis as I&#8217;d like, my bottom line is up significantly, and my online audience is ten times higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colleen&#8217;s Victory Garden: Raised Beds, Weedguard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Doran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out here in the country, almost everyone has a garden. With the rising cost of food and gas, it&#8217;s a necessity for some. When I went to the post the other day to ship some orders, all anyone could talk about was their garden. Here&#8217;s my veggie garden in progress. It took almost four years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you&#8217;re not happy, comics won&#8217;t make you happy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Doran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow up thoughts from the thread about Wally Wood below: Which came first? The depression or the comics career? Sad accounts of creator&#8217;s lives; they throw everything they&#8217;ve got at comics (or acting/writing/fine art/fill-in-the-blank,) and end up in a very bad way. My completely unprovable theory is that some emotionally-challenged people are attracted to fantasy-oriented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work is Good</title>
		<link>http://adistantsoil.com/2010/03/25/work-is-good-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Doran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work is Good and there is a lot of it. These things are in my head at the moment. If you get stuck on a page, even for five minutes, move on. Pick up the next page and keep drawing. Try some area of the art that is less challenging. Hair or feathering, or hatching. [...]]]></description>
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