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		<title>Buy a real hold-in-your-hand-smell-the-paper copy of Not Waving, Drowning today.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now available as a "real" book. Shipped to your door.  Signed by the author.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><strong>Just click on the book cover below and you will be directed to the payment link. </strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Many thanks in advance.</strong></h2>
<p>( you can also get ebooks anywhere you like to connect or buy paperback from Amazon- see links in red <a href="http://linda-sands.com/">HERE</a> )</p>
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		<title>the complete list of linda&#8217;s electronic shorts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Apologies to the folks who had difficulty finding the list.</p>
<p>all links are here&#8230;. download and be reading within seconds.</p>
<p>CLICK THE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR A LINK TO AMAZON/KINDLE</p>
<p>click the lower case words for a link to all e-readers, including phones, computers and high tech stuff yet to reach the USA</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">                  1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Intent-ebook/dp/B00413QN2G/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2"><span style="color: #000000;">LEGAL THRILLER</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">        <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/22826"><span style="color: #000000;"> based on a true crime in 1970&#8242;s Philadelphia</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-They-Want-Part-ebook/dp/B0058E38ZM/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1"><span style="color: #000000;">ADULT THEMED FAIRY TALES IN SNIPPETS</span></a> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">             <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/57342"><span style="color: #000000;">ever wonder what someone is thinking?</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"> 3.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/1Out-Calls-Might-Wrong-ebook/dp/B0058EATH2/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3"><span style="color: #000000;"> LIKE YOUR </span></a></span>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apologies to the folks who had difficulty finding the list.</p>
<p>all links are here&#8230;. download and be reading within seconds.</p>
<p>CLICK THE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR A LINK TO AMAZON/KINDLE</p>
<p>click the lower case words for a link to all e-readers, including phones, computers and high tech stuff yet to reach the USA</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">                  1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Intent-ebook/dp/B00413QN2G/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2"><span style="color: #000000;">LEGAL THRILLER</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">        <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/22826"><span style="color: #000000;"> based on a true crime in 1970&#8242;s Philadelphia</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-They-Want-Part-ebook/dp/B0058E38ZM/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1"><span style="color: #000000;">ADULT THEMED FAIRY TALES IN SNIPPETS</span></a> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">             <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/57342"><span style="color: #000000;">ever wonder what someone is thinking?</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"> 3.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/1Out-Calls-Might-Wrong-ebook/dp/B0058EATH2/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3"><span style="color: #000000;"> LIKE YOUR BASKETBALL?  HOW ABOUT A REF WITH A FOOT FETISH?</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">          <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/57993"><span style="color: #000000;"> this is what I thought about sitting in floor seats at a Hawks game</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000000;">4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Driving-Toward-Broken-Heart-ebook/dp/B0058EUEP4/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4"><span style="color: #000000;">TRAFFIC JAMS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE- FOREVER</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">                  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sack-They-Left-Behind-ebook/dp/B0058E392E/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6"><span style="color: #000000;"> you&#8217;ve all been here- sort of</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sack-They-Left-Behind-ebook/dp/B0058E392E/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6"><span style="color: #000000;">NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEACH READ, BUT THERE IS A BEACH, AND A GIRL</span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">                           <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sack-They-Left-Behind-ebook/dp/B0058E392E/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6"><span style="color: #000000;">oh and there&#8217;s bad guys</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">6. JOUSTING, KNIGHTS, AND A WORD PUZZLE. ARE YOU GAME?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">                                <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/57547"><span style="color: #000000;">of course you&#8217;re game</span></a></span></p>
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		<title>Electronic Short Stories now on Smashwords</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 11:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[short stories on smashwords...reading on the run]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s come to this. You won;t be able to escape the story, It&#8217;s on your phone, on your iPod, your iPad, your Kindle, your nook, your laptop and your PC.</p>
<p>Give in. READ.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/writerlindasands">Here&#8217;s the link to my smashwords page</a>, scroll to the bottom to click on the stories.  Thanks for putting me in your pocket. I like a bumpy ride.</p>
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		<title>Ho. Ho. Hammacher Schlemmer. Ho.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/SSV_Ndtbb_I/AAAAAAAAAMM/6wIz-8ExLCU/s1600-h/76219.jpg" rel="lightbox[468]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/SSV_Ndtbb_I/AAAAAAAAAMM/6wIz-8ExLCU/s400/76219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270758808197230578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can&#8217;t say it without smiling, and you can&#8217;t say it properly after a few Friday afternoon cocktails. (I know, but it&#8217;s Friday afternoon somewhere, and besides it sounded much better than Thursday morning tequila shots.)</span></p>
<p>Scanning through this classic Christmas catalog that claims:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected for 160 years</span></span></span></p>
<p>I found lots of potential gifts for my friends and family from a fish finding watch, a hands free video camera, a voice controlled ipod controller and a perfect martini maker to this <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/73620.asp#">bug vacuum. </a><br />If we still had little ones to buy for I &#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/SSV_Ndtbb_I/AAAAAAAAAMM/6wIz-8ExLCU/s1600-h/76219.jpg" rel="lightbox[468]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/SSV_Ndtbb_I/AAAAAAAAAMM/6wIz-8ExLCU/s400/76219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270758808197230578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can&#8217;t say it without smiling, and you can&#8217;t say it properly after a few Friday afternoon cocktails. (I know, but it&#8217;s Friday afternoon somewhere, and besides it sounded much better than Thursday morning tequila shots.)</p>
<p>Scanning through this classic Christmas catalog that claims:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected for 160 years</span></p>
<p></span></span>I found lots of potential gifts for my friends and family from a fish finding watch, a hands free video camera, a voice controlled ipod controller and a perfect martini maker to this <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/73620.asp#">bug vacuum. </a><br />If we still had little ones to buy for I would definitely be <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/76228.asp?promo=QSearch">clicking on this.</a> I mean, remote controlled? The possibilities are endless.<br />My husband has marked <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/76097.asp?promo=QSearch">his</a> pages and <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/11191.asp?promo=xsells">the kids</a> <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/76216.asp?promo=QSearch"></a><a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/75929.asp?promo=QSearch">circled </a>theirs and I am left wondering why no one put my initials on<a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/76016.asp?promo=QSearch"> this</a> or <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/10954.asp?promo=xsells">this</a>.<br />I&#8217;m thinking the husband, whose birthday is December 24th, might get a kick out of receiving <a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/73155.asp">THIS. </a><br />Wow&#8230;the description alone&#8230; which makes me think, Hey Hammacher Schlemmer, you should hire some new copywriters. This ad copy is boring, you need some writers from the Onion or T-Shirt Hell to spice things up, I mean if you can sell a solar powered golf cart for nine grand and<a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/11078.asp?promo=extraordinary"> this </a>2 person 3 wheeled scooter coupe for seven grand, I&#8217;d think you could pay a more talented writing staff.</p>
<p>PS. If you&#8217;re looking? I know one who&#8217;s available.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>Toilet Training for Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.bemismfg.com/easyseats/easyclose_video.php">easy-close toilet seat</a>&#8230; quieter than a whisper. Never fall in the bowl again.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re welcome.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.bemismfg.com/easyseats/easyclose_video.php">easy-close toilet seat</a>&#8230; quieter than a whisper. Never fall in the bowl again.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re welcome.</p>
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		<title>shoe sale: 2 for 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">There are times in a mother&#8217;s life when she gets all misty eyed. the first steps, the first tooth, the first kiss, the first date/prom/dance.<br /> This weekend I had one of those moments:<br /> The first mother-daughter matching shoe purchase.<br /> God help me. She&#8217;s only nine.</span></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">There are times in a mother&#8217;s life when she gets all misty eyed. the first steps, the first tooth, the first kiss, the first date/prom/dance.<br /> This weekend I had one of those moments:<br /> The first mother-daughter matching shoe purchase.<br /> God help me. She&#8217;s only nine.</p>
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		<title>I was THINKING about blogging.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As I was drinking water and flushing my system of appendicitis-symptom inducing beef.</span></p>
<p>As I was <a href="http://www.contourbodywraps.com/">getting wrapped</a> in ACE bandages soaked in an herbal remedy for all that ails you- still thinking and wishing I had a camera as I was stuffed in a rubber suit and told to sit in a sauna for half an hour.</p>
<p>As I was <a href="http://www.chicos.com/store/home.asp">shopping</a> FOR MYSELF days before Christmas.</p>
<p>As I went out to dinner at an <a href="http://www.buckheadrestaurants.com/pp.html">Atlanta staple</a> with the family and spent a car payment.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZZQBgPFiI/AAAAAAAAAFU/93-bbW3PDbA/s1600-h/pano+and+paul%27s+lobster.JPG" rel="lightbox[227]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZZQBgPFiI/AAAAAAAAAFU/93-bbW3PDbA/s400/pano+and+paul%27s+lobster.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149401355761161762" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />As I played Santa and gave friends our used TVs and speakers and dvd players.</span>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As I was drinking water and flushing my system of appendicitis-symptom inducing beef.</p>
<p>As I was <a href="http://www.contourbodywraps.com/">getting wrapped</a> in ACE bandages soaked in an herbal remedy for all that ails you- still thinking and wishing I had a camera as I was stuffed in a rubber suit and told to sit in a sauna for half an hour.</p>
<p>As I was <a href="http://www.chicos.com/store/home.asp">shopping</a> FOR MYSELF days before Christmas.</p>
<p>As I went out to dinner at an <a href="http://www.buckheadrestaurants.com/pp.html">Atlanta staple</a> with the family and spent a car payment.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZZQBgPFiI/AAAAAAAAAFU/93-bbW3PDbA/s1600-h/pano+and+paul%27s+lobster.JPG" rel="lightbox[227]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZZQBgPFiI/AAAAAAAAAFU/93-bbW3PDbA/s400/pano+and+paul%27s+lobster.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149401355761161762" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />As I played Santa and gave friends our used TVs and speakers and dvd players.</p>
<p>As I googled long lost relatives of my husband&#8217;s after hearing his mom&#8217;s story, and found out one of them lives only 20 miles away, and another is on the internet almost as much as me.</p>
<p>As I bagged shoes and boots for the teenager neighbor girl who covets mine.</p>
<p>As I filled stockings and baked cookies and amused my Mother in law playing Wii games.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZZmhgPFjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/3lFaDHqfChc/s1600-h/xmas+07+cookies.JPG" rel="lightbox[227]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZZmhgPFjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/3lFaDHqfChc/s400/xmas+07+cookies.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149401742308218418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />As I shot video on Christmas morning and watched my son play this game.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZaSBgPFkI/AAAAAAAAAFk/3F9Ffw6RREA/s1600-h/guitar+hero+3.JPG" rel="lightbox[227]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZaSBgPFkI/AAAAAAAAAFk/3F9Ffw6RREA/s400/guitar+hero+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149402489632527938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />As I loaded up this new toy.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZaohgPFlI/AAAAAAAAAFs/gyPbA2hFQMg/s1600-h/i+touch+ipod.JPG" rel="lightbox[227]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qd_JfMNRwdE/R3ZaohgPFlI/AAAAAAAAAFs/gyPbA2hFQMg/s400/i+touch+ipod.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149402876179584594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Even as I lay in bed, pretending to be asleep but really thinking about the bar scene in the novel in progress which morfed to a blog entry about people living too long.</p>
<p>Yes, dear internet. You are never far from my thoughts. Now, to catch up on my reading.<br /></span></p>
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