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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, 10 am &#8211; 4 pm   San Francisco $95 members/$110 non-members &#8220;I&#8217;ve done stories on everything from home computers to a profile of the Emmy Award-winning sound engineer who worked on Basic Instinct,&#8221; says Cary Pepper. &#8220;But my favorite was the one I did about a new reading program for kindergartners; the kids pulled [...]]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine Wednesdays, Jan. 25-March 21, 7-9:30 pm $335 members/$365 others   San Francisco Testimonials for Jenny ATTENTION: THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL Have you always wanted to write about your crazy family? What about an accident that changed the course of your life? A discovery that changed your perception of the past? A mysterious neighbor [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Tuesdays, 7/14-8/18 (skip 7/21), 7-9:30 p.m. REGISTER $185 members/$215 non-members San Francisco ATTENTION: CLASS CANCELLED. We might be able to reschedule it later in the session. If you are interested, please send an email to jane@writingsalons.com, letting her know this. &#8220;I&#8217;ve done stories on everything from home computers — back when only three companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Personality Profiles &#8211; Break into the magazine market!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, Jan. 31st, 10 am-4 pm; Berkeley $95 members/$110 others One of the most popular types of magazine articles is the personality profile. Always in demand by editors and featured in publications of every stripe, the profile is a viable way for new writers to break into the magazine market. One advantage to the profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magazine Writing:  &#8220;. . . great instruction. Thank you, Cary&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Cary, It&#8217;s been quite some time since our last class. I&#8217;ve been busy implementing what I learned from you [in Freelance Magazine Writing] and wanted to share the results. After all those rewrites on my class article about Ferry Point, I set it aside and developed a totally different article. The idea came from [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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