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	<description>Rob Goforth, creator of Lair of the Nerd and author of the upcoming Red Bargain fantasy trilogy.</description>
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		<title>The Synod: An Overview</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2013/09/the-synod-an-overview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post goes into a bit of background detail about world of my upcoming Red Bargain trilogy. When beginning work on The Red Bargain I knew I wanted it to be set in a society that was oppressive, chauvinistic and theocratic, but I also recognised the need for it to be believable.  Personally  I abhor [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Character Profile: Lleu Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civilian expert Lleu Jones is twenty-seven, though looks much younger than his age to many people.  Most of that likely comes from the way he acts, his posture, and the way he carries himself.  In conversations he can sometimes seem distracted, even to the point that he seems to be ignoring people, but in fact [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Illustrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short stories I&#8217;ve published thus far have all featured covers produced by me. I studied computer graphics at university, and have been working on artistic ventures to a lesser or greater extent ever since. I think Tolkien is probably the most famous author to also illustrated their own work, with many editions of his [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of Focus</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2013/08/lack-of-focus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xaphod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roses are red, Music is cool, I&#8217;ve got ADHD, ooh look a squirrel. I grew up as a hyperactive child before any real proper diagnosis of ADD was ever done, and managed to some extent with a restricted diet free of many of the stupider E numbers. So perhaps it shouldn&#8217;t be surprising that I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Redefining &#8220;Big&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2013/08/redefining-big/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xaphod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first city I designed for my fantasy world was Venn, a city that in my mind&#8217;s eye was about the size of Medieval York &#8211; a rough circle of about 1km diameter. For the Great City of Azinor though, the greatest city in my world, seat of the Ministerial Synod&#8230; I want to convey a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>It begins with the sound of blaargh</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2013/08/it-begins-with-the-sound-of-blaargh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xaphod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So.. I decided that now was an appropriate time to make my first short story available on e-readers. So I did. Perhaps it isn&#8217;t surprising that rather than a sense of achievement I feel as though I&#8217;m foolish instead. Indeed, it&#8217;s not as though there is anything really to mark my work as being all [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Editing and struggling</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2013/07/editing-and-struggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xaphod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the moment The Harbinger Rises, as I&#8217;ve named the first book in what i hope will be considered my fantasy epic, is at the post-first-draft stage.. By which i mean i have a huge edit/partial rewrite on my hands. I think I&#8217;m doing okay.. Though part of me cannot help but think that I&#8217;m [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Bargain: Onwards?</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2013/07/red-bargain-onwards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 02:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xaphod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, over the past several months I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to do with my life.. about what I can do with my life.  To be honest, part of me would love to be able to go and get a job and just work like a normal person.  But I&#8217;m not [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrabbling up a cliff</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2012/11/scrabbling-up-a-cliff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xaphod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m still here, still out of work, still trying to Make Good Art* and keep myself alive Working on writing things is becoming increasingly difficult, as my depression has caused motivation to be very hard to come by. I stare at a blank canvas and nothing seems to flow. I am trying to continue [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>So.. now what?</title>
		<link>http://blog.lairofthenerd.com/2012/07/so-now-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xaphod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My fantasy novel, which is now renamed &#8220;The Harbinger Rises&#8221; &#8211; Book I of The Red Bargain has now been completed.  Or at least, the first draft has been. 116265 words including the glossary, which is about at the level I expected it / planned it to be. So; now I need to get a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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