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	<title>Carla Acheson</title>
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	<description>Author and Creative Writing Consultant</description>
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		<title>Post 1</title>
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		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/writing/post-1/</link>
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		<title>What makes a great character?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favourite elements of fiction writing is characterisation. Creating believable and rounded characters is a challenge for any new writer or novelist. The one thing I am always asked is what does a character need in order to feel real to a reader. My simple answer is this &#8211; flaws. A writer needs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/writing/what-makes-a-great-character/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Inspire Me&#8217; Book Launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Released this month of July are the first couple of booklets in a series that will focus on writing for beginners. The series of self help books will be made available on the Amazon Kindle in both the UK and US Amazon stores as individual downloads. The first in the series are entitled: &#8216;Inspire Me To [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/news/inspire-me-book-launch/</link>
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		<title>Author Event a Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody enjoyed the evening at the Elliot hotel event with Black Lotus Publishing (Roger) and Barbara Bisco. Her talk was extremely engaging and enlightening to many writers who attended. Barbara Bisco will be judging the 2011 Rock Writers Group Short Story Competition. Entry details will be posted online and made available through the press at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/news/author-event-a-success/</link>
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		<title>Author Visit to Gibraltar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Bisco is a well known American author whose novel &#8216;A Taste for Green Tangerines&#8217; topped the fiction best sellers list in 2010 across all genres in the UK. The book is set in the luscious backdrop of the Amazon Rainforest, where a group of characters come together to discover not just a community that is at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/news/author-visit-to-gibraltar/</link>
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		<title>&#8217;7 Days&#8217; Interview by Sonia Golt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February 2011 Sonia Golt, writer interviewed me for 7 Days Magazine.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/news/7-days-interview-by-sonia-golt/</link>
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		<title>Short Story Competition 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rock Writer&#8217;s Group Short Story Competition 2010 revealed its winners last night at a function at the Eliott Hotel Gibraltar. The First Prize Trophy and Certificate was awarded to Jason Kurt Easter for his short story &#8216;Love&#8217;s Melancholy.&#8217; The three Highly Commended Certificates were awarded to the following: Christina Cortes for her short story [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/news/short-story-competition-2010/</link>
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		<title>Writers Group Meetings Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick message here to let interested parties know that the Writers Group Meeting in Gibraltar is now held every Tuesday at 8.00pm at The Eliott Hotel Lounge Bar, Gibraltar. All beginners are welcome to attend, and the atmosphere is very informal and relaxed. Each week we discuss every area of writing and indulge in group writing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/writing/writers-group-meetings-update/</link>
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		<title>The Book That Hooks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes a great hook? What defines a hook in storytelling? A great hook isn&#8217;t just limited to crime or thriller novels, it is also carefully woven between stories of  love, passion and human experience. Sometimes a book pulls us in just by its subject matter. I am most attracted to books which reveal human nature [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/writing/the-book-that-hooks/</link>
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		<title>The Authonomy Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In January 2010 my book,&#8217; The Last Gift&#8217; was featured on Authonomy, (a popular site designed by the major publishing house Harper Collins to flush out new and talented authors.) The strategy behind this site was to allow authors to feature chapters of their books on the site to be &#8216;read&#8217; by members of the public and of course, other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carla-acheson.com/writing/the-authonomy-experience/</link>
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