<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
>

<channel>
	<title>The Nervous Breakdown &#187; Susan Henderson</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/shenderson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com</link>
	<description>This is the podcast station for TheNervousBreakdown.com, an online culture magazine featuring authors and artists from around the world.  </description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6</generator>
	<language>en</language>
		<!-- podcast_generator="podPress/8.8" - maintenance_release="8.8.4" -->
		<copyright>Copyright &#xA9; The Nervous Breakdown 2010 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/tnb-terms-conditions/</copyright>
		<managingEditor>letters@thenervousbreakdown.com (TheNervousBreakdown.com)</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>letters@thenervousbreakdown.com (TheNervousBreakdown.com)</webMaster>
		<category>literature, arts, publishing, authors, humor, memoir, essays, books</category>
		<ttl>1440</ttl>
		<itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>TheNervousBreakdown.com</itunes:author>
		<itunes:category text="Arts">
	<itunes:category text="Literature"/>
</itunes:category>
<itunes:category text="Arts"/>
<itunes:category text="Comedy"/>
		<itunes:owner>
			<itunes:name>TheNervousBreakdown.com</itunes:name>
			<itunes:email>letters@thenervousbreakdown.com</itunes:email>
		</itunes:owner>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
		<itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:image href="http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/300-300.jpg" />
		<image>
			<url>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/144-144.jpg</url>
			<title>The Nervous Breakdown</title>
			<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com</link>
			<width>144</width>
			<height>144</height>
		</image>
		<item>
		<title>Unraveling the Sweater</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/unraveling-the-sweater/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/unraveling-the-sweater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unraveling the sweater]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writer office]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writers editing their novels]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=21089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, THE RUBY CUP, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book and a look inside the writer's office as she edits her novel.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/unraveling-the-sweater/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Career Day</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/career-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/career-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[costume designer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=21092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, <b>THE RUBY CUP</b>, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book and a story about what happens when a largely unpublished writer goes to speak at an elementary school's career day.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/career-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Holocaust Survivor, Pierre Berg</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/holocaust-survivor-pierre-berg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/holocaust-survivor-pierre-berg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[french resistance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[holocaust survivor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pierre berg]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scheisshaus luck]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tattoo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pierre Berg spent 18 months as a prisoner in a Nazi death camp, and wrote down his story not long after his escape. In his first-ever interview, Pierre gives his unromantic view of survival, tells how he makes use of the serial number tattooed on his arm, and talks about trying to find a publisher for his memoir. 

When this interview first ran on LitPark, Pierre was searching for a publisher. A couple month's later, he had one, and his book, <a HREF= "http://www.amazon.com/Scheisshaus-Luck-Surviving-Unspeakable-Auschwitz/dp/0814412998">SCHEISSHAUS LUCK: SURVIVING THE UNSPEAKABLE IN AUSCHWITZ AND DORA</a>, is now available. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/holocaust-survivor-pierre-berg/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Temporary Ecstasy: The First Book Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/the-first-book-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/the-first-book-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fleeting hope]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the first book deal that will not end well]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, THE RUBY CUP, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book, and a story just after Susan left her agent and submitted her book on her own. This is a story of the temporary elation of a book deal that comes through from what will be called Huge Publishing House... but this is far from the end of the story.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/02/the-first-book-deal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Introverts at the Microphone</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/introverts-at-the-microphone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/introverts-at-the-microphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[introverts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[microphone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[organizing a literary reading]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[readings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, THE RUBY CUP, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book and a story about organizing a reading for shy writers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/introverts-at-the-microphone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Thriller Writers: David Morrell, Gayle Lynds, Karen Dionne, &#038; Barry Eisler</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/thriller-writers-david-morrell-gayle-lynds-karen-dionne-barry-eisler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/thriller-writers-david-morrell-gayle-lynds-karen-dionne-barry-eisler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[barry eisler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[david morrell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[first blood]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[freezing point]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gayle lynds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[genre vs. literary fiction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hard rain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[karen dionne]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rambo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[thriller writers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Writers of genre fiction often criticize literary fiction writing as being slow-paced, plotless navel-gazing. Writers of literary fiction often criticize genre writing as being low-brow, and soley focused on plot. Susan Henderson, a lifelong lover of literary fiction, asks bestselling thriller writers David Morrell, Gayle Lynds, Barry Eisler, and Karen Dionne to talk about this age-old debate. 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/thriller-writers-david-morrell-gayle-lynds-karen-dionne-barry-eisler/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A 30-Year-Old Letter Arrives</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/a-30-year-old-letter-arrives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/a-30-year-old-letter-arrives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[1978 fashion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad wig]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[letter from grandma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pop up perfection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, THE RUBY CUP, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book and the surprising lift a writer, who's drowning in rejection, gets in the form of a letter from grandma.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/a-30-year-old-letter-arrives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pummeling Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/pummeling-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/pummeling-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[failure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rejection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-doubt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writer depression]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, THE RUBY CUP, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book with a story of close calls that end, time and again, in rejection, and the debilitating effect it has on a writer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2010/01/pummeling-ourselves/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Attica Locke</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/attica-locke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/attica-locke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[attica locke]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[author]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[black water rising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[houston]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[screenwriter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=21070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of writing screenplays of other people's ideas, and screenplays that never became movies, Attica Locke wrote a novel that finally revealed her own voice and allowed her to explore the dreams and disillusions of political activists.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/attica-locke/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Places That Capture Us</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/places-that-capture-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/places-that-capture-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buttes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[family cemetery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[setting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, <b>THE RUBY CUP</b>, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book and a discussion of the settings that keep cropping up in your writing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/places-that-capture-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How a Book Can Save a Kid</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/how-a-book-can-save-a-kid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/how-a-book-can-save-a-kid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cafeteria tray]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[favorite children's books]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mean girls]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scissors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the evolution of the book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, <b>THE RUBY CUP</b>, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book, and some talk about how books become so important in our lives in the first place.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/12/how-a-book-can-save-a-kid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>LitPark Interview:  Neil Gaiman</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/neil-gaiman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/neil-gaiman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[a photo history of neil gaiman's hair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clive barker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[douglas adams]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fragile Things]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jenny holzer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mr. punch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[neverwhere]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I thought of having Neil Gaiman visit LitPark, I wondered, What of Neil hasn't already been covered? I could say something about his storytelling, naturally, or how he's the one author who lives on both my bookshelf and Mr. Henderson's. I could say something about the characters he writes, like Dearly and The Runt, who sort of crawl into my brain and live there even after their stories end. But people write these things about Neil Gaiman all the time.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/neil-gaiman/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>When Patience Is Required</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/when-patience-is-required/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/when-patience-is-required/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[a writer writes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[when patience is required]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writer advice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, <b>THE RUBY CUP</b>, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is The Evolution of the Book and some words for impatient personality types stuck in a field that seems to be all about waiting.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/when-patience-is-required/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>LitPark:  The Evolution of the Book</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/litpark-the-evolution-of-the-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/litpark-the-evolution-of-the-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution of the Book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[professional jealousy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=20081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Henderson started LitPark in 2006 with the goal of building a supportive community for writers. She asked monthly questions intended to bond and inspire writers with storytelling. She interviewed writers from the unknown to the debut to Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket. But what she didn't realize she was doing was chronicling the ups and downs of writing and submitting her novel, <b>THE RUBY CUP</b>, which will be published by Harper Collins in September 2010. Follow the peaks and valleys of that process—the writer's block, the false hope, the face-on-the-floor depression, and the hard work of creating a novel. She hopes this is helpful, especially to those of you in the face-on-the-floor stage. You may be closer than you think!

So here is <i>The Evolution of the Book</i>, beginning with a post from 2006 about professional jealousy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2009/11/litpark-the-evolution-of-the-book/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Dog is Mistaken for Computer Parts, a Painting Survives a Panic Attack, and I May Never Become a Great Artist</title>
		<link>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2006/09/a-dog-is-mistaken-for-computer-parts-a-painting-survives-a-panic-attack-and-i-may-never-become-a-great-artist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2006/09/a-dog-is-mistaken-for-computer-parts-a-painting-survives-a-panic-attack-and-i-may-never-become-a-great-artist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Henderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nonfiction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[greyhound]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LitPark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[take your dog to work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nervous Breakdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TNB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=15674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A newly-adopted greyhound, named Steve, has a panic attack when his new owner leaves him alone for a moment. Here is the story of what the owner finds when he returns.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/shenderson/2006/09/a-dog-is-mistaken-for-computer-parts-a-painting-survives-a-panic-attack-and-i-may-never-become-a-great-artist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
