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		<title>&#8220;As Darkness Falls, so too Truth&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 – Through Blood and Iron: A Collection of Heroic Fantasy, edited by Robert J. Santa and published by Ricasso Press
~ A 3,800 word story about responsibility and power&#8230;and losing oneself to either.
*Graphic battle violence and death.
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<p>~ A 3,800 word story about responsibility and power&#8230;and losing oneself to either.</p>
<p>*Graphic battle violence and death.</p>
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		<title>Dragon*Con 2009 Panelist</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/09/dragoncon-2009-panelist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2009 &#8211;  Panelist on the &#8220;Writer&#8217;s Track&#8221; hosted by Nancy Knight
One session:

How to Get Rejected

@ Dragon*Con 2009, Atlanta, GA
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>September 2009 &#8211;  Panelist on the &#8220;Writer&#8217;s Track&#8221; hosted by Nancy Knight</strong></p>
<p>One session:</p>
<ul>
<li>How to Get Rejected</li>
</ul>
<p>@ <a href="http://www.dragoncon.org/">Dragon*Con 2009</a>, Atlanta, GA</p>
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		<title>Daily Dragon Reporter</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/09/daily-dragon-reporter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2009 -  Reporter

Daily Dragon: 

9-1-09: Choices! We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Choices! (Or How the Information Booths Can Help You Navigate Through Dragon*Con)
9-6-09: Found! Storytelling in Manilla/Singapore/Hong Kong
9-6-09: The Old Man and the Sea of Opportunity

@ Dragon*Con, Atlanta, GA
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">September 2009 -  <a href="http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/daily-dragon-staff/?uid=54" target="_blank">Reporter</a><br />
</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/" target="_blank"><em>Daily Dragon</em></a>: </span></p>
<ul>
<li>9-1-09: <a href="http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/2009/dont-need-no-stinkin-choices/" target="_blank">Choices! We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Choices! (Or How the Information Booths Can Help You Navigate Through Dragon*Con)</a></li>
<li>9-6-09: <a title="Permanent Link to Found! Storytelling in Manilla/Singapore/Hong Kong" rel="bookmark" href="http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/2009/found-storytelling-in-manillasingaporehong-kong/">Found! Storytelling in Manilla/Singapore/Hong Kong</a></li>
<li>9-6-09: <a title="Permanent Link to The Old Man and the Sea of Opportunity" rel="bookmark" href="http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/2009/the-old-man-and-the-sea-of-opportunity/">The Old Man and the Sea of Opportunity</a></li>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">@ <a href="http://www.dragoncon.org/" target="_blank">Dragon*Con</a>, Atlanta, GA</span><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.redoakyoungwriters.com/index.html" target="_blank"></a></span></p>
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		<title>Red Oak Young Writers Session</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/07/56/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 2009 -  Presenter
Break-out Session: 

Heroic Measures: What it Takes to Write a Hero


@ Redbird Studios, Milwaukee, WI, for Red Oak Young Writers

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">August 2009 -  Presenter</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Break-out Session: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Heroic Measures: What it Takes to Write a Hero<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">@ <a href="http://www.redbirdstudio.com/classlist.html" target="_blank">Redbird Studios</a></span><span style="color: #000000;">, Milwaukee, WI, for <a href="http://www.redoakyoungwriters.com/index.html" target="_blank">Red Oak Young Writers</a><br />
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		<title>Odyssey Con 2009 Panelist</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/04/odyssey-con-2009-panelist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 2009 -  Panelist
Two sessions: 

Submitting short stories
From John Carter to Harry Potter: The appeal of the series

@ OddCon 2009, Madison, WI
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">April 2009 -  Panelist</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Two sessions: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Submitting short stories</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">From John Carter to Harry Potter: The appeal of the series</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">@</span><span style="color: #000000;"> <a href="http://www.oddcon.com/index.php" target="_blank">OddCon 2009</a>, Madison, WI</span></p>
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		<title>Rogue Blades Mini-interview: Return of the Sword</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/03/rogue-blades-mini-interview-return-of-the-sword/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/03/rogue-blades-mini-interview-return-of-the-sword/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 29, 2009 ~ Interviewed along with the authors and artists of Return of the Sword by RBE
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><strong>March 29, 2009 ~</strong> <a href="http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/2009/03/mini-interview-jason-m-waltz/" target="_blank">Interviewed</a> along with <a href="http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/category/rbe-interviews/" target="_blank">the authors and artists</a> of <a href="http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/products/rb-presents/rb-presents-anthologies/return-of-the-sword/" target="_blank"><em>Return of the Sword</em></a> by <a href="http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/" target="_blank">RBE</a></div>
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		<title>&#8220;With the Brightness of His Coming&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/01/with-the-brightness-of-his-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
January 2009 &#8211; Coach&#8217;s Midnight Diner 2: The Back from the Dead Edition, edited by Coach Culbertson and published by Relief Journal: A Quarterly Christian Expression
~ A 4,000 word story about the powers of control and belief&#8230;and hope.
*Graphic death and supernatural violence.
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<p><strong>January 2009 &#8211; <a href="http://themidnightdiner.com/" target="_blank"><em>Coach&#8217;s Midnight Diner 2: The Back from the Dead Edition</em></a></strong>, edited by Coach Culbertson and published by <a href="http://www.reliefjournal.com/" target="_blank">Relief Journal: A Quarterly Christian Expression</a></p>
<p>~ A 4,000 word story about the powers of control and belief&#8230;and hope.</p>
<p>*Graphic death and supernatural violence.</p>
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		<title>OddContest for speculative prose poetry &amp; flash fiction</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/01/oddcontest-for-speculative-prose-poetry-flash-fiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/01/oddcontest-for-speculative-prose-poetry-flash-fiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 2009 -  Adult SF&#38;F Preliminary Judge

Narrowed submissions to Top 20 for Odyssey Con 2009 final judge Joe Haldeman
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">January 2009 -  Adult SF&amp;F Preliminary Judge<br />
</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Narrowed <a href="http://www.oddcon.com/contest.html" target="_blank">submissions</a> to Top 20 for <a href="http://www.oddcon.com/index.php" target="_blank">Odyssey Con</a> 2009 final judge </span><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~haldeman/" target="_blank">Joe Haldeman</a></p>
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		<title>Port Washington Library Sessions</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2009/01/port-washington-library-sessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January-March 2009 -  Presenter
Three sessions: 

On Writing
On Plot
On Scene &#38; Character

@ WJ Niederkorn Library, Port Washington, WI
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">January-March 2009 -  Presenter</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Three sessions: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">On Writing</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">On Plot</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">On Scene &amp; Character</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">@</span><span style="color: #000000;"> WJ Niederkorn Library, Port Washington, WI</span></p>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Ink Annual Writing Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2008/08/writers-ink-annual-writing-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jasonmwaltz.com/2008/08/writers-ink-annual-writing-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2008 -  Adult fiction Judge
Selected 1st, 2nd, 3rd place

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">September 2008 -  Adult fiction Judge</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Selected 1st, 2nd, 3rd place<br />
</span></p>
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