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		<title>I&#8217;m at Random Jottings today. Join us!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christa Allan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head on over to RANDOM JOTTINGS where my writer-friend and fellow Abingdon author Richard Mabry (of Code Blue) interviewed me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Head on over to <a href="http://rmabry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">RANDOM JOTTINGS</a> where my writer-friend and fellow Abingdon author Richard Mabry (of <em><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yk5vzan" target="_blank">Code Blue</a>)</em> interviewed me.</p>
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		<title>CAMY TANG: the loud Asian chick&#8230;don&#8217;t hold the wasabi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christa Allan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camy Tang is my guest blogger today. her second book, Only Uni, is now available. I &#8220;met&#8221; Camy online several years ago, and I had the opportunity to face-to-face meet her at the recent American Christian Fiction Writers Conference.  She&#8217;s a petite dynamo whose faith and passion for helping people shine. Camy thought it might be [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#ff00ff" face="Times New Roman"><b>Camy Tang is my guest blogger today. her second book, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style:italic;">Only Uni, </span>is now available. I &#8220;met&#8221; Camy online several years ago, and I had the opportunity to face-to-face meet her at the recent American Christian Fiction Writers Conference.  She&#8217;s a petite dynamo whose faith and passion for helping people shine. Camy thought it might be fun to have a meme for a guest blog post, so here it is!</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Favorite Sounds</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Gurgling water in a stream or brook</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Fire crackling</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Rain falling outside</font><font face="Times New Roman"><u><b> </b></u></font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b></b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Least Favorite Sounds</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Children crying</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">2. The vacuum cleaner—yes, I admit it, I’m afraid of my own vacuum cleaner.</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. A crying dog—</font><font face="Times New Roman">it makes me feel sad.</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Favorite Flavors of Candy<span style="font-family:Georgia;" class="Apple-style-span">   </span><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-weight:normal;" class="Apple-style-span"><font face="Times New Roman">1. Chocolate</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;" class="Apple-style-span"><font face="Times New Roman">2. Peach</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Melon</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></font></span></b></font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Biggest Fears</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">			</span>   </font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Heights</font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">   <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">	</span>        </font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Captain Caffeine dying suddenly</font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">      </font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Being raped</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Biggest Challenges</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Self-discipline for pretty much everything—eating, exercise, writing</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Not buying yarn when there’</font><font face="Times New Roman">s a SALE!</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Getting up early in the morning</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Favorite Stores<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span></b></font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Amazon.com</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">	</span>    </font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Knitpicks.com</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Trader Joe’</font><font face="Times New Roman">s</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Most Used Words<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">	</span></b></font><font face="Times New Roman">1. No way!</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">	</span>    </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Um<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">				</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. What’</font><font face="Times New Roman">s for dessert?</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Favorite Pizza Toppings<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span></b></font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Mushrooms<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Sausage</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Garlic</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Movies Recently Watched<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"><span style="font-family:Georgia;" class="Apple-style-span">	       <span style="font-weight:normal;white-space:normal;" class="Apple-style-span"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Pride and Prejudice (BBC miniseries, and YES, I watched it for like the 20<sup>th</sup> time)</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’</font><font face="Times New Roman">s End (Good, but a bit confusing and a bit sad, too)</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><fo nt face="Times New Roman">3. Zodiac (good)</fo></span></span></span></b></font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Favorite Fruits<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">				</span>1</b></font><font face="Times New Roman">. Bing cherries<span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">		</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Seedless grapes</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">	</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Blueberries</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Favorite Vegetables</b></font><font face="Times New Roman">1. Brussell sprouts—</font><font face="Times New Roman">I kid you not! I just ate them for the first time a few months ago, and I LOVE them with garlic and butter!</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">	</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">2. Asparagus</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="white-space:pre;" class="Apple-tab-span">	</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">3. Corn</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.camytang.com/"><span style="color:#003366;text-decoration:none;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span">Camy Tang</span></font></span></a><font face="Times New Roman"><span><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span"> is the loud Asian chick who writes loud Asian chick lit. S</span></span><span class="read-body-fixed"><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span">he used to be a biologist, but now she is a staff worker for her church youth group and leads a worship team for Sunday service. She also runs the </span><a href="http://storysensei.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span">Story Sensei fiction critique service</span></a><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span">. </span></span><span><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span">On her blog,</span></span><span class="read-body-fixed"><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span"> she gives away Christian novels every Monday and Thursday, and she ponders frivolous things like dumb dogs (namely, hers), coffee-geek husbands (no resemblance to her own </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span">writing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="read-body-fixed"><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="Apple-style-span"> journey, Asiana, and anything else that comes to mind.   </span></span></font></span></span></span></span></font></p>
<p><img src="http://www.camytang.com/OnlyUniweb.jpg" style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width:300px;margin:0 auto 10px;" border="0" />
<p style="text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="read-body-fixed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="read-body-fixed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight:bold;"> Visit her website at </span><a href="http://www.camytang.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight:bold;">http://www.camytang.com/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight:bold;"> for a huge website contest going on right now, giving away five boxes of books and 25 copies of her latest release, </span><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Only-Uni-Sushi-Book-2/dp/0310273994/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1204147318&amp;sr=8-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight:bold;">ONLY UNI.</span></a></i></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight:bold;"> </span></font></span></span></span></span></font></p>
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