<?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:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Colleen Ryckert Cook</title>
	<atom:link href="http://colleenrcook.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://colleenrcook.com</link>
	<description>I write because I am.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:57:46 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='colleenrcook.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/d0dcfdbe8a787641e520cdf1da5e5825?s=96&#038;d=http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Colleen Ryckert Cook</title>
		<link>http://colleenrcook.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://colleenrcook.com/osd.xml" title="Colleen Ryckert Cook" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://colleenrcook.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Highlights from launch party for LITTLE PIANO GIRL</title>
		<link>http://colleenrcook.com/2010/02/15/highlights-from-launch-party-for-little-piano-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://colleenrcook.com/2010/02/15/highlights-from-launch-party-for-little-piano-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crcook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://colleenrcook.com/?p=482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 13, family, friends and fans joined sisters and coauthors Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald at Reading Reptile in Kansas City. The reason: celebrate the release of their new picture book Little Piano Girl, illustrated by Giselle Potter. The biography of jazz legend Mary Lou Williams was a true labor of love for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colleenrcook.com&blog=11479711&post=482&subd=crcook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://colleenrcook.com/2010/02/15/highlights-from-launch-party-for-little-piano-girl/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/bed4b8aceb741a777672d632efa0fe8e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">crcook</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hello to all of you!</title>
		<link>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/10/09/hello-to-all-of-you/</link>
		<comments>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/10/09/hello-to-all-of-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crcook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friday five]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kid stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry friday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crcook.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/hello-to-all-of-you/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Been away for, oh, a few months now, but jumping&#160;right back in with a Friday Five/Poetry Friday combo:
1. I&#8217;ve been away too long, but for good reason. *drumroll, please* I actually will be published next year. OK, OK, before you break out the party horns, it&#8217;s Work for Hire through Rosen Publishing. Bethany Bryan is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colleenrcook.com&blog=11479711&post=407&subd=crcook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/10/09/hello-to-all-of-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/bed4b8aceb741a777672d632efa0fe8e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">crcook</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Escaping The Tiger by Laura Manivong</title>
		<link>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/08/24/escaping-the-tiger-by-laura-manivong/</link>
		<comments>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/08/24/escaping-the-tiger-by-laura-manivong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crcook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crcook.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/escaping-the-tiger-by-laura-manivong/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this excitingcool post from my buddy &#160;
       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colleenrcook.com&blog=11479711&post=406&subd=crcook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/08/24/escaping-the-tiger-by-laura-manivong/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/bed4b8aceb741a777672d632efa0fe8e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">crcook</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hint Fiction Contest, Aug 1 &#8211; Aug 31</title>
		<link>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/08/03/hint-fiction-contest-aug-1-aug-31/</link>
		<comments>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/08/03/hint-fiction-contest-aug-1-aug-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crcook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crcook.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/hint-fiction-contest-aug-1-aug-31/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shorter than flash fiction, longer than six words, Hint Fiction is what it sounds like:&#160;25 words that reveal a story and hint at a more complex tale. 
A contest at http://www.robertswartwood.com/?page_id=8&#160;is looking for the best hint fiction to be included in a W.W. Norton anthology, tentatively scheduled for Fall 2010. Here&#8217;s what they&#8217;re looking for:
It&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colleenrcook.com&blog=11479711&post=405&subd=crcook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/08/03/hint-fiction-contest-aug-1-aug-31/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/bed4b8aceb741a777672d632efa0fe8e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">crcook</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kansas SCBWI Conference Sept 11-12</title>
		<link>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/07/23/kansas-scbwi-conference-sept-11-12/</link>
		<comments>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/07/23/kansas-scbwi-conference-sept-11-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crcook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scbwi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crcook.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/kansas-scbwi-conference-sept-11-12/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Kansas SCBWI has planned a rip-roarin&#8217; conference for children&#8217;s writers and illustrators.&#160;Yes, we got authors! Bruce Coville, Cheryl Harness, Jennifer Brown,&#160;Dian Curtis Regan,&#160;LD Harkrader. We got illustrator Tom Nelson, agent &#160;Ted&#160;Malawar of Firebrand Literary, editor Eve Adler of Henry Holt and Company.&#160;We got&#160;manuscript critques and portfolio reivews and sessions on characters, voice, humor, structure and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colleenrcook.com&blog=11479711&post=404&subd=crcook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://colleenrcook.com/2009/07/23/kansas-scbwi-conference-sept-11-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/bed4b8aceb741a777672d632efa0fe8e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">crcook</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>