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		<title>Progress Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe how much time has elapsed since I updated this - am covered with embarrassment! Anyway stuff is occurring behind the scenes; washing done, bins put out and retrieved, meals cooked etc. plus a bit of writing in between times.
Much more exciting however is that my fabulous Olive Sisters movie producers Bonnie Burgess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/07/09/progress-report/</link>
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		<title>Doing the hard yards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a whirlwind month from the launch of the new book with great publicity and loads of interviews to an incredibly relaxing holiday for a couple of weeks - but hell - that&#8217;s all over now and the really hard work starts. One of the great misconceptions of authorship is that once you write [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/05/14/doing-the-hard-yards/</link>
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		<title>REVIEW: Sunday Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TWO FOR THE ROAD 
Amanda Hampson 
Viking, $32.95 Amanda Hampson&#8217;s first novel was the bestselling The Olive Sisters. This new novel is a similar tale of feminine sea change, but a little more downmarket in its subject matter. As a traumatised teen, Cassie fled seaside Bilkara. An assault on her father brings her back from London, just as her marriage falls apart. In a rather unlikely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/04/24/review-sunday-age/</link>
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		<title>REVIEW: Geelong Advertiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TWO FOR THE ROAD  By Amanda Hampson Penguin $32.95 
From the book: They made an odd procession heading out to the chapel. The black funeral limousine bearing Al&#8217;s polished timber casket took the lead. Cassie and Josie followed in the pink Cadillac with Kingi behind in his truck followed by the three other drivers in theirs: Eddie, Rod and Dean. It all felt surreal. 
We say: Cassie Munro [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/04/24/review/</link>
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		<title>On the Road</title>
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Had an insane week promoting the new book. Managed to do 25+ interviews and 7 flights in one week. Felt that the feedback was very positive - it&#8217;s kinda stressful waiting to see what the reception will be for something you&#8217;ve spent three years working on but so far, so good. 
Anyway, the crazy week culminated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/04/22/on-the-road/</link>
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		<title>Book Launch</title>
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After weeks of planning the launch of my new novel &#8216;Two for the Road&#8217; finally came together with about 100 family and friends gathering for a great night of celebration at a tow truck yard. As a struggling author financing the event (contrary to popular belief publishers do not bankroll extravagant launches for anyone but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/04/03/book-launch/</link>
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		<title>Working Up a Sweat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming up to the release of the new book &#8216;Two for the Road&#8217; on April 7th there is an amazing amount of behind the scenes work building the scaffolding and as of today my new site  - which has been given a massive overhaul by my dear friend Khim Stone - is up and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/03/25/working-up-a-sweat/</link>
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		<title>Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being the techno-queen that I am (or aspire to be) I have embraced the  medium of Facebook. I am reliably informed by my 14 year old that MySpace is for the young and Facebook for the young at heart - so here&#8217;s the link. Check it out, dude!  &#124; Link
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		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/03/22/facebook/</link>
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		<title>Book Giveaway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Penguin Books Australia are giving away 100 pre-release copies of &#8216;Two for the Road&#8217; - sign up for there newsletter to enter! &#124; Link
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		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/03/16/book-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>The Big Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went to my post office box today and to my great surprise there was the first copy of my new yet to be released BOOK! It&#8217;s a very exciting moment opening the package and I savoured it quietly sitting in the car. The cover, which I initially had reservations about, looks truly excellent particularly with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/02/29/the-big-day/</link>
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		<title>Sun Rise Over Australia</title>
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		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sun-rise-over-australia/</link>
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		<title>Downpours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wet week after the glamour and excitement of the previous weekend. It has absolutely poured with rain all week to the point that my gutter down-pipe decided enough was enough and threw itself to its death. By the next day the sheer quantity of water running down the side of the house meant it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/02/09/downpours/</link>
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		<title>Movie News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my last post I have been working on a screenplay for my book &#8216;The Olive Sisters&#8217; for movie producers Gwen Rogers and Bonnie Burgess. It&#8217;s been pretty tricky given I&#8217;ve never written a screenplay before and they &#8212; and my co-writer, Steve Bynum &#8212; have been on a different continent. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/02/04/movie-news/</link>
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		<title>Back on Track</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I have excuses - too many to detail here except to say that I have, since we last met, co-written the first draft of the screen play for The Olive Sisters, been to London to introduce my offspring to that great city and visit my dearest old friends, and have put the finishing touches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2008/01/31/back-on-track/</link>
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		<title>Too Good Men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went to see the marvellous Mr Beckham in action on Tuesday night. It was amazing to watch someone so familiar, from his jogging style, physical appearance, kick - that it was like watching an old friend play. And yes he is an amazing footballer in the flesh. There is something magical about the way when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amandahampson.com/blog/2007/11/29/too-good-men/</link>
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