<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post5097987044056302434..comments</id><updated>2009-12-03T14:02:04.923-05:00</updated><category term='GRE'/><category term='volunteer'/><category term='Kaplan'/><category term='plot'/><category term='lost'/><category term='top five'/><category term='blogging is hard'/><category term='research'/><category term='Starbucks'/><category term='movies'/><category term='characters'/><category term='books'/><category term='voluntourism'/><category term='orphanage'/><category term='my first novel'/><category term='Boston miscellany'/><category term='Michener Center'/><category term='language'/><category term='rejection'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='Slate'/><category term='blue pens or black pens'/><category term='writer&apos;s blog'/><category term='style'/><category term='publishing'/><category term='publicity'/><category term='revising'/><category term='car horns'/><category term='miscellany'/><category term='Arusha'/><category term='MFA programs'/><category term='starting a novel'/><category term='writing a novel'/><category term='San Francisco'/><category term='Jersey Shore'/><category term='editing'/><category term='screenwriting'/><category term='literary journals'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='short fiction'/><category term='writer&apos;s block'/><category term='Tanzania'/><category term='journalism'/><category term='writer&apos;s life'/><category term='CHISWEA'/><category term='humor'/><title type='text'>Comments on Ink and Beans: Taking the GRE for MFA Programs</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/feeds/5097987044056302434/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/5097987044056302434/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2009/11/taking-gre-for-mfa-programs_15.html'/><author><name>Ink and Beans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05925437597390817963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-1654701319472577985</id><published>2009-12-03T14:02:04.923-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T14:02:04.923-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A little snarky, but you have a point.  GRE stands...</title><content type='html'>A little snarky, but you have a point.  GRE stands for Graduate Record Examination, the standardized test required for entrance into most grad schools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MFA stands for Master of Fine Arts degree.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/5097987044056302434/comments/default/1654701319472577985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/5097987044056302434/comments/default/1654701319472577985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2009/11/taking-gre-for-mfa-programs_15.html?showComment=1259866924923#c1654701319472577985' title=''/><author><name>Jim C.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2009/11/taking-gre-for-mfa-programs_15.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-5097987044056302434' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/posts/default/5097987044056302434' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1855806160'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-3609910320083522802</id><published>2009-12-03T13:04:35.934-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T13:04:35.934-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You know, some of us are not great writers, and th...</title><content type='html'>You know, some of us are not great writers, and the use of abbreviations without explaing what they are, has a tendency to turn off the reader.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is GRE and MFA?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/5097987044056302434/comments/default/3609910320083522802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/5097987044056302434/comments/default/3609910320083522802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2009/11/taking-gre-for-mfa-programs_15.html?showComment=1259863475934#c3609910320083522802' title=''/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653312954078845711</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MfmKgcA-HMI/St5cWMT4WnI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Qh3CSLBYB30/S220/DSC00402_0139_139.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2009/11/taking-gre-for-mfa-programs_15.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-5097987044056302434' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/posts/default/5097987044056302434' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1208760225'/></entry></feed>
