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		<title>Koontz, Dean -- (Attributed)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a novel is like making love, but it&#8217;s also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it&#8217;s like making love while having a tooth pulled.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writing a novel is like making love, but it&#8217;s also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it&#8217;s like making love while having a tooth pulled.</p>
<br><b>Dean Koontz</b> (b. 1945) American writer [also writes as Leigh Nichols]<br>(Attributed) 
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		<title>Koontz, Dean -- Forever Odd, ch. 33 (2005)</title>
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<br><b>Dean Koontz</b> (b. 1945) American writer [also writes as Leigh Nichols]<br><i>Forever Odd</i>, ch. 33 (2005) 
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