<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:50:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@amtorresauthor/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Joy of Christmas Eve by A.M Torres]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Christmas cards are sent our family is on its way the table is festive red we're meeting them today. The joy of Christmas Eve that brings us all together to create some memories that we cherish forever.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@amtorresauthor/the-joy-of-christmas-eve-by-a-m-torres</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@amtorresauthor/the-joy-of-christmas-eve-by-a-m-torres</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 21:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Returning with Turmoil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nice to be back. It has been a long time since my last post which I believe had to do with my second book of poetry titled: Turmoil. Turmoil covers a variety of topics many written during some difficult]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/returning-with-turmoil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/returning-with-turmoil</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:27:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt3F2yfJnFNEa9CAZ5reTJyAsCaa151oXuDAec4SCoCEBD8SpauJxnbob9jk8yiUzeuiCVXBeZegRZBfTjDQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turmoil Poetry Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have finally released my second book of poetry titled "Turmoil." Turmoil was released on March 18 of this year. It covers many themes, many personal things I have endured for the past 3-5 years.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@amtorresauthor/turmoil-poetry-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@amtorresauthor/turmoil-poetry-book</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:20:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Winter Come Again?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cold's winter tale the gray skies can tell, they walked up and down When will I be well? The hospital grounds they're empty as me inside I'n lonely I'll never fit in. I longed for the end an end to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/will-winter-come-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/will-winter-come-again</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:19:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Electoral College should be abolished]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the second time since the 2000 election, we get stuck with a president who didn't win the popular vote. He becomes our president thanks to the Electoral College. From a personal standpoint, I still]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/the-electoral-college-should-be-abolished</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/the-electoral-college-should-be-abolished</guid><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:48:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadowed Tears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shadowed Tears is the name of my first small book of poems, I had it self published through CreateSpace a self publishing company owned by Amazon. As I currently work on my second book which will be titled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/shadowed-tears</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/shadowed-tears</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:14:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Child by A.M. Torres Story of Fiction and Suspense]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello readers. I will like to share a chapter from my first novel which I titled Love Child. Love Child is the first book of my Child Series, and it was first published in 2011. It was refreshed, and edited]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@amtorresauthor/love-child-by-a-m-torres-story-of-fiction-and-suspense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@amtorresauthor/love-child-by-a-m-torres-story-of-fiction-and-suspense</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 20:33:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The IRS Scam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please read this carefully because I went through an upsetting experience with some scammer only two days ago. And while I'm sure many of you are aware of these scams as well as the lottery scams, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scams/@amtorresauthor/the-irs-scam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scams/@amtorresauthor/the-irs-scam</guid><category><![CDATA[scams]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 06:35:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Poetry Marathon]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the second year in a row I took part in the poetry marathon. It's an event I discovered on Facebook where poets could apply to take part of the marathon of posting a poem for 24 hours - one poem every]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/the-poetry-marathon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/the-poetry-marathon</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 05:24:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promoting a self published book]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the author of the child series Love Child, Child No More, and Child Scorned, three self published books, I understand the importance of promoting your books. Not that promoting isn't always important]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/promotion/@amtorresauthor/promoting-a-self-published-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/promotion/@amtorresauthor/promoting-a-self-published-book</guid><category><![CDATA[promotion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:58:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting back into doing podcast interviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since first publishing my first novel Love Child in 2011, I have managed to land only four podcast interviews since that time. I know that doesn't sound good, and it isn't, especially since I've published]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@amtorresauthor/getting-back-into-doing-podcast-interviews</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@amtorresauthor/getting-back-into-doing-podcast-interviews</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How we can still help Bernie Sanders]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I'm still stewing over the presidential race that was stolen from Bernie Sanders (at least the Democratic race) we are forgetting something more important, perhaps the more important reason why]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/how-we-can-still-help-bernie-sanders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/how-we-can-still-help-bernie-sanders</guid><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 02:36:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lesser of two evils]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that Hillary is the Democratic presidential nominee I still don't know if I will vote for her. I am still very unhappy at the way Bernie Sanders was screwed (there has been emails to confirm just how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/the-lesser-of-two-evils</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/the-lesser-of-two-evils</guid><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 01:20:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debut Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[" It’s strange that I was often referred to as the love child. This term became derogatory for me because it was used to describe me when I was hated, for being something I couldn’t help. Of course]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@amtorresauthor/debut-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@amtorresauthor/debut-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:50:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making my Vote truly Count]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been voting  Democrat since I began to vote at the age of eighteen. For years I have voted for the likes of David Dinkins, Mario Cuomo, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton (Senator of N.Y)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/making-my-vote-truly-count</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/election/@amtorresauthor/making-my-vote-truly-count</guid><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2016 02:17:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do all lives matter?]]></title><description><![CDATA[ We know all lives matter. That goes without saying. However that doesn't mean that all lives are treated equal. Nor does it mean that all lives are seen that way. This is what many don't get. Or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/black/@amtorresauthor/do-all-lives-matter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/black/@amtorresauthor/do-all-lives-matter</guid><category><![CDATA[black]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:24:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Will it Stop?]]></title><description><![CDATA[ I love to write poetry, and have a few books I've released with poetry. I wrote this yesterday in the way of so much evil and confusion in the world.  When will it stop? When will it stop? the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/when-will-it-stop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@amtorresauthor/when-will-it-stop</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 09:03:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas all year long.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christmas. It comes once a year. The music, the movies, the shopping, there is something magical about that time of year. Speaking for myself, I get that Christmas feel on and off throughout the year.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christmas/@amtorresauthor/christmas-all-year-long</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christmas/@amtorresauthor/christmas-all-year-long</guid><category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:35:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a pleasure to find this blog. I am writer, an author, and a poet whose been writing for a couple of years now. I will like to introduce myself . My name is Ana M. Torres, but I have published under]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduction/@amtorresauthor/hello</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduction/@amtorresauthor/hello</guid><category><![CDATA[introduction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amtorresauthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2016 08:17:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>