<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:47:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@deadmoonwrites/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Haiku poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Monday morning Haiku]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@deadmoonwrites/a-haiku-poem-xpsjy6vw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@deadmoonwrites/a-haiku-poem-xpsjy6vw</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixEPDiYMkx1T2Q2m5QFYHsZRkpWr56LqxY79dcG5YoMtLb9co8HhGFqNmcGGEJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm scared, I’m struggling, I feel lost]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm scared, I’m struggling, I feel lost I am not only a writer. I write, but this is about more than my words. This journey is about embodying the concept that an artist is more than a painter or a sculptor]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/i-m-scared-i-m-struggling-i-feel-lost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/i-m-scared-i-m-struggling-i-feel-lost</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:18:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6JRJzg78T13ez48Sbx33ADMWh3YLKJ9cghYYiWh1uYXYaUApuR9YoUQ9CuEg335AJUw2RQhqhUpUiNYXBEbrHQb98ATXWckwQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From my Perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a something I wrote for a separate website. I wanted to post it here also - Enjoy From my perspective… I am entering my forties as a confused if somewhat lost person. Which direction do I take?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/from-my-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/from-my-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:12:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovWv1J4a34sACPMuCf94YnKYp2v9kf1FTEB7qys99m2K9nqAaMYQUCVD2UGQLQRoC1L8gTW9GVEvBfNvaZiG3k2fp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relocation of writing desk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Due to the crazy jet fueled five year old running around the house, I have temperately relocated my writing area to the cold yet distraction-less basement.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/relocation-of-writing-desk-l7emxroe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/relocation-of-writing-desk-l7emxroe</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixCNJLxheRXhixkGgyAyGNBLmczPEYgevn7vf4truF7BEa6qAPTCfdx8CN1JaS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Found love]]></title><description><![CDATA[I saw this one day whole out walking. Usually called love locks for how to people will write their names, lock the lock them throw away the key.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/found-love-ubmmwsqw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/found-love-ubmmwsqw</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:09:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixUd8DEZzUUWHd3Z3T6PQbjmGgkpLvBvdE7tL4SUWvFjuKzvUwSmUjq2Km9YRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counting the ways -]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image by Alicja from Pixabay I use to track everything I did behind a number. The number of days since I drank alcohol last The number of days since I quit eating meat How many years it has been since]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@deadmoonwrites/2se3ds-counting-the-ways</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@deadmoonwrites/2se3ds-counting-the-ways</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xrqqZ7A9X7mqEhELYDp6mms8VJbGDHyTsAoy1CH5Vn7Ek2LKcsUPvDK2uf6z2y7ECq7ThCqGD3sLyZbfBRKGDDjFDvqQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["A story read aloud before an audience can have little in common with its mute presence on the page." - Norman Mailer]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@deadmoonwrites/a-story-read-aloud-before-an-audience-can-have-little-in-common-with-its-mute-presence-on-the-page-norman-mailer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@deadmoonwrites/a-story-read-aloud-before-an-audience-can-have-little-in-common-with-its-mute-presence-on-the-page-norman-mailer</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:11:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writers photo  journal l 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[An old comic from my youth.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/a-writers-photo-journal-l-3-0elqjg58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/a-writers-photo-journal-l-3-0elqjg58</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:01:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDfXTfk6kD3q8523YCwxWuJ4oxBq64ZzwKfrzLL3CudU2shA89NEVd4fmBzog?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writers photography journey l 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small fraction of my King collection.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/a-writers-photography-journey-l-2-et8iz8qm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/a-writers-photography-journey-l-2-et8iz8qm</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:43:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixChXUD6NYHeLzZtoGN9D8ouQN8yDGvwz6xeLeHqDyDEvJQHQcEK4Y6chzFFLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writers photo Journal | 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am constantly thinking about what I want to post on Steem it. Do I focus on short stories or personal narratives, book reviews or blogs/ulogs or just a random collection of whatever is going on with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/a-writers-photo-journal-or-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/a-writers-photo-journal-or-1</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:49:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt1fpGQTLKHwKJ9dtEY9KP8SqunXXiFtbwtfT6prjQw3dyY7MG5C4zDs5cJVu9BUSdJr9dW4kBQEbbpBvazJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to unplug and write]]></title><description><![CDATA[I escaped to a coffee shop leaving behind your wife, kid and most importantly the computer. 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I wanted to get a walk in before the snow piles up too much]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/out-for-a-walk-phnmtz0y</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/out-for-a-walk-phnmtz0y</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:56:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDg7dKerd4kFZFkLbKb7t7RxJoZ1Sbxoztx5MLcwPDuGz1yL7pk87WXHffkES?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a dread in realizing how much more punishment my bruised ego will have to take. Still, I take comfort in knowing my writing (eventually) will reflect my own sufferings.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@deadmoonwrites/there-is-a-dread-in-realizing-how-much-more-punishment-my-bruised-ego-will-have-to-take-still-i-take-comfort-in-knowing-my</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@deadmoonwrites/there-is-a-dread-in-realizing-how-much-more-punishment-my-bruised-ego-will-have-to-take-still-i-take-comfort-in-knowing-my</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:51:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[a few bits of advice from my note files.]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife wrote a book. She took years, but it is available on Amazon now. I have many half written (and some full) stories but nothing published. Steem tanked and so many of you all stuck around while I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@deadmoonwrites/a-few-bits-of-advice-from-my-note-files</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@deadmoonwrites/a-few-bits-of-advice-from-my-note-files</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVoAvXt2X6pMxYAb3q65xMju8wryWxKrsghkLR5hvz9KL4myVAJAhxUaRcoQiW613yRA9NmvbE8Kv25BFHAEUiERDJ2RtZZ9xirGupLZnnkbeGf93qSQfLfFLqYvBMMs5NBm2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing tips are useless without this...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writing tips are useless without this... Let me apologize to you for having such a cliche title. I hate those myself and here I am pushing one on to you. It's not even part of the article here, well it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/writing-tips-are-useless-without-this</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/writing-tips-are-useless-without-this</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 23:20:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1AreaDn1D7Jp7ZEvgLC9TvJctofX1ChMgSZpP798c1yrYUXssJvk9cJH5iZoRhwoAUDXGSsq5RheaFumZzoKEJBE1npyQiMSm5cbpy8x5Cs8RJkBsApjKwza53n6F2mzqoi3n8q9PKAWaZu8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out for a walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick walk too stretch my legs. I want to run but it never stops snowing here. running and icy sidewalks do not mix.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/out-for-a-walk-fq7orwqx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/out-for-a-walk-fq7orwqx</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:23:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixVbhXwkKXxid1bwoXnfVKhiUJgFR1sBJVfstBjr2QbkYw7iU5PX94fwnRDzZc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Random hanging image]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took a photo of this picture yesterday while picking my wife up from the doctors. I don't know why I looked it so much, perhaps because it reminds me of something from Japan or maybe China. I love almost]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/random-hanging-image-jyorp4zg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@deadmoonwrites/random-hanging-image-jyorp4zg</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:19:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixCNAhcyUAqFTMDEiTN1nCPbGBT7GRDY3VM4aJDbgrNeg2MxRmgC5EoN11RW2S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untitled | a short story preview]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is the opening to a new short story -thought I would see if I can get any feedback on the basic feel of the piece. This has not been edited yet so don't fret about any mispellings or grammer issuses.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@deadmoonwrites/untitled-or-a-short-story-preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@deadmoonwrites/untitled-or-a-short-story-preview</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vppGeV6VN3m3GSDcLoRruAhMmifZtFSDkYScdz7FE6LP7TEb78C33R4VXn8ftt3HTzZfdgUNkuUG1pcnfgz2HNdLWqS4xF3efPC17pmB3k3dp7fHmPs165wfW4S4YWTcxEec4jD57YtcNJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAIKUS from a DeadMoon]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@deadmoonwrites/haikus-from-a-deadmoon-a4ldojzh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@deadmoonwrites/haikus-from-a-deadmoon-a4ldojzh</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 20:49:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDzfZiep3fetup8mQkws43jHU2NDEQJbEqTevYxjnomckp1ygSopFuPamKFk2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Tube (D-Tube) Please don't brand us]]></title><description><![CDATA[You Tubers- and to a lesser extent,D-tubes - please don't brand us like a group of cattle. I watch little you tube videos now but there was a time I consumed hours of the individual videos with a wide]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/you-tube-d-tube-please-don-t-brand-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@deadmoonwrites/you-tube-d-tube-please-don-t-brand-us</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deadmoonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErY8p6zW7vmjHG7JBprJ1N8xe36pMEtJWL7qMKuSuz4S21G4ag7ARm3A2UMD4D3GrpXGWUD2zXEfadeS3qHEJex6EwQb8znCfHjc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>