<?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>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:16:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jasonbu/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Wearing Too Many Hats (and Writing Anyway)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @jasonbu/wearing-too-many-hats-and-writing-anyway by @jasonbu.In this post I talk about being an Indie author and juggling it all. I'm also giving a sneak peak into upcoming WIPs.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/wearing-too-many-hats-and-writing-anyway-hive-170798</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/wearing-too-many-hats-and-writing-anyway-hive-170798</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:21:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wearing Too Many Hats (and Writing Anyway)]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a particular kind of tired that doesn’t come from lack of sleep. It comes from context switching. It’s the friction of writing a chapter in the early morning quiet, then pivoting immediately to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/wearing-too-many-hats-and-writing-anyway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/wearing-too-many-hats-and-writing-anyway</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yFZweSKgqLVG4vNeGCUhUrs9ekLdc8ivGi9pWKo47s5Z115snEoEyY67ipSoeqt8vdfqvYbrfs6E6RtZXd7MrAiXMsnumH6L9c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’m not a Patriot]]></title><description><![CDATA[We don’t need to shout our pride to prove it. I served, I vote, I fly the flag proudly — but I’ve never once called myself a patriot. In Canada, we show pride differently. That’s not weakness. It’s our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/im-not-a-patriot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/im-not-a-patriot</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:47:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yG7T9UM6gKJpKNr39zxCsRXZiKsFhiQH1wLh1pQZQ5H8JL9y5fKvdv7tQwzGzsnKMDrftsgwgHVMzKmwLch8pco23MgBJrBHDp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chronicle #011: Post-Launch Signal Drift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Date Recorded: 22 October 2025 Filed Under: Author Reflections / Information Fatigue / Cultural Signals Classification: Declassified “All history is written by survivors — especially the quiet ones.” It’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/chronicle-011-post-launch-signal-drift</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/chronicle-011-post-launch-signal-drift</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:19:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yGLCi6kRMRHWPpRc6Erckvpez1uZi5JYSWHGWu2jj2gWEi7FjUqYg2sfgRozyvZbN5wGqQn9cpCyL1C29LjaEwHZ825wdbQL9t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grievance Gateway - Amygdala Hijack]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wanted to preface this post. I’m a sci-fi writer, but I’m also someone who cares deeply about the freedoms we enjoy in this country, and how easily they can slip when emotion replaces reason. With a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/the-grievance-gateway-amygdala-hijack</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jasonbu/the-grievance-gateway-amygdala-hijack</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 13:18:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yGVWbdYHud2rXar3gK7UmFJhbHBszY9pvjvJSMjWdugY8PbTyysxX8aWxSFuhyWn68MFJ831WHDZWnyGj7aksWZAWhAQNz21i6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the Pages of Pejorative: With the Author-Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @jasonbu/behind-the-pages-of-pejorative-with-the-author-me by @jasonbu.This is what I have been up to lately. I wrote a book. A year in the making. It's my first full length novel]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/behind-the-pages-of-pejorative-with-the-author-me-hive-170798</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/behind-the-pages-of-pejorative-with-the-author-me-hive-170798</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:34:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the Pages of Pejorative: With the Author-Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wonder Where I’ve Been? Heads down. Caffeine-fueled. Deep in the bunker. I’ve been getting ready to launch my debut novel, Pejorative: Echoes of a Nation—a dystopian alt-history built from interviews,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jasonbu/behind-the-pages-of-pejorative-with-the-author-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jasonbu/behind-the-pages-of-pejorative-with-the-author-me</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:44:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yG6iJCqYWfdQgtFcN2hyoGhXzGThrN5Ay1JzZZghKS3hfUwZnPmqpqF6kx3qDpVKKPPb8RMJmGHFrdfPaQ8HzitMWDjxUxBGWS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memoir Fragment #010: Uneven Dystopias]]></title><description><![CDATA[Date Retrieved: 11 September 2025 Subject Thread: Coffee / Witness / Solidarity Status: Incomplete but Honest "Some days, memory is the only reliable narrator." The coffee was strong this morning,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jasonbu/memoir-fragment-010-uneven-dystopias</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jasonbu/memoir-fragment-010-uneven-dystopias</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:46:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yGM5Q3iiH6zd1HXsK9quorLnC1imKtoS8FV3pmqHw4qGwi9LEb2FpjD9gARb2hnoswhjsSZXJem3nfr4g38mNoVHoZhNqfnvrr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatch #009: Guardrails]]></title><description><![CDATA[Date Sent: 23 August 2025 Origin: Forward Observation Post / Reality Line B Urgency Level: Moderate “Some truths don’t need decoding—they just need courage.” The road wound higher than I remembered, climbing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jasonbu/dispatch-009-guardrails</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jasonbu/dispatch-009-guardrails</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:42:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yGK4QzucmegL7N1acJdZ98fbq7cfLHPJjC3tqa9ymphLM9yZrCPdFg9QMmPjXyQuzy7hnXE86kSWinLBpDAEa3GWkgsu42WRt2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memoir Fragment #008: While the Cottage Slept]]></title><description><![CDATA[Date Retrieved: 7 August 2025 Subject Thread: Impermanence / Tension / Stillness Status: Incomplete but Honest Quote“Some days, memory is the only reliable narrator.” The blue jays start early here.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/memoir-fragment-008-while-the-cottage-slept</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/memoir-fragment-008-while-the-cottage-slept</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:10:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yGWFzimbGQSuMG3dmConSeTYii3Kaieb9igCcLwBJS3yAhXcr71qDNyGmQ3SydjbtZFjrtBW926XiWcF2DJxCNBN8wvsg6Haer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transmission #007: Red Marks & Heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Date Logged: 29 July 2025 Origin: Neural Uplink / Inner Core Signal Status: Stable “The signal is faint. My thoughts, however, are not.” Two weeks “off”, yet I traded beach days for battle lines drawn]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/transmission-007-red-marks-and-heatwaves</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/transmission-007-red-marks-and-heatwaves</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:11:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yG6iCM5rSeCsWLn7zPqLcSysfi3QMzRf4eEk4h2YYaehhVf6wqzHvQEFxQfD2Q2NXGsCh4FdC4vsjtjeo1eP4AfQuB6hfn2sPk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admit One - Ticket - Inkwell Prompt 232]]></title><description><![CDATA[The stub was half-buried in the ash. He almost didn’t see it at first, just a torn edge of paper the wind kept teasing along the cracked pavement. His boot came down near it, and for some reason, maybe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/admit-one-ticket-inkwell-prompt-232</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/admit-one-ticket-inkwell-prompt-232</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:23:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPZAmBSp4YdEovMBMUWHxdh7Qv7FkB1BsV2e1iQR1MVkFenCQ3EPcBENnC5WbBJ8zJP7uNatwhKPezYr6wwYZAJio1TmCCax4yi7j4JUtobt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash and Memory - In the Time Before - Inkwell Prompt 231]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the year 2142, time travel is strictly used for non-intrusive historical observation. Historians, “Temporal Archivists”, are trained to never interact. But Historian Elias Vonn violated the code. During]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/ash-and-memory-in-the-time-before</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/ash-and-memory-in-the-time-before</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPZAmBSp4YdEovMBk6FuuTVAfk6CVGeUL5cciWPLmK6ac7GLpVmEKLq7rH3qjojgzg8X2qydUzWUQ5faEsUnSXcpwfocJk4jZ1dW8jKgiPQ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatch #006: Chapter One, Take Two]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, I hit a wall, and tore it down. After finalizing layout and hitting the halfway point in edits for Pejorative, I circled back to Chapter One and knew it had to go. What followed was a full rewrite,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/dispatch-006-chapter-one-take-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/dispatch-006-chapter-one-take-two</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yG7ttnz9gS4pnkCZpAhX3BAJwNStFnE42Eu8VRbkiDHD4TjS3y8Ju1bQHu9RLNr21P9ni6yjhpBxFkGunYjDHcKR3ZMUyEYGq4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demo Day at Coromandel Echo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demo Day at Coromandel Echo - Inkwell Prompt 230 - Boondoggle Inside a cavernous hangar repurposed for Unity propaganda expos, holograms flicker in the rafters, and distant artillery rumbles like surf.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/demo-day-at-coromandel-echo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@jasonbu/demo-day-at-coromandel-echo</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPZAmBSp4YdEovMCYA22ZxeZmvgsyduk4mY4QZpgbHsaZMaiQeuWX2nmpP5kRww3QT3RLwcFxwvJpWVBdMdqEXn6cb7BD8mYdnwoYuHbfkfp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transmission #005: Between Edits and Empires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Date Logged: 11 July 2025 Origin: Neural Uplink / Inner Core Signal Status: Stable “The signal is faint. My thoughts, however, are not.” Sun’s trying to break through, though most days it’s as indecisive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jasonbu/transmission-005-between-edits-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jasonbu/transmission-005-between-edits-and</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwfXPpi5ckcLESTB3nmmnd8zRmD7BF1F1dMERiKVrreQZZGFihUZfCJMDm6zkaN6FkfDwV2tDMuXtnNEHWy3Le8Dx17Ue2euDunyJB4wtE2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: July 3 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a quick Actifit report: Back at it, trying to shave some time off my 5K intervals. It’s been a while since I ran a full 5K straight…my last cold (not COVID, promise!) knocked me flat for a week and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@jasonbu/actifit-jasonbu-20250704t022210517z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@jasonbu/actifit-jasonbu-20250704t022210517z</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193552]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 02:22:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP6Y8AWZBrHRhzZvderoTYhtuiCnoutbJ3UqNhYujsz6iJ3tg4UQEW54mwV96Q5kSZ137modAU1x3MagNDbCErSadpXCT9jaAmypBb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatch #004: Signal Received, Doubt Pending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Date Sent: 26 June 2025 Origin: Forward Observation Post / Reality Line B Urgency Level: Cautiously Elevated “Some truths don’t need decoding—they just need courage.” The heat broke records last week.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/dispatch-004-signal-received-doubt-pending</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jasonbu/dispatch-004-signal-received-doubt-pending</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:37:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yGKXzYeJPLZv6NGBwAn6twBCVBEpzPBK9qgQG7ZjmCMTbLKWzUpV7vgAAcjkKFRctSDkNjDFw8wZaW2wm2aWEaVfwDCZ7w8GGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Round 2 - Druuvira's Visit to the Local Tavern]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @jasonbu/round-2-druuviras-visit-to-the-local-tavern by @jasonbu.Running an experiment with a ChatGPT DM. Follow along. Join in the fun. Working it out as I go, it's pretty neat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-189497/@jasonbu/round-2-druuviras-visit-to-the-local-tavern-hive-189497</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-189497/@jasonbu/round-2-druuviras-visit-to-the-local-tavern-hive-189497</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-189497]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:28:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Round 2 - Druuvira's Visit to the Local Tavern]]></title><description><![CDATA[Update on these two posts I shared after my big write-up on using ChatGPT to run a D&D game. I want to be fully transparent: These two posts were partially written with the help of AI tools like ChatGPT.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@jasonbu/round-2-druuviras-visit-to-the-local-tavern</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@jasonbu/round-2-druuviras-visit-to-the-local-tavern</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonbu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 13:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqoNazWeTAiPo6yGHuhTH4kyCba3WzehrxsSmXB7Hh9Qa2UYh76buhrVmVmULNPHgTEq9Tm3HrkSE8AQxnZ4ZW32F29s6rCXBuwj5crUGLftPyki?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>