<?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, 21 Apr 2026 21:51:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jessicakluthe/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[8 Basic Writing Rules for Business Writers (SBD to a worthy cause!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Any SBD this post earns will be sent directly to @WomenEmpowerment because I would like to support this worthy cause!).  I am about to start teaching a summer session of a business writing course.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jessicakluthe/8-basic-writing-rules-for-business-writers-sbd-to-a-worthy-cause</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jessicakluthe/8-basic-writing-rules-for-business-writers-sbd-to-a-worthy-cause</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 02:24:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXk7z89yfe4FCM6ektjfSpkEb1bPwGEEuEBPbVyuDhGuyCzDefF6LanxUiepCtKjJbjwb3pUwc8ZAidT9xbDVY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Wake for the Dreamland – My First Book Club]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to host a book club fundraiser with my friend @jenlavallee.    A writer in our city is facing a difficult cancer diagnosis, and so we wanted to show our support]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/a-wake-for-the-dreamland-my-first-book-club</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/a-wake-for-the-dreamland-my-first-book-club</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 18:12:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq3mPiZkDvjcksnZXT7PDj1uqx9As2DHHhNR27ctcE9NiUiyoreEBFjaEBAB1gKsaEEdYVcBTjiVh7CVGEhoc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help Me Provide a Healthy Snack for Kids in Bangladesh]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Have you heard of @schoolforsdg4? It’s a charity run school in Bangladesh that provides free education to 60 students. This school was created by @Azizbd who works tirelessly to make positive changes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jessicakluthe/38bln2-help-me-provide-a-healthy-snack-for-kids-in-bangladesh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jessicakluthe/38bln2-help-me-provide-a-healthy-snack-for-kids-in-bangladesh</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:04:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WTySVi815wTBS1cviU2Mho5Jm3v8vr9mvwYXy2F2AW3x62V5jddWyW9qAibe4taS7UNi4xo7PyTKxmCojV1kCyqqg17JrpUMHqxoCfq2gAdGoaoErBBLus3b4ZEMD8qsjRPJStohmMqvXQ3Wf29fQbuC4vt3pisbbk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers/Creatives: what’s on your bucket list?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I create creative writing prompts to share with participants of the writing workshops that I run with my good friend, @jenlavallee. Today the prompt that I shared was “make a writing bucket list.” I know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/writers-creatives-what-s-on-your-bucket-list</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/writers-creatives-what-s-on-your-bucket-list</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 02:56:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ574HYAHrmFeysgptA6ECpBsr6PyTzLn3QPfo1KoUxh7R7MPvWXWY8moNcuQN4tJJcXyMPKP42dfJLPPxkfJag3t1qEP55QeXEwNK9N4pAcsgmkMmUA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My interview with award-winning fiction writer S. G. Wong]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Award-winning Canadian author and self-publishing expert S.G. Wong took some time out of her busy writing life to chat with me about self-publishing. I went the traditional route with my book, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/my-interview-with-award-winning-fiction-writer-s-g-wong</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/my-interview-with-award-winning-fiction-writer-s-g-wong</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:05:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxsvTXJm83pnzUY8Ebq3SBx4pDudNRicjMzZFDGPndw3GZbe7VRG5Bunn7TWFduJqS1AKH4yY4Wn5rSqmBA32dsgKCsx3PRpKfHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help Me Provide a Healthy Snack for Kids in Bangladesh]]></title><description><![CDATA[I lost interest in Steemit for a while, but what brought me back is realizing the potential it has to positively impact peoples’ lives. I was lucky to come across the account of @Azizbd and his charitable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jessicakluthe/help-me-provide-a-healthy-snack-for-kids-in-bangladesh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jessicakluthe/help-me-provide-a-healthy-snack-for-kids-in-bangladesh</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 04:27:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WTySVi815wTBS1cviU2Mho5Jm3v8vrePBKYZ7WBrRDqYUZxVhNxu25TD63jBBBnW8iYfoUxQwW4sCMmUQSVRdCCDnmuEXkM1vGAFSCVr6WXkCEsgMuWowayWx4heYed87A5qm5wX2U1BNSdooVjwwfopAWM7iWyGtE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revising Your Creative Writing: Start From Scratch]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s easy enough to tinker with existing sentences, find stronger word choices, and delete a line here and there, but we should not be calling that kind of work revising… What we are doing when we are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/revising-your-creative-writing-start-from-scratch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/revising-your-creative-writing-start-from-scratch</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 02:55:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiSDre8y4sZtMD1st2VAu9aSwH3nDaZHMsU774oVf46r33zgYRqUCbe9L5TGAR4JQD1FAeDKJmrpgXHWGCZgfvVbeRef9RPZBPnygA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crafting Strong Scenes in Short Stories - Some Tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm preparing to teach an in-person three-hour writing workshop on the fine art of scene writing. When I first joined Steemit, and had very, very few followers, I shared a post about showing (scene writing)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jessicakluthe/crafting-strong-scenes-in-short-stories-some-tips</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jessicakluthe/crafting-strong-scenes-in-short-stories-some-tips</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 03:44:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ573DpnbRXuYtuKJCb3o6RX498yJMSeMwCG366qRrZQJnbJLNZ1PgMYMvt68bgeKFH2iyS9ktJkim4YVVvHW5vHphMRtmNrV5L6PFjTKQNkvWudHz2i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Started in Creative Nonfiction (Post #2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Before writing a piece of creative non-fiction, it’s a good idea to really consider what is possible within the genre. There are endless debates about the boundary line between fact and fiction –]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jessicakluthe/getting-started-in-creative-nonfiction-post-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jessicakluthe/getting-started-in-creative-nonfiction-post-2</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:16:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ577UwxiGxdPE6wpkTuz4TuJ5EkUrwCBbBYUqNmP4B3PtTnmFzSj3fDKB1kBw7sZbFyfcg78AvRe6AVe5AyfRF3QL318DYYcJ9w2FDsyfDK8Q2Fs198?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Started in Creative Non-Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[ In 2013, I published a book-length work of creative non-fiction titled Rosina, The Midwife with a literary press out of Victoria, British Columbia. Since the publication of my book, I have been teaching]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jessicakluthe/getting-started-in-creative-non-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jessicakluthe/getting-started-in-creative-non-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:17:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ574WmKNUeE1JAnyGcgofvQgmTqAiCqezwFsVhBYBZNYBGDaC6oDmzdMwBkETp8tMnzdG9YDydTz3iNNhcQtk7v6qANoefxivHvuaqoDFG4fRF82xdk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, what do you eat then?]]></title><description><![CDATA[ I’m mostly vegan (for a lot of reasons), and I often get asked what I eat.    I think sometimes people just picture me eating a bowl of steamed kale (which, honestly, is pretty tasty with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@jessicakluthe/so-what-do-you-eat-then</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@jessicakluthe/so-what-do-you-eat-then</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinqCzNwHG7vtKTG2dkpqY4ZGwkjxRURa7rTuzQwHRHEod3392oyQRx97Rs3DAjBA64YMz4QDouZ5wgXTvNaEir?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tweet - Constrained Writing Contest #13]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ache in her knuckles, a bone-deep pain when she bent her fingers or grasped or gripped, reminded her of all those days in the field: pulling, picking, planting. It seemed cliché to bother telling her]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/tweet-constrained-writing-contest-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/tweet-constrained-writing-contest-13</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ574H73U4wMSRCM2UJSdMLhT2gEojCzcebS5sUr1FcxnZ1EMwGqwwfrRV26NmqtQSCV5dAKkc8RxTU9gxFU4GM6xC8knpNSCkEL4oqZCVv7mog65hNv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overcoming Writer's Block Through An Exercise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting started is sometimes the most difficult part of the creative writing process. The cursor blinks. The white page glares.     What should you write about?     Maybe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/overcoming-writer-s-block-through-an-exercise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/overcoming-writer-s-block-through-an-exercise</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 02:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ5774LJVA77BNawiw8DPzG1bip28g3WFJX9s5JrUcuq9AmxsrBLikdgaf2db52bF9NvhCEoS4iRPddRWi7GYqeZFuEs5iLKFa8doKSiQZycLfsL47WN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where should we vacation with a baby?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steemit friends, help me out: where do you suggest we go for a short family vacation? This is normally the kind of thing I might ask on Facebook, but I’m really trying to get away from that platform. ]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jessicakluthe/where-should-we-vacation-with-a-baby</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jessicakluthe/where-should-we-vacation-with-a-baby</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ574u5zwc6FKCb5znBdhpufEfPH8eqqYZRUzKCZ56j2TUPi17eehaSPSWiqf61etqXRen6jNwqYZvbaxeSo6PXyeKgpmC8siCUdjEwGoM7LRyDPpfg2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bee Hotels for Everyone!]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Each Christmas, my sisters, mom and I do a handmade exchange. This year, with my dad’s help, I made bee hotels to gift and everyone loved them. I learned about bee hotels a few years ago when I attended]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jessicakluthe/bee-hotels-for-everyone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jessicakluthe/bee-hotels-for-everyone</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:29:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf9PuJiej1AWqZ6RoxEdzGsQZFt81xLwbKwJWebRsPnJ46KLpdS9vncbiA68KF6Fp1JZR4ivQCNEfR8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Whoever Gives Us Bread]]></title><description><![CDATA[A while ago, I reviewed a book by Canadian author Lynne Bowen called Whoever Gives Us Bread: The Story of Italians in British Columbia. I recently was re-reading some sections it (as I was purging books]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@jessicakluthe/book-review-whoever-gives-us-bread</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@jessicakluthe/book-review-whoever-gives-us-bread</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 04:29:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K631nrz3rkmAa8xkgNkaAWZ8UFnEiWf6Zuy8qMdhDSj6EYc3PF4hqXK1u5oXAVMoS7SQ3JdLkiR3KGKkpH5x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Easy 365 Day Creative Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daily creative practice is something I welcome in my life. But, like almost everyone else, I’m busy and it can be hard to pull off. One of my favourite creative bloggers Elsie Larson of A Beautiful Mess]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jessicakluthe/an-easy-365-day-creative-project</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jessicakluthe/an-easy-365-day-creative-project</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:46:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ576q9XuQHfeFESCYkxRsRkqvizxVoXpEsbpdRDGo37XiS7FqmsaL19wjQggEnz7R4uw41R8SzbZTm3UQEaACfhG3fojo9xch195S2FqFDtRmMpRUVL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Deep Christmas Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that holiday events are winding down and we have entered deep Christmas, those precious days before routines resume, I've had some time for reflecting. We've been able to take some time to hibernate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@jessicakluthe/these-deep-christmas-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@jessicakluthe/these-deep-christmas-days</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 05:06:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGe7trvYvXjMqE7S9JTjf5rr2yvvQMtRyJKApTtWPkz1pjaL2Auqxq1s82gjH8yyKGrqfPJtRzELdM5WMWW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are some of your methods to characterize?]]></title><description><![CDATA[ I’ve been working on little bits of my young adult novel, and have been having fun really digging into language again. I have this habit of connecting words (in my own head) when I’m going about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/what-are-some-of-your-methods-to-characterize</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@jessicakluthe/what-are-some-of-your-methods-to-characterize</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessicakluthe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:16:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ573g3MHZnnuRXYwNCC5wzsxoQjhnU7sYVoU8yrHTBxQYMcH7ERRdJCVNMoTRGraLmMxa5kChs9iMFv5HyNtfCSLg31EuPUMWEzUUn6QUDXEkveawJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's First Short Story Dispenser]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last night, I shared some flash writing guidelines. I aim to follow these guidelines when I am drafting my own stories (or, if I stray from these rules, am aware that I am doing so). 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