<?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, 19 May 2026 08:42:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@lailawrites/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Saturday Hivechess S2R6 - 3rd Place 😊]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings to you all! And well-done to everyone who participated in the tournament yesterday. I finished third place, which is a first. I was lucky a few of the other top players were absent/inactive but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/saturday-hivechess-s2r6-3rd-place</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/saturday-hivechess-s2r6-3rd-place</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC9SDMKQCxfcMVJEMex5QPyvgB6eLXerV5ZqheappuvuP953Kfx2WzDd8LU8bY8oRaovab2hXZD9SP3WE5SLhnipjmX2FJ1qRJm3dCn8MPr8VCfDVMtsRx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you think about cheating in chess/games generally?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hope this post meets you all well.. Something sad-funny just happened to me and I'd really like to share and hear from fellow chessmaniacs.. I'd like to start by saying I'm a very serious person, too]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/what-do-you-think-about-cheating-in-chess-games-generally</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/what-do-you-think-about-cheating-in-chess-games-generally</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:56:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKmTr9Z4jhbPj9GHY1wjtmcKenorTCiCVXJwH5J5WR2c4ErwJjbz4vjJf4upJrcVNozUEEcEaV4UBe8bYLYYiYKq1D2taXUoapSF2m8BBYj8wc2EDdef1rwwirHdtzDXT7BU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Good Game After Such A Sad Tournament Play]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hope y'all are doing fine, and well done to everyone who participated today. I'll start by saying I had a very sh*tty time today. I've always known myself to be someone who takes competitions very seriously]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/a-good-game-after-such-a-sad-tournament-play</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/a-good-game-after-such-a-sad-tournament-play</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:28:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKmTr9Z4jhbPj9GHY1wjtmcKenorTDBuc2WWGthX5KjvuNL63BHHXa5taMUDPLP7fXkmTaQBqY3TrmMvgGUSSKqXsTcL8ZD9pUoxrXy7nA5pgyE2QLqaMvFU7bCCrAp6iYF8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction: The Last Thing Mom Said to Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image generated by DALL-E) The tape hiss comes first. 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We'd been going for around forty minutes, recorder]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/the-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/the-interview</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmR8A1FU8aJKXmUov9H8HkJbrSJkHyfUgWxNLoqPfxU3Ac/image_fx_41_.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dance With My Final Paper]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know it's felt like forever since I've been away (haha), but life has put me on a full-blown marathon the past few weeks. Final exams, final projects, final everything. 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The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/don-t-sweat-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/don-t-sweat-it</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:57:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmP3RWksvNwDJVZ7z7sXvwcNJx8QUhuQi8WTpygjjfBWXm/1754546168725.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Parking Ticket]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two hundred dollars. Erin stared at the gleaming orange slip taped to her windshield wiper as though it would somehow transform if she glared hard enough. But no, still two hundred f**king dollars for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/the-parking-ticket</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/the-parking-ticket</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 05:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmYQSUEG5fUhQGjcjB4EXhRGP8MAQwukxV18vzsAc3ANsQ/1753767333255.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living The Dream]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image was generated by Google ImageFX) I was obsessed. God, I used to be so obsessed with scholarships it wasn't even funny anymore. My friends had stopped listening to me when I brought it up, which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/living-the-dream</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/living-the-dream</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeWn9tneU4wbfyacChr6WRoVAhEtLB7i7e3pGUfNDuha1/1753444811331.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Time Before]]></title><description><![CDATA["Miss Carter, when is Mrs. Reyes back?" I freeze mid-sentence as I scribble fractions on the board. Third time today someone has inquired about that. Third time I've had to shove down the truth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/in-the-time-before</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@lailawrites/in-the-time-before</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZaf5B3yYRZHGbHufbUQwVcckyhj1A3ry9wLKTECVDLGR/1753122002363.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's safe to say I'm obsessed with chess :- Game Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me start by saying: blessed be he who made chess. I obsess over this game for so many reasons. With chess, you learn most lessons about life: patience being the most important. Then there's confidence,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/it-s-safe-to-say-i-m-obsessed-with-chess-game-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@lailawrites/it-s-safe-to-say-i-m-obsessed-with-chess-game-review</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lailawrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:48:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw8fmw3Y3ebiYW61dkW16qTycFmLb1JAn2ohyUiVydQnth911DqNiZKPafRoitPDSXLwbtxXxF2HNJfAStv8UpAcgPfpeXEg73c6KyQAgwyTbpVxYy4ANnGNoNQxn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Friend's Shadow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flashback: I was buying a new notebook from the bookstore. I didn't really require one, mine was barely half-full, but Mansoor used this particular brand. Blue cover with thin ruled lines. 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