<?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>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:17:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@nwtwyford/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Covers]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I write quite a bit, but one of the main frustrations of writing (for me anyway) is packaging it when you're done. Or catching the eye. Or anything to do with illustrations, really. Don't get me wrong,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/covers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/covers</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:45:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vZWgES8oucSV194484BRBz6NB9BRsrengjgJynGa87tCoR7Pj5D2GKscypVzsvQoJqLZo3fQ51Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cog]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I've posted this particular short story in places before, but I'm delighted that I now have a cover for this, courtesy of the very talented Jon MacCaull, so I'm sharing it here, too. Thanks Jon, if]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/cog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/cog</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 19:04:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChZasSaULhazTQdTDLEJ6evvpMATN2noSE3VT8wTE5cj7HxDnzbVVeTskvBXT8Ex3VkNtxDHg2wWFJ286?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norm's Attempt]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I released Aurora, the first book in the All Worlds Unseen universe. Aurora is a YA fantasy novel about a girl who becomes drawn into a world of criminal aristocrats, undiscovered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/norm-s-attempt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/norm-s-attempt</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:02:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybtx2rQ3HYNbZpzjFvc2UfJJJUprnu6773KnsoiZUPxpVmSTeYcZLEBsh6KscoiungeehJougCthLjANHrEc1XoMQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 6: The Windsor Ring]]></title><description><![CDATA[So our last walk was epic, right? No beating that. We didn’t even try this time. We’ll beat it one day, but we needed a fun (read: not 30 mile) one to unwind a little, get some new additions, that sort]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-6-the-windsor-ring</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-6-the-windsor-ring</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg85hbDiTwWGwjifXV9yNaTN6Dryc3JajUnArGNWpLJX4wZ4gWNaF5QLLQoDX4AX9hMwG7MfinZ7nk6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 5: Henley to Silchester]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I was thinking,” John tells me over WhatsApp which is apparently his primary form of communication these days, although it’s definitely mine, too, “are you going to write a Hike V preface on your blog?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-5-henley-to-silchester</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-5-henley-to-silchester</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 16:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaQmq4mkPcAK798zNug8i4ByMmK7WbguhBrRthVqdAjCQxGuY731EyqF5kTkEwvXk88gDxkipXyiSz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 4: Windsor to Henley]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here we go. This is a big one. Let’s start how the last one ended, exhaustion, excessive planning, and Led Zeppelin metaphors. This is our Led Zep IV. If you know your Zeppelin, you know that’s a big deal.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-4-windsor-to-henley</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-4-windsor-to-henley</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:51:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZtvXmnTn8rb5o5MvC85r9WmAmYcXG8wHXjcrQ4CcRt9NsjsdPCzEuq1UBAN8aQL5wRgu1wAdDB2F8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 3: Crowthorne to Silchester - duplicate post, sorry!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Posted in duplicate (server issues). Sorry!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/6blnek-the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/6blnek-the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:09:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 3: Crowthorne to Silchester]]></title><description><![CDATA[All right. Now we’re getting somewhere. We had completed two hikes now. We were winners. This was a thing now, it was gaining prestige, in our minds, anyway. If we mentioned it to people, they were interested.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/3qrkea-the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/3qrkea-the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:50:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaQnYWtK8WDJWP4BMBAUcsnBRHwsMxmiq63Z8teFQAqSbbJaHMR8TuyvJtCdjHh8gjibg3i3vVmgUE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 3: Crowthorne to Silchester]]></title><description><![CDATA[All right. Now we’re getting somewhere. We’d done the Hike twice. We were winners. This was a thing now, it was gaining prestige, in our minds, anyway. If we mentioned it to people, they were interested.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/4usf8f-the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/4usf8f-the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:36:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaQnYWtK8WDJWP4BMBAUcsnBRHwsMxmiq63Z8teFQAqSbbJaHMR8TuyvJtCdjHh8gjibg3i3vVmgUE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 3: Crowthorne to Silchester]]></title><description><![CDATA[All right. Now we’re getting somewhere. We’d done the Hike twice. We were winners. This was a thing now, it was gaining prestige, in our minds, anyway. 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If we mentioned it to people, they were interested.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@nwtwyford/the-walking-idiots-part-3-crowthorne-to-silchester</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nwtwyford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:39:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaQnYWtK8WDJWP4BMBAUcsnBRHwsMxmiq63Z8teFQAqSbbJaHMR8TuyvJtCdjHh8gjibg3i3vVmgUE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Walking Idiots, Part 2: Crowthorne to Windsor (Redux)]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of, if not the advantage of doing a 20ish mile hike is the bragging rights. It is, however, a mixed bag in terms of the responses you get. 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