<?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, 14 Apr 2026 22:41:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@talanhorne/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Structure before Character]]></title><description><![CDATA[Strangely, in my rise as a writer, I find myself in the minority on the crucial subject of structure. Because there is no end of struggling writers in this world. But I am surprised at just how many of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/structure-before-character</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/structure-before-character</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2019 15:33:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDy2LpfzuBRVxcM28xGmY4ynmzVVi751oq2zM85EB23SF2w2ECbFJxiiBirJuogC9or9eeJGtwhuGHkKzNZEPFosqyYzaHbokwKRG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What not to Do on Twitter: Your Profile]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't have a lot of time tonight, so I thought I would try something simple. My post from two weeks ago struck a chord with some people, and I'm even getting requests for advice about how to grow a large]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twitter/@talanhorne/what-not-to-do-on-twitter-your-profile</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twitter/@talanhorne/what-not-to-do-on-twitter-your-profile</guid><category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UDkwZZahEXiYLiKDLtPb1tpS1RjrdqdifEBjtVK9ydK8wDw13vzgZDPfEXGJUeDZRDQXsQbzcXMnmrPuQnKyZ2apNhEWsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Room for the Unexpected]]></title><description><![CDATA[I updated my Works in Progress page. You may notice a new entry. Because while I was knee deep in my big Middle Grade project (codename S2), one of my back-burner projects---and I mean waaaaaayyyy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/making-room-for-the-unexpected</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/making-room-for-the-unexpected</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:25:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqf23rxCHu2ftjtYBYYM5gzQs9vrq7wtFs3cE7dRZabyzngYQheRZccupv15fLodeeFY8ym2fudMDFPch8HMiz5MVZWdECGGjX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Reaching 10,000 Followers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, my name is Alan, and I Twitter. It has been 10,000 followers since my last real talk about the subject, and I have a few things to say. The Starting Point To put things in perspective, on January 1st]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/on-reaching-10-000-followers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/on-reaching-10-000-followers</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 02:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pR8fTtZCjiDDnvdEcNUriojB5V8S17ix9cJMtDqYPNbb23Tt1jma5VcYXj7YPLSCwRTstGvEckvL5VPEnY5naDjffJ1EUZFd3buwr5YKk9JNia?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[01010001 01110101 01100001 01101110 01110100 01110101 01101101 00100000 01000111 01110010 01100001 01110110 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100101 01110011 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01000101 01111000 01101001]]></title><description><![CDATA[01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110000 01101111 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110011 00100000 01100011 01101111 00101101 01110000 01110101 01100010 01101100 01101001 01110011]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/01010001-01110101-01100001-01101110-01110100-01110101-01101101-00100000-01000111-01110010-01100001-01110110-01101001-01110100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/01010001-01110101-01100001-01101110-01110100-01110101-01101101-00100000-01000111-01110010-01100001-01110110-01101001-01110100</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 02:27:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqf23rxCHu2ftjtYBYYM5gzQs9vrq7wtFs3cE7dRZabyzngYQheRZccupv15fLodeeFY8yhTpY5L3SaoREm9afLJMDc1CN3umX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's No such Thing as Fish]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is only with a heavy heart that I can deliver today's subject. Because I understand that this is a sensitive issue for many people. It ties into many of their identities, their thought processes, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/there-s-no-such-thing-as-fish</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/there-s-no-such-thing-as-fish</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGHWpmgZ8oWtwThgw57oxTXF9Uo9oMWgAQzodB5fFXkKf9bseAFmizqHtAcssXanFhCydbJNf6tasYqxa9JidA2kuaZJRuehKHyzJrm9jfL5ps2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hint #9 --- Let Evil Be Your Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. Welcome back to Hints, a miniseries of Mr. Horne’s Book of Secrets. 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Dr. Heliogabalus: “Oh, it's too late to run anywhere, Mr. Horne.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/the-trial-part-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@talanhorne/the-trial-part-6</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRnM9ZiCzdupAzQ9cZ26zRavh8eeF6irQThRayBwHZQrHhFQnSBo9GkU9VDt9ZmrFfo3Vk1EZat9Kgpc47zsJLaVYiTuPn6Wb579NpkdMZJ2w1BUQpnHwCFbGZo1PPA1PZXpgkNYjifKotWZDn7f44uitGiG6un?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorry in the Utmost]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been really lazy lately. Really. Inexcusably. Lately. 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Let me get this straight: you once had a relationship]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@talanhorne/the-trial-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@talanhorne/the-trial-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:51:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTwC2mYrZdpoi8hho3EM2mBkSFLj93dAvxVs8jwJJCLHhnKKVbrA8NiE718DHrK615xa21XLoCqY88DXSWbumx45tNvu62ffgda6tP6Y6PcmPjWCem8UGugsivTXoaRycRTYv1qcCX8wyrq3JKRNQ8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflixing: The Christmas Chronicles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can we get one thing straight first? Listen, people: slapping the word “Chronicles” on something does not somehow turn it into a fantasy epic. I’m looking at you, Vin Diesel: Because the word “Chronicles”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/movies/@talanhorne/netflixing-the-christmas-chronicles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/movies/@talanhorne/netflixing-the-christmas-chronicles</guid><category><![CDATA[movies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talanhorne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 03:46:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2CwnDyeL7SRXJSowqPfm9tJQdDP2yGbsr9V8NceHxCLJ3XirrSNbpeq7xAtctwt2HqDb32ScLYkWadL2sAdsSCftQykkc85ndPnDFB1YnxkocriBvmiEDehSchfBnkm9Zz4aDtY7VGMeMw6HSkDjEuigwmQCLh4nJcjtRtvwDZkJ9WAU5c2jr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflixing: Jeopardy!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This American quiz show, created by Merv Griffin, has won 33 daytime Emmys and has been running for 35 seasons. 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