<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:20:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/twbbookclub/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Book-club June: Reading as Writers: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to be a better writer? Read a book! How to be an even better writer? Discuss the book with other writers: #book-club! How to be the best writer? Get peer-review by fellow-writers: #thewritersblock!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/book-club-june-reading-as-writers-anne-of-green-gables-by-lm-montgomery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/book-club-june-reading-as-writers-anne-of-green-gables-by-lm-montgomery</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 13:12:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9nJcLCGedmFR4aZp8sqBxP2gqyANKdxJL8pL7Q9ZXXsK5BZzvUBaKkB7gEfZ5dS9MsgirpGYqXKuGSdwfKoQihRRdYCCFjc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#TWBBookClub May-June: Reading for writers: Marion Zimmer Bradley]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every month we read a book together, as writers. Reading as writers is different, it is not just about enjoying a story, but about trying to figure out what is happening, what makes it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-may-june-reading-for-writers-marion-zimmer-bradley</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-may-june-reading-for-writers-marion-zimmer-bradley</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 19:17:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdD6RUoSWFcGAy6C9zDeaaGUCKTGH9AoWEWkPZR7F3Mgzjic4MfGMWtcDYxSWi9zMncWLjRS9576nSKpTnqGfqbDnbKbtbpsSDhCnuiSruGoi1jSYMCbxdYz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TWBBookClub Evaluation April/May: Reading Franz Kafka]]></title><description><![CDATA[#TWBBookClub Evaluation April/May: Reading Franz Kafka As writers, we love to read. But how do you learn from reading as writers? That’s the question we’re exploring in the Book Club at @thewritersblock.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-evaluation-april-may-reading-franz-kafka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-evaluation-april-may-reading-franz-kafka</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 13:32:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrKRTox9CR8B6VhryHzf2Tog41URfGbu68CFvxgW6S69TG2zaAa8XE6pmGhZzgRdu1Y6H9rGpv37ReS9LG5mES66t6DXL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading Kafka and Writing Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month at #bookclub organised on @thewritersblock we decided to read short stories by Franz Kafka. Kafka is an author that has always been dear to me, having visited a museum about his life when I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@nobyeni/reading-kafka-and-writing-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@nobyeni/reading-kafka-and-writing-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nobyeni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 10:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYgLNzASaQ7hLFMoNhagi7RkfQg1bp3UjHqzmAhX7bpDQJx44z8nmmG3vwV4MmrTr61BKko3P4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanising the Character: A Study of “The Metamorphosis”]]></title><description><![CDATA[For purposes of this review, page numbers refer to the placement of text according to this copy of The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka. Last month, I looked at how P.G Wodehouse delivered social critique]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@anikekirsten/humanising-the-character-a-study-of-the-metamorphosis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@anikekirsten/humanising-the-character-a-study-of-the-metamorphosis</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anikekirsten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 13:55:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn9q74JdXsYdeG9qXXUqPTFnBGMsNyd3YGmraticvWezFJYDqjzcfEDDJ8cR5b5wBRN21HmYzriMUyKKJxo2TmnLiemGPewebXvf4XVZr5Ebsm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[.]]></title><description><![CDATA[.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@alheath/paws</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@alheath/paws</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alheath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 11:13:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franz Kafka, The King of the Fable]]></title><description><![CDATA[“A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.” —Franz Kafka In powerful and legendary combinations of words inside intense and deep literary paragraphs, the Austro-Hungarian (now Czechoslovakian)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@yimiipsa/franz-kafka-the-king-of-the-fable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@yimiipsa/franz-kafka-the-king-of-the-fable</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yimiipsa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:09:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTGe8o6Se8Xj7pHuRo1BZE4Mk99oYWTXvb4PKojRmZZfmNENhtm4dFSYAc59GBkMAovRzGZs3sCUL9eYbpQJc14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chart Your Course Challenge – My Turn]]></title><description><![CDATA[At first, I wanted to ignore the challenge, and with all the writing I’m drowning in, didn’t think I had the time. I’m not usually one who backs from a challenge, but this time I just felt drained. Then]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chartyourcourse/@anikekirsten/chart-your-course-challenge-my-turn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chartyourcourse/@anikekirsten/chart-your-course-challenge-my-turn</guid><category><![CDATA[chartyourcourse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anikekirsten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5zfvkSa8j6ZrCkVKhuj92qnGpEfL1iNL6W5W8piCBeSyxgDA1c6Kn9HPH9fLRkpM3qmDANYbkYFRJHWEkvB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TWBBookClub April: Reading for writers: Short Stories by Franz Kafka]]></title><description><![CDATA[Put a group of writers together in the Discord channel of @thewritersblock and get them to decide which book to read for #bookclub… it is a daunting task. Many of the writers at @thewritersblock will focus]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-april-reading-for-writers-short-stories-by-franz-kafka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-april-reading-for-writers-short-stories-by-franz-kafka</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:25:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZyYB9fotLuPwvMrWP6U8JvK5PafsVyJgZ1PMqTNrNqW4fQsezpqrqZc7C44fa6Mm2B4aQt5mUi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TWBBookClub Evaluation March: Something New by P.G. Wodehouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[As writers, we love to read. But how do you learn from reading as writers? That’s the question we’re exploring in the Book Club at @thewritersblock. In March we read ‘Something New’ by P.G. Wodehouse (see]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-evaluation-march-something-new-by-p-g-wodehouse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/twbbookclub-evaluation-march-something-new-by-p-g-wodehouse</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:35:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uortYhkQK3Fd5ZnFv1W4B1U7Nh6NzQfgKFt9tYs4fdSJeaHe8uo3Tts4U69BigZCS1PXxsGHGP6yZaQ1ZttCiGKkHC2Yjy4sB8doiUv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes a good book? Reflection on ‘Something New’ by P.G. Wodehouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reading is important, especially when you are a writer. At @thewritersblock we started a #TWBBookClub precisely for this reason; to read as writers and to learn together from books. Books are suggested]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@nobyeni/what-makes-a-good-book-reflection-on-something-new-by-p-g-wodehouse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@nobyeni/what-makes-a-good-book-reflection-on-something-new-by-p-g-wodehouse</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nobyeni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 15:59:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFn8iAjadBfzHyRhN1biJQbNoriQTdQwcjjUzsec6epPaFALtojGdyXFgAboq8g5XB5jnfBSG8txXEC1NuhxJLhtPE4fXTc3TCaVESuUQN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deciphering the Message: A Look at P.G Wodehouse’s Something New]]></title><description><![CDATA[For purposes of this article, the page numbers referenced correspond with those of the ePub (without images) obtained from Project Gutenberg’s library.   Within many works of literature, social critique]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@anikekirsten/deciphering-the-message-a-look-at-p-g-wodehouse-s-something-new</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@anikekirsten/deciphering-the-message-a-look-at-p-g-wodehouse-s-something-new</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anikekirsten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:18:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAhxXzbr4tDMCxvrKv7gMpzMAx86YEnS6N78Pq3TzbwuCE9uiARhEMAyVUcBM3nrvkKTGjLWLi14wez6taCFmnZ5jhtPPDiHD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden Lily]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found a lily blossoming to see me. Elegant, sweet-smelling, each petal perfectly formed. I took my lily home, gave it pride of place, filling the air with sweet spiciness from warm colours of a setting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@alheath/hidden-lily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@alheath/hidden-lily</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alheath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:36:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9zhF4h4eaV33of3dibKQBuaz2YhzSjhc9qLiziEHqByYB3eBcbHwjb2HuAd7rr9wgvxU521TnTv1tgTVq3ccdE5F295ZDQ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book-club March: Reading as Writers: Something New by PG Wodehouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to be a better writer? Read a book! How to be an even better writer? Discuss the book with other writers: #book-club! How to be the best writer? Get peer-review by fellow-writers: #thewritersblock!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thewritersblock/@thewritersblock/book-club-march-reading-as-writers-something-new-by-pg-wodehouse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thewritersblock/@thewritersblock/book-club-march-reading-as-writers-something-new-by-pg-wodehouse</guid><category><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:30:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVM61QHYgEsTgkpQ2X4ZL6vNqnyxNRJJ65oyXQvGEcrDWbPkA81GGYFP3tLkZzuRcoN3s6xfMZSCT6ssGNyDJAJxn8og?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[Search Reading is an activity of perception, analyze, and interpreting done by the reader to get the message desired by the author in the media writing. Reading and Reading Reading and Reading in Bahasa]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@haekal23/reading-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@haekal23/reading-book</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[haekal23]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:46:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787ga6BWaptRPKSWi83198j42oaPKBw7FiY6UaQvjtZwdtohMv9xRr3EXcxxsFANZYBBAssoXjNrbracm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Month of TWB Book Club: Looking Back at The Yellow Wallpaper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source This February, @thewritersblock started with a new experiment: Book Club (#TWBBookClub). Every month we read one book as writers, to learn more about what works and what doesn’t, about how we can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/first-month-of-twb-book-club-looking-back-at-the-yellow-wallpaper</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/first-month-of-twb-book-club-looking-back-at-the-yellow-wallpaper</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDC2cS9n3a6zpsFPjF7zayiyqqYXcifhcTet5ezYHnNySjjgz5J35FiYc7bw82dsLiEH7CzkamiAjbnhdk8NPwbSjp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female Hysteria and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ #TWBBookClub]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the @thewritersblock we have been reading “The Yellow Wallpaper” for the first month of #book-club (see original post here). A short story first published in 1892, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@nobyeni/female-hysteria-and-the-yellow-wallpaper-twbbookclub-1519392961</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@nobyeni/female-hysteria-and-the-yellow-wallpaper-twbbookclub-1519392961</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nobyeni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 16:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bwjPJtcJJmZusPtExyx3sTaZakhzEnhPAwMJVzX15Qwryt2CJXPdmitt5ND3crM4L73crGcJPFWtENxvsPij4gnV5LeQFGsMnXUMUQzzhBWZW6zpWd9WEH5P5beksr8m1rbKBqisXHsdyxvMHWSA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper: A Review of POV]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello there. Introduction As well as the many workshops that @thewritersblock has to offer, there has also been the introduction of the brand new Book Club, which was started earlier this month. Naturally,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thewritersblock/@alheath/the-yellow-wallpaper-a-review-of-pov</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thewritersblock/@alheath/the-yellow-wallpaper-a-review-of-pov</guid><category><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alheath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:22:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinpxs7u8U8cVVywzAKZHFGicosm3bvwrCrxT8D4KJhQY6YSTgffNwztRznLeUGp6FQrHtEu9oNzvAaHchxexy4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 Impossible Books - the fun of reading tough books #NoSpoilers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some years ago I came across one of those lists of books to read. But this time not 1001 books you should read before you die - which is actually a great collection if you want to branch out into literature]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@nobyeni/50-impossible-books-the-fun-of-reading-tough-books-nospoilers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@nobyeni/50-impossible-books-the-fun-of-reading-tough-books-nospoilers</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nobyeni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negoLy2BVuLPg3rPnr1kTU5HJf7Z6c6jKKt6zCj25oKHXzTzz6kicAPUm9KaMq4Lf3E4S5WGXEHQydaTBaZoi415vhc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the Writers’ Block Book Club (TWBBookClub): Where writers read]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Writers write. At the Writers’ Block we talk about writing a lot. We challenge ourselves to reach for new levels by receiving and providing critique on each other’s writing. We have a lot of amazing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/introducing-the-writers-block-book-club-twbbookclub-where-writers-read</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twbbookclub/@thewritersblock/introducing-the-writers-block-book-club-twbbookclub-where-writers-read</guid><category><![CDATA[twbbookclub]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:49:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDC2cS9n3a6zpsFPjF7zayiyqqYXcifhcTet5ezYHnNySjjgz5J35FiYc7bw82dsLiEH7CzkamiAjbnhdk8NPwbSjp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>