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Cabarrus History, Book 1, by Janet Morrison</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-04-11T00:50:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/04/06/onthisday-us-entered-wwi-1917-plus-a-hurricane-helene-recovery-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/gene-gallin-f1afjyd61xg-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene-gallin-F1aFJYD61Xg-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Lake Lure, as seen from the top of Chimney Rock in North Carolina</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/the-lusitania.-photo-from-library-of-congress-website.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Lusitania. Photo from Library of Congress website</image:title><image:caption>The Lusitania. Photo from Library of Congress website</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-04-07T20:48:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/04/03/is-the-united-states-of-america-a-christian-nation-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tim-wildsmith-cvn1kwn9mai-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tim-wildsmith-cVN1kwn9maI-unsplash (1)</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tim Wildsmith on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-04-13T23:56:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/04/02/is-the-united-states-of-america-a-christian-nation-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/deb-dowd-iacswsj__uc-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deb-dowd-IaCswSJ__uc-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Deb Dowd on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-04-11T03:30:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/04/01/books-i-read-in-march-2026-national-literature-month/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/susan-q-yin-2jivbogleho-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>susan-q-yin-2JIvboGLeho-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Susan Q Yin on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-04-02T14:44:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/31/rosenwald-schools/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/harrisburg-book-1-pinterest-4-16-26.png</image:loc><image:title>Harrisburg Book 1 Pinterest 4-16-26</image:title><image:caption>Harrisburg, Did You Know? 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Pleasant Literary Festival 2026</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/meagan-church-3-19-26-mt-pleasant-literary-festival.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Meagan Church 3-19-26 Mt Pleasant Literary Festival</image:title><image:caption>Meagan Church, during her presentation on March 19, 2026, at the Mt. Pleasant Literary Festival in Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/the-mad-wife-by-meagan-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Mad Wife by Meagan Church</image:title><image:caption>The Mad Wife, by Meagan Church</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/themadwife_bestseller-889x1024-1.png</image:loc><image:title>TheMadWife_Bestseller-889x1024</image:title><image:caption>The Mad Wife, by Meagan Church</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/the-girls-we-sent-away-by-meagan-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church</image:title><image:caption>The Girls We Sent Away, by Meagan Church</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/meagan-church-3-19-26-publicity-mt-pleasant.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Meagan Church 3-19-26 publicity Mt Pleasant</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-27T12:43:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/25/mt-pleasant-literary-festival-cathy-pickens-writers-workshop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/create_front_cover_small.png</image:loc><image:title>create_front_cover_small</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cathy-pickens-3-19-26-mt-pleasant-literary-festival.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Cathy Pickens 3-19-26 Mt Pleasant Literary Festival</image:title><image:caption>Cathy Pickens, teaching a Writer's Workshop at the Mt. Pleasant Literary Festival, March 19, 2026</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mt.-pleasant-literary-festival-sign-3-19-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. Pleasant Literary Festival sign 3-19-26</image:title><image:caption>Schedule for the 3-Day event</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mt.-pleasant-library-3-19-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. Pleasant Library 3-19-26</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-26T00:11:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/20/world-storytelling-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mike-erskine-s_vbdmtsdia-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mike-erskine-S_VbdMTsdiA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Mike Erskine on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-21T21:49:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/19/how-bad-does-it-have-to-get-before-we-use-the-25th-amendment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/25th-amendment-for-blog-3-19-26.png</image:loc><image:title>25th Amendment for blog 3-19-26</image:title><image:caption>Part of Section 4, 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-26T01:19:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/18/more-telling-things-about-trump-administration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/melo-liu-0k66ilgpn2i-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melo-liu-0k66iLGpn2I-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The White House, Washington, DC. (Photo by Melo Liu on Unsplash)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mike-stoll-vdsm6mxbc98-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mike-stoll-vdsm6mxbc98-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. (Photo by MIKE STOLL on Unsplash)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ruben-hanssen-hnkivthmuyq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ruben-hanssen-hnkivThmuyQ-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Example of a Corinthian column. (Photo by Ruben Hanssen on Unsplash)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/maik-winnecke-kl6y557dx8w-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maik-winnecke-KL6y557DX8w-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Example of an Ionic column. (Photo by Maik Winnecke on unsplash.com.)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-20T23:03:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/15/various-telling-things-about-trump-administration/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-18T19:51:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/17/the-coming-of-the-railroad-in-1854/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/claud-richmond-frp83yr4bzw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>claud-richmond-fRP83Yr4BZw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Claud Richmond on Unsplash. (NOT a photo of a Harrisburg, NC steam train.)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-18T22:14:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/16/freedom-of-information-day-in-the-u-s/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-16T17:42:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/12/are-you-tired-of-winning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/jeff-kingma-llwcveofjm-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jeff-kingma--lLWCvEoFJM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jeff Kingma on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-16T00:46:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/10/a-rare-author-event/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/burke-county-old-courthouse-as-seen-from-thornwell-books.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Burke County Old Courthouse, as seen from Thornwell Books</image:title><image:caption>Burke County Old Courthouse, Morganton, NC, as seen from Thornwell Books</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bench-outside-thornwell-books-3-7-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Bench outside Thornwell Books 3-7-26</image:title><image:caption>Interesting bench outside Thornwell Books</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thornwell-books-interior-3-7-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Thornwell Books interior 3-7-26</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thornwell-books-coffee-3-7-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Thornwell Books Coffee 3-7-26</image:title><image:caption>Coffee Bar at Thornwell Books and view of part of the reading and study loft</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thornwell-books-side-entrance-3-7-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Thornwell Books side entrance 3-7-26</image:title><image:caption>Side entrance to Thornwell Books</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thornwell-books-front-entrance-3-7-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Thornwell Books front entrance 3-7-26</image:title><image:caption>Front entrance to Thornwell Books</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/local-authors-showcase-2026-flyer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Local Authors' Showcase 2026 Flyer</image:title><image:caption>Ad for Third Annual Local Author Showcase at Thornwell Books, Morganton, NC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/janet-at-thornwell-books-3-7-26.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Janet at Thornwell Books 3-7-26</image:title><image:caption>Janet and her half-table display space at Local Author Showcase March 7, 2026, at Thornwell Books, Morganton, NC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-11T19:17:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/09/onthisday-new-york-times-v-sullivan-1964/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ashni-wh9zc4727e4-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ashni-Wh9ZC4727e4-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Ashni on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-13T00:10:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/05/puzzling-banner-at-u-s-department-of-education/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/andy-feliciotti-oxn881dztow-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>andy-feliciotti-Oxn881DztOw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>U.S. Department of Education office in Washington, DC. 
Photo by Andy Feliciotti on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-21T04:33:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/03/if-this-house-could-talk-historical-essay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/traveling-pinterest-12-24-25.png</image:loc><image:title>Traveling Pinterest 12-24-25</image:title><image:caption>Traveling Through History: A  Collection of Historical Short Stories, by Janet Morrison</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-04T13:31:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/03/02/war-in-iran-and-my-second-diy-writing-retreat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/jeff-kingma-llwcveofjm-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jeff-kingma--lLWCvEoFJM-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-06T01:51:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/02/25/ghost-of-the-battle-of-guilford-courthouse-historical-ghost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/matt-briney-vp2otxtogsw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>matt-briney-VP2oTxtOgsw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Matt Briney on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-02T20:22:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/02/27/my-new-discovery-im-a-binge-writer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/glenn-carstens-peters-rlw-uc03gwc-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>glenn-carstens-peters-RLw-UC03Gwc-unsplash (1)</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

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</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/unseen-histories-g2vxumlatxa-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unseen-histories-G2vxuMlATxA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-01-27T22:45:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2025/01/13/what-i-read-in-december-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/81mwsm1uw0l._ac_uy218_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>81MWsM1Uw0L._AC_UY218_</image:title><image:caption>"Bangkok Has Him Now: A Short Story," by Emma Dhesi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/91wmninehhl._ac_uy218_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>91wMNinEhhL._AC_UY218_</image:title><image:caption>"The Answer is No: A Short Story," by Fredrik Backman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/81p2fmzthl._ac_uy218_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>81+P2fmzTHL._AC_UY218_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/71rxwsccljl._sy466_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>71RXwSccLJL._SY466_</image:title><image:caption>The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust, by Francis S. Collins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-01-27T22:44:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2025/01/06/onthisday-4th-anniversary-of-the-attempted-coup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/brendan-beale-hckztmv8q0w-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brendan-beale-HCKztmV8Q0w-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/andra-c-taylor-jr-0fxm0xt8ass-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>andra-c-taylor-jr-0fXM0Xt8aSs-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Andra C. Taylor, Jr. on unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-01-27T22:44:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/12/30/a-look-back-at-2024-a-hurricane-helene-update-look-back-at-2024-a-hurricane-helene-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/krystina-rogers-5axeo-hgwu0-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>krystina-rogers-5aXEo-hGwU0-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>A hint of what to expect in Swannanoa next spring!
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</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/markus-spiske-dkog9iyth7c-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>markus-spiske-DKOG9IYTH7c-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/aida-l-gaiumtrmpfq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aida-l-gAIumtRMpFQ-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aida L on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/greg-johnson-4ci2xidlfla-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greg-johnson-4ci2xidLFLA-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-07T04:08:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/09/16/who-says-you-cant-go-home-again-revisiting-a-university-campus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bookbrushimage-2023-7-31-0-1224.png</image:loc><image:title>BookBrushImage-2023-7-31-0-1224</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bookbrushimage-2023-3-21-2-111.png</image:loc><image:title>BookBrushImage-2023-3-21-2-111</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8488-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8488</image:title><image:caption>Statue outside library. The little boy is reading Jack Tales.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8487.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8487</image:title><image:caption>A view of Belk Library and Information Center</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8488.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8488</image:title><image:caption>Statue outside library. The little boy is reading Jack Tales.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8490.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8490</image:title><image:caption>One of the statues outside the library</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8491.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8491</image:title><image:caption>Inside main entrance to Belk Library and Information Center</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8497.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8497</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8537.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8537</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_8545-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8545</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-23T21:02:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/09/09/onthisday-u-s-civil-rights-act-of-1957/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unseen-histories-9rbdjq3ncek-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unseen-histories-9RbdjQ3nCEk-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Unseen Histories on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-18T20:24:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/09/02/books-i-read-in-august-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hebrides-by-peter-may.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hebrides by Peter May</image:title><image:caption>Hebrides, by Peter May with Photographs by David Wilson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bits-and-pieces.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bits and Pieces</image:title><image:caption>Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, by Whoopie Goldberg</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/the-girls-we-sent-away.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Girls We Sent Away</image:title><image:caption>The Girls We Sent Away, by Meagan Church</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/simple-pleasures.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Simple Pleasures</image:title><image:caption>Simple Pleasures: Haiku From The Place Just Right, by Elizabeth Gauffreau</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-16T02:50:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/08/26/onthisday-19th-amendment-to-u-s-constitution-1920/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/library-of-congress-iej4pcyrsha-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>library-of-congress-IEj4pcYrsHA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/joshua-sukoff-1nnw4hawouq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>joshua-sukoff-1NnW4hAwOuQ-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash

</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/phillip-goldsberry-giditeeb_24-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>phillip-goldsberry-GidItEeb_24-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/element5-digital-ls8kc0p9haa-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>element5-digital-ls8Kc0P9hAA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/unseen-histories-_4us-wuwo30-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unseen-histories-_4us-wUwO30-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Unseen Histories on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/unseen-histories-_4us-wuwo30-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unseen-histories-_4us-wUwO30-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-19T01:21:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/08/19/onthisday-the-uss-constitution-engaged-the-british-1812/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/david-trinks-1vnzdujpyfi-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>david-trinks-1VnzduJpYFI-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The USS Constitution with Boston in the background.
Photo by David Trinks on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/catherine-kerr-yrz3vd1rzmq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>catherine-kerr-Yrz3Vd1RZmQ-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The USS Constitution
Photo by Catherine Kerr on Unsplash
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-23T16:46:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/08/12/this-week-in-history-1945/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sunguk-kim-jhqbxsoruxa-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sunguk-kim-JhqBxsORuXA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Sunguk Kim on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/romeo-a-myjgomdvxh8-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>romeo-a-MyJGomdVXH8-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Photo by Roméo A. on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/griffin-quinn-qvnj9umna4i-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>griffin-quinn-qvNJ9UMNA4I-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The famous bomb dome in Hiroshima.
Photo by Griffin Quinn on Unsplash

</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sabari-nathan-xyxtp01ap_i-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sabari-nathan-xYXTP01ap_I-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima
Photo by sabari nathan on Unsplash
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-10T23:09:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/08/09/we-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-fellow-bloggers/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-10T19:53:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/08/05/a-different-kind-of-first-blog-post-of-the-month-blog-post/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jr-korpa-kyfubuqjytc-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jr-korpa-kYfUbuqJYTc-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-13T04:52:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/07/29/a-lost-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/aaron-burden-y02jex_b0o0-unsplash-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaron-burden-y02jEX_B0O0-unsplash (2)</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-05T03:22:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/07/22/exploring-qualla-boundary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7855.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7855</image:title><image:caption>National Park Service sign noting the highest elevation on the Blue Ridge Parkway Motor Road at 6,053 feet.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7947-2860803803-e1721515352545.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7947</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7989-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7989 (1)</image:title><image:caption>An example of a Cherokee house from an earlier century. (The cutaway is not a window; it is there to show the wall's construction. Cherokee houses did not have windows because they were only used for sleeping. All their work was done outside.)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7976.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7976</image:title><image:caption>Cherokee ceremonial masks were made from various natural resources, including wood and even hornets' nests (as seen on the left in the photo.)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7973-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7973 (1)</image:title><image:caption>A pottery display and demonstration at Oconaluftee Indian Village in Cherokee, NC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7970-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7970 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Weaving display at Oconaluftee Indian Village in Cherokee, NC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7935.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7935</image:title><image:caption>Another scene from "Unto These Hills"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7933-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7933 (1)</image:title><image:caption>A scene from a visit to the White House in the "Unto These Hills" outdoor drama</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7930-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7930 (1)</image:title><image:caption>A scene from "Unto These Hills" outdoor drama in Cherokee, NC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_7851.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7851</image:title><image:caption>Flame Azalea along the Blue Ridge Parkway</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-18T20:24:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/07/15/onthisday-apollo-soyuz-test-project-1975/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/jack-cohen-9bnl4jdj6zs-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jack-cohen-9bNl4jdj6zs-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jack Cohen on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-18T16:42:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/07/08/onthisday-olive-branch-petition-1775/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/rusty-watson-1wnln0fagta-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rusty-watson-1WNLN0fagTA-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/donovan-reeves-tjhbv6wmk9y-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donovan-reeves-TjhBv6WmK9Y-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Donovan Reeves on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mark-stuckey-a6g6asawdqy-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mark-stuckey-A6G6AsaWDqY-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Mark Stuckey on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/shahan-khan-baycfybuiea-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shahan-khan-baYcfYBUieA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Shahan Khan on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-15T01:27:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/07/01/books-read-in-june-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/stop-buying-bins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stop Buying Bins</image:title><image:caption>Stop Buying Bins &amp; other blunt but practical advice from a home organizer, by Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/the-berlin-airlift.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Berlin Airlift</image:title><image:caption>The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City, by John Tusa and Ann Tusa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a-calamity-of-souls-by-david-baldacci.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci</image:title><image:caption>A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/being-henry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Being Henry</image:title><image:caption>Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond, by Henry Winkler</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-15T01:26:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/06/24/onthisday-berlin-airlift-1948/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/marisol-benitez-qvkaqtnj4zk-unsplash-2050280061-e1719077885224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marisol-benitez-QvkAQTNj4zk-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Marisol Benitez on Unsplash.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/etienne-girardet-hpbithvmsss-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>etienne-girardet-hpbiThVmsss-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Sign at "Checkpoint Charlie" in Berlin. Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/christina-sicoli-kilkheof_gi-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christina-sicoli-KiLKhEOF_GI-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Christina Sicoli on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tomas-val-h_vmjwx0krg-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomas-val-H_VMjWx0KRg-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The Berlin Wall. Photo by Tomas Val on Unsplash.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/immo-wegmann-4y5lohsthho-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>immo-wegmann-4Y5LOhstHho-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>A small section of the Berlin Wall. Photo by Immo Wegmann on Unsplash.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-20T20:40:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/06/17/may-2024-not-my-usual-month-of-reading/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/outer-banks-mysteries-seaside-stories.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Outer Banks Mysteries &amp; Seaside Stories</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/4112rucgel._sy445_sx342_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4112+RuCgeL._SY445_SX342_</image:title><image:caption>Building a Second Brain, by Tiago Forte</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-26T14:00:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/06/10/this-writer-needed-a-change-of-scenery-part-iii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a-view-of-lassister-swamp-at-merchants-millpond-state-park.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>A view of Lassister Swamp at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:title><image:caption>A view of Lassister Swamp at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/clouds-reflected-in-lassister-swamp-at-merchants-millpond-state-park.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Clouds Reflected in Lassister Swamp at Merchants Millpond State Park</image:title><image:caption>Sky and clouds reflected in water at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/another-view-of-cypress-trees-at-merchants-millpond-state-park.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Another view of cypress trees at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:title><image:caption>Cypress trees at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/boat-ramp-at-merchants-millpond-state-park.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boat ramp at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:title><image:caption>Boat ramp at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/view-of-spanish-moss-at-merchants-millpond-state-park.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>View of Spanish Moss at Merchants Millpond State Park</image:title><image:caption>View of Spanish Moss hanging on trees at Merchant's Millpond State Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/along-cypress-point-trail-in-merchants-millpond-state-park.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Along Cypress Point Trail in Merchants Millpond State Park</image:title><image:caption>Along Cypress Point Trail in Merchants Millpond State Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/white-faced-whistling-duck-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>White-faced Whistling Duck</image:title><image:caption>White-faced Whistling Duck</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/demoiselle-crane.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Demoiselle Crane</image:title><image:caption>Demoiselle Crane</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/toco-toucan-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Toco Toucan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/scarlet-ibis-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Scarlet Ibis</image:title><image:caption>Scarlet Ibis</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-21T19:52:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/06/03/this-writer-needed-a-change-of-scenery-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_7236.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7236</image:title><image:caption>It's worth the climb!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_7234.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7234</image:title><image:caption>You might have to hike over a sand dune to get to the ocean!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/graveyard-of-the-atlantic-museum.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum</image:title><image:caption>Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Hatteras Island</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cape-hatteras-lighthouse-restoration-2024.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Restoration 2024</image:title><image:caption>Cape Hatteras Lighthouse under restoration in May 2024</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/houses-tempting-the-atlantic-on-hatteras-island.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Houses Tempting the Atlantic on Hatteras Island</image:title><image:caption>Looks like some more houses on the Outer Banks are tempting 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trail</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_6891.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6891</image:title><image:caption>Bodie Island Lighthouse</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-21T19:47:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/05/27/this-writer-needed-a-change-of-scenery-part-i/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/part-of-jockeys-ridge-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Part of Jockey's Ridge</image:title><image:caption>Yet another view of Jockey's Ridge. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/a-section-of-jockeys-ridge.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>A section of Jockey's Ridge</image:title><image:caption>Another part of Jockey's Ridge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/part-of-jockeys-ridge.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Part of Jockey's Ridge</image:title><image:caption>Another small part of Jockey's Ridge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/another-part-of-jockeys-ridge.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Another part of Jockey's Ridge</image:title><image:caption>A view of a small portion of Jockey's Ridge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/amateurs-learning-to-hang-glide-in-the-smoke-at-jockeys-ridge.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Amateurs learning to hang glide in the smoke at Jockey's Ridge</image:title><image:caption>Amateurs learning to hang glide at Jockey's Ridge in spite of a control burn being conducted that 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NC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_7052.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7052</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_6887.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6887</image:title><image:caption>Welcome sign at Cape Hatteras National Seashore</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-02T18:53:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/05/20/onthisday-mecklenburg-declaration-of-independence-1775/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mecklenburg-declaration-of-independence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mecklenburg-declaration-of-independence</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T00:14:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/05/13/spring-sightings-in-north-carolina/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3856.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3856</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3412</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3833.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3833</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3778.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3778</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0238.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0238</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0261.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0261</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0253.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0253</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T00:14:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/05/06/books-i-read-in-april-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/painting-the-past.jpg</image:loc><image:title>painting-the-past</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/in-the-hollow-of-your-hand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>in-the-hollow-of-your-hand</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/historic-shallow-ford.jpg</image:loc><image:title>historic-shallow-ford</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/one-petal-at-a-time.jpg</image:loc><image:title>one-petal-at-a-time</image:title><image:caption>One Petal at a Time, by Joni Karen Caggiano</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-21T15:11:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/04/29/a-wake-up-call-for-this-blogger/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kaitlyn-baker-vzjdyl5jvxy-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kaitlyn-baker-vzjdyl5jvxy-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-26T00:14:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/04/22/what-are-you-passionate-about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/simone-secci-49uyssa678u-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>simone-secci-49uySSA678U-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Simone Secci on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-02T19:02:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/04/15/the-other-three-books-i-read-in-march-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/change-your-brain-every-day_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Change Your Brain Every Day_</image:title><image:caption>Change Your Brain Every Day, by Daniel G. Amen, MD</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-wager-by-david-grann_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Wager by David Grann_</image:title><image:caption>The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/thecaretaker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TheCaretaker</image:title><image:caption>The Caretaker, by Ron Rash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-23T00:29:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/04/08/10-random-facts-about-myself-in-2016-revisited/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/laying-off-a-second-square-to-dig.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Laying Off a Second Square to Dig</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Janet Morrison at Joara</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/christin-hume-hcfwew744z4-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christin-hume-Hcfwew744z4-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-15T15:45:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/04/01/three-of-the-six-books-i-read-in-march-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/homegoing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Homegoing</image:title><image:caption>Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-wisdom-of-trees-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Wisdom of Trees</image:title><image:caption>The Wisdom of Trees, by Jane Gifford</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-wisdom-of-trees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Wisdom of Trees</image:title><image:caption>The Wisdom of Trees, by Jane 
Gifford</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-childrens-blizzard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Children's Blizzard</image:title><image:caption>The Children's Blizzard, by David Laskin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-women-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Women</image:title><image:caption>The Women, by Kristin Hannah</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-women.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-women</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-07T20:26:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/03/25/the-other-2-4-books-i-read-in-february-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/between-earth-and-sky.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Between Earth and Sky</image:title><image:caption>Between Earth and Sky, by Amana Skenandore</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/slave-escapes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Slave Escapes</image:title><image:caption>Slave Escapes &amp; the Underground Railroad in North Carolina, by Steve M. Miller &amp; J. Timothy Allen</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-29T22:53:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/03/18/onthisday-gideon-v-wainwright/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/jon-tyson-ymfnih1urto-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jon-tyson-YMFniH1URto-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-26T18:03:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/03/11/onthisday-the-blizzard-of-1888/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/laura-ockel-ylsploynzgk-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laura-ockel-yLSpLOYNzgk-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/christian-spuller-oaec-w0b2ss-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christian-spuller-Oaec-W0b2ss-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Christian Spuller on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/zac-durant-ligttfoyi2m-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zac-durant-LiGTtFoyI2M-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Zac Durant on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-17T15:42:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/03/04/3-of-the-5-4-books-i-read-in-february-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ninety-day-wonder.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ninety Day Wonder</image:title><image:caption>Ninety-Day Wonder: How The Navy Would Have Been Better Off Without Me, by Stephen Davenport</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-kingdom-the-power-and-the-glory.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Kingdom The Power and the Glory</image:title><image:caption>The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory, by Tim Alberta</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91gck19gjll._sy466_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>91gCK19GJLL._SY466_</image:title><image:caption>Fortune Favors the Dead, by Stephen Spotswood</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-07T23:47:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/02/26/i-feel-like-the-world-has-passed-me-by/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-04T18:35:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/02/19/four-more-books-i-read-in-january-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/annals-of-bath-county.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Annals of Bath County</image:title><image:caption>Annals of Bath County, Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morton</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-official-mind-diet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Official Mind Diet</image:title><image:caption>The Official Mind Diet: A Scientifically Based Program to Lose Weight and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease, by Dr. Martha Clare Morris</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/saving-grayson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saving Grayson</image:title><image:caption>Saving Grayson, by Chris Fabry</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-26T18:49:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/02/12/three-other-books-i-read-in-january-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/we-must-not-think-of-ourselves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>We Must Not Think of Ourselves</image:title><image:caption>We Must Not Think of Ourselves, by Lauren Grodstein</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sisters-under-the-rising-sun-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sisters Under the Rising Sun</image:title><image:caption>Sisters Under the Rising Sun, by Heather Morris</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sisters-under-the-rising-sun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sisters Under the Rising Sun</image:title><image:caption>Sisters Under the Rising Sun, by Heather Morris</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-woman-in-the-white-kimono.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Woman in the White Kimono</image:title><image:caption>The Woman in the White Kimono, by Ana Johns</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-19T09:58:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/02/05/three-of-the-10-books-i-read-in-january-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/climbing-over-grit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Climbing Over Grit</image:title><image:caption>Climbing Over Grit, by Marzeeh Laleh Chini &amp; Abnoos Mosleh-Shirazi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/61mm3jbga0l._sy466_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61mM3jbGa0L._SY466_</image:title><image:caption>Vitiligo Made Me Beautiful, by Laleh Chini</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/standing-my-ground.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Standing My Ground</image:title><image:caption>Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th, by Harry Dunn</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/513wyqapxwl._sy445_sx342_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>513wYQapxwL._SY445_SX342_</image:title><image:caption>So Lat in the Day: Stories of Women and Men, by Claire Keegan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-12T18:10:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/01/29/ive-made-it-around-the-sun-71-times/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/photo-1569858694646-dcb6c6d4b14e.webp</image:loc><image:title>photo-1569858694646-dcb6c6d4b14e</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Metin Ozer on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-06T17:10:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/01/22/onthisday-u-s-supreme-court-on-abortion-1973/</loc><lastmod>2024-03-08T21:48:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2024/01/15/a-book-by-a-blind-pastor-educator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/finding-my-way.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Finding My 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Plot, by Jane K, Cleland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/blowback.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blowback</image:title><image:caption>Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy From the Next Trump, by Miles Taylor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/darkness-visible.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Darkness Visible</image:title><image:caption>Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, by William Styron</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-12T01:50:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/08/28/as-a-reader-what-do-you-think-of-flash-fiction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/anne-nygard-4l8es-qzrpe-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anne-nygard-4l8ES-QZrpE-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/drew-hays-7tgqlzhcjz8-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>drew-hays-7tGqLzHcjZ8-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Drew Hays on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-05T15:20:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/08/21/onthisday-anniversary-of-hawaii-statehood-1959/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/neora-aylon-5jerkxqb-dk-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>neora-aylon-5jErKxqb-Dk-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Neora Aylon on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T18:04:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/08/14/my-take-on-ai/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/andrea-de-santis-zwd435-ewb4-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>andrea-de-santis-zwd435-ewb4-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-15T18:44:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/08/07/books-i-read-in-july-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/the-paris-agent.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Paris Agent</image:title><image:caption>The Paris Agent, by Kelly Rimmer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blog2book.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blog2Book</image:title><image:caption>Blog2Book: Repurposing Content to Discover the Book You've Already Written, by Cathy Fyock</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/the-idea.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Idea</image:title><image:caption>The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage, or Fiction, by Erik Bork</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/52-small-changes-for-the-mind.webp</image:loc><image:title>52 Small Changes for the Mind</image:title><image:caption>52 Small Changes for the Mind, by Brett Blumenthal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/silver-alert.webp</image:loc><image:title>silver-alert</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-12T19:32:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/07/31/who-decides-what-you-have-access-to-at-the-library/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-08T19:50:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/07/10/the-other-books-i-read-or-meant-to-read-in-june-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cradles-of-the-reich.webp</image:loc><image:title>Cradles of the Reich</image:title><image:caption>Cradles of the Reich, by Jennifer Coburn</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/time-management-for-writers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Time Management for Writers</image:title><image:caption>Time Management for Writers, by Sandra Gerth</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/i-will-find-you.jpg</image:loc><image:title>I Will Find You</image:title><image:caption>I Will Find You, by Harlan Coben</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/59357120.jpg</image:loc><image:title>59357120</image:title><image:caption>Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-05T04:46:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/07/03/four-books-i-read-in-june-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sergey-zolkin-e0spm6xxn2y-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sergey-zolkin-e0spm6xxn2y-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/florian-klauer-mk7d-4ucfmg-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>florian-klauer-mk7d-4ucfmg-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/roven-images-hxebuwuia1a-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roven-images-hxebuwuia1a-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/51zuk6wlpil._sy291_bo1204203200_ql40_fmwebp_.webp</image:loc><image:title>51zuk6wlpil._sy291_bo1204203200_ql40_fmwebp_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/the-great-valley-road-of-virginia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-great-valley-road-of-virginia</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/it-happened-in-north-carolina.jpg</image:loc><image:title>it-happened-in-north-carolina</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crow-mary.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crow-mary</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-10T18:20:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/06/26/following-up-on-last-weeks-blog-post-book-banning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/rabie-madaci-rj0dprxj8n8-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rabie-madaci-RJ0dPrxj8N8-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Imagine if these shelves were empty!
(Photo by Rabie Madaci on Unsplash)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/enrique-macias-bxxyz4htgxu-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>enrique-macias-BXXYZ4HtGxU-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Enrique Macias on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-28T11:04:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/06/19/book-banning-is-democracy-banning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/joeyy-lee-tya5re2meys-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>joeyy-lee-TYA5rE2Meys-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Joeyy Lee on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/brendan-stephens-bl2tjfobnv4-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brendan-stephens-Bl2tjfoBNv4-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Brendan Stephens on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/megan-escobosa-photography-_fmi4ltee6g-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>megan-escobosa-photography-_FMi4LTEe6g-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Megan Escobosa Photography on Unsplash

</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m-t-elgassier-cugryvzio_m-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>m-t-elgassier-cugryvziO_M-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by M.T ElGassier on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/joe-ciciarelli-bvnmfnshq6u-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>joe-ciciarelli-BVNmFNShq6U-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Joe Ciciarelli on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jason-leung-misselg2xj4-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jason-leung-MisSelG2Xj4-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-01T18:02:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/06/12/the-other-two-books-i-read-in-may-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/seeking-the-historical-cook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seeking the Historical Cook</image:title><image:caption>Seeking the Historical Cook, by Kay K. Moss</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/one-thought-scares-me.jpg</image:loc><image:title>One Thought Scares Me</image:title><image:caption>One Thought Scares Me, by Richard Dreyfuss</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-14T01:08:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/06/05/three-books-i-read-in-may-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/secret-lives.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Secret Lives</image:title><image:caption>Secret Lives, by Mark de Castrique</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/downsizing-for-dummies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Downsizing for Dummies</image:title><image:caption>Downsizing for Dummies, by Ralph R. Roberts</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/the-soulmate_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Soulmate_</image:title><image:caption>The Soulmate, by Sally Helpworth</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-10T18:17:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/05/29/to-write-or-not-to-write-historical-short-stories-what-do-you-think/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/aaron-burden-xg8iqmqmitm-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaron-burden-xG8IQMqMITM-unsplash (1)</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-09T00:32:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/05/22/a-wake-up-call-lets-talk-about-sleep/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/brian-matangelo-ran25cllyle-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brian-matangelo-rAn25CLlyLE-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/aditya-vyas-epmjtn_lys0-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aditya-vyas-EPmJtn_lYs0-unsplash (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/milad-fakurian-58z17lnvs4u-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>milad-fakurian-58Z17lnVS4U-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/brooke-cagle-uwvwq8gf8pe-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brooke-cagle-uWVWQ8gF8PE-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hernan-sanchez-kefrafky6sk-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hernan-sanchez-kEFrAFKY6Sk-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mpho-mojapelo-i84vguygutq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mpho-mojapelo-I84vGUYGUtQ-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/why-we-sleep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Why We Sleep</image:title><image:caption>Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker, Ph.D.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-28T07:06:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/05/15/mecklenburg-declaration-of-independence-revisited/</loc><lastmod>2023-05-22T21:06:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/05/08/taking-a-look-at-the-bill-of-obligations-by-richard-haass/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31mqxpfu0dl._sy291_bo1204203200_ql40_fmwebp_.webp</image:loc><image:title>31MqXPFu0DL._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_FMwebp_</image:title><image:caption>The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, by Richard Haass</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-11T02:08:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/05/01/some-of-the-books-i-read-in-april-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/the-light-we-carry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Light We Carry</image:title><image:caption>The Light We Carry, by Michelle Obama</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/how-to-read-a-novel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>How to Read a Novel</image:title><image:caption>How to Read Novels Like a Professor, by Thomas C. Foster</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/the-last-carolina-girl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Last Carolina Girl</image:title><image:caption>The Last Carolina Girl, by Meagan Church</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/code-name-sapphire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Code Name Sapphire</image:title><image:caption>Code Name Sapphire, by Pam Jenoff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/513tuy-4jtl._sy291_bo1204203200_ql40_fmwebp_.webp</image:loc><image:title>513tUY-4JTL._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_FMwebp_</image:title><image:caption>Time's Undoing, by Cheryl A. Head</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-26T05:53:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/04/24/have-you-signed-up-for-my-newsletter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jon-tyson-xmmsdtigsfo-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jon-tyson-XmMsdtiGSfo-unsplash (1)</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-28T06:26:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/04/17/being-reminded-of-the-value-of-friendships/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bookbrushimage-2023-4-7-1-5912.png</image:loc><image:title>BookBrushImage-2023-4-7-1-5912</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dscn5332-2567268524-e1681675550577.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5332</image:title><image:caption>My books displayed just inside the front door on the Local Authors shelf!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dscn5330-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5330</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dscn5330-1997212032-e1681675246639.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5330</image:title><image:caption>Welcoming sign on the sidewalk outside the bookstore.
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-19T20:22:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/04/10/meet-greet-at-second-look-books-april-15th/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/second-look-books.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Second Look Books</image:title><image:caption>Second Look Books, 4519 School House Commons, Harrisburg, NC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-12T16:00:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/04/03/what-i-read-in-march-2023-my-thoughts-about-book-banning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/51hrcuhbnl._sl500_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51HrCuHBn+L._SL500_</image:title><image:caption>To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/the-girl-from-the-channel-islands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Girl From the Channel Islands</image:title><image:caption>The Girl From the Channel Islands, by Jenny Lecoat</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-27T20:27:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/03/27/local-history-is-revealed-in-national-archives-holdings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_8027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8027</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_8023.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8023</image:title><image:caption>Register of Gold - Branch Mint - Charlotte</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T22:23:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/03/20/excitement-the-week-my-new-book-arrived/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bookbrushimage-2023-3-19-17-911-1.png</image:loc><image:title>bookbrushimage-2023-3-19-17-911-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bookbrushimage-2023-3-19-17-911.png</image:loc><image:title>bookbrushimage-2023-3-19-17-911</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bookbrushimage-2023-3-19-17-1444.png</image:loc><image:title>BookBrushImage-2023-3-19-17-1444</image:title><image:caption>One side of my bookmark</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gene-gallin-sjt9qnbtoo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene-gallin--SJt9qnbtoo-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Gene Gallin on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-04T23:01:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/03/13/three-compelling-books-i-read-in-february-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-home-for-unwanted-girls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Home for Unwanted Girls</image:title><image:caption>The Home for Unwanted Girls, by Joanna Goodman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-escape-artist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Escape Artist</image:title><image:caption>The Escape Artist, by Jonathan Freedland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-diamondeye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The DiamondEye</image:title><image:caption>The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-22T17:18:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/03/06/harrisburg-did-you-know-cabarrus-history-book-2-is-published/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bookbrushimage-2023-3-4-17-251.png</image:loc><image:title>bookbrushimage-2023-3-4-17-251</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-27T16:24:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2023/02/27/i-just-wanted-a-proof-copy-of-harrisburg-did-you-know-book-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bookbrushimage-2023-1-17-17-5049.png</image:loc><image:title>bookbrushimage-2023-1-17-17-5049</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/taylor-deas-melesh-fkaq-cqu4uo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>taylor-deas-melesh-fkaQ-cqU4Uo-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo 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unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-03T23:47:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/04/25/you-should-know-who-julian-francis-abele-was/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/pattern-sonbcnbknau-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pattern-SOnbCnBKNaU-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chuck-givens-tvztnngoriy-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chuck-givens-TVZtnNgORiY-unsplash (1)</image:title><image:caption>Exterior of Duke Chapel. Photo credit: Chuck Givens on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chuck-givens-x5zb08d2suy-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chuck-givens-x5Zb08d2SuY-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Inside Duke Chapel. Photo credit: Chuck Givens on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-28T02:56:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/04/18/onthisday-san-francisco-earthquake-1906/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/christopher-burns-gyrrwzwqm5y-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christopher-burns-gyrrWzwqm5Y-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Christopher Burns on unsplash.com
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Photo credit: Oliver Plattner</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-26T13:53:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/04/11/where-do-you-stand-on-cursive-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/csabi-elter-iidxznru2gy-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>csabi-elter-IIDxzNru2GY-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Csabi Elter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/kelly-sikkema-2npv75itvhg-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kelly-sikkema-2NPV75ItVhg-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/alessio-fiorentino-minq1mjikfw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alessio-fiorentino-MiNq1Mjikfw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Alessio Fiorentino</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/aaron-burden-y02jex_b0o0-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaron-burden-y02jEX_B0O0-unsplash (1)</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Aaron Burden on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-02T10:01:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/04/04/two-books-read-in-march-2022/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-year-without-summer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Year Without Summer</image:title><image:caption>The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano the Darkened the World and Changed History, by William K Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/and-every-morning-the-way-home-gets-longer-and-longer-9781501160486_lg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>and-every-morning-the-way-home-gets-longer-and-longer-9781501160486_lg</image:title><image:caption>And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, by Fredrik Backman</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-11T16:31:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/03/28/onthisday-three-mile-island-1979/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-06T21:34:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/03/21/how-much-do-you-value-your-public-library/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lviv.-nataliia-kvitovska-xhcdj6qtglm-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lviv. nataliia-kvitovska-XHCdj6QtgLM-unsplash (1)</image:title><image:caption>Lviv, Ukraine. Photo credit: Nataliia Kvitovska on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/kyiv.-hristo-sahatchiev-jvw3ixsruba-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kyiv. hristo-sahatchiev-jVW3ixsrUBA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Kyiv, Ukraine before mid-February 2022. Photo credit: hristo sahatchiev on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-28T15:41:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/03/14/using-all-your-senses-in-your-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_2970-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2970 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Old Rocky River Graveyard</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/jocelyn-morales-gwvbnju8hom-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jocelyn-morales-GWVbNJU8hOM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Touch: Photo Credit: Jocelyn Morales on Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/marcus-woodbridge-cwqdpive5yo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marcus-woodbridge-cWQDPiVe5yo-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Sound: Photo Credit: Marcus Woodbridge on Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/engin-akyurt-b6ccesofl90-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>engin-akyurt-b6CCEsofl90-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Taste: Photo Credit: Engin Akyurt on Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/motunrayo-babatunde-qmsjapwd1hm-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>motunrayo-babatunde-QMSjaPwd1hM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Smell: Photo Credit: Motunrayo Babtunde on Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sight</image:title><image:caption>Sight
Photo Credit:  Paulista Avenue, Brazil, on Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-28T17:46:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/03/07/three-books-read-in-february-2022/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lf</image:title><image:caption>Violeta, by Isabel Allende</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-08T23:43:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/02/28/onthisday-explosion-aboard-steamship-1844/</loc><lastmod>2022-03-08T03:54:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/02/21/my-little-white-dog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/blue-ridge-mtns-books-arrive-8-22-14-004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blue Ridge Mtns Books Arrive 8-22-14 004</image:title><image:caption>He was so proud the day in 2014 when my vintage postcard book, The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina arrived!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img_1021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1021</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img_1640.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1640</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-21T02:17:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/02/14/can-movies-help-you-write/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/katie-rodriguez-lfhybukk8gw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>katie-rodriguez-lfHybUkK8Gw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Katie Rodriguez on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/filip-zrnzevic-_emkxldko9k-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filip-zrnzevic-_EMkxLdko9k-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Filip Zrnzevic on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/andrew-haimerl-andrewnef-ire9xafmnpw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>andrew-haimerl-andrewnef-iRE9XAFmnPw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Example of hoarding. Photo credit: Andrew Haimerl (ANDREWNEF) on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tengyart-doqteen8soo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tengyart-DoqtEEn8SOo-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Tengyart on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/jon-tyson-a-obuh61bkw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jon-tyson-A-obUh61bKw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Jon Tyson on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-28T15:39:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/02/07/books-read-in-january-2022/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world.webp</image:loc><image:title>When We Cease to Understand the World</image:title><image:caption>When We Cease to Understand the World, by Benjamin Labatut</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/these-precious-days-by-ann-patchett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>These Precious Days by Ann Patchett</image:title><image:caption>These Precious Days: Essays, by Ann Patchett</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/these-precious-days.jpg</image:loc><image:title>These Precious Days</image:title><image:caption>These Precious Days, by Ann Patchett</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-08T23:56:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/01/31/my-recent-discovery-of-openlibrary-org/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_3304.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3304</image:title><image:caption>The Heirloom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/emil-widlund-xrbbxixawy0-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>emil-widlund-xrbbXIXAWY0-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Emil Widlund on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nisonco-pr-and-seo-yirdur6hivq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nisonco-pr-and-seo-yIRdUr6hIvQ-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: NisonCo PR and SEO on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-11T13:32:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/01/24/onthisday-tomorrow-robert-burns-birthday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/elisa-stone-tuuyryvt7xc-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>elisa-stone-TUUyRYvt7xc-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Thistle. Photo credit: Elisa Stone on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/serafima-lazarenko-gkqk5s_klwy-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>serafima-lazarenko-gKQk5S_klWY-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Serafima Lazarenko</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lynda-hinton-3brou9hnmjo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lynda-hinton-3BROu9hNMjo-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Scottish Bagpiper. Photo credit: Lynda Hinton on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/photo-1529982971869-586342d344b8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1529982971869-586342d344b8</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: James Toose on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gibbon-fitzgibbon-xekdsbnzk_y-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gibbon-fitzgibbon-XekdSBNzk_Y-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Gibbon Fitzgibbon on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gary-ellis-mltoeqh7dm-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gary-ellis--MLToEqh7dM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Gary Ellis on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-01T04:46:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/01/17/trying-to-get-novel-structure-right/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/aaron-burden-xg8iqmqmitm-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaron-burden-xG8IQMqMITM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Aaron Burden on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/alain-pham-p_qvsf7yodw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alain-pham-P_qvsF7Yodw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Alain Pham on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ricardo-gomez-angel-j5gcokzdm6i-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ricardo-gomez-angel-j5gCOKZdm6I-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Ricardo Gomez Angel on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-28T16:28:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/01/10/5-books-i-didnt-finish-reading-in-december-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/call-us-what-we-carry.webp</image:loc><image:title>Call Us What We Carry</image:title><image:caption>Call Us What We Carry, by Amanda Gorman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/go-tell-the-bees-that-i-am-gone.png</image:loc><image:title>Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone</image:title><image:caption>Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, by Diana Gabaldon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/the-stranger-in-the-lifeboat.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Stranger in the Lifeboat</image:title><image:caption>The Stranger in the Lifeboat, by Mitch Albom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/the-dictionary-of-lost-words.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Dictionary of Lost Words</image:title><image:caption>The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a-single-rose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Single Rose</image:title><image:caption>A Single Rose, by Muriel Barbery</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-14T19:12:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2022/01/03/books-read-in-december-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/how-to-write-winning-short-stories.jpg</image:loc><image:title>How to Write Winning Short Stories</image:title><image:caption>How to Write Winning Short Stories, by Nancy Sakaduski</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/how_to-series-ab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HOW_TO-SERIES-AB</image:title><image:caption>How to Write a Series, by Sara Rosett</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bb_atlasoftheheart-733x1024-1.png</image:loc><image:title>BB_AtlasOfTheHeart-733x1024</image:title><image:caption>Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/57190576.jpg</image:loc><image:title>57190576</image:title><image:caption>The City of Mist, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/56269187.jpg</image:loc><image:title>56269187</image:title><image:caption>Three Sisters, by Heather Morris</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-07T02:59:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/12/27/how-im-ending-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/guneet-jassal-6gmrc3eewuw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guneet-jassal-6gMrc3eeWUw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Guneet Jassal on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/photo-1577046848358-4623c0859b8a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1577046848358-4623c0859b8a</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit:  Kelly Sikkema on 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unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/davide-cantelli-h3gijctw__w-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>davide-cantelli-H3giJcTw__w-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Davide Cantelli on upsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-20T23:16:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/12/06/books-read-in-november-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/judgeslist_bookshot_450x720.png</image:loc><image:title>JudgesList_bookshot_450x720</image:title><image:caption>The Judge's List, by John Grisham</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/world-of-toil-and-strife.jpg</image:loc><image:title>World of Toil and Strife</image:title><image:caption>World of Toil and Strife: : Community Transformation in 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Can anyone help me?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3045.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3045</image:title><image:caption>Sweet Gum Tree Leaves trying to decide whether to turn red or yellow</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3064-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3064 (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3029-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3029 (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3022-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3022 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Red Oak Leaves</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3018</image:title><image:caption>Cedar Tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3008-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3008 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Dogwood Tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3057-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3057 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Hickory Tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_3053-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3053 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Maple Tree</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-19T15:11:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/11/08/what-would-make-you-happy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/alex-motoc-g1qq0jl_b-s-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alex-motoc-G1qq0jl_B-s-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/daniel-thomas-6_nxemzbuq0-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daniel-thomas-6_NXEMZbUq0-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Daniel Thomas on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/john-mark-smith-p6uqpnyxci4-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>john-mark-smith-P6uqpNyXcI4-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: John Mark Smith on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/zoltan-tasi-50wxpvpyo7g-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zoltan-tasi-50WXpvPyO7g-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Zoltan Tasi on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/rising-strong.png</image:loc><image:title>Rising Strong</image:title><image:caption>Rising Strong, by Brene Brown</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/the-gifts-of-imperfection.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Gifts of Imperfection</image:title><image:caption>The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brene Brown</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-21T03:57:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/11/01/some-odd-books-read-in-october-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-little-red-writing-book.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Little Red Writing Book</image:title><image:caption>The Little Red Writing Book</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/what-every-body-is-saying.jpg</image:loc><image:title>What Every BODY is Saying</image:title><image:caption>What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People, by Joe Navarro with Marvin Karlins, Ph.D.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/forensics-and-fiction.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forensics and Fiction</image:title><image:caption>Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers, by D.P. 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Lyle, M.D.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9781250029621.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781250029621</image:title><image:caption>Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception, by Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, and Susan Carnicero, with Don Tennant.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-23T02:17:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/10/25/giving-god-the-right-of-way/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/glenn-carstens-peters-rlw-uc03gwc-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>glenn-carstens-peters-RLw-UC03Gwc-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Glenn Carstens Peters on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-23T02:18:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/10/18/onthisday-russia-transferred-alaska-to-us-1867/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/peter-hansen-di5omb0s4va-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peter-hansen-DI5oMb0s4vA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Peter Hansen on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/deon-van-zyl-yrra8g_i_is-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deon-van-zyl-YRRa8G_i_is-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Deon Van Zyl on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/hari-nandakumar-eancxwbwzsw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hari-nandakumar-eANcXwBWzSw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Hari Nandakumar on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-29T12:40:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/10/11/myths-and-legends-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/5ludington_statue_800-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Statue of Sybil Ludington in Carmel, New York</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-18T14:50:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/10/04/books-read-amp-analyzed-in-september-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/making-good-habits-breaking-bad-habits.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits</image:title><image:caption>Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/murder-on-black-swan-lane.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Murder on Black Swan Lane</image:title><image:caption>Murder on Black Swan Lane, by Andrea Penrose</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-house-on-vesper-sands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The House on Vesper Sands</image:title><image:caption>The House on Vesper Sands, by Paraic O'Donnell</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/an-irish-hostage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>An Irish Hostage</image:title><image:caption>An Irish Hostage, by Charles Todd</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-historians.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Historians</image:title><image:caption>The Historians, by Cecilia Ekback</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-kitchen-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Kitchen House</image:title><image:caption>The Kitchen House, by Kathleen Grissom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-war-nurse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The War Nurse</image:title><image:caption>The War Nurse, by Tracey Enerson Wood</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-10T23:14:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/09/27/books-unite-us-censorship-divides-us/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T10:59:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/09/20/you-can-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/bernd-klutsch-ne2hv5auxfo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bernd-klutsch-nE2HV5AUXFo-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Bernd Klutsch on Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/elijah-hiett-kczcfkic-ig-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>elijah-hiett-KCzCfkic-ig-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Elijah Hiett on Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-27T13:44:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/09/13/remembering-9-11-twenty-years-later/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/jack-cohen-heearo2p2hk-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jack-cohen-heEaRo2P2Hk-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Jack Cohen on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-20T14:06:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/09/06/books-read-in-august-2021-a-k-a-what-to-do-when-you-cant-afford-writing-courses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/making-it-in-historical-fiction-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Making it in Historical Fiction</image:title><image:caption>Making it in Historical Fiction, by Libbie Hawker</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/making-it-in-historical-fiction.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Making it in Historical Fiction</image:title><image:caption>Making it in Historical Fiction, by Libbie Hawker</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/517aszurmel._sx334_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>517aszUrmEL._SX334_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/colin-lloyd-edhsl0ytrhm-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>colin-lloyd-edhsL0yTrHM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Colin Lloyd on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-10T05:51:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/08/30/things-i-learned-from-how-the-word-is-passed-part-iii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/house-of-slaves-goree-island-in-senegal-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>House-of-Slaves-Goree-Island-in-Senegal-1</image:title><image:caption>House of Slaves on Goree Island, Senegal. 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Cox</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-08-08T18:43:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/06/14/3-books-i-tried-to-listen-to-in-may/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/the-last-green-valley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Last Green Valley</image:title><image:caption>The Last Green Valley, by Mark Sullivan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/band-of-sisters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Band of Sisters</image:title><image:caption>Band of Sisters, by Lauren Willig</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/close-your-eyes-hold-hands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands</image:title><image:caption>Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands, by Chris Bohjalian</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-27T17:34:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/07/26/how-my-first-50-pages-stood-up-for-critique/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/thought-catalog-505eectw54k-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thought-catalog-505eectW54k-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/kelly-sikkema-mdadgzyxcve-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kelly-sikkema-mdADGzyXCVE-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pim-chu-245596.jpg</image:loc><image:title>overwhelmed</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Pim Chu on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/daniel-mccullough-htblqdxfg9k-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daniel-mccullough-HtBlQdxfG9k-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Daniel McCullough on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-08-19T14:13:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/07/19/taking-stock-of-historical-fiction/</loc><lastmod>2021-11-21T04:04:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/07/12/4-other-books-i-read-in-june-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/local-woman-missing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Local Woman Missing</image:title><image:caption>Local Woman Missing, by Mary Kubica</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-woman-with-the-blue-star-jenoff-683x1024-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The-Woman-with-the-Blue-Star-Jenoff-683x1024</image:title><image:caption>The Woman with the Blue Star, by Pam Jenoff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-warsaw-oprhan-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-warsaw-oprhan-small</image:title><image:caption>The Warsaw Orphan, by Kelly Rimmer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-plot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Plot</image:title><image:caption>The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-17T13:22:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/07/05/3-historical-novels-i-read-in-june-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/caste.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caste</image:title><image:caption>Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-elephant-of-belfast.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Elephant of Belfast</image:title><image:caption>The Elephant of Belfast, by S. Kirk Walsh</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mockup-featuring-a-hardcover-book-standing-on-another-one-3424-el1edit.png</image:loc><image:title>mockup-featuring-a-hardcover-book-standing-on-another-one-3424-el1(edit)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/700x1054-book-cover-tlol.jpg</image:loc><image:title>700x1054-Book-Cover-TLOL</image:title><image:caption>The Library of Legends, by Janie Chang</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/bn_cover-2-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bn_cover-2-1</image:title><image:caption>The Girls in the Stilt House, by Kelly 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Wilkerson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-08-05T04:55:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/06/21/whats-juneteenth-and-why-did-i-just-hear-about-it/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/logan-weaver-uwyqyywuqjw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>logan-weaver-uwyqYYWUQJw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Logan Weaver on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-08-04T18:28:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/06/07/5-books-i-read-in-may-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sooley-3d-188x300-1.png</image:loc><image:title>SOOLEY-3D-188x300</image:title><image:caption>Sooley, by John Grisham</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/remember.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Remember</image:title><image:caption>Remember, by Lisa Genova</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a-million-reasons-why.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Million Reasons Why</image:title><image:caption>A Million Reasons Why, by Jessica Strawser</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/fatal-scores.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fatal Scores</image:title><image:caption>Fatal Scores, by Mark de Castrique</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/the-good-sister.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Good Sister</image:title><image:caption>The Good Sister, by Sally Hepworth</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-20T23:08:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/05/31/bibliophobia-and-scriptophobia-graphophobia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/janets-book-launch-9-21-14-027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Book Launch 9-21-14 027</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Marie Morrison</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/alvaro-serrano-hjwkmkehbco-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alvaro-serrano-hjwKMkehBco-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Alvaro Serrano on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/siora-photography-hgfy1mzy-y0-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>siora-photography-hgFY1mZY-Y0-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Siora 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Cotten on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/stick-in-the-mud.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stick-in-the-mud</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Annie Spratt on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-21T21:28:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2021/04/12/onthisday-the-war-that-never-ends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/michelle-burdick-as-rstzg6as-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michelle-burdick-aS-rSTzg6As-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Michelle Burdick on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nathan-dumlao-i99ck2mh2tw-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nathan-dumlao-I99ck2MH2Tw-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: Nathan Dumlao on unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/rrpc-may-3-2008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RRPC, May 3, 2008</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/leedulin02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LeeDulin02</image:title><image:caption>Lee Dulin, home from the Civil War</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_5672.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5672</image:title><image:caption>Rocky River Presbyterian Church, Cabarrus County, North Carolina</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/library-of-congress-smvelgdwtjo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>library-of-congress-smVelgdWtJo-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: US Library of Congress, via 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Larson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-09T05:13:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2020/01/27/colonialamerica-whats-a-high-and-dry/</loc><lastmod>2020-02-12T01:33:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2020/01/20/onthisday-camcorder-not/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/brandi-ibrao-lom4bmjh5r0-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brandi-ibrao-lom4Bmjh5r0-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Brandi Ibrao on Unsplash
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Kiernan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/the-guardians.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Guardians</image:title><image:caption>The Guardians, by John Grisham</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/gladwell_talkingtostrangers_hc_rev.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gladwell_TalkingToStrangers_HC_rev</image:title><image:caption>Talking to Stranger:  What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, by Malcolm Gladwell</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-24T20:09:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/12/30/contentment-and-peace-in-2020/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/photo-1531456786827-de29dd0fa8b7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1531456786827-de29dd0fa8b7</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jeff Wade on 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Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/photo-1500212802521-de7d7426f496.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1500212802521-de7d7426f496</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Paul M on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-07T05:32:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/12/16/onthisday-the-battle-of-the-bulge-began/</loc><lastmod>2019-12-26T22:39:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/12/09/four-other-books-i-read-in-november-2019/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-family-upstairs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Family Upstairs</image:title><image:caption>The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/heads-you-win.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heads You Win</image:title><image:caption>Heads You Win, by Jeffrey Archer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-water-dancer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Water Dancer</image:title><image:caption>The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-18T21:18:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/12/02/i-stretched-my-reading-horizons-in-november/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cilkas-journey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cilka's Journey</image:title><image:caption>Cilka's Journey, by Heather Morris</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-dutch-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Dutch House</image:title><image:caption>The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-shadow-of-the-wind.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Shadow of the Wind</image:title><image:caption>The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-13T06:40:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/11/25/do-you-have-a-tbdwiroosmttl-list/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/zbysiu-rodak-cl-lezuxbim-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zbysiu-rodak-CL-lezUxbiM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Zbysiu Rodak on 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Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-25T15:42:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/11/11/how-to-visit-scotland-aspen-atlanta-kentucky-virginia-syria-turkey-and-england-in-a-month-by-never-leaving-home/</loc><lastmod>2019-11-19T09:01:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/11/04/a-new-favorite-novel/</loc><lastmod>2019-11-10T16:26:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/10/28/great-smoky-mountains-revisited-part-2-of-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0986.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0986</image:title><image:caption>A fair, but not great, example of how the Great Smoky Mountains got their name. Photo taken in September 2019.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0635.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0635</image:title><image:caption>This mountainside, scarred by the 2016 wildfires, now shows off the rough, rocky folds that trees hid before the fires.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0643.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0643</image:title><image:caption>Cloud in a valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on September 15, 2019.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0354.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0354</image:title><image:caption>Chimney Tops in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in  September 2019, still recovering from 2016 wildfires.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1061</image:title><image:caption>Picture of a 1936 real photograph postcard of "Newfound  Gap Highway" and "Chimney Tops."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0888.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0888</image:title><image:caption>WELL-CAMOUFLAGED FEMALE BLACK BEAR IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. 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</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-12T16:44:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/10/21/great-smoky-mountains-revisited-part-1-of-2/</loc><lastmod>2019-11-24T20:09:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/10/14/fixyournovel-3-reading-listening-or-watching-a-novel/</loc><lastmod>2020-01-02T16:41:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/10/07/thrillers-and-a-dark-novel-i-read-last-month/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-fifth-column.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Fifth Column</image:title><image:caption>The Fifth Column, by Andrew Gross</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/someone-knows.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Someone Knows</image:title><image:caption>Someone Knows, by Lisa Scottoline</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/before-i-let-you-go.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Before I Let You Go</image:title><image:caption>Before I Let You Go, by Kelly Rimmer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/onegooddeed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781538750568_OneGoodDeed_HC.indd</image:title><image:caption>One Good Deed, by David Baldacci</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-19T07:18:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/09/30/character-and-structure-by-chris-andrews/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/character-and-structure-an-unholy-alliance.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Character and Structure An Unholy Alliance</image:title><image:caption>Character &amp; Structure:  An Unholy Alliance, by Chris Andrews</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-07T14:23:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/09/23/no-one-is-going-to-tell-me-what-i-cant-read/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/my-sisters-keeper.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My Sister's Keeper</image:title><image:caption>My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-bluest-eye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Bluest Eye</image:title><image:caption>The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/to-kill-a-mockingbird.jpg</image:loc><image:title>To Kill a Mockingbird</image:title><image:caption>To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-kite-runner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Kite Runner</image:title><image:caption>The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-29T23:31:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/09/09/bringourgirlsback/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/beneath-the-tamarind-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beneath the Tamarind Tree</image:title><image:caption>The Beneath the Tamarind Tree:  A Story of Courage, Family, and The Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram, by Isha Sesay</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-10T19:19:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/09/02/3-5-of-the-5-5-books-i-read-in-august-2019/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/resistance-women.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Resistance Women</image:title><image:caption>Resistance Women, by Jennifer Chiaverini</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-nickel-boys.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Nickel Boys</image:title><image:caption>The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-victory-garden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Victory Garden</image:title><image:caption>The Victory Garden, by Rhys Bowen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/searchingforsylvielee_3d-sticker.png</image:loc><image:title>Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok</image:title><image:caption>Searching for Sylvie Lee, by Jean Kwok</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-06T15:16:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/08/26/onthisday-womens-equality-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/micheile-henderson-03nmnuqhpde-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>micheile-henderson-03NMNUqHPdE-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/roya-ann-miller-c8ma5ohohmq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roya-ann-miller-c8ma5oHOhmQ-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/element5-digital-t9cxbzluvic-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>element5-digital-T9CXBZLUvic-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-06T04:02:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/08/19/19-blue-ridge-mountains-trivia-answers/</loc><lastmod>2019-12-09T12:55:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2019/08/11/19-blue-ridge-mountains-trivia-questions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_0278.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0278</image:title><image:caption>Grandfather 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Daughter</image:title><image:caption>The Irishman's Daughter, by V.S. 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'18 003</image:title><image:caption>Foggy Pine Books in Boone, NC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-01T02:28:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/10/15/dont-mess-with-the-brunswick-stew/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rocky-river-presbyterian-church.png</image:loc><image:title>Rocky River Presbyterian Church</image:title><image:caption>Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 7940 Rocky River Road, Concord, NC  28025</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-11T01:29:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/10/08/words-of-khaled-hosseini/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sea-prayer-by-khaled-hosseini.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini</image:title><image:caption>Sea Prayer, by Khaled Hosseini; illustrated by Dan Williams</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-16T03:47:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/10/01/fiction-nonfiction-read-in-september-2018/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sample-carolina-hurricane-quilt-blocks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sample Carolina Hurricane Quilt Blocks</image:title><image:caption>Sample Carolina Hurricane Quilt Blocks</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/harvard-medical-school-guide-to-a-good-nights-sleep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep</image:title><image:caption>The Harvard Medical School Guide to A Good Night's Sleep, by Lawrence Epstein, M.D. with Steven Mardon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/women-food-and-god.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Women, Food and God</image:title><image:caption>Women, Food and God, by Geneen Roth</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/the-president-is-missing.png</image:loc><image:title>The President is Missing</image:title><image:caption>The President is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/the-death-of-mrs-westaway-9781501156212_lg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-death-of-mrs-westaway-9781501156212_lg</image:title><image:caption>The Death of Mrs. Westaway, by Ruth Ware</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-16T03:51:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/09/24/can-a-person-work-tirelessly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/reza-shayestehpour-14238-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reza-shayestehpour-14238-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by reza shayestehpour on unsplash.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-29T15:18:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/09/17/my-heart-is-in-eastern-north-carolina/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/images.jpg</image:loc><image:title>images</image:title><image:caption>Flooding in eastern North Carolina due to Hurricane Florence, September 2018.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-09T23:17:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/09/10/gps-for-an-enameled-toaster/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-17T21:39:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/09/03/two-thought-provoking-books-in-august/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/agentlemaninmoscow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AGentlemanInMoscow</image:title><image:caption>A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fascismawarning.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FascismAWarning</image:title><image:caption>Fascism:  A Warning, by Madeleine Albright</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-12T00:11:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/08/27/cultural-appropriation-in-writing/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-01T01:25:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2018/08/20/recharging-my-batteries-in-blue-ridge-mountains/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/raleigh-mountains-043.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Raleigh &amp; 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Gerard</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9780451499578.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780451499578</image:title><image:caption>Here and Gone, by Haylen Beck</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-04T02:13:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/09/04/holocaust-survivors-and-osage-murders/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9780143125839.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780143125839</image:title><image:caption>Dog Songs:  Poems, by Mary Oliver</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9780385534246.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780385534246</image:title><image:caption>Killers of the Flower Moon:  The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rabb_amongtheliving_final-255x390.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rabb_AmongtheLiving_final-255x390</image:title><image:caption>Among the Living, by Jonathan Rabb</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-04T17:41:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/08/28/total-solar-eclipse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/solar-eclipse-8-21-2017-070.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solar Eclipse 8.21.2017 070</image:title><image:caption>Photograph of total solar eclipse in Dillsboro, NC, August 21, 2017</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/solar-eclipse-8-21-2017-008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solar Eclipse 8.21.2017 008</image:title><image:caption>That's me, proudly standing beside my vintage postcard book, The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, on display at O'Neill's Shop on the Corner, Bryson City, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/solar-eclipse-8-21-2017-056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solar Eclipse 8.21.2017 056</image:title><image:caption>Tiny solar crescents being project through a round disk with tiny round holes in it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/solar-eclipse-8-21-2017-068.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solar Eclipse 8.21.2017 068</image:title><image:caption>Image of sun just minutes before total eclipse as projected on paper through a telescope and binoculars</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/solar-eclipse-8-21-2017-058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solar Eclipse 8.21.2017 058</image:title><image:caption>That's me, watching the solar eclipse in Dillsboro, NC, August 21, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/solar-eclipse-8-21-2017-046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solar Eclipse 8.21.2017 046</image:title><image:caption>2-8-0 Steam Locomotive No. 1702, owned and operated by Great Smoky Mountains Railroad</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-31T01:48:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/08/21/race-in-america-and-the-dry-grass-of-august/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/drygrass.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DryGrass</image:title><image:caption>The Dry Grass of August, by Anna Jean Mayhew</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-23T01:20:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/08/14/anne-lomotts-gems-for-novelists/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-24T04:29:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/08/07/late-july-reading/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/12543.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12543</image:title><image:caption>Bird-by-Bird:  Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/otlarge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OTLarge</image:title><image:caption>The Orphan's Tale, by Pam Jenoff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/static1-squarespace-com.png</image:loc><image:title>static1.squarespace.com</image:title><image:caption>The Midnight Cool, by Lydia Peelle</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-25T16:35:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/07/31/theyre-all-uncertain-times/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/simon-hesthaven-216108-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>simon-hesthaven-216108 (2)</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Simon Hesthaven on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-07T14:04:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/07/24/things-i-miss-and-things-i-dont/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_0795.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0795</image:title><image:caption>Male Downy Woodpecker on a suet feeder</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/flowers-snail-spiders-in-garden-9-6-08-031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flowers, Snail &amp; Spiders in Garden 9-6-08 031</image:title><image:caption>A writing spider in our garden</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sept-2005-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sept. 2005 001</image:title><image:caption>A Writing Spider</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/august-2005-167.jpg</image:loc><image:title>August 2005 167</image:title><image:caption>A "Hoppy Toad"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/flowers-and-garden-6-25-09-055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flowers and Garden 6-25-09 055</image:title><image:caption>Dragonfly in our garden</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/deer-in-backyard-9-19-10-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer in backyard 9-19-10 001</image:title><image:caption>White-Tailed Deer Fawn</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/flowers-green-spider-in-garden-9-5-08-022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flowers &amp; Green Spider in Garden 9-5-08 022</image:title><image:caption>Passion Flower</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/squirrel-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Squirrel 4</image:title><image:caption>Who, me?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5926.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5926</image:title><image:caption>Queen Anne's Lace blossom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/raccoon-28-003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A raccoon in our yard April 28, 2014.</image:title><image:caption>Raccoon in our yard on April 28, 2014.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-02T00:57:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/07/17/reading-south-africa-and-south-carolina-novels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9781632867049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781632867049</image:title><image:caption>Grief Cottage, by Gail Godwin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/boling_history_flat_rgb_hr-210.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boling_History_FLAT_rgb_HR-210</image:title><image:caption>The History of Stars, by Dave Boling</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-16T17:33:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/07/10/a-line-from-child-44-by-tom-rob-smith-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/child44cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Child44cover</image:title><image:caption>Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-11T07:06:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/07/03/you-must-read-some-of-these-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ben-white-1976681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ben-white-197668(1)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-28T15:43:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/26/where-my-blog-and-novel-stand/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/helloquence-61190.jpg</image:loc><image:title>helloquence-61190</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-17T11:56:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/23/getting-blog-traffic-in-2017/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/annie-spratt-96527.jpg</image:loc><image:title>annie-spratt-96527</image:title><image:caption>Happy 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to Janet's Writing Blog!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-25T16:37:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/20/words-that-give-me-trouble/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/writing-keeps-me-humble2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Writing-keeps-me-humble</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/words-that-give-me.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Words-That-Give-Me</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-22T20:41:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/16/whats-the-verdict-on-bookshots/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lg-bookshots-detective-cross.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lg-bookshots-detective-cross</image:title><image:caption>Detective Cross, a BookShot by James Patterson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-16T17:03:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/13/not-a-rope-if-drowning/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-13T15:09:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/09/6-things-learned-about-google/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/andrew-neel-237802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>andrew-neel-237802</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit:  Andrew Neel via unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-10T03:39:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/06/like-a-throwback-to-dracula/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/damaged-front-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>damaged-front-cover</image:title><image:caption>Damaged, by Lisa Scottoline</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-06T21:14:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/06/02/you-need-to-read-these-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51nbxr3zbxl-_sy346_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51nbXr3ZbXL._SY346_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/9781101971062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781101971062</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/nightingale-pb-658.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nightingale-PB-658</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/index.jpg</image:loc><image:title>index</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/a-man-called-ove-9781476738024_lg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a-man-called-ove-9781476738024_lg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-08T01:49:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/30/the-spanish-coin-rescued-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-spanish-coin-rescued.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The-Spanish-Coin-Rescued</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-30T23:47:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/26/a-different-perspective-on-storytelling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a-different-perspective.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A-Different-Perspective</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-27T06:11:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/23/no-place-for-preachers-son/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/robert-harvey-morrison-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robert Harvey Morrison House</image:title><image:caption>Robert Harvey Morrison Home, built circa 1846. (Photograph taken by Janet Morrison, May 3, 2008.)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-01T18:34:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/19/extreme-abbreviation/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-30T23:44:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/16/like-a-butterfly-stepping-out/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-and-garden-6-25-09-005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flowers and Garden 6-25-09 005</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly on "Buttered Popcorn" Daylily</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-16T01:16:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/12/diana-gabaldons-first-line-in-outlander/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/outlander-blue-cover-198x300.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Outlander-blue-cover-198x300</image:title><image:caption>Outlander: A Novel, by Diana Gabaldon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-21T01:36:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/09/what-is-a-conversion-habit-and-is-it-desirable/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-08T05:38:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/05/being-the-balloon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/small-great-things-hc-400w.jpg</image:loc><image:title>small-great-things-hc-400w</image:title><image:caption>Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-06T12:40:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/05/02/what-i-read-in-april-2/</loc><lastmod>2019-07-27T01:00:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/30/z-is-for-zilch/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-17T20:23:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/10/h-is-for-historical-fiction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/writingelement3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>writing~~element3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-30T01:16:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/29/y-is-for-yarn-as-in-spinning-one/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-29T16:07:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/28/x-is-for-xenophobia/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-28T03:16:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/27/w-is-for-wufoo-com/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-30T07:49:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/26/v-is-for-vocabulary-and-voice/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-26T22:17:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/25/u-is-for-unquote/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-24T19:16:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/24/1863-cabarrus-county-tax-assessment/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-25T02:13:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/22/s-is-for-social-media/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-22T00:19:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/21/r-is-for-reading-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-21T00:07:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/20/q-is-for-author-quote/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-20T16:18:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/19/p-is-for-a-paragraph-i-liked/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/prayers-the-devil-answers-9781476772813_lg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prayers-the-devil-answers-9781476772813_lg</image:title><image:caption>Prayers the Devil Answers, A novel by Sharyn McCrumb</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-20T17:09:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/18/o-is-for-outline-or-are-you-a-pantser/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-20T18:29:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2017/04/17/n-is-for-newspaper-column/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pyrite-and-flecks-of-gold-and-lead-dr-alan-may-at-schiele-thought-this-was-a-neat-piece.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pyrite and flecks of gold and lead. Dr. Alan May at Schiele thought this was a neat piece.</image:title><image:caption>Lead with pyrite and flecks of gold. Dr. May thought this was an interesting piece.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/late-archaic-thin-bioface-straight-sided-projectile-broken-in-use-or-when-re-sharpened-good-material.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Late Archaic. Thin bioface straight-sided projectile broken in use or when re-sharpened. Good material.</image:title><image:caption>Thin biface straight-sided Late Archaic projectile point. Broken either by use or when re-sharpened.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/this-is-an-anvil-notice-the-slight-depression-in-roughness-in-middle-on-one-side.jpg</image:loc><image:title>This is an anvil. Notice the slight depression in roughness in middle on one side.</image:title><image:caption>This is a stone anvil.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/middle-archaic-guilford.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Middle Archaic - Guilford</image:title><image:caption>Middle Archaic, Guilford projectile point.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/base-of-a-projectile-morrow-mtn-middle-archaic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Base of a projectile, Morrow Mtn., Middle Archaic</image:title><image:caption>Base of projectile, Middle Archaic, Morrow Mountain.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/late-archaic-flagstone-or-field-stone-argilite-probably-like-whats-coming-out-of-the-quarry-nearby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Late Archaic. Flagstone or field stone argilite, probably like what's coming out of the quarry nearby.</image:title><image:caption>Late Archaic. Flagstone or field stone, probably like rock that is currently being mined from a nearby quarry.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/broken-example-of-middle-archaic-guilford.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Broken example of Middle Archaic - Guilford</image:title><image:caption>Broken example of Middle Archaic - Guilford projectile point.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/arrowheads-tools-rocks-012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arrowheads, Tools, &amp; Rocks 012</image:title><image:caption>Middle Archaic (2,000 to 3,000 B.C.E.) Morrow Mountain Projectile Point</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/july-2005-misc-014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>July 2005 misc 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NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 054</image:title><image:caption>Smoky Mountain Host's Smoky Mountain Visitor Center, Franklin, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-04T02:20:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2015/01/01/a-different-kind-of-gem-in-franklin-nc/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 048</image:title><image:caption>Janet's book on display at Books Unlimited in Franklin, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-050.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 050</image:title><image:caption>Janet, autographing her book at Books Unlimited in Franklin, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 051</image:title><image:caption>Books Unlimited, 50 E. Main Street, Franklin, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-01T20:30:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/30/oneills-shop-on-the-corner/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 047</image:title><image:caption>O'Neill's Shop on the Corner in Bryson City, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-30T17:21:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/29/some-cold-calls-go-better-than-others/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-29T18:44:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/28/charleston-station-in-bryson-city-nc/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 046</image:title><image:caption>Charleston Station in Bryson City, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-04T21:48:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/27/talking-leaves/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-27T20:08:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/26/oconaluftee-visitors-center/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 012</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-26T06:06:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/24/lake-junaluska-scenes-in-my-book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-0681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 068</image:title><image:caption>Mountains and Stuart Auditorium reflected in the 200-acre lake at Lake Junaluska.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 066</image:title><image:caption>Lake Junaluska's Memorial Chapel.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 063</image:title><image:caption>The bell at Lake Junaluska decorated for Christmas 2014.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-065.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 065</image:title><image:caption>Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-070.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 070</image:title><image:caption>Welcome Sign at Lake Junaluska, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-24T03:04:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/20/a-different-kind-of-bookstore-in-asheville/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-044.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 044</image:title><image:caption>Peering through the glass into Battery Park Book Exchange &amp; Champagne Bar from inside the Grove Arcade.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-043.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 043</image:title><image:caption>One of the Grove Arcade entrances.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-042.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 042</image:title><image:caption>Entrance of Battery Park Book Exchange &amp; Champagne Bar at The Grove Arcade in  Asheville.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 041</image:title><image:caption>My book on an end cap across from the bar at Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar. Great location!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 040</image:title><image:caption>My book on display with three other Arcadia Publishing books at Battery Park Book Exchange &amp; Champagne Bar.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 038</image:title><image:caption>Western North Carolina section at Asheville's Battery Park Book Exchange &amp; Champagne Bar.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 037</image:title><image:caption>My book on the shelf at Battery Park Book Exchange &amp; Champagne Bar in Asheville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-20T03:52:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/19/book-available-at-biltmore-estate-someday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 033</image:title><image:caption>Lion at The Biltmore House, all decked out for Christmas. 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Junaluska.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 062</image:title><image:caption>Stuart Auditorium at Lake Junaluska Conference Center in 2014.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 031</image:title><image:caption>The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina on the shelf at Lake Junaluska Bookstore.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-029.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 029</image:title><image:caption>Lake Junaluska Bookstore is in the Harrell Center.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-19T05:57:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/18/blue-ridge-books-appropriate-place-for-my-book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 024</image:title><image:caption>Proud author with her book on the "Autographed" table at Blue Ridge Books.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 022</image:title><image:caption>Western North Carolina section in Blue Ridge Books, Waynesville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 018</image:title><image:caption>Blue Ridge Books, 152 South Main Street, Waynesville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-18T02:07:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/17/snow-and-ice-on-the-way-to-waynesville/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>020</image:title><image:caption>Icicles along US-276.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>014</image:title><image:caption>Ice-covered exposed rocks in Looking Glass Creek.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>009</image:title><image:caption>Icicles  at Looking Glass Falls.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>007</image:title><image:caption>Looking Glass Falls, beside US-276 in Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, NC is 60 feet high.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 028</image:title><image:caption>Mast General Store on North Main Street, Waynesville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 025</image:title><image:caption>My book displayed at Mast General Store in Waynesville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-17T06:03:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/16/highland-books-in-brevard-north-carolina/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 005</image:title><image:caption>My book on the shelf at Highland Books in Brevard, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 004</image:title><image:caption>Janet, signing copies of her book at Highland Books in Brevard, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 007</image:title><image:caption>Highland Books in Brevard, NC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-16T04:58:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/15/fireside-books-and-gifts-in-shelby-nc/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mt-trip-dec-11-142014-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. trip Dec.11-14,2014 001</image:title><image:caption>Fireside Books and Gifts in Shelby, NC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-15T01:06:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/10/remembering-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-10T21:25:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/08/not-one-single-sales-gene/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 008</image:title><image:caption>Joy of Books in Hendersonville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 007</image:title><image:caption>The Fountainhead Bookstore in Hendersonville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-08T07:22:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/07/the-wrinkled-egg/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 033</image:title><image:caption>The Wrinkled Egg on a foggy December day in Flat Rock, North Carolina.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-07T19:34:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/06/blue-ridge-parkway-visitors-center/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-029.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 029</image:title><image:caption>Outside view of the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors Center near Asheville.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 028</image:title><image:caption>Janet with her book at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors Center near Asheville, NC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-06T06:19:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/05/the-quintessential-bookstore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Quintessential Bookstore</image:title><image:caption>Janet with her book at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe in Asheville, NC on December 2, 2014.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-05T07:08:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/03/canton-public-library-author-event/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 012</image:title><image:caption>I love the reading bear statue at the Canton Public Library!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 014</image:title><image:caption>Canton Branch of the Haywood County Public Library.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 009</image:title><image:caption>Sign inside the Canton Public Library on December 1, 2014.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-05T06:15:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/12/04/the-book-shelf-in-tryon-nc/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 005</image:title><image:caption>Front window of The Book Shelf in Tryon, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 006</image:title><image:caption>The entrance to The Book Shelf on Trade Street in Tryon, NC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/janets-bk-trip-to-mts-12-14-003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet's Bk Trip to Mts. 12.14 003</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-05T06:00:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/11/27/freedom-of-speech/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-27T18:25:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/11/22/marketing-my-book/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-22T01:28:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/11/19/the-life-we-bury-by-allen-eskens/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-21T16:12:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/11/18/author-event-at-aldersgate/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-19T18:42:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/2014/11/14/author-event-in-mt-pleasant/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://janetswritingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/janet-mt-pleasant-library-003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Janet-Mt. Pleasant Library 003</image:title><image:caption>Janet speaking at the public library in Mt. Pleasant, 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