<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171246739344174383</id><updated>2011-07-08T01:00:52.971-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Atalanta's Wake</title><subtitle type='html'>Moments of clarity can crop up at 2am, or during the rhythm of a long run. A writing blog.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3171246739344174383/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171246739344174383.post-885147311800223751</id><published>2009-11-15T21:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T21:30:08.010-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thoughts from Sunday I</title><summary type='text'>I got a lot done when I cut myself off from internet.  Almost halfway through the NaNo, and I was at least able to settle on and back away from a short story draft.  Now, onto review.

Bored?  Type in 'how to redeem your soul' into google.

Market research for a story, I swear.

I'm doing a little writing besides Nano, but I've mostly started a brainstorm list (the item above relates to this) of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/feeds/885147311800223751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3171246739344174383&amp;postID=885147311800223751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3171246739344174383/posts/default/885147311800223751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3171246739344174383/posts/default/885147311800223751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/2009/11/thoughts-from-sunday-i.html' title='Thoughts from Sunday I'/><author><name>Mo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171246739344174383.post-8468066622204899203</id><published>2009-11-13T23:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T23:03:32.620-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And... pencils down.</title><summary type='text'>I don't like to think of life as a bunch of tests.  That's an unhealthy perspective -- it's combative, aggressive, antagonistic... I'd go on, but my thesaurus is upstairs and my foot hurts.  Bottom line, life shouldn't be about tests.  It should be about moments where we laugh and find joy in other people.  It should be about those moments where we just slip into that 'nothing' state of mind, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/feeds/8468066622204899203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3171246739344174383&amp;postID=8468066622204899203' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3171246739344174383/posts/default/8468066622204899203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3171246739344174383/posts/default/8468066622204899203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-pencils-down.html' title='And... pencils down.'/><author><name>Mo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171246739344174383.post-7473744400436412424</id><published>2009-11-06T15:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T15:33:41.211-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I promise Myself...</title><summary type='text'>Perspective changes in a few feet of water.

Promises to Myself. 
I promise to be a person who has integrity,  honor, courage, compassion, mercy, and trust in herself.
I promise that I will surround myself with people that value the same characteristics. 

I promise that I will live, and love, my life, and spend that time as I want to, not as dictated by others.
I promise to be so strong that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/feeds/7473744400436412424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3171246739344174383&amp;postID=7473744400436412424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3171246739344174383/posts/default/7473744400436412424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3171246739344174383/posts/default/7473744400436412424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atalantaswake.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-promise-myself.html' title='I promise Myself...'/><author><name>Mo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
