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				<title>Darik Swisher replied to the topic Whazzap!!!!!! in the forum Start HERE</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:09:01 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/ellette-giselle/' rel="nofollow ugc">@ellette-giselle</a><br />
Yes we&#8217;ll its not every day that the court jester turns up at the gates after being missing for 6 years and everyone just excepts it and let&#8217;s him in&#8230;<br />
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<p><a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/raxforge/' rel="nofollow ugc">@raxforge</a></p>
<p>God made you special! And he loves you very much!</p>
<p>Especially with him being a kid when he vanished. It&#8217;s doubtful anyone could recognise him. But stranger things&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-185518"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/whazzap/page/3/#post-186938" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Darik Swisher replied to the topic Whazzap!!!!!! in the forum Start HERE</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 08:29:45 -0400</pubDate>

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<p>This is me reappearing after 5 plus years&#8230;</p>
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				<title>Northerner&#039;s profile was updated</title>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic An aggravation over Stained Glass in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 03:08:43 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the imagery the words create! Your style is very different from mine so I don&#8217;t know how helpful I can be, but I&#8217;ll try! 🙂</p>
<p>What meter are you using? (I&#8217;m not very familiar with meter so I have to ask.)</p>
<p>The rhymes are slant rhymes I think? They&#8217;re not exact. But it&#8217;s pretty consistent until it gets to the last stanza. I don&#8217;t think that&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-167983"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/an-aggravation-over-stained-glass/#post-170925" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:50:55 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the freeverse (that isn&#8217;t freeverse) poem! 🙂 Absolutely! Tag me when you post that poem that&#8217;s giving you grief. <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/koshka/' rel="nofollow ugc">@koshka</a></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:54:05 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goodness me, I thought I replied to you ages ago, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/koshka/' rel="nofollow ugc">@koshka</a>! Sorry! Now that I think about it, I went down a rabbit hole of web searching and trying to figure out what sort of poem it was, and I think I started to write a reply but must&#8217;ve never posted it.</p>
<p>Essentially, it&#8217;s a rhyming poem, but not a metered one. Some sources consider it free verse,&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-166090"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/page/2/#post-169264" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier posted an update: Lately, I&#039;ve been brainstorming a very important question to [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:59:52 -0500</pubDate>

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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:46:35 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that I think about it, I&#8217;m really stuck on the edits so I might as well share what I&#8217;ve got here and see if you guys can&#8217;t help me get unstuck. I&#8217;ve made a few small changes that you may notice, but the main thing that I&#8217;m struggling with is settling on an ending.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve written several endings that all have slight variations in words and&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-161379"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/page/2/#post-165014" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:13:01 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/karissa-chmil/' rel="nofollow ugc">@karissa-chmil</a>! This is definitely one of my poems that I find myself going back to a lot and rereading. The atmosphere and imagery of it really draw me in, and I like pondering the meaning of it. 🙂</p>
<p>One of the edits I&#8217;m considering is possibly connecting some of the shorter, broken lines in the part of the poem you mention. It&#8217;s supposed&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-161376"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/page/2/#post-165009" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:03:46 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/koshka/' rel="nofollow ugc">@koshka</a>! I love the layered meanings of words too. It was funny because I drafted it so hastily and impulsively that I didn&#8217;t even realize the full depth of meaning I had woven into the poem&#8211;until I was reading and rereading while editing. It was intentional and yet much of it was subconsciously done.</p>
<p>I just let all of the mixed-up&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-161375"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-165008" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Shabby Guitar Poem in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-shabby-guitar-poem/#post-165007</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 02:31:37 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/koshka/' rel="nofollow ugc">@koshka</a>! That would be great. 🙂</p>
<p>I wrote this poem after my uncle&#8217;s passing. He was self-taught on guitar and left a few of the instruments behind (as well as many people who loved him).</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic Why was my post marked as spam? in the forum Questions and Support</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/why-was-my-post-marked-as-spam/#post-164225</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 05:06:10 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, I just deleted the old post from my feed, redid the post and reposted it. It worked. 🙂 <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/kathleenramm/' rel="nofollow ugc">@kathleenramm</a></p>
<p>I think it must&#8217;ve marked it as spam before because I edited it a few times? Not really sure. Weird.</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier started the topic The Shabby Guitar Poem in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 05:03:48 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’d appreciate any and all feedback on this one! It’s an older poem of mine that I really want to polish and improve. Thanks! &#x1f600;</p>
<p><em><strong>The Shabby Guitar</strong></em></p>
<p>&#8212;-</p>
<p><em>Silent is the shabby guitar </em></p>
<p><em>Locked and put away</em></p>
<p><em>Faded are the songs it made </em></p>
<p><em>Folded are the hands that played</em></p>
<p><em>&#8212;-</em></p>
<p><em>Silent is the shabby guitar </em></p>
<p><em>Slowly losing its tune</em></p>
<p><em>While people come a&hellip;</em><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-160494"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-shabby-guitar-poem/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic Why was my post marked as spam? in the forum Questions and Support</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/why-was-my-post-marked-as-spam/#post-164223</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 04:57:07 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/whalekeeper/' rel="nofollow ugc">@whalekeeper</a> ! 🙂</p>
<p>Hi, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/kathleenramm/' rel="nofollow ugc">@kathleenramm</a> ! I haven&#8217;t tried reposting it yet. It&#8217;s still hidden so far as I can make out. I see on my profile that I made the post, but it&#8217;s still marked as spam in the thread section.</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier started the topic Why was my post marked as spam? in the forum Questions and Support</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:06:11 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I posted a new post in the poetry critiques, but I had to edit a couple of times to make the formatting right. Suddenly, it was marked as spam and hidden? I&#8217;m confused.</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156267</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 03:05:54 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/acancello/' rel="nofollow ugc">@acancello</a>! I prefer that one too! 🙂</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll think about it for sure, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/light-warrior-pen/' rel="nofollow ugc">@light-warrior-pen</a>. 🙂</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156135</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 02:33:36 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@avancello, your comments made my day! I&#8217;m so glad you like my poem! 🙂 It really makes sharing it worthwhile! I was seriously thinking about just burying this poem after editing it, but maybe I&#8217;ll publish it somewhere after all.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m actually considering altering one of those lines slightly, so I&#8217;m curious about what you think.</p>
<p>It would be&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-151722"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156135" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:10:54 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Endings are tricky, aren&#8217;t they? <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/light-warrior-pen/' rel="nofollow ugc">@light-warrior-pen</a> ? Sometimes they come naturally and effortlessly, but most of the time they take a lot of staring at the WIP, then staring off at nothing, then staring at the WIP again, then writing gibberish, then&#8230;</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:07:26 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/elanor/' rel="nofollow ugc">@elanor</a> ! 😀</p>
<p>You grasped the concept of my poem perfectly! I&#8217;m glad you enjoyed it and found it relatable. 🙂 Because it&#8217;s very personal, I really wasn&#8217;t sure if anyone would be interested in it. I&#8217;m glad I decided to share it!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still working on those last lines. I&#8217;m torn between fleshing them out and changing them a bit to better&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-151653"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156069" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-155287</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:28:49 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/light-warrior-pen/' rel="nofollow ugc">@light-warrior-pen</a> ! I&#8217;m glad you liked my imagery. &#x1f60a;</p>
<p>The subject is me, the author, and the boat and sea is a fictional, metaphorical dream I used to describe the feeling of living in myself, I suppose. (Although I was next to the sea and I have been in wooden boats many times. My da is a fisherman, so.)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad you pointed that out&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-150795"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-155287" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier started the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 02:28:34 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, everyone! This is my most recent, completed poem. Please critique it and let me know what you think! I&#8217;m looking for feedback an all aspects of the poem (including the name, and consistency of imagery), so don&#8217;t be shy if you have any thoughts to share. (I&#8217;m working on sharing my poetry more often and seeking regular feedback.)</p>
<p>Thanks!<br />
<strong>The&hellip;</strong><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-150324"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic Does anyone here write poetry or haiku&#039;s ? in the forum Poetry</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/does-anyone-here-write-poetry-or-haikus/page/6/#post-148479</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:00:41 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice poem, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/acancello/' rel="nofollow ugc">@acancello</a>! And I like yours, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/mineralizedwritings/' rel="nofollow ugc">@mineralizedwritings</a>, and the <em>Masked </em>and <em>Victory </em>poems, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/elanor/' rel="nofollow ugc">@elanor</a>. 🙂</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t written any lately, I&#8217;ve been so busy with work. Maybe I&#8217;ll write one this weekend.</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic Does anyone here write poetry or haiku&#039;s ? in the forum Poetry</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/does-anyone-here-write-poetry-or-haikus/page/5/#post-146896</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:56:52 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s fun, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/elanor/' rel="nofollow ugc">@elanor</a>! 🙂</p>
<p>This is my most recent poem. Most of my poetry is brief in length. Usually, I get out an idea or a feeling and then stop.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em><strong>Forgottenings</strong></em></p>
<p><em>Sediments of nostalgia shape a place:</em></p>
<p><em>Like icing on a cake, wrinkles in a face</em></p>
<p><em>Aging, changing, but ever the same feelings,</em></p>
<p><em>Nameless emotions, memories stirring</em></p>
<p><em>Like ghosts,&hellip;</em><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-142333"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/does-anyone-here-write-poetry-or-haikus/page/5/#post-146896" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:28:17 -0400</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:10:04 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m doing good! I&#8217;m working a lot between my jobs as a photographer&#8217;s assistant and a clerk at the library, and writing in between. I&#8217;m working on finishing a draft of my WIP within the next three months and getting my blog up. I&#8217;ve been writing some poetry and song lyrics too. I&#8217;m also trying to do and learn as many new things as possible because&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-141811"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/129678/#acomment-141811" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic A Place to share/write whatever we’re working on: Worldbuilding, plot, etc in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:59:14 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, @freedom. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m slaying a dragon, I&#8217;m just writing a book. How dangerous can it be?</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 02:51:13 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/esther-c/' rel="nofollow ugc">@esther-c</a> and <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/lightoverdarkness6/' rel="nofollow ugc">@lightoverdarkness6</a>. &#x1f601;&#x1f44d;</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:01:19 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m working on convincing my writing to become a book and not just random scribbles. I&#8217;ll let y&#8217;all know how it goes. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:54:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only the nice ones. I agree with you there! How are you doing these days?</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:21:16 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Esther! Thanks, I appreciate the welcome! &#x1f60a; I&#8217;m glad to hear the forum is so active these days. Volleyball is cool! What position do you play? I was homeschooled too. I have a variety of hobbies, but right now I&#8217;m into archery (total beginner), watercolor painting, and walking. And I like all kinds of animals, but maybe cats the most (because&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-129898"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/129678/#acomment-129898" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier posted an update: Wow. It&#039;s been a while! How&#039;s the forum these days? :D</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:59:04 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. It&#8217;s been a while! How&#8217;s the forum these days? 😀</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic Does anyone write rap lyrics/rap music? in the forum Music</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 04:47:58 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice to meet you too, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/libby/' rel="nofollow ugc">@Libby</a>! So do you! &#x1f60a;</p>
<p>I like to rap about whatever&#8217;s on my mind and what I&#8217;m feeling. It&#8217;s a refreshing mode of expression. &#x1f601;&#x1f60e;&#x1f44d;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>What do you like to rap about?</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic What&#039;s Your Favorite Relationship Type in Fiction? in the forum Topic of the Week</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 03:28:54 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice to meet you too, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/trahia-the-minstrel/' rel="nofollow ugc">@trahia-the-minstrel</a>. I haven&#8217;t been on here is a really long time. It&#8217;s good to be back! &#x1f60a;</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier started the topic Does anyone write rap lyrics/rap music? in the forum Music</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 04:14:57 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been writing some rap lyrics. I don&#8217;t know why. I just felt like trying it, and it&#8217;s fun and therapeutic.</p>
<p>Still, I know very little about it, or if anything I&#8217;m writing is any good. So I was wondering if any of y&#8217;all are familiar with rap?</p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic What come to you first? Plot or Characters? in the forum Topic of the Week</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 03:38:46 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would say that usually, I get a plot idea first, then the character just naturally shows up as I&#8217;m plotting, but sometimes I do get an idea for a cool character first, and then the story plots itself around them.</p>
<p>So it varies.</p>
<p>Plot and characters (or at least, main characters) are very connected for me, though. They&#8217;re essentially&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-108341"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-come-to-you-first-plot-or-characters/#post-109373" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic What&#039;s Your Favorite Relationship Type in Fiction? in the forum Topic of the Week</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 03:13:16 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love a good bromance! Frodo and Sam&#8217;s friendship is so moving. I really enjoy reading about guys&#8217; friendships, more than I do romance. Maybe because I&#8217;m a girl and it&#8217;s more mysterious to me? I don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>All I know is that there&#8217;s something awesome and powerful about it, and also vaguely incomprehensible. XD</p>
<p>And cool. Which reminds me, I&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-108340"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/whats-your-favorite-relationship-type-in-fiction/#post-109372" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic Does writing energize or exhaust you? Or both? in the forum Topic of the Week</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:04:19 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writing energizes me and fills me with joy. I&#8217;m truly happiest when writing. I can get tired while writing, but it doesn&#8217;t usually <em>exhaust</em> me. It&#8217;s only really exhausting if the words or inspiration or whatever I need just isn&#8217;t flowing as it should. :/</p>
<p>But if I&#8217;ve turned my light off and I get a sudden spark of an idea&#8230; I may turn the light&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-108329"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/does-writing-energize-or-exhaust-you-or-both-2/#post-109362" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier posted an update: I haven&#039;t been on here in forever so I just checked the [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 04:39:13 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t been on here in forever so I just checked the guidelines and I&#8217;m not too old! Yay! I&#8217;ve missed this place. 😀</p>
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				<title>Reagan Ramm replied to the topic INTERNAL ERROR 500 in the forum Questions and Support</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 02:15:15 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the last several weeks, we&#8217;ve had some, how shall we say, &#8220;challenges&#8221;?  with our web server.  We&#8217;ve been working diligently with our hosting provider to isolate and resolve the issue, but it has been, how shall we say, &#8220;challenging?&#8221; 🙂</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to help Kingdom Pen move to a more robust web server platform we welcome your&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-106660"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/internal-error-500/#post-107012" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Mallory O&#039;Bier replied to the topic What is your least favorite type of hero? in the forum Topic of the Week</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 21:11:26 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I know what you mean, <a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/gracie-j/' rel="nofollow ugc">@gracie-j</a>. Good heroines are hard to find. Elizabeth Bennet is definitely one of the rare exceptions. She&#8217;s brilliantly written, and we&#8217;re the same personality type (ENTP), so it&#8217;s hard not to like her. We think too much alike. 😉</p>
<p>My sister is an INTJ and she likes Darcy for the same reasons. We enjoy debating and&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-101615"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-type-of-hero/page/2/#post-100092" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 20:49:51 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think my least favorite type of hero is the chosen one. It&#8217;s pretty overdone, and at times so cliche. I don&#8217;t hate it, though.</p>
<p>Also, the Mary Sue hero, because it&#8217;s just really hard to relate to and like a hero that is overpowered through basically no effort of their own, always gets stronger right when they need to, and never seems to actually&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-101614"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-type-of-hero/page/2/#post-100091" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reagan Ramm replied to the topic Self-publishing in the forum Publishing &#038; Platform</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:54:18 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/e-k-seaver/' rel="nofollow ugc">@e-k-seaver</a> You might not be able to make money with Traditional publishing either. There is no guarantee. </p>
<p>They give you an advance, yes, but you have to give that back if you don&#8217;t sell enough copies. Plus, you make SUCH a smaller percentage of every book that is sold. </p>
<p>On top of that, Traditional publishers just don&#8217;t promote books like they&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-94623"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/self-publishing-2/#post-92011" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reagan Ramm replied to the topic A Show For Creative Entrepreneurs in the forum Publishing &#038; Platform</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:43:23 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first episode is coming this Friday!</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Introducing The Creative Entrepreneur Show: Episode 00" width="1080" height="608" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/diY30lWvLCI?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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				<title>Reagan Ramm replied to the topic Self-publishing in the forum Publishing &#038; Platform</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:27:39 -0500</pubDate>

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				<title>Emma Flournoy replied to the topic May the odds be ever in your favour. in the forum Start HERE</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:29:53 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/katniss-everdeen/' rel="nofollow ugc">@katniss-everdeen</a> Okay then, Tessa!!! (I love your name, btw. Dunno if I ever said that, but it&#8217;s a beautiful name. ;P) Aww. *hugs you* I&#8217;m so glad you&#8217;re well. &lt;3</p>
<p>Well in that case&#8212;!!!!!!!!! :&#8217;D</p>
<p>Very cool! What kind of stuff do you do with your online business?</p>
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				<title>Emma Flournoy replied to the topic May the odds be ever in your favour. in the forum Start HERE</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:04:29 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(wow, it&#8217;s been so long since I&#8217;ve posted here I&#8217;ve even messed up the formatting of spaces and stuff O.o)</p>
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				<title>Emma Flournoy replied to the topic May the odds be ever in your favour. in the forum Start HERE</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:02:27 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*pops up from the dusts of antiquity*</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/katniss-everdeen/' rel="nofollow ugc">@katniss-everdeen</a> AhA, I do b&#8217;lieve I do! Wow! Hello again, Bluejay! *crazed waving* (Don&#8217;t worry, I remember your real name too, but I don&#8217;t know if you want me saying it here or not. XD) Long time no see! I need to stop using exclamation points! :&#8217;D</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>How are youuu?</p>
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				<title>Reagan Ramm replied to the topic What is a popular book that you dislike? Why do you dislike it? in the forum Topic of the Week</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:20:46 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Romeo and Juliet. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s considered one of the greatest love stories of all time but it&#8217;s not a love story, and it&#8217;s not great. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s really just a story about the two most unbelievably selfish and stupid teenagers of all time. It&#8217;s also just cheesy. </p>
<p>But I guess one could say it does a decent job of being a cautionary tale of what can happen to&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-91829"><a href="https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-a-popular-book-that-you-dislike-why-do-you-dislike-it/page/2/#post-89024" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reagan Ramm replied to the topic A Show For Creative Entrepreneurs in the forum Publishing &#038; Platform</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/a-show-for-creative-entrepreneurs/#post-89023</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:14:34 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://kingdompen.org/members/issawriter7/' rel="nofollow ugc">@issawriter7</a></p>
<p>Awesome! </p>
<p>We&#8217;ll start recording our pilot season as soon as possible then!</p>
<p>A few of the show ideas we have right now are:<br />
&#8211; How to monetize your creative brand<br />
&#8211; The formula for making a living from your creations<br />
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				<title>Reagan Ramm replied to the topic A Show For Creative Entrepreneurs in the forum Publishing &#038; Platform</title>
				<link>https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/a-show-for-creative-entrepreneurs/#post-88953</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:59:51 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great! Encouraging to see all the positive feedback!</p>
<p>Maybe we&#8217;ll do a pilot season and release some episodes and see what you guys think of it. 🙂</p>
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