<?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/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316763.post7002758664767262634..comments</id><updated>2008-08-30T13:06:55.398-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Flexible as Bamboo: Saturday Scribes: August 29,  2008</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://magwoodstreet.blogspot.com/feeds/7002758664767262634/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35316763/7002758664767262634/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://magwoodstreet.blogspot.com/2008/08/saturday-scribes-august-29-2008.html'/><author><name>Carol Anne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00051292747177192972</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316763.post-5065526707985867368</id><published>2008-08-30T13:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T13:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That went in an interesting direction once it got ...</title><content type='html'>That went in an interesting direction once it got going.  I find reading great fiction inspires me to write.  The only danger I worry about is not wanting to accidentally write a poor echo of what I was reading.  Homage and parody are all well and good, but what I most feel is wanting to write that well, but in a way that tells my own stories.  I think in the end though, all the great writers were also passionate readers.  It's how you learn what works, and what doesn't.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35316763/7002758664767262634/comments/default/5065526707985867368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35316763/7002758664767262634/comments/default/5065526707985867368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://magwoodstreet.blogspot.com/2008/08/saturday-scribes-august-29-2008.html?showComment=1220115960000#c5065526707985867368' title=''/><author><name>desert rat</name><uri>http://www.celticharper.com/blog</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://magwoodstreet.blogspot.com/2008/08/saturday-scribes-august-29-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316763.post-7002758664767262634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35316763/posts/default/7002758664767262634' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>