<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author-blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[author-blog]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:22:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jeffmonday.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Items on My Bookshelf: Sky Shard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many people, I have various trinkets and knickknacks collected from over the years. Random bits and bobs taken from random moments....]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/items-on-my-bookshelf-sky-shard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6026e0e6f8bca60059c005f8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:14:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_281bce8fbdba42a4b35912719829a206~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Items on my bookshelf: Perpetual Motion Machine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many people, I have various trinkets and knickknacks collected from over the years. Random bits and bobs taken from random moments....]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/items-on-my-bookshelf-perpetual-motion-machine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fc2d2e510e2a60018d83711</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 22:49:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_51b60cf40c8b4ca7a1de85944e6bd9f4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons from the Mad Historian]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my favorite characters from The Story King Chronicles is the Mad Historian, Abla'Than'Abla. When you first meet him, he's in his...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/lessons-from-the-mad-historian</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f9b2184daa9cd001794979c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:43:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_5c8bb25d91644458b9e574d33f400354.jpg/v1/fit/w_333,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Items on my Bookshelf: Centaur Tankard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many people, I have various trinkets and knickknacks collected from over the years. Random bits and bobs taken from random moments....]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/items-on-my-bookshelf-centaur-tankard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7635e8904d6700176d4be9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:10:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_841dce4e1d58487c82d72cdc6b164d4f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Items On My Bookshelf: The Key of the Three Dragons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many people, I have various trinkets and knickknacks collected from over the years. Random bits and bobs taken from random moments....]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/items-on-my-bookshelf-the-key-of-the-three-dragons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f51584ab4a1900017463028</guid><category><![CDATA[Misc. Nonsense]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:04:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_dd243b6fde9c443eb4f7ac8a78443a78~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sneak Peak: A Conspiracy of Sins]]></title><description><![CDATA[My new book is almost here!! I'm very excited to share this new adventure with everyone. Set in the wondrous city of Heafon, 'A...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2020/07/29/sneak-peak-a-conspiracy-of-sins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee19239b7f0017303f72</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:55:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_a2a91367fd0a423e8d571794cd0a66e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambiguity and the Art of Researching the Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[here’s a meme that a friend posted that I want to talk about. You’ve seen it. There’s two guys looking at a figure on the ground. One of...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2020/06/22/ambiguity-and-the-art-of-researching-the-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee190df53b0017b43fa4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_b4272460714045549acc0a3b1e39565e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_591,h_583,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Open Letter to Myself.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world is changing. And it's changing rapidly. We can stare at our phones/tablets/tvs and see it happening in real time. We see the...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2020/06/06/an-open-letter-to-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee19939f120017ea9854</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2020 20:26:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Pandemic of Kindness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Man, being an optimist during a pandemic is NOT easy! Every person who works in a grocery store, gas station or convenience store that...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2020/05/10/a-pandemic-of-kindness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee1a7b4eb40017e5ca1e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2020 18:19:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_1f5ffb59a9e74bccb1050cd381cb30d0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Words Aren't Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, I've been trying to find the right words to express myself lately. You'd think, with all the extra time on my hands, that I'd be...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2020/04/10/when-the-words-arent-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee1a7b4eb40017e5ca1f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_9a62fa01a7874aa18317da048901aae5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Getting Lost]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are, by nature, uncomfortable with being lost. It doesn't matter if it's in a strange city, a deep forest, or life itself. 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But you...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2019/08/01/water-in-my-toothpaste</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee198249360017ebc611</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:19:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_867680afb0d343e280cb2344e6ed9de6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanted: Elders]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's nothing new. It happens all the time. I've done it. You've done it. Our parents have definitely done it. As long as there has been a...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2019/06/10/wanted-elders</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee19a9502300176616ab</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:59:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_f97967232b424b2caf9cd966a9f9e7af~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_205,h_246,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Riptide of Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authors like to play around with time. Time travel. Past lives. Future dreams. Even a fairly straightforward narrative still massages...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2019/04/07/the-riptide-of-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee192db5c30017b9b883</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2019 21:34:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_4eefb0fbc62b44579dffe19b72c68e4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_270,h_186,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a Many-Splendored Battlefield]]></title><description><![CDATA[The very first book I self-published, oh those many years ago, was a love story. 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And I get...]]></description><link>https://www.jeffmonday.net/post/2018/12/17/sad-stories-say-so-much</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f26ee1964854800179e5a45</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 04:14:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/07f324_49126c34d7ba4ba2901bdbff3a9a115b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_333,h_499,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Monday</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>