<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/11/07/reblog-love-a-journey-by-laura-besley-in-fictive-dream/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-07T12:03:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/09/13/neither-fish-nor-foul-issue-five/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pexels-photo-1857157.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>cakes on table</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Silvia Trigo on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/cakes-on-table-1857157/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-13T14:28:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/07/20/reblog-flash-fiction-3/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-20T11:54:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/06/30/re-log-flash-fiction/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-30T18:09:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/06/19/national-flash-fiction-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/pexels-photo-565999.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>pink flamingo inflatable ring and green inflatable ring on swimming pool</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Toni Cuenca on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/pink-flamingo-inflatable-ring-and-green-inflatable-ring-on-swimming-pool-565999/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/pexels-photo-2860705.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>blue water</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron Ulsh on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/blue-water-2860705/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-19T16:01:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/06/07/neither-fish-nor-foul-issue-four/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/scan-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Ariadne’s Coven</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/scan.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Scan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-07T14:07:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/06/06/reblog-flash-fiction-2/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-06T07:43:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/06/04/reblog-flash-fiction/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-04T14:53:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/06/01/flash-ernst-is-coming-home/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/pexels-photo-1341279.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>cluster of stars</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Kai Pilger on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/cluster-of-stars-1341279/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-02T09:02:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/05/26/i-could-quote-most-of-this/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-26T16:51:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/05/23/flash-flood-2025/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-4772846.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>red cherry fruits in close up photography</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-cherry-fruits-in-close-up-photography-4772846/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-24T13:17:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/05/24/flash-comp-shortlist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-1717673.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>maneki neko figurine on white surface</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Cris Feliciano on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/maneki-neko-figurine-on-white-surface-1717673/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-24T13:14:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/02/21/micro-you-will-not-always-have-a-warning-these-sudden-deadly-floods-are-coming/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pexels-photo-38712.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>shallow focus of bonfire</image:title><image:caption>Photo by David J. Boozer on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/shallow-focus-of-bonfire-38712/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-23T18:16:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/05/11/neither-fish-nor-fowl/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-05-at-08.53.38.png</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2024-05-05-at-08.53.38</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-04-25T20:54:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/03/18/reblog-maya-jordan/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-18T12:28:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/02/16/neither-fish-nor-foul-issue-three/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-16T11:40:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2025/02/10/flash-fiction/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-10T20:58:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/12/21/reblog-mayas-midwinter/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-21T08:38:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/12/11/short-story-living-a-little/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pexels-photo-16007367.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>close up of a wet side view mirror of a car at a car wash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Bayram  Yalu00e7u0131n on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-a-wet-side-view-mirror-of-a-car-at-a-car-wash-16007367/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-12-11T20:17:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/09/24/reblog-this-amused-me-no-end/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-24T13:41:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/about/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-22T16:53:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/08/09/i-know-you-dont-expect-me-to-post-this-kind-of-thing-but-you-should-read-this/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-20T17:14:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/07/28/haiku-sunday/</loc><lastmod>2024-07-28T16:22:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/07/02/write-more-powerful-scenes-with-the-rule-of-three/</loc><lastmod>2024-07-02T21:02:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/07/01/short-story-theres-always-a-dragon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pexels-photo-5778816.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>black dragon statue near brown building</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Eva Bronzini on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-dragon-statue-near-brown-building-5778816/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-01T17:26:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/06/13/not-like-the-movies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pexels-photo-9119732.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>sunloungers on the wooden floor</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/sunloungers-on-the-wooden-floor-9119732/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-15T06:01:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/06/08/neither-fish-nor-foul-one-week-to-go/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/my-bear.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my bear</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-13T19:17:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/06/08/the-propelling-pencil-second-place/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-2.png</image:loc><image:title>image-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-08T14:24:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/06/02/reblog-from-brevity-mag/</loc><lastmod>2024-06-02T12:51:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2024/04/12/pushcart-nominated/</loc><lastmod>2024-06-16T19:52:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/12/31/story-of-the-month-january-2024/</loc><lastmod>2023-12-31T12:30:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/20/short-story-the-apple/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pexels-photo-102104.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-photo-102104</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/568d24f7-7839-4d61-9cc8-6a55b9d578ba-5696-000004ff3a3cdc91_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>568d24f7-7839-4d61-9cc8-6a55b9d578ba-5696-000004ff3a3cdc91_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-13T19:14:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/08/31/nothing-but-blue-skies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_0402.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0402</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-31T15:36:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/06/26/flash-fiction-into-the-woods/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pexels-photo-886051.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>tree pathway</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Adnan Uddin on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/tree-pathway-886051/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-26T05:51:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/06/24/flash-fiction-unrequited/</loc><lastmod>2023-06-24T05:50:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/05/01/things-i-learnt-during-30-words-in-30-days/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/pexels-photo-636243.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>inspirational quotes on a planner</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Bich Tran on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/inspirational-quotes-on-a-planner-636243/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-03T18:44:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/05/02/flash-fiction-in-flashflood/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/pexels-photo-6858665.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>clean blue water rippling in basin</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jill Burrow on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/clean-blue-water-rippling-in-basin-6858665/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-02T20:24:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/03/26/the-best-writing-advice-ever-rescue-your-stalled-book-with-one-word/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T18:32:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/03/14/ryan-griffith-someone-had-xed-out-the-eyes-on-his-passport/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-14T17:14:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/03/10/flash-fiction-the-siren-call/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/pexels-photo-3394250.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>unknown person standing indoors</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Inga Seliverstova on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/unknown-person-standing-indoors-3394250/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-10T18:30:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/03/07/expansion-theory-big-ideas-in-flash-packages/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/funderburg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Featured Image -- 1030</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/funderburg-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/craft-talks-event-lise.png</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-07T13:27:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/22/the-mural-on-the-playroom-wall/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a010-markusspiske-dec18msp_1811_1116-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Colorful artistic wall painting</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.rawpixel.com/image/560234/colorful-artistic-wall-painting" rel="nofollow"&gt;Colorful artistic wall painting&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="" rel="nofollow"&gt;Markus Spiske&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-01T18:52:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/02/25/poem-milk-tooth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cznmcy1wcml2yxrll3jhd3bpegvsx2ltywdlcy93zwjzaxrlx2nvbnrlbnqvbhivznjidxr0zxjtawxrx21pbgtfcg91cl9wb3vyaw5nlwltywdllwt5ymu0bm4xlmpwzw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Butter milk pourin in a glass</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-25T16:26:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/02/25/poem-on-the-birth-of-my-daughter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/49483956551_61e84d4cc3_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>u200bHubble Spies Baby Stars</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07/49483956551" rel="nofollow"&gt;u200bHubble Spies Baby Stars&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07" rel="nofollow"&gt;NASA Goddard Photo and Video&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-25T16:20:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2023/01/02/lumiere-review/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-02T17:47:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/12/31/weird-xmas-flash-fiction-2022-contest-results/</loc><lastmod>2022-12-31T10:18:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/11/09/willesden-herald-new-short-stories-12/</loc><lastmod>2022-11-09T18:15:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/11/08/announcement-results-of-the-willesden-short-story-prize-2022/</loc><lastmod>2022-11-08T23:21:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/11/02/9-things-not-to-do-in-nanowrimo/</loc><lastmod>2022-11-02T08:24:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/10/25/here-is-a-list-of-my-favourite-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-photo-3682153.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>classic photo of a woman holding a tea cup</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/classic-photo-of-a-woman-holding-a-tea-cup-3682153/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-25T16:53:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/10/05/starting-to-write-lesson-1-preparing-to-write/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2019-02-18-16.57.53-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2019-02-18 16.57.53</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2019-02-18-17.24.46.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2019-02-18 17.24.46</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/manuscript-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>manuscript.jpeg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/arvon-teaching-img_0002-475x300-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Featured Image -- 934</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2019-02-18-16.57.40.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2019-02-18 16.57.40</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-05T09:43:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/26/new-short-stories-12-first-look-2/</loc><lastmod>2022-09-26T15:31:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/24/new-short-stories-12-first-look/</loc><lastmod>2022-09-24T19:55:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/24/diy-mfa-reading-list/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/craft.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Featured Image -- 927</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-24T15:18:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/22/announcement-results-event-and-book-launch-willesden-library-nov-8/</loc><lastmod>2022-09-22T20:33:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/19/announcement-shortlist-for-the-willesden-short-story-prize-2022/</loc><lastmod>2022-09-19T08:12:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/17/upfurler-by-a-e-weisgerber/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wtc.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Featured Image -- 911</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-17T14:35:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/17/notes-from-the-slush-pile-beginnings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2014-07-24-20.16.45.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Featured Image -- 909</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-17T10:49:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/09/05/fiction-skywatch-by-jessie-lovett-allen/</loc><lastmod>2022-09-05T10:49:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/08/21/beginners-guide-to-five-flash-fiction-writers-and-their-unique-styles-by-mandira-pattnaik/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-21T20:54:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/06/27/microfiction-monday-140th-edition-microfiction-monday-magazine/</loc><lastmod>2022-06-28T05:33:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/05/05/robe-coffee-crossword/</loc><lastmod>2022-05-05T11:15:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/04/23/against-the-shitty-first-draft/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-23T12:19:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/04/15/easter-in-england-bigger-eggs-hot-cross-buns-and-more-days-orf/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-15T19:30:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/04/14/starting-to-write-a-free-10-part-course-lockdown-version/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/arvon-teaching-img_0009-475x300-e1550837842699.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Featured Image -- 867</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-14T10:52:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/01/19/on-meg-tilly-early-trauma-and-the-rise-of-the-fragmented-memoir/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-19T13:59:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/01/13/alls-well-that-ends-well/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-13T13:30:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/01/13/yes-virginia-there-is-a-shtty-first-draft/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-13T13:30:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/01/13/should-you-quit-writing/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-13T13:16:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2022/01/08/beyond-act-one-why-we-need-more-stories-about-older-women/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-08T11:45:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/11/26/did-i-write-this/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pexels-photo-6432227.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>brown squirrel on a brown tree branch</image:title><image:caption>Photo by David Atkins on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-squirrel-on-a-brown-tree-branch-6432227/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-06T11:58:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/11/10/reboot-whither-the-plain-female-protagonist-on-great-beauty-in-literature/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-06T11:58:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/12/23/review-leaving-blackwood/</loc><lastmod>2021-12-23T14:31:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/12/16/poem-on-the-number-three-bus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/pexels-photo-3071474.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>empty road with fog</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aleks Magnusson on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/empty-road-with-fog-3071474/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-17T09:29:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/03/29/what-do-you-look-for-in-a-short-story/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-3808904.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>writer working on typewriter in office</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/writer-working-on-typewriter-in-office-3808904/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-25T17:35:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/10/10/2021-walking-the-writers-walk-an-update/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-05T00:46:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/08/31/getting-over-over-editing/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-31T11:12:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/08/14/the-death-and-life-of-mrs-parker/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-14T20:07:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/07/19/review-the-shipping-news/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pexels-photo-2756425.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>boat anchored in water</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tobias Bju00f8rkli on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/boat-anchored-in-water-2756425/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pexels-photo-716683.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>white and brown ship</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Simon Berger on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-brown-ship-716683/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-20T09:41:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/07/16/bombshells/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/3057da21-c451-4594-98ca-ea1ea899722f.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>3057DA21-C451-4594-98CA-EA1EA899722F</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-18T08:29:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/06/26/women-of-a-certain-age/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pexels-photo-7020985.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>elderly woman wearing colorful outfit with flashy jewelry</image:title><image:caption>Photo by RODNAE Productions on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/elderly-woman-wearing-colorful-outfit-with-flashy-jewelry-7020985/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-28T14:57:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/04/27/review-where-there-is-a-will/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-08T14:09:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/04/27/give-sorrow-words/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/eileen.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-27T11:39:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/04/15/medicating-with-facebook/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pexels-photo-6348056.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>anonymous female playing videogame on smartphone in apartment</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Liza Summer on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/anonymous-female-playing-videogame-on-smartphone-in-apartment-6348056/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-18T08:26:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/04/05/the-lamplighters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pexels-photo-3330175.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>photo of lighthouse near sea</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jeffrey Czum on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-lighthouse-near-sea-3330175/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-05T20:15:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/03/29/the-via-feminina-revisioning-the-heroines-journey-by-mary-sharratt/</loc><lastmod>2021-11-01T13:06:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/03/29/review-hunt-for-the-virgin-rainbow/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-29T07:51:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/02/21/why-gentle-writing-advice-exactly-chuck-wendig-terribleminds/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-21T09:09:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/02/04/review-the-assassination-of-margaret-thatcher-and-other-stories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pexels-photo-162055.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>gray concrete castle with flag on top under blue sky</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Kris Schulze on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/gray-concrete-castle-with-flag-on-top-under-blue-sky-162055/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-04T15:35:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/20/work-in-progress/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/tempimageihodfq.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tempImageihODFq</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pexels-photo-356043.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>clear light bulb on black surface</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/clear-light-bulb-on-black-surface-356043/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-01T11:46:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/31/writing-a-synopsis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/oldfashionedwriter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Featured Image -- 557</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-01T14:32:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/30/george-saunders-everyone-wants-to-be-loved-what-do-we-do-with-that-literary-hub/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-30T11:01:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/29/review-shuggie-bains/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-29T18:10:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/28/more-content-less-glue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/prowritingaid-pic-2.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/preowriting-aid-toolbar.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-28T10:48:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/26/another-reason-to-iove-david-sedaris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pexels-photo-761295.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>group of men forming a libe</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Krizjohn Rosales on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/group-of-men-forming-a-libe-761295/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-26T15:07:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/22/in-praise-of-david-sedaris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/e89a495e-c660-4bfb-87d5-60945c18a3dc-395-0000004ddb6eed7c_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>e89a495e-c660-4bfb-87d5-60945c18a3dc-395-0000004ddb6eed7c_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-21T21:15:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/15/we-need-to-talk-about-amy-hempel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pexels-photo-796605.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>pink green and yellow ribbon illustration</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Ylanite Koppens on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/pink-green-and-yellow-ribbon-illustration-796605/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dbbcb60d-3f5d-4d14-9251-15f638ec70e9-3053-0000037ee41d15b3_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dbbcb60d-3f5d-4d14-9251-15f638ec70e9-3053-0000037ee41d15b3_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-21T21:11:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/14/dreaming-in-fiction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pexels-photo-5583531.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>brown cookies with ghost like designs</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Daisy Anderson on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-cookies-with-ghost-like-designs-5583531/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-15T14:36:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/12/review-a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-12T13:34:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/26/review-hack-wednesday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pexels-photo-3224164.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>photo of christmas balls</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Hert Niks on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-christmas-balls-3224164/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-11T12:51:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/11/new-literary-crush-sorry-george/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-11T13:19:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/08/h-to-the-en-to-the-em/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pexels-photo-3808904.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>writer working on typewriter in office</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/writer-working-on-typewriter-in-office-3808904/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-09T10:14:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/06/5-unconventional-tips-from-the-father-of-advertising-guaranteed-to-make-you-a-better-blogger/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-06T15:12:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/06/how-to-render-epiphanies-in-nonfiction-without-getting-didactic/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-06T15:08:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/05/can-we-stop-underrating-shirley-jackson-now-literary-hub/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-11T09:18:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/03/running-v-writing-v-crochet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pexels-photo-2070676.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>assorted color yarns on brown wicker basket</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Surene Palvie on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/assorted-color-yarns-on-brown-wicker-basket-2070676/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-29T09:21:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2021/01/01/new-years-eve-2020/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pexels-photo-3302441.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>classic pink coupe</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Johannes Plenio on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/classic-pink-coupe-3302441/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-01T10:19:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/29/ever-wondered-how-a-fox-would-sound-if-it-could-speak-fox-8-by-george-saunders-seven-circumstances/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-30T10:56:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/29/campfires-of-the-dead-peter-christopher/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cage.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/campfire.gif</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cotd.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ups5245588.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/tom-biophoto.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/unsaid4_.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cole123rf090400053.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-29T17:57:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/24/christmas-eve-2020/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pexels-photo-3379273.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>close up photography of a cocktail drinks</image:title><image:caption>Photo by cottonbro on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photography-of-a-cocktail-drinks-3379273/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-24T18:38:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/23/let-george-saunders-read-you-a-bedtime-story-about-the-true-meaning-of-christmas-literary-hub/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-23T09:51:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/22/review-the-author-blog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1b14878e-bf47-4b00-9a65-d9d4d7f28e30-3913-000003462276ba9e_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1b14878e-bf47-4b00-9a65-d9d4d7f28e30-3913-000003462276ba9e_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-22T10:42:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/13/what-temperature-burns-digital-books-asking-for-a-friend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pexels-photo-1558916.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>red and orange fire</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Adonyi Gu00e1bor on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-and-orange-fire-1558916/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pexels-photo-3414714.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>man standing beside bonfire</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Sergey Zherehov on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-standing-beside-bonfire-3414714/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-18T19:28:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/18/my-continuing-obsession-with-george-saunders/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-18T19:25:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/16/my-dogs-got-no-nose/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-18T09:16:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/09/20/review-some-new-ambush/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e4173592-4bd1-4154-b59a-82ae36c71fe6-2951-0000024cd58d2722_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>e4173592-4bd1-4154-b59a-82ae36c71fe6-2951-0000024cd58d2722_file</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/7300c31d-ee61-4f1e-9349-9a0ba59994d1-2951-00000240af741494_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7300c31d-ee61-4f1e-9349-9a0ba59994d1-2951-00000240af741494_file</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/355b4cd2-6e3c-45b1-8a6f-900a53b6e21c-2951-0000023c6923f970_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>355b4cd2-6e3c-45b1-8a6f-900a53b6e21c-2951-0000023c6923f970_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-20T21:28:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/09/03/review-stephen-king-on-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/397f9f55-e1cb-4acf-a924-f10535ab6a4c-3611-00000310aa7f9338_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>397f9f55-e1cb-4acf-a924-f10535ab6a4c-3611-00000310aa7f9338_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-13T12:34:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/12/07/review-george-saunders/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-07T19:09:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/07/06/the-journey-begins/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-02T20:17:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/09/10/new-year-new-me/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-01T17:09:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/28/walking-the-writers-walk/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-29T14:18:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/19/review-winning-short-story-competitions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/183b7f14-2d3d-4b30-b7e8-22563cc9ed30-5696-0000052596c575a0_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>183b7f14-2d3d-4b30-b7e8-22563cc9ed30-5696-0000052596c575a0_file</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/17251390-e996-44c6-a4b8-2a19cfafe2f8-4547-00000443b47449c1_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17251390-e996-44c6-a4b8-2a19cfafe2f8-4547-00000443b47449c1_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-27T16:20:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/22/13-ways-of-looking-at-flash-fiction/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-22T10:21:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/02/my-animals-and-other-families/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/31811de1-b53e-4f4e-ad13-63b96d3bf86e-591-00000061b6f9b5af_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>31811de1-b53e-4f4e-ad13-63b96d3bf86e-591-00000061b6f9b5af_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-21T17:19:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/20/flash-fiction-the-gift-horse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/f25214a2-e175-4c09-aa52-9b6fe75051dc-5696-000005055587c901_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>f25214a2-e175-4c09-aa52-9b6fe75051dc-5696-000005055587c901_file</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abfbcbde-d2b2-40b9-a045-9e070c0463d4-5696-00000504d954e3b1_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>abfbcbde-d2b2-40b9-a045-9e070c0463d4-5696-00000504d954e3b1_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-21T09:52:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/20/flash-fiction-spider/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/spider-web-with-water-beads-network-dewdrop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spider-web-with-water-beads-network-dewdrop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7e4fa236-adac-4058-8180-a4fda50682a2-5696-000005067760f90c_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7e4fa236-adac-4058-8180-a4fda50682a2-5696-000005067760f90c_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-21T09:49:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/07/28/morning-walk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ebf6f0a2-9deb-4a0e-9378-e6fa31dececb-591-00000065ef28fffe_file.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ebf6f0a2-9deb-4a0e-9378-e6fa31dececb-591-00000065ef28fffe_file</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-20T17:10:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/06/review-of-welcome-to-blackwood/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-19T12:44:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/2020/08/18/a-review-of-the-van-apfel-girls-are-gone/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-19T12:44:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/contact/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/calm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Placeholder Image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-06T08:13:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-11-07T12:03:39+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
