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		<title>Writing Lessons from a Film Festival &#8211; Film Secrets for Writers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The full transcript of my latest &#8220;podcast&#8221;. Inverted commas because this is my third test podcast and it exists &#8211; at present &#8211; only on YouTube. You can see/hear the podcast by following this link &#8211; or scroll to the bottom of this post to find the embedded video. Today I want to talk to ... <a title="Writing Lessons from a Film Festival &#8211; Film Secrets for Writers" class="read-more" href="https://thesupercargo.com/writing-lessons-from-a-film-festival-film-secrets-for-writers/" aria-label="Read more about Writing Lessons from a Film Festival &#8211; Film Secrets for Writers">More...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Washington Black: Journeys, Tethers, and Loose Ends</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A review of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Some novels carry you across continents; others leave you suspended between questions. Washington Black attempts both ...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gamifying Character Development</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a tie-in with my latest YouTube video about a roll-the-dice game for writers to use in developing fictional characters. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>My writerly resolutions and how I keep them</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you make New Year Resolutions? In this post, published Monday on the website of my Writers' Group, I share my writerly resolutions - and the secret of how I keep them.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Merry Christmas and Happy 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wishing you a Merry Christmas and my best wishes for 2025. Here&#8217;s hoping it won&#8217;t be quite as interesting as it&#8217;s shaping up to be. (Thinking of the supposedly Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times.)]]></description>
		
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		<title>The 12 best poetry titles of 2024 (that I want to read next year)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My 'best poetry in 2024' list, for reading in 2025: why I make it, how I make it and where I find the books I eventually buy.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Supercargo&#8217;s Magazine: For Your Consideration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am delighted to announce the publication of my first magazine and collection of my writings. You can view a part of it and buy copies by following the link below. https://www.blurb.com/b/12087595-the-supercargo-s-magazine Pricing: Print magazine €15 (or equivalent); PDF €5 (or equivalent). A word or two of warning! The publishers and marketplace are Blurb. You ... <a title="The Supercargo&#8217;s Magazine: For Your Consideration" class="read-more" href="https://thesupercargo.com/the-supercargos-magazine-for-your-consideration/" aria-label="Read more about The Supercargo&#8217;s Magazine: For Your Consideration">More...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The most popular posts at TheSupercargo, 2023</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The twenty most popular posts at TheSupercargo in 2023, as measured by visitor numbers and time spent on each post. Separate lists for older posts and those published in 2023.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Greetings Card from TheSupercargo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A greetings card from TheSupercargo, and some thoughts about what will be happening here and in adjacent places in 2024.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Postcember – Looking Back at November&#8217;s NaNoWriMo</title>
		<link>https://thesupercargo.com/postcember-looking-back-at-novembers-nanowrimo/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Postcember follows on from Pretober - it's my final review of my NaNoWriMo experience in 2023. I am very satisfied with the month.]]></description>
		
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