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Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-29T17:42:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/05/08/non-fiction-anthology-coming-soon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pdf-image-of-front-cover.png</image:loc><image:title>46 Square 2015 journal of non-fiction</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T06:58:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/04/24/april-submissions/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-03T10:17:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/07/04/writing-successes-celebration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ruth-on-hubbub-small-being-tim.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth Livingstone, short story published, Being Tim</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ruth-in-hubbub-with-being-tim.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth Livingstone published in Hubbub with Being Tim</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-17T13:46:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/04/17/is-it-so-very-bad/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/very.gif</image:loc><image:title>Very- Ruthless scribblings</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-28T10:00:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/03/25/in-search-of-an-agent/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-12T18:09:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/02/04/time-to-start-sending-it-off/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/flying-birds.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flying birds</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-13T18:11:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/01/30/goal-update-january-2015/</loc><lastmod>2015-02-04T17:15:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/01/07/2014-in-review/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-13T21:19:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2015/01/03/goal-update-december-2015/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-07T02:36:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/11/28/writing-goal-and-nano-updates/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-04T07:19:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/11/16/nano-blues/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-16T21:21:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/11/10/nano-time-again/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-10T18:29:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/10/31/five-year-writing-goal-august-update-2/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-10T23:12:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/10/08/cut-up-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cut-up-poems.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cut up poems, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-31T15:41:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/09/10/stamping-on-the-monsters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/what-a-little-man-really.gif</image:loc><image:title>what a little man, really</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-26T21:28:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/08/26/five-year-writing-goal-august-update/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-31T13:02:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/07/31/camp-nanowrimo-is-over-and-done/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-camp-nano-winner-facebook-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2014-Camp NaNo Winner-Facebook-Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-winner-vertical-banner.png</image:loc><image:title>2014-Winner-Vertical-Banner</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-31T10:36:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/07/17/romance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/heart.gif</image:loc><image:title>heart, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-24T15:07:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/02/18/rejections/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/child-writing-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Application writing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/green-rubbish-bin2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>You're a load of rubbish</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-29T09:26:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/06/25/5-year-writing-goal-june-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-end.gif</image:loc><image:title>The End of a novel, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-01T14:30:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/06/10/why-you-should-put-the-you-into-your-writing-2nd-person-pov/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/you4.gif</image:loc><image:title>You - 2nd person point of view, ruth livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-19T07:51:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/06/05/short-story-anthology-44-square-fiction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/44-square-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>44 Square Fiction anthology, by Birkbeck writers, cover</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-05T09:08:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/10/11/are-you-writing-in-the-zone-7-key-signs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brain.gif</image:loc><image:title>brain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/right-brain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>right brain - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/left-side-brain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>left side brain, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flowing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flowing water, ruth livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-03T10:35:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/05/29/five-year-writing-goal-may-update/</loc><lastmod>2014-06-02T15:06:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/04/04/writers-conference-2014-everything-youve-ever-wanted-to-ask-an-agent/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pawns-question-mark.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pawns-question-mark Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/books-modern1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Books, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-28T12:40:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/04/03/writers-conference-2014-truth-and-lies-in-self-publishing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/money2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spend money on self-publishing, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gorillachest.gif</image:loc><image:title>gorillachest</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/keyboard1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keyboard1 Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fly01.gif</image:loc><image:title>fly01</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/butterfly08.gif</image:loc><image:title>butterfly08</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/keyboard-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keyboard Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-05T22:16:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/04/02/writers-conference-2014-working-as-a-writer-in-the-digital-age/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/broom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Broom, Ruth Livingsotne</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pennies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pennies - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/digital-connections.jpg</image:loc><image:title>digital-connections, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-02T17:14:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/04/01/writers-conference-2014-fiction-writing-for-ya-and-children/</loc><lastmod>2014-04-22T08:42:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/03/31/writers-conference-2014-writing-east-midlands-opening-session/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wemconf.png</image:loc><image:title>Writing East Midlands Conference</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/portland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>portland building, University of Nottingham</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-01T17:06:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/03/27/5-year-writing-project-march-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/boy-reading-a-book.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boy reading a novel, The Reluctant Scribe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/thinking-kid-1409438-m.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thinking kid, reading the novel, The Reluctant Scribe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chinese-boy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chinese boy, The Reluctant Scribe</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-08T20:12:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/03/06/7-habits-of-successful-writers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/7-habits.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 Habits of a Successful Writer - by Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-05T21:43:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/02/27/5-year-goal-point-of-view-and-second-thoughts/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-03T08:07:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2014/01/31/five-year-writing-goal-beta-readers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/editing2small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>editing - The Reluctant Scribe, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-06T01:33:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/01/25/how-to-structure-a-great-blog-post-5-simple-steps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>I think, I blog - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-03T22:50:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/12/29/5-year-writing-goal-end-of-year-2013/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-31T11:48:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/12/20/historical-fiction-pitfalls/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-30T02:04:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/11/29/nanowrimo-2013-the-end/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nano-winner_2013-winner-square-button.png</image:loc><image:title>nano-winner_2013-Winner-Square-Button</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-02T21:20:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/11/01/1st-nov-1st-day-nanowrimo/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-05T11:58:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/10/27/1st-novel-1st-draft-finished/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cheerleaderpink.gif</image:loc><image:title>cheerleaderpink</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-30T21:53:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/10/24/5-year-writing-goal-first-draft-nearly-done/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/keyboard-flying-words.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keyboard - flying -words, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-27T21:29:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/10/20/letter-published-bma-news-review/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nit-article.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nit-article, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nit-article-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nit Letter, BMA News review, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-20T19:26:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/10/03/learning-from-mistakes-writing-my-new-novel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/monster1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monster</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/writing-work1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>writing work</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/baby-new-beginnings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baby-new-beginnings Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/notebook-crossed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>notebook-crossed Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-12T08:18:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/09/28/why-i-abandoned-my-novel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wastepaper-smaller.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wastepaper basket - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-13T10:46:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/09/26/5-year-writing-project-get-a-novel-published/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pen-and-print.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pen and print - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-01T03:22:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/07/03/olympic-torch-through-stamford/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stamford-time-to-go-home.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stamford - Olympic Torch - time to go home</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stamford-ruthwaiting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stamford - Ruth waiting for the Olympic Torch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stamford-over-in-a-blur.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stamford - Olympic Torch Relay -  over in a blur</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stamford-johnwaiting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stamford - John waiting for the Olympic Torch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stamford-crowd-control.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stamford - crowd control</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stamford-a-torchbearer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stamford - Olympic torchbearer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stamford-waiting-crowd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stamford, Olympic Torch 2012, waiting crowd</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-28T14:14:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/12/10/dorothea-brande-and-morning-pages/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dual-brain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dual-brain - by TZA</image:title><image:caption>Picture courtesy of TZA on Flickr</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/becoming-a-writer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Becoming a writer, Dorothea Brande</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-13T00:54:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/12/24/the-cement-delivery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/diceb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dicing, Ruthless Scribblings</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-28T14:11:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/08/30/a-five-year-writing-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/do-you-have-goals-button-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Do you have goals</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-03T02:16:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/31/15k-in-may-final-day-of-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ruth-drinking-coffee-aug-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth Livingstone, drinking coffee</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-07T07:35:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/21/15k-in-may-word-count-23-of-the-way-in/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/spacer3.gif</image:loc><image:title>spacer - Ruth Livingstone - writer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/keyboard1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PC - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-28T14:12:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/28/15k-in-may-four-writing-days-left/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-29T07:08:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/17/15k-in-may-writing-under-pressure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/15kinmay-logo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15K in May Logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-17T15:55:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/11/15k-in-may-writing-in-the-tang-dynasty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/four-treasures-of-the-study-from-wikipedia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Four Treasures of the Study (from Wikipedia)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ruth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-11T14:59:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/08/15k-in-may-steaming-ahead-with-my-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/15kinmay-girl-with-fan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15K in May - fan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-09T08:02:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/07/15k-in-may-catching-up-with-my-walking-blog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/15k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15K in May, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-07T21:55:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/02/need-a-kick-in-the-butt-to-write/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/15kinmay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15 K in May, writing habits, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-03T08:01:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/05/03/15k-in-may-writing-off-to-a-good-start/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pen-and-notebok.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pen and Notebook, Ruth Livingstone, writer.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-03T16:51:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/04/13/cliches/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cliches-ruth.gif</image:loc><image:title>Clichés - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1885_punch_cliches1.gif</image:loc><image:title>1885_Punch_cliches1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-23T08:11:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2013/01/02/creative-writing-prompts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/inspiration.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Searching for inspiration - writing prompts - Ruthless Scribblings.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-03T21:00:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/12/31/why-writers-should-blog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/writing31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Why all writers should be bloggers, Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/writing3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth Livingstone - why writers should be bloggers.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-01T15:34:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/12/31/2012-in-review/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-31T15:10:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2010/11/24/exceeding-expectations-but-far-too-wordy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/writing-pencil.jpg</image:loc><image:title>writing pencil</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-30T15:39:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2010/12/14/teaser-tuesday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duneteaser.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cracked desert</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-30T15:36:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/02/23/dancing-books-whatever-next/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-30T15:34:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/02/27/books-i-am-reading-this-week/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/books-modern1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>books I am reading on my bookshelf</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-05T08:12:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/05/03/reading-lately/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-30T15:11:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/06/17/worst-science-fiction-book-cover-art-ever/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-30T15:09:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/08/14/metaphors-can-you-can-have-too-many/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tangled-jungle-ruth-livingstone.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tangled-jungle-ruth-livingstone</image:title><image:caption>Can't see the wood
       for the trees.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-30T14:58:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/09/16/punctuation-made-simple-and-funny/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/eats-shoots-and-leaves.gif</image:loc><image:title>eats-shoots-and-leaves by Lynne Truss, recommended as a book for writers by Ruthless Readings</image:title><image:caption>Recommended Book</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-30T14:06:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/05/24/characters-making-them-round/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/stick-person.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stick person</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-27T14:39:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/02/23/the-joys-of-twitter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/newspaper03.gif</image:loc><image:title>newspaper</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/twitter_double_logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>twitter_double_logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/twitter-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Twitter-Logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-27T14:15:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/04/29/when-the-day-starts-badly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/shout-arrrghhhhh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arrrghhhhhh, Ruth Livingstone on Burn Out</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-27T14:08:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/05/13/tried-it-read-it-done-it-survived/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-27T14:07:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/12/27/a-writers-new-year-resolutions-review-of-the-year/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-30T08:11:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/06/06/iain-banks/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-27T00:14:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2010/12/18/ray-bradbury-write-1-sub-1/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-26T22:03:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/03/01/ray-bradbury-writes-about-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ray_bradbury_small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo of Ray Bradbury, Ruth Livingstone blog post.</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Alan Light</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-26T22:00:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/07/08/i-am-an-olympic-story-teller/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/storyteller.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Olympic Storyteller website</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-13T09:51:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/microfiction/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-17T12:52:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/12/08/the-swing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/6-minute-story.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6-minute-story - Ruth Livingstone has a go</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-08T17:53:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/11/11/no-nanowrimo-this-year/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-11T16:21:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/10/19/plot-threads/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oliver-twist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oliver Twist - quoted by Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/string-knot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Story Threads - Ruth Livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-19T16:51:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/09/20/on-the-olympics-legacy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ella-vitruvian-2012s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ella, vitruvian 2012s</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-20T09:50:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/07/28/ringing-in-the-olympics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bell.png</image:loc><image:title>All the Bells, Cultural Olympiad, 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Livingstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/olympicstorytellers-ruthspage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Olympicstorytellers-RuthsPage</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-21T22:26:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/05/07/race-walking-the-forgotten-olympic-sport/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/race-walking-legs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>race-walking-legs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/race-walking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>race-walking</image:title><image:caption>1987 World Cup Trials</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-21T22:26:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/07/13/olympic-torch-a-film/</loc><lastmod>2012-07-21T22:24:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/07/01/getting-down-to-writing-not/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pencils-on-pad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pencils on pad  (photo by Ruth Livingstone)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-14T20:58:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/05/10/try-it-reading-poetry-out-loud/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/train-crash-waiting-to-happen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Train crash waiting to happen</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-11T18:36:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/02/10/choosing-a-6-minute-story/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-19T10:45:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/04/16/alt-fiction-festival-thumbs-up/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/alt-fiction20121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alt-fiction2012</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-16T09:10:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/04/13/alt-fiction-festival/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ruth-help.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth Livingstone eating her words - HELP!</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-13T22:11:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/02/19/olympic-storyteller-failing-to-live-up-to-my-expectations/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-19T20:12:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/07/16/olympic-storyteller-site-live/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/olympicstorytellers-live.jpg</image:loc><image:title>olympic storytellers live site</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-18T23:48:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/02/06/12-and-a-half-rules-for-writing/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-06T16:13:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2012/01/18/hamlet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/hamlet.gif</image:loc><image:title>hamlet</image:title><image:caption>Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on &lt;a href="www.discoveryschool.com " target="_blank"&gt;DiscoverySchool.com </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-18T22:51:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/12/20/do-you-want-to-carry-the-torch/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-20T15:59:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/12/04/nanowrimo-over-but-not-done/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nanowrimo-2011-winner-badge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nanowrimo 2011 winner badge</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-12-04T20:15:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/11/26/nanowrimo-final-countdown/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-26T19:33:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/11/20/the-ups-and-downs-of-nanowrimo-2011/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nano_180_180_white.png</image:loc><image:title>NaNoWriMo participant</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-20T23:30:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/11/13/internal-editor-im-trying-to-gag-her/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-17T10:09:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/11/11/nanowrimo-better-late-than-never/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/more-editing1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Writing planner</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-11T11:42:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/10/25/frys-planet-word/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-25T10:22:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/10/24/difficult-assignment/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-24T07:51:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/10/05/creative-writing-at-birkbeck/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-05T08:58:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/08/07/i-passed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sun7.gif</image:loc><image:title>happy face</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-07T13:40:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/08/01/first-story-up-on-the-olympic-storyteller-site/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cheerleader.gif</image:loc><image:title>cheerleader</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-01T15:35:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/07/30/submitted/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/what-next-sign.jpg</image:loc><image:title>What next sign, ruth livingstone</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-31T18:37:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/2011/07/26/putting-it-off/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://ruthlivingstone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pencils-on-pad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>writers pencils on a 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