<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kiana Lin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writer Poet Creative]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/stay-informed</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:50:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Dreaded "Oh."]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I tell people I'm a writer, there's always the follow up response: "What do you write?" My answer's always the same, too, "Mainly poetry." And then there's always a surprised, somewhat awkward pause followed by a look  and an "Oh." That's right, sans exclamation point, just a disappointed period. From there, the conversations can take one of several branches. The standard "I don't really know anything about poetry," or the occasional "I love poetry!" or the increasingly popular "I don't...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/the-dreaded-oh</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cd5e0c535e7bcd269587a9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:59:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_d7a119af502d4d4aaf80c456968bee11~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanna Be a Poet?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Admittedly, I'm a bit late to post this. It would have been an ideal blog article for the first week of National Poetry Month, but that's the work of someone with better planning skills. Still, what better time to try writing poetry than April? Spring, new beginnings, end of the first quarter of the year, picking out your summer hobbies, etc. Or just a good opportunity to take up an old love. As you may or may not know, that's kind of how I got my start in poetry. After years of claiming to...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/wanna-be-a-poet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cd533655ae1fb580a4ba54</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:48:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_68b0c95b4b4a479288686ae3d8798da1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommended Reads for National Poetry Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a problem. I do not have poetry friends. Even when I love and recommend poetry to those in my circles, it's not something I have in common with my nearest and dearest. Heck, they barely even read what I write (though I somewhat consider that a blessing, since we all know it's more tolerable to bare your soul to strangers on the internet, right?). All the same, I do actually have suggestions for poetry and novel-in-verse reads, seeing as it's National Poetry Month. Now, I thought about...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/recommended-reads-for-national-poetry-month</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cd51aabcc5d600d59de020</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_d855aba02cd74e59a83dc807cde0a719~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Wild Book Review Appears . . .]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like I've stated before, I'm a picky and hard-to-please reader when it comes to poetry. I like work that is honest, thoughtful, accessible, ]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/a-wild-book-review-appears</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671120fca0714f3ff6bf916d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:09:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_4407d2e6a3e84222a822de11467bd9ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing Wasted by Kim Patton]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surprised? Me too. I acknowledge, I have not kept with some of my intentions for this website/blog of mine, and it's been over a year...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/nothing-wasted-by-kim-patton</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6537cfad2c30bbbe2f79e528</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:08:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_4c3238adfd8c4e30b16f5b990f7f3019~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_831,h_624,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honestly . . .]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm all for rating books I love so that others can enjoy them, authors get that encouragement, and truly good books get a boost. But I...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/honestly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62293638cc95aaa361076422</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:01:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_4ef9ba7062a5421aa97291089814f2c4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_845,h_398,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ariadne]]></title><description><![CDATA[HEaR is all set to be released this weekend. Are you ready? Have you gotten your pre-orders in? Because I am all ready for you to have the c]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/ariadne</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d7c9cd7ca12c0015a6384a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_06aca37bd58b444ba61bcbd23216f22c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HEaR]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's the first book of the year! Well, almost. February 13th is both super close and so far away . . . So! To help the time pass, here...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/_hear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d7c9b46bb1d80016587199</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:30:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_9f7508790e674f3a95e43ad502b8b116~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recognize that I'm almost a whole month late, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope that things are already off to great start for you, but if...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/happy-new-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d7c9ec47954800160e130b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_a12416caea3643acbfb33bd2483c7501~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Dis)Cover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I know . . . Puns. But other than that, how’s your week? Mine’s been a real mixed bag and I’m adjusting to a lot of changes in my...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/dis-cover</link><guid isPermaLink="false">611d46ee30aca10015ece3ac</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 02:43:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_eba2e4c609804f14bfbec660b9e710a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_472,h_142,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rehash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Second books are funny things. My feelings about Indelible seem to be sort of like those that are exaggerated and made into jokes on...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/rehash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61129c527ea9840015173f95</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_713b0c6e2e7744dbbca9026044326052~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reload]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love weapons: Weapon making, weapon history, weapon usage, etc. I'll be intrigued and give a decent listen to someone talking about...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/reload</link><guid isPermaLink="false">610ab4c0df33d8001659a2ad</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:22:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_cbfd9a5ba6ef49758eeaf53b2ecf3230~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refresh Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's time for an update, since it's been a while. 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To the release of Indelible, that is. 26 more days, to be exact, and I'm feeling a little weird about this one, I gotta be honest....]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/it-s-the-final-countdown</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609182cdcbb63f00155a572e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 16:31:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_af6038376f874d2c9992371e97c83829~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something Written This Way Comes!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen, I have been wishing it was Halloween since the morning after (as I do every year), so I have been doing my best to keep the...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/something-written-this-way-comes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">605b508fbbc6ab0041219a50</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:30:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_e6ecae94bf49476c8cf2afa8b39b1dac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_919,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEARN(-ing)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm hoping that I live a decent amount of years. That I will have the chance to see and do things that matter. That I will have the...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/learn-ing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604fb24f0a105200579c85f4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:37:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_461049bf0e4b4ffbb0c4a6ec22daaa3f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEARN (Why)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My younger sister used to say that the question she hated the most was: "Why?" (Usually it was because that meant she was about to be...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/learn-why</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6048eec96936690015aa6bf1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:30:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_90f5add7fc1d47afb89bc0639707350d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEARN]]></title><description><![CDATA[I generally consider myself a quick study, and–even if I'm not fast–I can pick stuff up relatively easily. Not in everything, mind, but...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/learn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603c2a9dd87be100430410cb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_3fae1c5e93784e928cca9ad28c4613c8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_993,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cover Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[So before we dive into the last section of Inkling, LEARN, I thought I'd share a bit about the front–because (even though there's an...]]></description><link>https://kianalinwriter.wixsite.com/creative/post/cover-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fef727b4fd7ee001747f31b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:30:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b59234_157eb56da37342319cfc4b60433094ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kianalinwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Got a FEELin']]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry I've been MIA lately! 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