<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406776.post5346325518862648261..comments</id><updated>2008-01-07T09:55:57.869Z</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The Man in the Dark: Why I quit trying to be a writer...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tartarus-central.blogspot.com/feeds/5346325518862648261/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20406776/5346325518862648261/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tartarus-central.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-quit-writing.html'/><author><name>Martin R.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16261789452873086277</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406776.post-434802533225245116</id><published>2008-01-07T09:55:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-07T09:55:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for your kind words, DC. Whether I am a ...</title><content type='html'>Thank you for your kind words, DC. Whether I am a gifted writer or not is, of course, not for me to judge - I am in dispute, however, over whether I am a writer of any description. My aim for this year is not to give up writing so much as to give up my lacklustre attempts at becoming a writer. It may seem somewhat perverse but I would contend that you can still produce writing, without being a writer.&lt;BR/&gt;I'm not sure how sound this theory is or where its consideration might lead. We will see.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20406776/5346325518862648261/comments/default/434802533225245116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20406776/5346325518862648261/comments/default/434802533225245116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tartarus-central.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-quit-writing.html?showComment=1199699700000#c434802533225245116' title=''/><author><name>Martin R.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16261789452873086277</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08323493207246114145'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://tartarus-central.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-quit-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406776.post-5346325518862648261' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20406776/posts/default/5346325518862648261' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406776.post-1359665635267082209</id><published>2008-01-06T11:14:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-06T11:14:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>I sincerely hope that you are able to find the ans...</title><content type='html'>I sincerely hope that you are able to find the answer to this pondry soon.  You are a gifted writer, Martin, if your blog is to serve as any indication.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20406776/5346325518862648261/comments/default/1359665635267082209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20406776/5346325518862648261/comments/default/1359665635267082209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tartarus-central.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-quit-writing.html?showComment=1199618040000#c1359665635267082209' title=''/><author><name>Domestically Challenged</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10423176435574456011</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://tartarus-central.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-quit-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406776.post-5346325518862648261' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20406776/posts/default/5346325518862648261' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>