<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/strat3793"><title>Strat Noir - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/strat3793/</link><description>Okay, so I've been needing to dust this one off -- it's a potboiler of a mystery, set in coastal SC, written a couple of years back, rejected by nearly every major pubishing house in the world. I figured why not get some help, and since we are readers and writers, I thought I'd post a few chapters and see what some of ya'll thought. So as Dan Rowan used to say, "Sock it to me..." </description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/strat3793/583041" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/strat3793/583041"><title>The Pantheon: Chapter One</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/strat3793/583041</link><description>Unfortunately, I was alive. Having been on a thirteen-day bender, I wasn’t surprised at waking up with my temples ringing like forge hammers. It did surprise me that I was waking up in jail - - and jail is where I could tell I was, even with my eyes closed. An unfamiliar, antiseptic smell caused...</description></item></rdf:RDF>