<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811</id><updated>2008-11-04T23:45:38.058-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Naked Musings</title><subtitle type='html'>The wonderings and utterances of an erotic fiction writer.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/index.htm'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-7004384339771505588</id><published>2008-11-04T23:43:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T23:45:38.066-05:00</updated><title type='text'>NaNoWriMo!</title><content type='html'>So I'm serious about &lt;a href="http://www.nanowrimo.com"&gt;NaNoWriMo&lt;/a&gt; this year. Here we go!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/7004384339771505588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=7004384339771505588' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/7004384339771505588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/7004384339771505588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2008/11/nanowrimo.htm' title='NaNoWriMo!'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-7738440917256091021</id><published>2008-09-20T07:01:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-20T07:05:48.957-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wisdomproof</title><content type='html'>So I had a brainstorm. I saw that emoticons were invented on September 19, 1982. I had been thinking about wisdom. I began to realize that though it can be acquired, wisdom is not easily accepted, learned, or incorporated into our daily lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was thinking are we generally wisdom proof? Unable to be wise? I found that &lt;a href="http://www.wisdomproof.com"&gt;wisdomproof.com&lt;/a&gt; was available so I decided to give the google/blogger registration and hosting service a try. Purchase, set up and blogging was a breeze! took maybe all of 1/2 hour for the whole thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now let's see if I can actually write about our wisdom, or lack thereof...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/7738440917256091021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=7738440917256091021' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/7738440917256091021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/7738440917256091021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2008/09/wisdomproof.htm' title='Wisdomproof'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-115607339145377775</id><published>2006-08-20T07:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T07:29:51.463-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Writely to keep your writing online!</title><content type='html'>Thanks to &lt;a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/20/0029204"&gt;Slashdot&lt;/a&gt; I found &lt;a href="http://www.writely.com/"&gt;Writely&lt;/a&gt;, an online wordprocesser in beta and apparently owned by Google (see the &lt;a href="http://www.writely.com/?action=terms"&gt;Terms of Use&lt;/a&gt;). Very cool, maybe I'll upload an old novel I haven't touched in aqlmost a year so I can access it whenever I want to...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/115607339145377775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=115607339145377775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/115607339145377775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/115607339145377775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2006/08/writely-to-keep-your-writing-online.htm' title='Writely to keep your writing online!'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-113104495313722793</id><published>2005-11-03T14:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T14:09:13.160-05:00</updated><title type='text'>NaNoWriMo!</title><content type='html'>It's national Novel Writing Month and I'm very into it this year!!! Day 3 and I've got 4,428 words already!!! All I need is a paltry 570 more words today and I'll still be on track. You see this is all about writing a 50,000 word novel in one month. That's 1,666 words a day.... My story is so full inside me I'll easily surpass my daily quota over the next few days... My novel is called &lt;a href="http://www.franciscoiv.com/novel/"&gt;In My Skin  &lt;/a&gt;and you can read all about how this works at &lt;a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/"&gt;NaNoWriMo&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/113104495313722793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=113104495313722793' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/113104495313722793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/113104495313722793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/11/nanowrimo.htm' title='NaNoWriMo!'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-111409372973377462</id><published>2005-04-21T10:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-21T10:28:49.733-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring and Summer</title><content type='html'>The weather and season is changing. Spring is moving in and Summer will soon follow.  Spring gets me going and I expect I'll be writing and blogging like crazy! Summer is my favorite time of year, I'm a Cancer and grew up by the beach so summer and water are my natural environs.  Time to tan, think, ruminate, and write!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/111409372973377462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=111409372973377462' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111409372973377462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111409372973377462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/04/spring-and-summer.htm' title='Spring and Summer'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-111145982036371846</id><published>2005-03-21T21:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-21T21:50:20.363-05:00</updated><title type='text'>List is done!</title><content type='html'>I made my list!!!! One huge problem!!!!! I didn't put on time to write!!!! I stayed up till 3am cleaning my desk so that helps a bit... I'll be up late tonight writing...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/111145982036371846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=111145982036371846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111145982036371846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111145982036371846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/03/list-is-done.htm' title='List is done!'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-111135005694211915</id><published>2005-03-20T15:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-20T15:20:56.943-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Time  and Writing</title><content type='html'>I've been a bit blocked lately, just unable to muster many words for any erotic projects...  It's weird since my love life is going quite well... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm off from my 9 to 5 all week so I want to make sure I build in time to just sit and write... I'm thinking maybe I'll actually write out a schedule of activities so I just don't fritter the whole week away... I have to be up early anyways ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm also thinking alot about this what I eat issue. My will power is always the issue, I love food too much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My "honey do" list is really long. I'll have to build in time for all of that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Off to make a list  and build a schedule...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/111135005694211915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=111135005694211915' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111135005694211915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111135005694211915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/03/time-and-writing.htm' title='Time  and Writing'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-111116249944594673</id><published>2005-03-18T11:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-18T11:14:59.446-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Food for the mood?</title><content type='html'>Are we what we eat? Can/does food effect our moods, emotions, thoughts?  How does what I eat when I eat it impact my writing?  Could a certain food help me get past a block?  Or worse block me? (This is writing wise, not laxative...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love chocolate and potato chips (umm, no, not together...)  They are my indulgences.  Maybe I'll start tracking what happens writing wise when I eat one or the other... Of course beer just makes me goofy and then my writing, although at the time I think is brilliant, is just retarded...  I'm about to get on South Beach. I wonder what THAT will do to my writing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll let you know...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/111116249944594673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=111116249944594673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111116249944594673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111116249944594673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/03/food-for-mood.htm' title='Food for the mood?'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-111089683513584792</id><published>2005-03-15T09:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-15T09:27:15.136-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If an apple a day...</title><content type='html'>What keeps you healthy? Taking your vitamins each day? Perhaps regular exercise and healthful eating?  What about doing what you love?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll personalize it... I love to write erotically... (Don't know if that's a word or even spelled correctly...)  When I do a bit of erotic writing, whether a story, an online cyber sex session, or some erotic poetry, I just feel better!  As the old saying goes.. When you feel good you look good!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For me, this bit of writing is the little snowball you start rolling in the snow to get that huge snowball you'll use to build the base of your snowman.  It's the starter that gets me going on the path to good health. My mental health is better, and that keeps me motivated to attend to my physical health.  I eat batter, I actually feel like exercising, and my disposition is perkier!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So... what's your apple???</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/111089683513584792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=111089683513584792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111089683513584792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111089683513584792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/03/if-apple-day.htm' title='If an apple a day...'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-111032679842131847</id><published>2005-03-08T19:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-08T19:06:38.423-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Using a word</title><content type='html'>When I write about sex it frees me to use all those explicit dirty and yes even sexy words we all have running through our heads every day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today someone typed in a word in a chat room, and even though it was in a non-sexual conversation, my sex filled brain immediately put a sexual connotation to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word? Spurty.  Of course I was thinking immediately of something I've been writing about alot lately... Cum... So now my goal is to use spurty in my writing for a few days and see where it takes  me....</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/111032679842131847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=111032679842131847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111032679842131847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/111032679842131847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/03/using-word.htm' title='Using a word'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11231811.post-110995086734386097</id><published>2005-03-04T10:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-04T10:41:07.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome!</title><content type='html'>Welcome and be relaxed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I like being naked, but no, there will be no nudity on the blog! This is where I'll be thinking aloud, musing on my observations, occasionally ranting about what moves me with out much internal editing, &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;i.e. naked&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a erotic author, so sex is on my mind in more than just an animal, "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I need sex&lt;/span&gt;" sort of way... I often thinly veil my own sexual adventures in my writing. I also let my fantasies fly and lead me to some fairly "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;interesting&lt;/span&gt;" places...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know, I use the ... quite a bit. Sorry... Just my style...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look to the left! Brenda Ueland's book is my bible, confidant, and reference manual for my writing...  Even if you never even think about writing yourself get it and read it.  You will be enlightened and possibly changed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is enough of a brief introduction, more to come as I muse along in my own naked way...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/110995086734386097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11231811&amp;postID=110995086734386097' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/110995086734386097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11231811/posts/default/110995086734386097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nakedmusings.com/2005/03/welcome.htm' title='Welcome!'/><author><name>FranciscoIV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>