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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>T.J. Forrester</title> <link>http://tjforrester.com</link> <description /> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:12:16 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=341</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TjForrester" /><feedburner:info uri="tjforrester" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:browserFriendly></feedburner:browserFriendly><item><title>Black Heart on the Appalachian Trail, Book Cover and Blurb</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2012/03/22/black-heart-on-the-appalachian-trail-book-cover-and-blurb/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2012/03/22/black-heart-on-the-appalachian-trail-book-cover-and-blurb/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:41:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Publication]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1507</guid> <description><![CDATA[I received the cover art from Simon &#38; Schuster and I love it! Black Heart on the Appalachian Trail “T.J. Forrester’s narrative explores the weird heart of American darkness with echoes of Flannery O’Conner, Faulkner, cousin Raymond Carver and the young and very talented Brad Watson. At times this book makes Cormac McCarthy’s The Road [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://tjforrester.com/2012/03/22/black-heart-on-the-appalachian-trail-book-cover-and-blurb/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Please “Like” My Facebook Author/Fan Page! (Tips)</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2012/02/06/please-like-my-facebook-authorfan-page-tips/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2012/02/06/please-like-my-facebook-authorfan-page-tips/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:02:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Social Media for Authors]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1253</guid> <description><![CDATA[Okay, if you&#8217;re here you&#8217;re trying to figure out ways to increase the &#8220;likes&#8221; on your Facebook Author/Fan Page. By far the best way to up that total is to write a best-seller and become Stephen King famous. Between now and then here are seven tips that will assist you in your quest. 1) Put up a gated-fan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://tjforrester.com/2012/02/06/please-like-my-facebook-authorfan-page-tips/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Appalachian Trail hike: Boiling Springs to . . . (frown)</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2012/02/06/appalachian-trail-hike-boiling-springs-to-frown/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2012/02/06/appalachian-trail-hike-boiling-springs-to-frown/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Appalachian Trail hike]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1248</guid> <description><![CDATA[I like to finish what I start so this is a tough post to write. My dream of hiking from Springer Mountain, Georgia to the Stephen Colbert Report is over, least for this hiking season. I have a hole in the bottom of my foot, the result of a blister that never worked its way [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://tjforrester.com/2012/02/06/appalachian-trail-hike-boiling-springs-to-frown/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Appalachian Trail Hike: Harpers Ferry to Boiling Springs to the Colbert Report</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2012/01/10/appalachian-trail-hike-harpers-ferry-to-boiling-springs-to-the-colbert-report/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2012/01/10/appalachian-trail-hike-harpers-ferry-to-boiling-springs-to-the-colbert-report/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:49:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Appalachian Trail hike]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1168</guid> <description><![CDATA[Day 81 After three long weeks, I&#8217;m back on the trail and hiking north. During the interim I tried to make myself go to the doctor and failed each time. I didn&#8217;t want to hear bad news and prefer to believe a healthy lifestyle will cure all. I would have gotten back on sooner, but [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://tjforrester.com/2012/01/10/appalachian-trail-hike-harpers-ferry-to-boiling-springs-to-the-colbert-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Appalachian Trail Hike: Front Royal to Harpers Ferry to the Colbert Report</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/05/appalachian-trail-hike-front-royal-to-harpers-ferry-to-the-colbert-report/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/05/appalachian-trail-hike-front-royal-to-harpers-ferry-to-the-colbert-report/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:09:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Appalachian Trail hike]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1141</guid> <description><![CDATA[Day 77 On my way out of Front Royal I stop at the library to make a few emails, check the new release section and discover my novel, Miracles, Inc. Then I hitch back to the trail. I&#8217;m starting late today, 2:00, which is okay because I am feeling the long Shenandoah miles. At Manassas [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/05/appalachian-trail-hike-front-royal-to-harpers-ferry-to-the-colbert-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Appalachian Trail Hike: Waynesboro to Front Royal to the Colbert report</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-waynesboro-to-front-royal-to-the-colbert-report/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-waynesboro-to-front-royal-to-the-colbert-report/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:33:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Appalachian Trail hike]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1116</guid> <description><![CDATA[Day 72 I take two zero days at Waynesboro, meet a woman from Switzerland who is hiking to Springer with her children. She wants them to experience Americans, says we have an undeserved reputation for being loud and obnoxious. &#8220;Everyone here has been so nice to us,&#8221; she says, and her children nod their agreement. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-waynesboro-to-front-royal-to-the-colbert-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Appalachian Trail Hike: Glasgow to Waynesboro to the Colbert report</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-glasgow-to-waynesboro-to-the-colbert-report/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-glasgow-to-waynesboro-to-the-colbert-report/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:44:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Appalachian Trail hike]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1094</guid> <description><![CDATA[Day 67 Finally . . . the cold front has arrived. I climb Bluff Mountain in lower temps and a breeze that blows away the humidity. The fun factor, despite the long ascent, has gone way up. I summit and pass a monument for a 4-year-old boy who went out in the 1800s to collect [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-glasgow-to-waynesboro-to-the-colbert-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Appalachian Trail Hike: Daleville to Glasgow to the Colbert report</title><link>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-daleville-to-glasgow-to-the-colbert-report/</link> <comments>http://tjforrester.com/2011/07/04/appalachian-trail-hike-daleville-to-glasgow-to-the-colbert-report/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:09:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Appalachian Trail hike]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://tjforrester.com/?p=1082</guid> <description><![CDATA[Day 63 The hot spell is not going away anytime soon. (95 with 95% humidity.) I stop at Fullhart Knob shelter for lunch, try the water that comes from a cistern in back. The water is yellow, yuck, and I pour it out. 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