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		<title>Writing Lessons from a Film Festival – Film Secrets for Writers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The full transcript of my latest &#8220;podcast&#8221;. Inverted commas because this is my third test podcast and it exists &#8211; at present &#8211; only on YouTube. You can see/hear the podcast by following this link &#8211; or scroll to the bottom of this post to find the embedded video. Today I want to talk to ... <a title="Writing Lessons from a Film Festival &#8211; Film Secrets for Writers" class="read-more" href="https://thesupercargo.com/writing-lessons-from-a-film-festival-film-secrets-for-writers/" aria-label="Read more about Writing Lessons from a Film Festival &#8211; Film Secrets for Writers">More...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy New Podcast</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My best wishes to you for the New Year in 2026. This is the script of my first my first attempt at a YouTube podcast. I&#8217;ll slip in an a link to the video as well. There are no bells and whistles and you should be able to listen to the audio without the video ... <a title="Happy New Podcast" class="read-more" href="https://thesupercargo.com/happy-new-podcast/" aria-label="Read more about Happy New Podcast">More...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>SWF25 – Stockholm Writers’ Festival 2025 – A Diary Entry</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m just back from the Stockholm Writers Festival 2025, three packed days at the Swedish National History Museum. This is my attempt to capture the experience before the details blur.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Washington Black: Journeys, Tethers, and Loose Ends</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A review of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Some novels carry you across continents; others leave you suspended between questions. Washington Black attempts both ...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Schrödinger’s Lottery Ticket and a Real Gambler</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Stops and Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding my Schrödinger's scratch card from last Easter reminded me of the first successful gambler I ever knew. I imagine a conversation.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gamifying Character Development</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a tie-in with my latest YouTube video about a roll-the-dice game for writers to use in developing fictional characters. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Film Festival Highlights: Winter, Orkney, Bird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My highlights from the 2025 Gotheburg Film Festival, from the end of January to beginning of February - in cinemas and on-line.]]></description>
		
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		<title>My writerly resolutions and how I keep them</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you make New Year Resolutions? In this post, published Monday on the website of my Writers' Group, I share my writerly resolutions - and the secret of how I keep them.]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Cold Comfort to a Swim in a Pond – books read in 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My annual round up of all the books I read in 2024, from Cold Comfort Farm to A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.
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		<title>Another New Year, another new plan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My annual post about writing (and other creativity) resolutions for the coming year, and a look back on my plan and what I achieved in 2024.]]></description>
		
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