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            <title><![CDATA[This Person Wrote Their First Book, Made $135,215.71, and Paid Off Their Mortgage. Here’s How.]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why “No One Can Teach You How to Write” is a Trash Philosophy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:16:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How an Unknown Stephanie Meyer Would Launch Twilight Today]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Platform Hidden in Plain Sight is Increasing the Reach for Fiction Authors]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-youtube-writer/this-platform-hidden-in-plain-sight-is-increasing-the-reach-for-fiction-authors-8b7b77328129?source=rss-5c6164f1a9c0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*LBeo3O4mld9-jYHt" width="6000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Hint: It&#x2019;s not Medium.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-youtube-writer/this-platform-hidden-in-plain-sight-is-increasing-the-reach-for-fiction-authors-8b7b77328129?source=rss-5c6164f1a9c0------2">Continue reading on The Play Button Writer »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Writing Saved Sylvester Stallone’s Life]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Financially Stuck? Bills Due? This Biblical Story Knows Your Struggle (But Won’t Leave You There)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://deshaun5johnson.medium.com/financially-stuck-bills-due-this-biblical-story-knows-your-struggle-but-wont-leave-you-there-5706153c8dfd?source=rss-5c6164f1a9c0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*qie7dL0KycCt1nNVZjI-VA@2x.jpeg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">A sales strategy from an old widow no one saw coming.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://deshaun5johnson.medium.com/financially-stuck-bills-due-this-biblical-story-knows-your-struggle-but-wont-leave-you-there-5706153c8dfd?source=rss-5c6164f1a9c0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:24:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scrooge McDuck Taught a Better Lesson on Money than any Online Guru Ever Could]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://deshaun5johnson.medium.com/scrooge-mcduck-taught-a-better-lesson-on-money-than-any-online-guru-ever-could-aab5c92174b0?source=rss-5c6164f1a9c0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*zqTQXeimSzLWNNXUlrAdYw.png" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The only financial advice you need comes courtesy of a Disney Saturday Morning cartoon character.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://deshaun5johnson.medium.com/scrooge-mcduck-taught-a-better-lesson-on-money-than-any-online-guru-ever-could-aab5c92174b0?source=rss-5c6164f1a9c0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How I am Building a Software EdTech Business with Only Basic HTML and CSS]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ned Flanders Did More Damage to Christianity than Lucifer Has]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 01:20:22 GMT</pubDate>
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