<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kyla McDonald Writer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyla McDonald Writer]]></description><link>https://www.kylamcdonald.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:19:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kylamcdonald.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[We are here. We are real.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven’t blogged in awhile, but as pride month comes to a close, I thought I should post just to say that I’m here. I am real. 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There was lots of catching up on the ups and downs of the previous...]]></description><link>https://www.kylamcdonald.com/post/what-if-it-s-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6751fac3afe4da4125fede18</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:39:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cda7b_9f32053925894fb4b17d794742a61d72~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_418,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kymcwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worth Worrying 2.0]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a blog that I first wrote during the pandemic, and with the recent election praying on many people’s minds, I feel like it needed...]]></description><link>https://www.kylamcdonald.com/post/worth-worrying-2-0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673fdc4129dda64d72fd259f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:25:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cda7b_2def6d0252e04b74933cf6ff1b78b8c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kymcwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rewrite the Hero Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, I set out in the morning to sit and write in the local juice bar only to find it completely packed. 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A woman in her late seventies, with alert dark brown eyes, wispy white hair and...]]></description><link>https://www.kylamcdonald.com/post/the-truth-about-magick</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670ab5c77fd5c96492650db8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2024 17:51:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cda7b_2bb390aaf09942718cda27906a37b50a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kymcwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenager; the self-fulfilling prophecy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hear a lot of people talk about the trials of the teen years. Some are in the midst of the struggle with their young person, but many...]]></description><link>https://www.kylamcdonald.com/post/teenager-the-self-fulfilling-prophecy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66fd9e86be67c1765323cad5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:31:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cda7b_1285d99b3d06402a871044178cb17ea6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_450,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kymcwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writer's Block]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think it’s time to accept that I might just have writer’s block. I know, there’s a certain irony to writing about writer’s block. 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