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He was my favourite Beaile. But it's so hard to find him on a T-Shirt.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4198.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4198</image:title><image:caption>Rpada was a favourite of Carrie from Sex And The City, as I recall</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4200</image:title><image:caption>Nothing like a good Adidos of sportswear when you're feeling fit, I say</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4197.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4197</image:title><image:caption>Voulez-vous Vouis Vuitton?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4196</image:title><image:caption>OMG Star Wart is my FAVOURITE!! 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This city through a lens is no place at all. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4207.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4207</image:title><image:caption>Where do I start?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-11T08:39:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2017/06/20/if-my-terrible-memory-is-your-problem-bookshops-are-the-solution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/book-shopping-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Book Shopping 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/book-shopping-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Book Shopping 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-09T13:48:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2017/06/14/i-won-the-funniest-blog-award-so-heres-a-very-long-joke-to-celebrate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/shopping-centre.png</image:loc><image:title>Shopping Centre</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/abba-funniest-blogger-2017.png</image:loc><image:title>ABBA Funniest Blogger 2017</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-30T20:00:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2017/06/07/in-an-attempt-to-make-myself-relevant-i-have-written-an-essay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-historical-fiction-illustration.png</image:loc><image:title>cropped-historical-fiction-illustration.png</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-21T15:39:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2017/06/01/5-booky-and-bloggy-things-i-need-to-tell-you-sloppily-slapped-together/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-06T08:55:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2017/05/30/why-you-should-never-live-with-a-husband-from-a-womens-fiction-novel/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-01T14:59:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2017/05/09/theres-an-indie-publishing-gold-rush-and-guess-whos-making-a-killing/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-19T09:55:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2017/05/02/what-do-books-and-potentially-dead-cats-have-in-common/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/formula-for-book-love.png</image:loc><image:title>Formula For Book Love</image:title><image:caption>We got physical, now it's time to get mathematical</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/potentially-dead-cat.png</image:loc><image:title>Potentially Dead Cat</image:title><image:caption>The main difference between a book and a potentially dead cat, is that a cat doesn't care what you think of it</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cat-in-shamrock.png</image:loc><image:title>Cat in Shamrock</image:title><image:caption>The significance of the shamrock will become apparent shortly. 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So they want me to pose like an office worker, but I've never worked in an office... what do they DO all day? I know! 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Yes, you. 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Head</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/writers-pitch.png</image:loc><image:title>Have Your Say</image:title><image:caption>She's got an opinion and she's not afraid to use it</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bootkissing-author.png</image:loc><image:title>Bootkissing Author</image:title><image:caption>Bow down before my superior analogising, you ungrateful wretch</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-26T15:33:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/05/14/cmon-writers-5-reasons-to-ditch-the-rivalry/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-03T23:40:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/05/10/flash-fiction-runners-up-too/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/so-wishes-may-tell.png</image:loc><image:title>So Wishes May Tell</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-11T16:58:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/05/09/flash-fiction-competition-runners-up/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/the-solipsistic-plight-in-murroe.png</image:loc><image:title>The Solipsistic Plight In 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Hawke</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/how-i-write-crossing-out.png</image:loc><image:title>A real writer, writing</image:title><image:caption>This is how I write. Sort of</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/a-rather-victorian-pen-picture.png</image:loc><image:title>a rather victorian pen picture</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-09T17:34:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/04/15/life-books-and-everything/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-time-travelers-wife.png</image:loc><image:title>The Time Travelers Wife</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/extremely-loud-incredibly-close.png</image:loc><image:title>Extremely Loud &amp; Incredibly Close</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/a-fraction-of-the-whole.png</image:loc><image:title>A Fraction Of The 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aaah</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-20T22:45:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/04/03/flash-fiction-book-title-generator-competition-reminder/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-22T09:57:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/03/26/on-the-perils-of-having-more-than-one-writer-wandering-around-your-brain/</loc><lastmod>2014-04-21T05:41:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/03/21/5-book-review-rules-which-could-make-writers-hate-you-less/</loc><lastmod>2015-09-30T16:33:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/03/14/flash-fiction-book-title-generator-competition/</loc><lastmod>2014-06-14T14:44:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/03/07/book-prizes-in-the-olden-days-we-were-lucky-to-get-slapped/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-10T12:42:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/03/04/6-reasons-why-writers-need-to-stop-bloody-whining/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/is-this-what-working-from-home-looks-like.png</image:loc><image:title>Is this what working from home looks like</image:title><image:caption>This is what office people think full-time writing looks like</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/no-idea-what-to-write.png</image:loc><image:title>say whaaaaat?</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hello-i-am-an-author.png</image:loc><image:title>Hello I am an author</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-09T17:15:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/02/27/is-the-bestseller-dead/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/is-this-the-future-of-pen-and-paper-illustrations.png</image:loc><image:title>is this the future of pen and paper 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alone</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/strange-little-black-winning-thing.png</image:loc><image:title>strange little black winning thing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/trophy.png</image:loc><image:title>Winner's trophy... or possibly runner up....</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-27T21:21:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/02/19/are-you-writing-then-shhh-ill-tell-you-a-secret/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/winning-rosettes.png</image:loc><image:title>Not just 1st place</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/baby-winner.png</image:loc><image:title>This is what winning feels like</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/female-winner.png</image:loc><image:title>Female winner</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-21T09:08:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/02/06/on-the-satisfaction-of-not-making-your-money-from-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/counting-the-money.png</image:loc><image:title>Counting the 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Logo courtesy of http://writerscentre.ie/novelfair</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-25T09:37:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/01/21/5-kick-ass-writing-blogs/</loc><lastmod>2014-01-22T22:58:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/01/20/writing-dream-teams-or-just-plain-ridiculous/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/no-way-really-man.png</image:loc><image:title>No Way Really Man</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/opera-curtain.png</image:loc><image:title>Opera Curtain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/collaboration-disaster.png</image:loc><image:title>We Hurt The Ones We Love</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-20T20:53:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/01/14/are-you-stock-piling-books-you-never-read/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/good-shelfie.png</image:loc><image:title>Good Shelfie</image:title><image:caption>A better sort of Shelfie. Orderly. Purpose Fulfilled. Satiated.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shelf-of-shame.png</image:loc><image:title>Shelf of Shame</image:title><image:caption>See the haphazard piling. See their shameful unread-ness. I hang my head.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-15T14:00:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/08/09/5-old-bookselling-rules-which-no-longer-apply/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/happy-girl-reading-outside-cartoon.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/books3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Author Back Catalogues </image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bookstore.png</image:loc><image:title>Ye Olde Book Shoppe</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-10T09:21:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2014/01/10/5-book-trends-for-2014/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/i-spy-with-my-little-eye.png</image:loc><image:title>I Spy With My Little Eye</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-house-on-the-lake.png</image:loc><image:title>The House On The Lake</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/space-frontier.png</image:loc><image:title>Space Frontier</image:title><image:caption>Out There! 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Repealing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/book-sales-needed-to-make-the-bestseller-list.png</image:loc><image:title>Book Sales Needed to make the bestseller list</image:title><image:caption>Yay! Another made-up graph! It's been too long!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sun-halo-portrait-long.png</image:loc><image:title>sun-halo-portrait-long.png</image:title><image:caption>Random picture of sun halo, to illustrate randomness of bestselling success... sort of</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-01T16:08:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/09/23/5-reasons-why-an-author-should-self-publish/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-08T11:27:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/09/17/how-to-buy-a-book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/a-nicely-drawn-pile-of-booooks.png</image:loc><image:title>a nicely drawn pile of booooks</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-08T10:57:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/09/12/what-price-is-your-bestseller/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2011-top-30-bestsellers1.png</image:loc><image:title>2011 Top 30 Bestsellers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2011-bestseller-rrp-vs-asp1.png</image:loc><image:title>2011 Bestseller RRP vs ASP</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-12T22:59:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/09/05/5-extremely-annoying-book-reviews/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/always-surprised-me-how-bookworms-read-with-no-hands-or-arms.png</image:loc><image:title>always surprised me how bookworms read with no hands or arms</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/because-loads-of-women-sit-down-over-tea-nowadays-and-read-to-each-other.png</image:loc><image:title>because loads of women sit down over tea nowadays and read to each other</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-19T20:12:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/09/01/bestseller-trends-part-3-woman-know-thy-place/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/3-women-reading-books-as-envisaged-by-chick-lit-marketeer.png</image:loc><image:title>3 women reading books as envisaged by chick lit marketeer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/angry-book-woman-possibly-also-mad.png</image:loc><image:title>angry book woman possibly also mad</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-01T17:56:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/08/28/print-vs-e-books-fight-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sun-reading-in-the-sun.png</image:loc><image:title>Sun Reading in the Sun</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-28T08:26:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/08/25/print-vs-e-books-fight/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/a-model-who-doesnt-look-like-shes-reading-reading-a-book.png</image:loc><image:title>a model who doesn't look like she's reading, reading a book</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/aaaah-bed-and-a-book.png</image:loc><image:title>Aaaah Bed and a Book</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/big-bookcase-or-small-man-either-or.png</image:loc><image:title>Big bookcase or small man either or</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-25T16:14:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/08/21/2012-bestselling-book-data-visualised/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2012-top-100-bestsellers-by-genre2.png</image:loc><image:title>2012 Top 100 Bestsellers by Genre</image:title><image:caption>Realists? Us? Seems nothing can trump fiction and fantasy, when all comes to all</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2012-top-100-bestsellers-by-binding1.png</image:loc><image:title>2012 Top 100 Bestsellers by Binding</image:title><image:caption>Hardback fiction still sells? Really?? Oh hi, J.K.!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2012-top-100-bestsellers-by-title.png</image:loc><image:title>2012 Top 100 Bestsellers by Title</image:title><image:caption>Look at the top ten. Size Does Matter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2012-top-100-bestsellers-by-publication-year1.png</image:loc><image:title>2012 Top 100 Bestsellers by Publication Year</image:title><image:caption>But this only made number 683 back when it was published in... sorry? How Much? I'll shut up now</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2012-book-sales-volumes-by-author2.png</image:loc><image:title>2012 Book Sales Volumes by Author</image:title><image:caption>A lot of people on this list broke all the rules... Lest We Forget</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-21T08:21:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/08/15/5-reasons-why-self-published-authors-should-be-whipped-for-not-using-editors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/unimpressed-dog-reading-poorly-edited-book.png</image:loc><image:title>Unimpressed Dog Reading Poorly Edited Book</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/the-published-universe.png</image:loc><image:title>The Published Universe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/the-self-published-bestseller-universe.png</image:loc><image:title>The Self-Published Bestseller Universe</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-15T17:10:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/08/12/naughtie-book-sales-and-no-its-not-what-youre-thinking/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ah-nice-bookshop.png</image:loc><image:title>ah nice bookshop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2000s-nyt-bestsellers-pie.png</image:loc><image:title>2000s NYT Bestsellers Pie</image:title><image:caption>Only enough pie for authors who stayed at # 1 for more than 3 weeks. All the other poor authors are languishing in a spreadsheet</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2000s-nyt-bestsellers-stats3.png</image:loc><image:title>2000s NYT Bestsellers Stats</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T11:48:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/07/09/what-makes-a-bestseller/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scary-book-market-chart.png</image:loc><image:title>Look away now if you're writing a book...</image:title><image:caption>A Thoroughly Researched and Scientific Graph</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-10T19:23:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/2013/08/06/and-the-blockbusting-author-of-the-1990s-was-an-emerging-writer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mans-sitting-on-top-bookcase-photo.png</image:loc><image:title>mans sitting on top bookcase photo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1990s-nyt-bestsellers-stats6.png</image:loc><image:title>1990s NYT Bestsellers Stats</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://tarasparlingwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1990s-nyt-bestsellers-pie.png</image:loc><image:title>1990s NYT Bestsellers Pie</image:title><image:caption>1990s NYT # 1 Bestsellers. 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