<?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[pete-mesling]]></title><description><![CDATA[pete-mesling]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:22:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.petemesling.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[High Notes: The Best of My Songs, Compositions, and Covers]]></title><description><![CDATA[I look at my best musical output with something like wonder. It's not simply the passage of time that makes it so alien to me. Sure, some...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/high-notes-the-best-of-my-songs-compositions-and-covers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63a68aed67d2a5c1f872b8e4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2022 07:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_6198597a69234b7c83351876e4cc6f36~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Troubling the Past": A Work of Fan Fiction Set in the World of Robert McCammon's Matthew Corbett Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't miss this opportunity to read my work of Robert McCammon fan fiction, or watch the video of me reading it on my YouTube Channel!...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/troubling-the-past-a-work-of-fan-fiction-set-in-the-world-of-robert-mccammon-s-matthew-corbett-bo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67abd62a816290c295d1ef8d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:02:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_6c1a62dee8df4d9fa374456e3134eb3d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[October, November, December 2024 Journal Entries]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 14.  The thing that used to hang me up was all the books I’ll never read before I die, whether for the first time or not. Lately...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/october-november-december-2024-journal-entries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6768b7a43c3539dcda3132e6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 03:48:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_c874f4638d0b44c8946888e73636cbee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_901,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[August and September 2024 Journal Entries]]></title><description><![CDATA[August 1.  I do actually try not to judge a book by its cover. I understand the potential pitfall there. But a title? Totally fair game....]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/august-and-september-2024-journal-entries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f08cbcd49a47fc3035bb8a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:44:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_c874f4638d0b44c8946888e73636cbee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_901,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[May, June, July 2024 Journal Entries]]></title><description><![CDATA[May 2.  I have very little interest in the creative ideas  of other people. I guess that’s what puts me on the artistic, rather than the...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/may-june-july-2024-journal-entries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a6b3c58dddc730f1807537</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:49:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_c874f4638d0b44c8946888e73636cbee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_901,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Shelf: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of a Dozen Favourites]]></title><description><![CDATA[Croatian publisher Amaranthine Books has been on my radar ever since they launched with an appealing edition of The Strange Case of Dr....]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/off-the-shelf-sherlock-holmes-and-the-adventure-of-a-dozen-favourites</link><guid isPermaLink="false">663ece3beb892ff4ab6e9228</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 22:19:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_5f9940b959cf4144bc195e25b29fe69c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 2024 Journal Entries]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 10. There’s something particularly true about a profile. In the mirror, we see mostly lies. In conversation, we too often hide...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/april-2024-journal-entries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66369d2984fb24f2b37c81cf</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 22:28:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_c874f4638d0b44c8946888e73636cbee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_901,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 2024 Journal Entries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, I didn’t get anything posted since last month’s journal entries, but that’s okay. If I don’t do much more than these monthly...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/march-journal-entries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66182dc1aa53b1102a188691</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:20:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_c874f4638d0b44c8946888e73636cbee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_901,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 2024 Journal Entries]]></title><description><![CDATA[To my surprise and delight, I've been enjoying the new iPhone Journal app. They make it easy to ignore their annoying idea prompts, so...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/february-journal-entries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65ee167d5b7c9c8795fe570d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:14:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_c874f4638d0b44c8946888e73636cbee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_901,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imajica: My Favorite Opening Paragraph]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opening paragraphs are not created equal, and I have a lot of favorites. Robert McCammon's The Providence Rider, George Eliot's Adam...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/imajica-my-favorite-opening-paragraph</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64d80deb117c02387cd8b275</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 01:44:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_0e15d920129a41bb8f54b5fe036e2084~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Shelf: The King of Shadows]]></title><description><![CDATA[So Robert McCammon doesn’t write horror anymore, eh? Perhaps a reading of his latest Matthew Corbett novel, The King of Shadows, will...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/off-the-shelf-the-king-of-shadows</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64d0061401d866cdd3f588ec</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2023 22:56:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_8bfea4d97cdf4722a78c3913e62224fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Favorite Stephen King Adaptations Ranked!]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the most part, I’m going to kick my cinephile self to the curb for this list. You’ll just have to trust that I’ve forgotten more...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/my-favorite-stephen-king-adaptations-ranked</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6445a7222a81d20a6a7c6f7c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 19:18:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_9b16ae541f464dac8630aade98245eea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_580,h_885,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Shelf: Allen Koszowski's Dreams from the Dark Side]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the publication of Centipede Press's new book of Allen Koszowski's artwork that got me thinking about doing another installment of...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/off-the-shelf-allen-koszowski-s-dreams-from-the-dark-side</link><guid isPermaLink="false">642c8bb3fb6fc9bbdce2676b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2023 19:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_522b413126534f3685e48d14e40fd3f8~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project L: My Latest Strategy Article for Casual Game Insider]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only the briefest of posts today, to let you know that my latest strategy article for Casual Game insider is availble now. Check out...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/project-l-my-latest-strategy-article-for-casual-game-insider</link><guid isPermaLink="false">642c8609fb6fc9bbdce2627f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 20:28:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_6bf5067aa9d640468f0a75550900b143~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Hedges: A New Documentary in Need of Funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[My two favorite guitarists of all time are both gone now. Eddie Van Halen, of course, wiped out the hard-rock world when he passed away...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/michael-hedges-a-new-documentary-in-need-of-funding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641b525ad96a57ef0043c4bd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:01:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_71a22e1a37374f5289f5f5a35e515669~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ones Who Walked Away from Reason: Censoring Ursula K. Le Guin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since my recent post about the unconscionable rewriting of Roald Dahl’s children’s novels, the ball of ignorance has continued to gather...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/the-ones-who-walked-away-from-reason-censoring-ursula-k-le-guin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64176cdbe146430b31fb1f44</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:31:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_91ddcb664c164809a4c804012c07faaf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_580,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Story: "An Occurrence at Kendrick Outdoors"]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've offered up a free story. This one is from my most recent horror collection, Fool's Fire. "An Occurrence at...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/free-story-an-occurrence-at-kendrick-outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f43faa27f538ee5d7bb2eb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:59:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_662e117f7a624ad880aa179a9a27a42f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_820,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Shelf: Clive Barker's Imajica]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it occurs to me that a certain book could be put to great use in the classroom if I were a high school teacher. Clive Barker’s...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/off-the-shelf-clive-barker-s-imajica</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f43c1404f96b0e5307ce69</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 22:32:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_131d79bd236f4651b2bb16e654a5e0c3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Twits: Censoring Roald Dahl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe you’ve read about it by now. Puffin, publisher of Roald Dahl’s children’s books, has taken to rewriting some of Dahl’s prose for...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/the-twits-censoring-roald-dahl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f42983a0943d1d7fcd8433</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:35:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_c58352e74b734b36970af5276c405184~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's Little Problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like a good problem. I wouldn’t have characterized myself in this way for much of my life, but I see now that it was always true. Do I...]]></description><link>https://www.petemesling.com/post/life-s-little-problems</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e9a96e69705967ea9137c5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 04:26:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3cd4f_68f73526a2a7479eb9c4a33b617a4547~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_933,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pete Mesling</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>