<?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[Leah E. Welker's Official Website]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discover the magic of Leah E. Welker's storytelling.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:30:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.leahwelker.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Heath &#38; Writing Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Memorial Day weekend, a health and writing update, and Dragon's Child's Spotify playlist.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/heath-writing-update</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1998232cf7d1d449f201d6</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:53:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_a0bb767334eb45628141068fde393e31~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital migration in progress]]></title><description><![CDATA[An update on migrating my website and newsletter, and some writing progress.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/digital-migration-in-progress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a199b7f2cf7d1d449f20973</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_fd88e825408e4199b7e0c3def8d97210~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring madness (i.e., sales and master plans)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The administrator in my mind has taken over, declaring this spring is the perfect moment to do All The Things. Oh, and there's a great sale going on too. ;)]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/spring-madness-i-e-sales-and-master-plans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d91958f6703ec22bea50cf</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:49:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6e56883285f14689ab7621a448719c34~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spring is here, I'm slowly but steadily writing and doing my indie author thing.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/spring-update</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c6903750e679ea5a7f44ae</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:27:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_595fa9eaa3a246c0b77f9027bc63c65a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teasers round 4, making slow progress on book 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[An update on how writing book 2 in the new trilogy is going, plus the last (for now) round of teasers for book 1!]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/teasers-round-4-making-slow-progress-on-book-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b4040c6f1601b218234407</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_e67e2d63ed6545869711ac7997d188f4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On to the rough draft of book 2!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm on to book 2  of the new series, beta reading is underway for book 1, and I have the third round of teasers for you.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/on-to-the-rough-draft-of-book-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a1b7189d34acb7c4347a17</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:37:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_fb47b35db26241b1b04595853a3c22d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rough Draft Complete!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I finished the first draft of my next book! And here's the second round of teaser images.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/rough-draft-complete</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699077c2f0131a3b550ab302</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_372a91fc4ae24c16a17956b15324acf4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow and writing (and teaser art)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo Credit: Me! (That's Lily) What I've been up to ☃️Brrr, the Eastern USA got a "big" (for us) snowstorm last Sunday, and the snow has stubbornly stuck around because it's stayed well below freezing, sometimes with a low in the negatives (Fahrenheit). I took a walk in the woods with Lily (Mom's dog) the other day, and I could walk on the snow without leaving footprints—the snow was that solidly frozen. And treacherous, which means no twice-daily walks with Lily. She's starting to get cabin...]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/snow-and-writing-and-teaser-art</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697cb4535fd06c182fe22079</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_a22cb56e1ee24e94a0c9a9d46ddd529d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Writing! (And Not World-Building. Yet. Sort Of.)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first check-in while writing my next series, full of musing on my writing process before and my process now. If behind-the-scenes stuff ruins the magic for you, skip, because I'm spillin' a lot of tea.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/i-m-writing-and-not-world-building-yet-sort-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696a3ffb99b644f378e8ca02</guid><category><![CDATA[My Journey]]></category><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:50:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_37c4e0668f044b64a2e0a08d92c044aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warm wishes for the new year, and an announcement about book six's audio completion.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/happy-new-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6957ccf2a2c15f4bf4f13f5d</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_a774b29b61794b27a3e242319e63f8e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maps and Snow]]></title><description><![CDATA[What I've been up to: snow, audiobook update, and the completed Moontouched Hold map.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/snow-audiobook-update-and-the-completed-moontouched-hold-map</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69330e02138c033374d2aa30</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:00:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1ea754a9242e40eb89fdf2e21c29d73c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I’ve been up to | Audio recording and mapmaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick update on my recording of the sixth audiobook, and a preview of a map in progress!]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/what-i-ve-been-up-to-audio-recording-and-mapmaking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69175e93f72649b5993cb75f</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:03:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_80152de0ead3418880733ca1b3a8b0e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obsessions vs. Balance (and why I'm not writing right NOW)]]></title><description><![CDATA[No matter how hard I have tried to be otherwise, to be the author who can do it all, all at once … I'm not. I need obsessions.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/obsessions-vs-balance-and-why-i-m-not-writing-right-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c2bdd00ada1307aa5aaae6</guid><category><![CDATA[My Journey]]></category><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_ef30bd17601a4793ac6331daf29859f1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Big Milestone!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick update on a big milestone for me and a new Spotify playlist.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/a-big-milestone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68bb0d3798886589b9fe8f3f</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:29:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_5a40957fb0df4562996eaa84af689bec~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mastermind Plotting (For Good!) and AI Excel Tutors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personal update on recording book five and doing a business deep dive, including using Gemini to teach me how to do things with Excel I never thought I'd be able to do. The world is now my oyster.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/mastermind-plotting-for-good-and-ai-excel-tutors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689f37f86aa481be49261709</guid><category><![CDATA[What I've Been Up To]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:58:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4180af8b804d4269a6a4fb23f345ddb5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Favorite Things, Part 8.3: Improvements to Daily Life (Community)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my capstone post on my favorite life improvements in speculative fiction, today I'm talking about community.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/my-favorite-things-part-8-3-improvements-to-daily-life-community</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b87cd07072c4656254066f</guid><category><![CDATA[My Favorite Things]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:29:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_ec622d40c7914317b8e45416348a5d6b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Favorite Things, Part 8.2: Improvements to Daily Life (Housing and Sanitation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picking up from my last post on my favorite improvements to daily life in fiction, this time I'm talking about housing and sanitation.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/my-favorite-things-part-8-2-improvements-to-daily-life-housing-and-sanitation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a602f373e84a6bd98de1b5</guid><category><![CDATA[My Favorite Things]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_4c1d7d3994cc40faacf01a6bc6187149~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Top 6 Tips for Goal-Setting]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm taking a break from my Favorite Things series of posts to share something else I love (and that is relevant to this week): goal-setting.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/my-top-6-tips-for-goal-setting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67783c8a4631621cd80ab422</guid><category><![CDATA[My Journey]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2025 01:18:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_c419640f81204b58a2340fafc4b62b02~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Favorite Things, Part 8.1: Improvements to Daily Life (Sleeping and Food)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this post on my favorite things in fiction, I'm going to talk about improvements to daily life, particularly in sleep and food.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/my-favorite-things-part-8-1-improvements-to-daily-life-sleeping-and-food</link><guid isPermaLink="false">675c3a5ea1f01c84fd1caeba</guid><category><![CDATA[My Favorite Things]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:04:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06d5b0_998925f1fc38438d9d9c995b94b2fc78~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Favorite Things, Part 7: Paragons]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this latest installment in the series of posts about my favorite things in fiction, I'm going to talk about paragons.]]></description><link>https://www.leahewelker.com/post/my-favorite-things-part-7-paragons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669a97877b5df28da085020f</guid><category><![CDATA[My Favorite Things]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:19:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_64b6aacb19574ca1831010f00f87893a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leah E. Welker</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>