<?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[rolynnanderson]]></title><description><![CDATA[rolynnanderson]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:26:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.rolynnanderson.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[You Have To Go There!  The Importance Of Setting In A Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home again, I am, after a whirlwind trip to St. John, Virgin Island... A few things I learned for my new novel, IDYLL LOST:]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/you-have-to-go-there-the-importance-of-setting-in-a-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0a96262fd8b3b696955584</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46d7c6_f03848e35cab40f69e4dfbb6ada7e39b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_416,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rolynn Anderson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I See Out The Window When I’m At The Computer]]></title><description><![CDATA[We authors spend so much time at our computers that what we see beyond the big screen becomes extremely familiar to us. Any movement or change to my window scene catches my attention, distracting me in a good way... Seems that a Nuttall’s Woodpecker has pounded out a hole in the tree and is raising babies inside the trunk! ]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/what-i-see-out-the-window-when-i-m-at-the-computer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0a94dcdf43effc8ce3a5e8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46d7c6_234b857c944c4e77a87806d60727036b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_936,h_848,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rolynn Anderson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence Makes Me Look Great!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone programmed Ms. AI to speak highly of my newly-launched novel, even before I got a single review. ...For that matter, Ms. AI said nothing about how many reviews I have on each book (not enough) and the amount of money I’ve made on sales (oh, so paltry). Makes me wonder if a more critical programmer would ask AI to make judgements about such things. I worry about a future when AI determines which books are worthy of promotion.]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/artificial-intelligence-makes-me-look-great</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699366d4884976137daa6e2d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:54:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_8cdf731ea1b0479db276aa5b463f2f0c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Fiction Activate Readers to Get Behind a Cause?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Central to the problem is hunters and fishermen who refuse to switch from lead ammunition and tackle to brass ammunition and tackle....Meanwhile, vultures like the California Condor are still on the brink of extinction after soaring over our world for hundreds of thousands of years. ]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/can-fiction-activate-readers-to-get-behind-a-cause</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983d3384ef7940ceeeffe63</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:18:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_b0ea0b870a2a4d18a2ca8e5ab9d1776b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning How to Give]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a philanthropist, I have a lot to learn even in my advanced age. I have given money to food banks, Planned Parenthood, public television stations, political campaigns, and my college. Recently, instead of sending a check to my college, I’m sending the same amount, yearly, to my nieces and nephews who are in college or taking advanced degrees. Why not give money to people I know and love who are going to college rather than have those bucks go to strangers at my alma mater? In January of...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/learning-how-to-give</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695452d83005d37b905e405f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:34:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_fa9781ebbd8e426aabb8964fd43df356~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Luminous Holiday at the Andersons]]></title><description><![CDATA[How did bags of sand with lit ‘candles’ in them become our favorite Christmas decora-tion?  Though the yard treatment is widely used in Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern California, we don’t see many examples of it here on the Central Coast, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.  Still, once we saw them aglow in Sante Fe, we were hooked.  Year after year, setting out lit-up bags, is our favorite way to decorate our landscape. History tells us the tradition of lighting paths so people...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/a-luminous-holiday-at-the-andersons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69544fb9312f3eab68dcd532</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_b290538736ea4f0a920fce1394a10e6c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A GOOD TIME TO GIVE INTO IMPULSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the last eighty years of my life, I have been an extremely careful shopper. I look for bargains in grocery stores; I check the sale...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/a-good-time-to-give-into-impulse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68924fea8ceefd7201072606</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:48:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_69ce15b937c345cba3a6bd7170fc7339~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_960,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucky Novel #13!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drum roll, please!  I introduce you to my 13th novel’s completed cover including its final title. TO KILL A CONDOR is finished…except for...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/lucky-novel-13</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682e0c404878348df39d7d32</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 17:32:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_8cdf731ea1b0479db276aa5b463f2f0c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do I Launch a Name-Your-Baby ‘Rolynn’ Campaign?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rolynn is my name.  When I introduce myself to someone new, I usually say: “Rolynn is pronounced the opposite of ‘Roll Out.’”  In truth,...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/how-do-i-launch-a-name-your-baby-rolynn-campaign</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67fb1c73e7fa29b966c24866</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 02:10:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_00df1593e1284f6f92257b3a91e3f9ed~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Buzz Caused by a Sign on an Author’s Car ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my experience, only two homegrown tactics are worthy of continuing: First: Up-to-date large postcards showing all my beautiful covers on one side, with one sentence teasers on the back of the card describing the stand-alone or series.   Second: A car magnet, a large one, that again, shows all my stunning covers, my genre, and my website.]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/the-buzz-caused-by-a-sign-on-an-author-s-car</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67deffec80ee6d469ed3a88a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:25:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_fa6f96710c2a406c8b72bc19cef2bd91~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_611,h_463,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wrenching Task of Choosing a Title for a Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I published my first novel back in 2011, I didn’t know it was the first of a series, so although I took great care in titling the...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/the-wrenching-task-of-choosing-a-title-for-a-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b22ec93bc10ce589592d80</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:32:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_dc169304fb944404aded20a525c1539b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Long Time Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patience is a virtue Time will tell Good things come to those who wait   Proverbs and aphorisms guide us to be calm as we persist on a...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/a-long-time-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678ac8a626817b1047e03dff</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:28:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_131ab1a085994bbaae89e863fcc3cb84~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_626,h_527,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer and Luck]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three years went by. Except for some pesky side effects (Dry eyes/mouth, adrenal insufficiency and shortness of breath), I felt...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/cancer-and-luck</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67243b9492ddb1d7ab7cac64</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 02:26:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_750fd68912854e3d91eb85e3716cc1bd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Makeover, Kinda]]></title><description><![CDATA[I strain to squeeze out the very last toothpaste in a tube. When my shampoo stops pumping, I turn the container over and shake the...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/a-makeover-kinda</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d267d00bb7e046afe268e9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:53:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_35bf0ac610fd406aafdd738537e20768~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_960,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Truth About Bees]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m embarrassed to admit how little I knew about bees before I started my newest National Park mystery. I could conjure a honey bee and a...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/the-truth-about-bees</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a7b062b9b14712de1ef3e0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_c0a4f07a247c495997f67188f2a6768d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Photos: Which ones do you keep forever?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I tried a new approach during my month-long trip to Europe. I cut my picture-taking to one quarter of the amount I usually snap. Why? In...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/travel-photos-which-ones-do-you-keep-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666f507dedddd541b15b5b8a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 20:59:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_b3da9b73c11145428d4899bbc0ee49d8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have I Got an Idea for Your Next Novel!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writers are lucky. As soon as we let strangers know we make up stories and publish them, we’re greeted with smiles and comments of...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/have-i-got-an-idea-for-your-next-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66465b6e0468efaed31f83f7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 19:16:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_977c0b460ef34f2bb17d5ea620cf3aa8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinnacles National Park: A Setting Worth A Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Show me a picture of your house. Outside and inside, please.” Setting matters to me. Does it to you? When I’m getting to know people...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/pinnacles-national-park-a-setting-worth-a-story-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66271f7385ddda99b98d15ed</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 02:42:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_156192c846f64ef884791b8502299ddb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authors are Tough on Their Characters!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t know exactly when nor why I chose to saddle the heroine of When Winds Howl with my cancer. I wasn’t being sadistic, nor was I...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/authors-are-tough-on-their-characters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e86e25c84faf4fd4ac3671</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:30:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_8426964cfa944a99bf2d6581166fa9b4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHEN WINDS HOWL  A SPECIAL DEDICATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before, during, and after writing a novel, the dedication and acknowledgement page is always on an author’s mind. Including one in the...]]></description><link>https://www.rolynnanderson.com/single-post/when-winds-howl-a-special-dedication</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65bda107125cca28166ed0dd</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 02:26:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a481_3cabc6431b4641798d37e9bc4722d84f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_935,h_783,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rolynnwriter</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>