<?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[JANN ALEXANDER]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm Jann Alexander, author, artist, photographer, designer. ]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:42:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jannalexander.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Celebrate Texas Writers Month with Books from Nine Texas Authors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every May, We Honor Texas Writers. Here Are Nine Compulsively Readable Books from Texas Authors, Including Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Women's Fiction, and Historical Romance.]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/texas-writers-month</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e94295878e9c72fc46d7e4</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Print]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:29:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_ffec50824ecf4ce9aee803719b19c27d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty in Pink But Thorny as Thistle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the Texas thistle the prettiest of the weeds masquerading as flower?]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/pretty-in-pink</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67045b0b7f05342d74c88ab0</guid><category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category><category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Naturescapes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Painting]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:36:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_de979f7bf413481abdd42f13affadad8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_450,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Bad Things Always Come In Threes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[That depends. Are you superstitious? No matter, using the power of three in photography always makes a picture better. Call it impact, order, or balance, here's how images rely on what's pleasing to the eye. ]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/bad-things-in-threes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670459860632e3f1573a4af3</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:24:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_cd374bbde21448be904c511195f9bb25~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Became "The Date Which Will Live In Infamy," as Predicted. Here's Why We Still Remember Pearl Harbor Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read why we Remember Pearl Harbor, which continues to as infamous as predicted, nearly 85 years later.  

]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/remember-pearl-harbor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6930a7c14a313d7af55eebb8</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:16:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_66bd05d210c34e588b92174ae61c188c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shelfie Time! Show Off the Books on Your Shelves — and Show Us Who You Are]]></title><description><![CDATA[If our selfies are our way of putting our best selves out there, these staged pictures show us little of who we really are. Can't we tell worlds more about people by looking at the books on their shelves? ]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/shelfie-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6907c6b491f4e1bef6519cae</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Collecting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><category><![CDATA[Design]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:27:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_fa16e921edc1451ea898f702fb827d31~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Grabs Your Heart and Doesn't Let Go"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Historical Novel Society Highlights Unspoken as an Editors' Choice selection: A book that “will stick around in your mind, because legacy isn’t just what’s passed down. It’s what you refuse to let slip away.”]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/editors-choice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6907b9d412b86a0f317b9744</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:46:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_14022394b1474933a1da6109ea3f084a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_973,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["A Gripping Story of Survival"]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reviewer calls Unspoken "Both heart-wrenching and hopeful, shining with the grit of those who dare to redefine what 'home' truly means."]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/gripping-story-of-survival</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e40d8a258d9f971911dad9</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Working]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:11:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_7d0e9ae2ca6941fcbdf51147f374a4af~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's Your Prescription for a Creative Funk]]></title><description><![CDATA[To ignore a creative funk is to imperil your creative stamina. Here's how to take a time out to tend to your creative soul.]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/prescription-for-creative-funk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670459e7b4f762427c212db4</guid><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Painting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Working]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:15:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_f4f6a2c236994f318e2db836bfcadda1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask Yourself Six Questions to Skyrocket Your Creativity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like superheroes with super powers, we creatives must use our gift with care — nourish it, tend to it, and practice it.]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/skyrocket-your-creativity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67045ae0e84b668ca8cca929</guid><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Working]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commitment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:30:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_16049ae093154c8aa5ad9bca4b64f64a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_824,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When There Was Dancing in the Streets:  Revisit 1945 on V/J Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[See 1945 through the eyes of someone who lived it, 80 years ago, when the headlines called it: PEACE on V/J Day. Victory Over Japan was declared and in Unspoken, Ruby Lee Becker recounts the day. 
]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/revisit-1945</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689f7346054d02f5f630e3f8</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><category><![CDATA[Print]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:17:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_33e1442419ff4c91bdf58ed3b1ca5e43~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_892,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the Dust Bowl Happen Again?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With new research showing the world's fresh water supply is quickly disappearing, it's not a leap for an author to plot a dystopian waterless future — and another novel in The Dust Series]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/can-the-dust-bowl-happen-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688660f36ab2534c7b0832f7</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:05:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_6eb2f220a7e94403a7517c2e5f0d9705~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[88 Years Ago, Amelia Earhart was feared lost. Around the world, girls took it hard. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[On This Day: On July 19, 1937, the search for Amelia Earhart's plane ended. "She was in rebellion against a world that had been made, for women, too safe, too confining."]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/amelia-earhart-lost</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687a8d0ba06a8977cd5d262a</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commitment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:04:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_32d0c53b62064141a1f9d0f8650f2bab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Travel the Heroine’s Journey in Hard Times]]></title><description><![CDATA[How did Ruby Lee Becker, the main character in Unspoken: A Dust Novel, become a heroine on the classic hero’s journey?]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/heroine-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68717ca7ac041791c7887d67</guid><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:10:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_77f1e0c34a2949f78dc25ae0e396921a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Can We Turn Distractions Into Focus?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Distractions are what I'm facing hourly, as I prepare to launch my first published novel. So I wrote this advice to self to distract me from distractions.]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/distractions-into-focus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67045afe793d8b9fa437bbbc</guid><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commitment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Working]]></category><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_ec4e0e2e06b843c6bf087da0561f4eaf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_495,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Writing Journey's Taken Me All Over Texas, on Wheels, by Click, and by Page]]></title><description><![CDATA[How I wrote a historically accurate, wickedly fictional novel by gathering ten years of Texas research—on wheels, by click, and by page]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/new-historical-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67113ecda0714f3ff6bfe1e2</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 20:02:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_5c511b6ee7d9443fae982f62b1e36159~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I've Been Reading While Waiting ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm playing favorites with books while I count down the days to the Unspoken Book Club Launch July3. Catch three+ of my favorites.]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/playing-favorites</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6841ad58e4226906a2fb71b8</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Travels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 21:13:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_de97974915d34a988bc1927983e98d97~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even More Texas Authors to Get to Know: Up &#38; Coming ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the Lone Star State, we celebrate Texas Writers Month in May. For the final part of this series in Pairings, featuring Texas authors all month, we finish with those who are just beginning — and a few who led the way.

]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/texas-authors-coming-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682cb2acdfec59a973d1b62f</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Working]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 22:08:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_40f20fe9053442caa8b8d7fd20c285a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Design to Dust Storms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diving deep into the creative evolution of a seasoned art director turned full-time author on the Hill Country Authors Podcast. ]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/design-to-dust-storms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68260658cb9d75bf7156be48</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 16:07:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/_4Lkc9_vdCw?si=HKtqPrpt1JuXcR1b" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Texas Authors to Get to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today in Texas Writers Month, we turn to the women. When you're reading Texas authors who write about Texas, and watching films set in Texas, having a woman's point of view is in itself a whole new genre. Here are nine Texas women writers to get to know.]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/more-texas-authors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">681e98b49062c6a9803ddda0</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 00:14:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_519357420ab2490da644606989cc0c34~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_906,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting to Know Texas Authors]]></title><description><![CDATA[With so many Texas authors to applaud and read in May during Texas Writers Month, are you wondering where to start? ]]></description><link>https://www.jannalexander.com/post/texas-authors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68180484f0457602a0fd5cf0</guid><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texana]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influences]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 19:32:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8eb0b6_7b9bf99f799840dab2011a38c9341575~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jann Alexander</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>