<?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[B R Dexter Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Strength of Language]]></description><link>https://www.brdexter.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:17:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.brdexter.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Many Faces of Editing: A Writer’s Journey Before Publication. An independent Author's perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writing a book is like baking a cake. You mix the ingredients, - STOP , thats a crap metaphor. It's like anything that needs refining. For me, that would be wood working: measure (yes, twice), cut, cut again, file, sand, throw it away... So, editing and making things out of wood seems like a decent metaphor. Forget the cake thing. I dont follow recipes very well. Here's a brief look at editing. Developmental Editing: The Big Picture Makeover Imagine your manuscript as a house under...]]></description><link>https://www.brdexter.com/post/the-many-faces-of-editing-a-writer-s-journey-before-publication-an-independent-author-s-perspectiv</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698de3c68879a928a5a7f7ed</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2f807_5a8bc31554ac4ee592fae0c4a34f33dd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>B.R. Dexter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SO. DAMN. CLOSE.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finishing my first draft and making a bold writing decision.]]></description><link>https://www.brdexter.com/post/so-damn-close</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f916033064c4f21ec86dd6</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 12:21:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2f807_fdef0f149e70429d9d3e44fb2c875f76~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>B.R. Dexter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to improve your medical characters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lesson one on improving your medical writing]]></description><link>https://www.brdexter.com/post/how-to-improve-your-medical-characters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66868158083f73e8fa3abc71</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing advice]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:13:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2f807_05f4d5750d834ee0a2b5fcebe217ecc8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>B.R. Dexter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Medical Fiction - Things TV, film and books get wrong.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The importance of getting the medical facts and characters right is because story, be it fiction or fantasy, is about telling the truth. ]]></description><link>https://www.brdexter.com/post/writing-medical-fiction-things-tv-film-and-books-get-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6661d9d5ae6dbd6eee14d5a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing advice]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:59:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2f807_91ae8ce8436540409d7d1a5b6db220c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>B.R. Dexter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Struggle – Sisyphus and Squirrels]]></title><description><![CDATA[For being a terrible host and cheekily outwitting death – twice – Sisyphus, an ancient Greek king of Ephyra (later Corinth), was...]]></description><link>https://www.brdexter.com/post/the-struggle-sisyphus-and-squirrels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65df0c0b0a448d3d24ce971e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:39:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2f807_bf15e75e6ca343aa989274b511f686f2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>B.R. Dexter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to the adventure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why am I doing this? Why am I doing this to myself? Writing for me is the itch, not that I can't scratch, but the itch I have been...]]></description><link>https://www.brdexter.com/post/welcome-to-the-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">659f11c96bed72a71c4d8a95</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:00:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2f807_b684720f5c47424a8ec1d95a8434dcff~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>B.R. Dexter</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>