<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Mythic Bios]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://matthewkirshenblatt.ca]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[matthewkirshenblatt]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://matthewkirshenblatt.ca/author/matthewkirshenblatt/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[About]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>My name is Matthew Kirshenblatt. As a writer and blogger I am what the stories I choose to read, the games I chose to play, the music I chose to listen to and the experiences I&#8217;ve had and created made me. I am also my own creations: though they are distinct from me.</p>
<p>This blog itself ultimately came from a personal creative writing challenge and promise that I set for&#8211;and made to&#8211;myself years ago to get myself to keep and hone my writing: a space where I planned to create writing sketches, whole stories and occasional journal entries.</p>
<p>What it has become, however, is a place where I write a lot of journal and creative opinion entries: with focus on mixed media reviews, thoughts, story-writing, world-building and the creative process. So I hope that whatever you find in here will at the very least be entertaining.</p>
<p>You can also find some more of my articles at the <a href="http://sequart.org/author/matthew-kirshenblatt/" target="_blank">Sequart Research &amp; Literacy Organization</a> and <a href="http://www.g33kpron.com/author/matthew/#.Unnk1lPHheM" target="_blank">GeekPr0n</a>.</p>
<p>Please help support my writing by funding me on my <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mkirshenblatt" target="_blank">Patreon </a>account. You will get some goodies out of it, I promise you.</p>
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<p>(Thank you Hillbilly Zen: <a href="http://hillbillyzen.com/" target="_blank">http://hillbillyzen.com/</a>)</p>
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<p>(Thank you Michael: <a href="http://michaelallanleonard.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://michaelallanleonard.wordpress.com/</a>)</p>
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