<?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[Maxine Willoughby]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maxine Willoughby]]></description><link>https://www.maxinewilloughby.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:23:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.maxinewilloughby.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When the Pen First Whispered]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every story has a quiet beginning… mine began with a whisper. Long before websites and logos, before the idea of “Pen and Purpose Studio” came into being, there was a girl with a pen and a restless longing to write. I first heard the whisper in the early 90s—around 1993 or 1994—when I enrolled in my very first writing course: Writing for Children and Teenagers. It felt like stepping into a dream. I remember the joy of those first rhyming poems, the ones that danced in my notebook like...]]></description><link>https://www.maxinewilloughby.com/post/when-the-pen-first-whispered</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6807a8e3765eb353ed586d9c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:40:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Maxine Willoughby</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>