<?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[The Waypoint]]></title><description><![CDATA[Official Website of Author Zachary M. Kekac]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/novels</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:46:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.zkekac.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[City of illusions - I don't like Sci-Fi?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm a very particular person when it comes to taste. Or rather, I am by nature, but am attempting to unravel that nature by design. I was...]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/post/city-of-illusions-i-don-t-like-sci-fi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f6ec88cead0fac36a88344</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 01:02:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f196d_b7e89b0e8ec543428a4cda407985e550~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_510,h_680,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Zachary M. Kekac</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hobbit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The novel that gifted awareness of the greatest mythmaker, storyteller, and writer of literary fantasy to have yet walked the same green...]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/post/the-hobbit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61c34d59426bbf00167c7e3c</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:10:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f196d_6f8d7cc76b4a4e899f89c81d3e0ea357~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_239,h_320,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Zachary M. Kekac</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Arden]]></title><description><![CDATA[“It is the life and true form of our world. To it, we are but shifting shadows and micro-animals. The playthings of a god. Our souls, a...]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/post/the-arden</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61c34c91f5844a00163a833b</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:05:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f196d_684eba76b4184fec9b6013c4a5bacf03~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_333,h_499,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Zachary M. Kekac</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Children of Húrin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tolkien is my greatest literary influence, and this is by far my favorite of his works, posthumous or otherwise. His son Christopher has...]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/post/the-children-of-h%C3%BArin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b8eac5ab38990016409562</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:09:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f196d_b20d160faf7945239f35563120c3095b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_333,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Zachary M. Kekac</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NAMES TELL A TALE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Names tell a story. Mine is Zach. My mom and dad call me 'Zip'. My grandfather called me 'The Professor'. Some of my friends refer to me...]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/post/my-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b8da8d96b27e00168e1ea2</guid><category><![CDATA[About the Author]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:56:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f196d_f6064e6b828c4e07a5a5a4b7a25cc84c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Zachary M. Kekac</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debut Novel: The Wayfarer]]></title><description><![CDATA[I began The Wayfarer when I was eighteen . I had no knowledge of storytelling, or character development, or world building. I had a love...]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/post/debut-novel-the-wayfarer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613a8ffd81374a0016ae0901</guid><category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:55:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Zachary M. Kekac</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myth &#38; Fantasy: The Human Narrative]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dragons brooding over horded wealth, their avarice seeping into the gilded mound; demons standing at the threshold of temptation,...]]></description><link>https://www.zkekac.com/post/myth-fantasy-the-human-narrative</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613a3263d1589a001673372a</guid><category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:39:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Zachary M. Kekac</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>