<?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[Jen If]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writer with autism. SRA, child trafficking and organised abuse survivor.]]></description><link>https://www.jen-if.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:06:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jen-if.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Preview of Monarch Memoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prologue Some things are so bad, and you don’t want them to have happened so hard, they break your mind, and you can’t remember them, even if they happened just a few moments before. Chapter One Leaving Halfway Behind me, one of the caged birds scrapes its beak against a perch. I cup the back of my head, trying to keep my arms out of the afternoon sun blazing through the French windows. A rocket of cramp shoots up from my bottom. 	“Mum, may I get up to use the loo?” 	Mum’s sprawled in the...]]></description><link>https://www.jen-if.co.uk/post/preview-of-monarch-memoir</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a428240c19ca7d97f2b4395</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc1c01_b7877fa2b574473ab175a279fb5f7ce1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jen If</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Interview on Word Refiner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Click to read the full written interview about Monarch Child, Jen's first poetry pamphlet, with Mark from Word Refiner]]></description><link>https://www.jen-if.co.uk/post/poetry-interview-on-word-refiner</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a42839bc19ca7d97f2b4693</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:29:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc1c01_e089d54e5d4f4875913b36c2bf63e134~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jen If</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>