<?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[Michelle Gill Studio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michelle Gill Studio is a national web design company in Roanoke Virginia. Michelle Gill is a top website designer and event consultant.]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:25:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.michellegill.studio/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Websites for Authors, Author Services &#38; Marketing tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first started designing website exclusively instead of event planning and fundraising, I focused on websites for authors. That was fifteen years ago and a lot has changed in the digital world. I have found with the introduction of AI and humans trying to work the system, sincerity and community is the key. What is the one thing that I would suggest to an author for their success? Besides a great cover, I would suggest building their community. Community building is your greatest asset....]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/author-websites</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0cd3a5cb0791383ec0b5b5</guid><category><![CDATA[RESOURCES]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:31:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_da780429716042499a2feaf43180aa3c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Clifton Fuller, counselor &#38; life coach]]></title><description><![CDATA[Clifton Fuller is a counselor in private practice in San Antonio, Texas. He holds three professional licenses in counseling, marriage and family therapy, and clinical social work, along with multiple other certifications and fifty plus years of experience. Mr. Fuller is the fifth of seven children. His father, Red, a World War II veteran, had a sixth-grade education and eventually became an alcoholic, putting the family into poverty. Mr. Fuller struggled in school with dyslexia and...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/interview-clifton-fuller-counselor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b71f34982a6a9cdc284e0b</guid><category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:22:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_b799b13861364f658438375b84bea6ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seabird - Wilmington]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was our tenth anniversary and we took a trip to Wilmington. One morning we found the Seabird when we went walking around looking for a...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/seabird-wilmington</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc289</guid><category><![CDATA[Restaurants & Cafes]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:37:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_2f816fbc3a554370bc2ae3388bf8cac3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perly's Delicatessen Restaurant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perly's original owners were Harry and Mary Perlstein. Mary met and married Harry in England during World War II. She moved to America in...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/perly-s-delicatessen-restaurant</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc283</guid><category><![CDATA[Restaurants & Cafes]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:36:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_03f93036ad1c42dd849149d3058e0629~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Dr. Joseph Blaha, jazz musician]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jazz . . .You can miss a note and still make it work . . . like life. I needed a band for an event I was planning, and I was specifically looking for a jazz group. That is when I first met Dr. Blaha - through his wife, Sara, who is an author  and a client. Sara worked at the library at Roanoke College, my alma mater, for twenty-four years. For sixteen of those years, Joe was the band director and professor of fine arts at the college. In Joe's retirement, he gathered a group of musician...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/interview-dr-joseph-blaha-jazz-musician</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994c252898de9f84b5e24cc</guid><category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:38:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_69541881bca74cef86fad1de9d30a1a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Friendliest Town on the East Coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wilmington, North Carolina Back when I first lived in Tallahassee, my job allowed me to travel the state of Florida and visit resorts. I...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/wilmington-recommendations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc2a0</guid><category><![CDATA[Restaurants & Cafes]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:52:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_4c9b7fb5c126457bbf67061e1a76e936~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARRIVE Wilmington - hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[ The ARRIVE hotel in Wilmington starts with a story about an elephant named Topsy who escaped from the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus in 1922.]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/arrive-wilmington</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc288</guid><category><![CDATA[Hotels & Inns]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:05:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_0a1147f65523408698d36aa1039dd918~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Ed Smith, Walter Biggs collector]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ed Smith is a business owner in the Roanoke Valley where I grew up. 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The springs are known for the filming of the 1954 film, Creature from the Black Lagoon....]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/the-lodge-at-wakulla-springs-crawfordville-fl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc280</guid><category><![CDATA[Hotels & Inns]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_aeb8a9e0b8654247849fe2792074f527~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Morrison West, author of The Artificials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Morrison West is a decorated veteran who wrote poetry on the battlefield and recently published his first novel, The Artificials. He prefers to write under a pen name and is still performing military training services that involve a good deal of travel, so we conducted this interview online. Morrison, thanks for taking the time to answer some of your readers' questions. Tell us a little bit about your military background:    I joined the US Army in 1985 and was retired from active duty in...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/interview-morrison-west-author-of-the-artificials</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994c252898de9f84b5e24be</guid><category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 15:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_76a93f3c1d964f5ca540a0eaff01b970~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Mystery Writer M. E. Roche]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's interview is with mystery writer, M. E. Roche. She has published seven books and her eighth is to be released this month. Be sure...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/interview-with-mystery-writer-m-e-roche</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994c252898de9f84b5e24c5</guid><category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_0dc5f489525e40aea2845d54d9a92df1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_596,h_750,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids &#38; the Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since I am a website designer, I have friends ask me about the internet, social media, apps, and all sorts of digital topic questions...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/kids-the-internet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc299</guid><category><![CDATA[RESOURCES]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 14:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_e6f594778ee94ed597c59a9452285f8d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Eric Lehwald of DTLA design ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eric Lehwald is the owner and lead designer of DTLA design in Los Angeles. I absolutely love his work so I asked if I could interview him...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/interview-eric-lehwald-of-dtla-design</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994c252898de9f84b5e24ca</guid><category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:20:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_832cc47c069e49e993f8a162fa7c8ede~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Victor L. Harris, Minority Landowner magazine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Victor L. Harris is the publisher and editor of the Minority Landowner magazine (available in print and digital formats). He received ...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/interview-victor-l-harris-minority-landowner-magazine-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc29b</guid><category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:36:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_4a59b64de49845df8c0ac0117cf02f30~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World of Self - Publishing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world is changing so fast. Back in the day when I signed up for my first class in Fiction Technique, the goal was to get your work...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/the-world-of-self-publishing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc296</guid><category><![CDATA[RESOURCES]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b120552d438643b8a5f0c1c2621c5ceb.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Covers, Custom Logos, Marketing Illustrations by Mary Beth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fifty percent of my web design clients are authors. Through working with writers and the publishing industry I have seen many generic book covers and illustration art. I have had the task of finding and creating graphics to coincide with their books for marketing purposes such as newsletter headers and social media posts from stock databases. Recently I started working with a client who is an art collector. He collects the artwork of a well-known illustrator of the 1920s to 1950s. At that...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/book-covers-custom-logos-marketing-illustrations-by-mary-beth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0db7f698666ebcd1cc297</guid><category><![CDATA[RESOURCES]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:28:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_cf335c55a300499c9c9663eed87bcd01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tuskegee Airman, Dempsey Morgan]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had the honor of meeting Dempsey Wesley Morgan, Jr. in 2012 before he passed away at the age of 93. Mr. Morgan was a fighter pilot from...]]></description><link>https://www.michellegill.studio/post/a-tuskegee-airman-dempsey-morgan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994c252898de9f84b5e24bd</guid><category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:37:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_adffc2686ff44a0b8a6efbb77ee7c172~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_800,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Gill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Los Angeles 1950]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found this edition of the Los Angeles Times at a yardsale. 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