{"id":173,"date":"2011-11-19T01:29:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T09:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harperkingsley.wordpress.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:38:38","slug":"editing-the-beast-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/editing-the-beast-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"editing the beast #writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am running through “Heroes & Villains” again, making changes and prettying it up for print as a 6×9 trade paperback. It’s kind of stressful, but I’m going at it with tenacious verve as I am aiming for an early December release.<\/p>\n

What does that mean for the world at large? Free copies for some lucky duckies!<\/p>\n

That’s right, there will be giveaways. Not only am I part of the Christmas Blog Hop, but I will be running some other giveaways on the side. So keep an eye out on that, ’cause who doesn’t like free stuff, amiright?<\/p>\n

~Peace, love, joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am running through “Heroes & Villains” again, making changes and prettying it up for print as a 6×9 trade paperback. It’s kind of stressful, but I’m going at it with tenacious verve as I am aiming for an early December release. What does that mean for the world at large? Free copies for some lucky duckies!…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> editing the beast #writing<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[62,80],"tags":[373,730],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-self-publishing","category-upcoming-projects","tag-heroes-villains","tag-tpbs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-2N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2188,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/where-did-heroes-villains-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":173,"position":0},"title":"Where did Heroes & Villains go?","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"February 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In case anyone has been wondering where my novel \"Heroes & Villains\" has gone -- it's off Amazon and everywhere else -- it's very simple:\u00a0 I've signed a contract with Less Than Three Press and they will be re-issuing \"Heroes & Villains\" in the coming months. 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