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I am so frustrated.  I’ve been hard at work on “Panic Pure,” yet I guess I managed to hit the wall without realizing it.  I’ve got everything all sketched out in my notes, but I’m stuck right in the middle.  It really kind of sucks.<\/p>\n

I guess my best course of action is to take a step back, work on something else for a few days, and let my brain rest.  So that’s why I’ve decided to focus on my series of shorts.<\/p>\n

Hopefully I can finish Panic soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am so frustrated.  I’ve been hard at work on “Panic Pure,” yet I guess I managed to hit the wall without realizing it.  I’ve got everything all sketched out in my notes, but I’m stuck right in the middle.  It really kind of sucks. I guess my best course of action is to take…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> stymied<\/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":[80],"tags":[548,786,793],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-upcoming-projects","tag-panic-pure","tag-wip","tag-writers-block"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2pPoL-stymied","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2974,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/writing-promise\/","url_meta":{"origin":665,"position":0},"title":"I am writing. 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