{"id":116,"date":"2014-04-29T15:32:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T19:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2014-04-29T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T19:32:53","slug":"fan-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It's fan mail\u00a0Wednes\u2014 oh hey it's only Tuesday. *scratches head* How does that happen?<\/p>\n<p>I think I've mentioned it before, but I am happy that I put my email at the end of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/beycaged\"><em>Caged<\/em><\/a>. It's nice when people take the time to write to me!<\/p>\n<p>Today's email (and my reply):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dear Bey,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I just want to say <em>holy shit<\/em> and\u00a0<em>wow.<br \/>\n<\/em>Keep writing. I know a lot of young writers give up because the market is hard, but keep it it up!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you! It makes me happy to know that I've made someone happy. *Grin* though I am a\u00a0new\u00a0writer, it does not mean I am young!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, I will definitely keep writing for as long as it makes me happy. I'm not in this for the money... I just want to share what goes on in my head.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for writing to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s fan mail\u00a0Wednes\u2014 oh hey it&#8217;s only Tuesday. *scratches head* How does that happen? I think I&#8217;ve mentioned it before, but I am happy that I put my email at the end of Caged. It&#8217;s nice when people take the time to write to me! Today&#8217;s email (and my reply): Dear Bey, I just want to say holy shit and\u00a0wow. Keep writing. I know a lot of young writers give up because the market is hard, but keep it it up!\u00a0 Thank you! It makes me happy to know that I&#8217;ve made someone happy. *Grin* though I am a\u00a0new\u00a0writer, it &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Fan Mail\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail\/#more-116\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fan Mail\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","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":"It's fan mail Wednes\u2014 oh hey it's only Tuesday.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,21],"tags":[64,65,10],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-life","category-writing-2","tag-fan-mail","tag-life","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-1S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":449,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":0},"title":"Fan Mail Wednesday &#8211; picture-post edition.","author":"Bey","date":"July 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to another round of fan mail Wednesday! I just received what is probably one of the oddest questions so far, so I thought I'd turn my answer into a blog post. Ann writes: You probably get asked what you actually look like all the time so I will ask\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Life","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/my-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"mitchum","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":344,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/giffy-blog-post-because-all-the-cool-kids-are-doing-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":1},"title":"Giffy blog post because all the cool kids are doing it","author":"Bey","date":"June 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This summer can bite my shiny metal ass... so far it's been nice a handful of days, but, in between, the barometer's been playing yo-yo. Nicht so gut for my sinuses. \u00a0 \u00a0 I hit a slow spot with the writing. Just staring at the page going \"B... lover, please\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Life","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/my-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Do you think I need another blog post? You think I need another blog post. Ok... 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