{"id":15601,"date":"2023-09-09T09:58:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=15601"},"modified":"2023-09-09T09:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:58:56","slug":"doot-doot-doot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/doot-doot-doot\/","title":{"rendered":"Doot doot doot…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Finally got my story written and away to the O Deadly Night<\/em> anthology last week. A little late, but I've been dealing with a weird situation at home that involved my landlord's sister and cops and installing extra security, etc. All good now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I had some big formatting jobs to take care of... and it was just SO FUCKING HOT in Montreal this past week that I've been a big ol' curmudgeon. And when I'm being curmudgeonly, I can't do anything creative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the weather is back to clement, I can write again and finally get moving on the rest of My Roommate, Kevin<\/em>. I'm also going to post some of my WIPs, like my vampire story, for the Silver Subscribers next week as well as this month's giveaway, so keep your eyes peeled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That's it. That's the update. It's really nice out today so I think I shall write outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally got my story written and away to the O Deadly Night anthology last week. A little late, but I’ve been dealing with a weird situation at home that involved my landlord’s sister and cops and installing extra security, etc. All good now. Then I had some big formatting jobs to take care of… and it was just SO FUCKING HOT in Montreal this past week that I’ve been a big ol’ curmudgeon. And when I’m being curmudgeonly, I can’t do anything creative. Now that the weather is back to clement, I can write again and finally get moving on … <\/p>\n

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