{"id":326,"date":"2014-06-20T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=326"},"modified":"2014-06-20T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T17:40:35","slug":"mid-june-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/mid-june-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid June already?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where does the time go?<\/p>\n<p>New things!<\/p>\n<p>1 - <em>Caged<\/em> is being edited. \u00a0Professionally. Nothing of the story changes... just tightening up the text a little and fixing the niggling little typos\/errors. I'm also adding a map at the beginning - might help the immediate assumption that it's historical fiction rather than historical <em>fantasy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>2 - <em>Spires<\/em> is at 70%. I'm pretty sure that the final title will be <em>Heart: Beyond the Spires.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0I like long titles. But we'll see.<\/p>\n<p>3 - It's fucking gorgeous out these days. Between the beautiful weather and <em>The Sopranos<\/em>, my productivity is taking a hit; but, you know what? I'm my own boss, I make my own schedule.<\/p>\n<p>4 - <em>Sword<\/em> is not officially on hold just yet. I may still want to continue while I'm working on <em>Spires<\/em>. Might be nice to jump tracks every once in a while.<\/p>\n<p>5 - Murphy got a little surgery to remove some growths on his leg. He would like everyone to know just how miserable he is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/conedog.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/mid-june-already\/conedog\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/conedog.jpg?fit=960%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"conedog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/conedog.jpg?fit=960%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/conedog-300x199.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" alt=\"conedog\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/conedog.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/conedog.jpg?resize=676%2C449&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/conedog.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does the time go? New things! 1 &#8211; Caged is being edited. \u00a0Professionally. Nothing of the story changes&#8230; just tightening up the text a little and fixing the niggling little typos\/errors. I&#8217;m also adding a map at the beginning &#8211; might help the immediate assumption that it&#8217;s historical fiction rather than historical fantasy. 2 &#8211; Spires is at 70%. I&#8217;m pretty sure that the final title will be Heart: Beyond the Spires.\u00a0\u00a0I like long titles. But we&#8217;ll see. 3 &#8211; It&#8217;s fucking gorgeous out these days. Between the beautiful weather and The Sopranos, my productivity is taking a hit; &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Mid June already?\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/mid-june-already\/#more-326\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mid June already?\">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":"","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":[6,5,7,52],"tags":[34,14,119],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caged","category-my-life","category-beyond-the-spires","category-sentenced-to-the-sword","tag-editing","tag-murphy","tag-summer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-5g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/so-many-words-so-little-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":0},"title":"So Many Words, So Little Time","author":"Bey","date":"April 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Slowly creeping up to 50% on Beyond the Spires. I keep thinking that I should put up a teaser chapter somewhere, but unless you've read Caged, there's at least one big spoilers. And I personally hate spoilers. Another chapter done of Spires. Next is a chapter for a different writing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Caged&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Caged","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/book-updates\/caged\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1372,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/happy-birthday-sacrificed-50-off-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":1},"title":"Happy Birthday, Sacrificed &#8211; 50% off sale","author":"Bey","date":"October 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires is one year old today! To celebrate, I'm putting the Baal's Heart trilogy on 50% sale for the rest of the month at Smashwords. https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/byseries\/12012Just enter the following coupons at checkout:Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas: CZ46V Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires: BN46V\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/teaser-promo9.png?fit=650%2C336&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/teaser-promo9.png?fit=650%2C336&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/teaser-promo9.png?fit=650%2C336&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2284,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/happy-halloween-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":2},"title":"Happy Halloween Sale!","author":"Bey","date":"October 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"October 30 & 31 ONLY Smashwords Sale! - Use coupon code at checkout Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas -\u00a0 $4.99 $2.50 w\/ code NJ48X Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires - $4.99 $2.50 w\/ code TE66E Fated: Love and Redemption - $4.99 $2.50 w\/ code XU87S Careened: Winter\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Better the Devil You Know&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Better the Devil You Know","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/book-updates\/better-the-devil-you-know\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"happy-halloween","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/happy-halloween-255x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3040,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/sacrificed-on-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":3},"title":"Get Sacrificed on sale for .99 (Aug 1-3, US\/UK only)","author":"Bey","date":"August 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires - Baal's Heart II Buy it today for .99! (US\/UK only) Novel (127,090 words) Genre(s): Historical Fantasy, Erotic Action\/Adventure, Polyamory, LGBT+\/GSM Reunited once more, the crew of Baal\u2019s Heart must make the long and treacherous journey south to the towering spires of the Devil\u2019s Isles.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sacrificed-cover-600x400-e1410528110479.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":440,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/spires-complete\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":4},"title":"Spires complete!","author":"Bey","date":"July 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Just finished writing the sequel to Caged last night. I'll wait a few days to clear my head and start the first reread. 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