{"id":3921,"date":"2020-10-05T10:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2020-10-05T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T14:57:00","slug":"impatient-pirates-and-whats-coming-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/impatient-pirates-and-whats-coming-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Impatient Pirates and What&#8217;s Coming Next&#8230; (and a giveaway)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every time I sit down to write, it's as if I have Tom, Jon, and Baltsaros standing over my shoulder, Tom clearing his throat impatiently... because they want another book. And lord do I want to give them that... and I'm looking forward to writing it. I'm also looking forward to introducing you to the new characters in their coming adventure. ;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still get so many lovely emails\/messages about my pirates even now, six years after I first published <em>Caged<\/em> on a lark. I'm glad I did because it literally changed my life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the boys have to wait because I have <em>The Blacksmith's Apprentice<\/em> to finish. I was going to be done last month, but I decided not to push myself too hard too fast. I have a decision to make about the ending (there are two possible outcomes) and add a chapter I forgot to write. That's all that's left to do. Sounds easy, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*cracks knuckles* I can do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh! And before I forget - you can get a copy of <em>Exposed<\/em> (epub\/mobi\/pdf) for \u2728free\u2728 when you join the mailing list over at QueeRomance Ink. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.queeromanceink.com\/join-our-email-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here are the details.<\/a> Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I sit down to write, it&#8217;s as if I have Tom, Jon, and Baltsaros standing over my shoulder, Tom clearing his throat impatiently&#8230; because they want another book. And lord do I want to give them that&#8230; and I&#8217;m looking forward to writing it. I&#8217;m also looking forward to introducing you to the new characters in their coming adventure. ;) I still get so many lovely emails\/messages about my pirates even now, six years after I first published Caged on a lark. I&#8217;m glad I did because it literally changed my life. But the boys have to wait &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Impatient Pirates and What&#8217;s Coming Next&#8230; (and a giveaway)\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/impatient-pirates-and-whats-coming-next\/#more-3921\" aria-label=\"Read more about Impatient Pirates and What&#8217;s Coming Next&#8230; (and a giveaway)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1070,"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":[4,5,849],"tags":[116,101,10],"class_list":["post-3921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-updates","category-my-life","category-the-blacksmiths-apprentice","tag-fantasy","tag-pirates","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/notebook.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-11f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4741,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/the-blacksmiths-apprentice-coming-soon\/","url_meta":{"origin":3921,"position":0},"title":"The Blacksmith&#8217;s Apprentice&#8230; coming soon!","author":"Bey","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Folks... 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