{"id":440,"date":"2014-07-27T09:35:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T13:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=440"},"modified":"2014-07-27T09:35:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T13:35:39","slug":"spires-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/spires-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Spires complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just finished writing the sequel to Caged<\/em> last night. I'll wait a few days to clear my head and start the first reread. Hopefully it will be published in a few months.<\/p>\n

Phew.<\/p>\n

Still not sure about the name.<\/p>\n

Can't wait to work on the cover. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just finished writing the sequel to Caged last night. I’ll wait a few days to clear my head and start the first reread. Hopefully it will be published in a few months. Phew. Still not sure about the name. Can’t wait to work on the cover. :)<\/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":[4,7],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-updates","category-beyond-the-spires","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-76","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":297,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/a-real-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":440,"position":0},"title":"A Real Book","author":"Bey","date":"June 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The one year anniversary of the day I sat down and started writing is coming up at the end of the month. 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