{"id":449,"date":"2014-07-30T15:38:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T19:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2014-07-30T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T19:38:16","slug":"fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Mail Wednesday &#8211; picture-post edition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another round of fan mail Wednesday!<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Ann writes: <em>You probably get asked what you actually look like all the time so I will ask a different question.\u00a0What do you smell like?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hi Ann! \u00a0What do I smell like? Hmm. Well, most of the time I smell like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition\/mitchum\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" 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=\"mitchum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"mitchum\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum.jpg?resize=676%2C676&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mitchum.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bumble-bumble-sumotech.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition\/bumble-bumble-sumotech\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bumble-bumble-sumotech.jpg?fit=460%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"460,320\" 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=\"bumble-bumble-sumotech\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bumble-bumble-sumotech.jpg?fit=460%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bumble-bumble-sumotech-300x208.jpg?resize=300%2C208\" alt=\"bumble-bumble-sumotech\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bumble-bumble-sumotech.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bumble-bumble-sumotech.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition\/christian-dior-fahrenheit-mens-1-7-ounce-eau-de-toilette-spray-l12989627\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627.jpg?fit=650%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,650\" 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=\"Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627.jpg?fit=650%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-451\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Christian-Dior-Fahrenheit-Mens-1.7-ounce-Eau-De-Toilette-Spray-L12989627.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and, if I'm being honest, probably a little of:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"453\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition\/photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-am\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM-e1406748384849.jpg?fit=1936%2C2592&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1936,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405416440&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo 2014-07-15, 9 27 20 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM-e1406748384849.jpg?fit=764%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-453 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM-e1406748384849-224x300.jpg?resize=224%2C300\" alt=\"Photo 2014-07-15, 9 27 20 AM\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM-e1406748384849.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM-e1406748384849.jpg?resize=764%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM-e1406748384849.jpg?resize=676%2C905&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Photo-2014-07-15-9-27-20-AM-e1406748384849.jpg?w=1936&amp;ssl=1 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for writing to me, Ann! I love random emails. \u00a0I'm glad you enjoyed <em>Caged<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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 a different question.\u00a0What do you smell like? &nbsp; Hi Ann! \u00a0What do I smell like? Hmm. Well, most of the time I smell like: and: and: and, if I&#8217;m being honest, probably a little of: &nbsp; Thank you for writing to me, Ann! I love random emails. \u00a0I&#8217;m glad you &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Fan Mail Wednesday &#8211; picture-post edition.\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail-wednesday-picture-post-edition\/#more-449\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fan Mail Wednesday &#8211; picture-post edition.\">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":[5],"tags":[64,150,91,149],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-life","tag-fan-mail","tag-pictures","tag-random","tag-smell-your-author"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-7f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1391,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/better-the-devil-you-know-thank-you-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":0},"title":"Better the Devil You Know &#8211; Thank you from the bottom of my heart!","author":"Bey","date":"November 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I know I've probably said it already at least once. Probably more. But... I was not expecting the reception I've gotten for Devil. I've received more fan mail for this book than any other. I'm floored. Completely.A HUGE thank you to everyone who has shared my blog posts, the buy\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":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":116,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fan-mail\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":1},"title":"Fan Mail","author":"Bey","date":"April 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's fan mail\u00a0Wednes\u2014 oh hey it's only Tuesday. *scratches head* How does that happen? I think I've mentioned it before, but I am happy that I put my email at the end of Caged. It's nice when people take the time to write to me! Today's email (and my reply):\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Life","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/my-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":309,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/things-that-make-me-go-blech\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":2},"title":"Things that make me go blech.","author":"Bey","date":"June 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I often say that I have no triggers and nothing makes me squeamish. But that's a bloody lie. Here is what makes me squeamish: \u00a0spoiled food. I can't for the life of me open an old container of food if I know there is a strong possibility that there is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Life","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/my-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":851,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fall\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":3},"title":"Fall","author":"Bey","date":"December 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I want to reach for you. Every fibre of my being strains\u00a0towards you, dying for the home I have found\u00a0in your arms. Your wool coat is damp with the autumn mist, and\u00a0I know that if I took handfuls of it and buried my face in your collar you'd smell like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bey's Tales&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bey's Tales","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/writing-2\/beys-tales-writing-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/coat-t.png?fit=800%2C317&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/coat-t.png?fit=800%2C317&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/coat-t.png?fit=800%2C317&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/coat-t.png?fit=800%2C317&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":344,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/giffy-blog-post-because-all-the-cool-kids-are-doing-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":4},"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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