{"id":2377,"date":"2007-08-16T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:27:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:27:11","slug":"just-little-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2377","title":{"rendered":"Just A Little News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it&#8217;s REALLY HARD to write a book proposal, a feat every would-be novelist must accomplish before that all-important submission. Though it&#8217;s a synopsis of a story you know, it is somehow mind-sappingly difficult, and most people I know whinge and groan and fall apart about it. Even people <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2007\/08\/how_to_write_a_precis_without.html\" target=\"_blank\">I don&#8217;t know are whinging<\/a> and whining and falling apart about it. Somehow, that makes me feel better&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Kim &#038; Jason have ideas for <a href=\"http:\/\/kimandjason.com\/blog\/2007-08-16\/build-yourself-a-cardboard-castle.html\" target=\"_blank\">things to do with cardboard boxes<\/a>. Eisha, take note.<\/p>\n<p>I got a good laugh one day out of author Gail Gauthier over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gailgauthier.com\/blogger.html\" target=\"_blank\">Original Content<\/a> wondering if it would be weird if she just walked into a bookstore and started signing her own books. And now we know the answer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/authors\/stephen_king_mistaken_for_book_vandal_65180.asp?c=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Um, no.<\/a> Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/\" target=\"_blank\">GalleyCat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whew! The One Shot Book Tour was officially awesome! I learned so much and have added yet more to a staggeringly long To Be Read booklist. I&#8217;m sure you did too! Stay tuned for more from the busy kidlitosphere bloggers, led by the intrepid Colleen &#8211; those rockin&#8217; Under Radar Reads will debut in just two weeks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it&#8217;s REALLY HARD to write a book proposal, a feat every would-be novelist must accomplish before that all-important submission. Though it&#8217;s a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,10],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-random-notes-and-errata","tag-views"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4257,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions\/4257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}