{"id":113494,"date":"2025-09-26T21:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/?p=113494"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:24:27","slug":"stop-doing-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2025\/09\/stop-doing-this\/","title":{"rendered":"STOP DOING THIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stop doing <em>what<\/em>, you ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sigh. <em><strong>THIS<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m XXXXXXX author of novels including XXXXX,  XXX XXXX XXXX and XXXXX. 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