{"id":2823,"date":"2009-06-25T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shilohwalker.wordpress.com\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2009-06-25T00:00:15","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T04:00:15","slug":"for-aspiring-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2009\/06\/for-aspiring-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"For aspiring authors&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I&#8217;m still gone&#8230;back soon!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Angela James, editor over at <a href=\"http:\/\/samhainpublishing.com\" target=\"_blank\">Samhain,<\/a> had an interesting post up at <a href=\"http:\/\/nicemommy-evileditor.com\/blog\/?p=2504\" target=\"_blank\">her blog<\/a>.\u00a0 One of the comments she made:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the fact is, it\u2019s up to the author to make sure the book doesn\u2019t need a second chance because it\u2019s entirely likely it won\u2019t get one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There were some other good points made, but this one just caught my eye and I wanted to share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still gone&#8230;back soon! 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