{"id":735,"date":"2016-07-13T14:27:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T21:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2016-09-28T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:26:21","slug":"warming-up-the-blogging-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/warming-up-the-blogging-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Warming Up the Blogging Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, strangers. After a streak of weekly posts, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been quiet (too quiet?) the last 6 months. Did you miss me? Did you wonder how I could forsake writing?<\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just assume you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve answered \u00e2\u20ac\u0153yes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to both. But! I come with news. You see, I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forsaking writing. Not at all. In fact, my first sci-fi novel will be published in a few months. See? Totally busy with writing things.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I know you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all still due an updated entry on autism, now that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been over 18 months (close to 21 months, actually) since my diagnosis and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had time to educate myself and process and so forth. And I swear that that is on my list; it <em>is<\/em> going to happen. But I think you can see how the impending publication of a book is kind of a massive deal to me. So, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to get back to more regular blogs. Because writing a book is a journey and I have Thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re about a week out from a cover reveal, but what I <em>can<\/em> reveal is this:<\/p>\n<p>The book is called <em>Peace Fire<\/em>, and the awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ernestcline.com\/\">Ernie Cline<\/a>, bestselling author of <em>Ready Player One<\/em>, had this to say about it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ECblurb.png\" alt=\"White text on a dark background: &quot;A smart, fun, fierce tale of geek revolution and high-stakes adventure.&quot; -Ernest Cline, Bestselling Author of Ready Player One\" width=\"1238\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ECblurb.png 1238w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ECblurb-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ECblurb-768x74.png 768w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ECblurb-1024x99.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ECblurb-1200x116.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, keep an eye out! In addition to reading blogs here, you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmberBirdOfficial\/\">can follow me on Facebook<\/a>. There should be a steady trickle (that will increase to a torrent!) of content for the next little while.<\/p>\n<p>xxx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, strangers. After a streak of weekly posts, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been quiet (too quiet?) the last 6 months. Did you miss me? Did you wonder how I could forsake writing? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just assume you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve answered \u00e2\u20ac\u0153yes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to both. But! I come with news. You see, I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forsaking writing. Not at all. In fact, my first sci-fi novel will be published in a few months. See? Totally busy with writing things. 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