{"id":2658,"date":"2019-12-13T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T19:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2019-12-13T13:01:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T20:01:39","slug":"a-not-so-timely-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2658","title":{"rendered":"A Not-So-Timely Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>OK, so I\u2019ve been neglecting this blog. Why?<\/p>\n

Well, would you believe writing teachers get writers\u2019 block the same as our students do? Oh, I have excuses, but\u2014truth be told\u2014they\u2019re the same \u201cdog-ate-my-homework\u201d variety I used to get in my classes.<\/p>\n

Truth is I haven\u2019t come up with any cool ideas\u2014so in lieu of a spectacular topic, I\u2019ll give you a more mundane one. Here\u2019s an update on my book.<\/p>\n

Online sales have been brisk in December. Maybe it\u2019s the Christmas rush or maybe it\u2019s the new Amazon ads.
\nAnyway, I realize I have several new blog readers so I\u2019d better get something up to let them know I do post here. Insert smiley face with slightly guilty expression.<\/p>\n

Also, I\u2019m looking forward to my first Amarillo event, a reading at the Burrowing Owl on Thursday, December 19 (6:30-7:00 p.m.). Hope some of you can come.<\/p>\n

In addition, I\u2019m creating a Journal\/Workbook to go with The Best Is Yet To Be<\/em>. I\u2019ve decided if I can write my way to a creative, happy retirement, you can too. Hope to have it ready by late January (and if you want to be a first-reader, just message me).<\/p>\n

Finally, I\u2019m working on improving the website. I want to make it a place where retirees find what all of us need most to make these our best years yet. It will be a place of hope.<\/p>\n

P.S. And I promise this won\u2019t be the last blog of the year. Insert guilty-looking smiley face again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, so I\u2019ve been neglecting this blog. Why? Well, would you believe writing teachers get writers\u2019 block the same as our students do? Oh, I have excuses, but\u2014truth be told\u2014they\u2019re the same \u201cdog-ate-my-homework\u201d variety I used to get in my classes. Truth is I haven\u2019t come up with any cool ideas\u2014so in lieu of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2660,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658\/revisions\/2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}