{"id":1365,"date":"2022-08-21T00:41:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2022-08-21T00:41:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:41:33","slug":"some-minor-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"Some minor updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. Twitter sucks. I took a hiatus and at some point my account was hacked and subsequently banned. I provided twitter with the proof including the date it occurred, and they will not reinstate my account. OK Twitter. The platform blows for connecting to people anyway.<\/li>
  2. Took a break I have been kicking the tires. The third Ravens <\/em>book is still moving. This book will complete the trilogy. I also have a ton of open projects at any time including collaborations.<\/li>
  3. Like most of you, times have been tough the past two years. It is difficult being creative in a crazy world. This is a lamentable paradox since people often cope with our crazy world by escaping into other crazy worlds made up by psychos like me. I imagine the supply is lagging behind the demand.<\/li>
  4. So it is that I’ve picked up the sword once again and plan to finish a draft by Christmas. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Twitter sucks. I took a hiatus and at some point my account was hacked and subsequently banned. I provided twitter with the proof including the date it occurred, and they will not reinstate my account. OK Twitter. The platform blows for connecting to people anyway. … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aT9B-m1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":537,"url":"https:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=537","url_meta":{"origin":1365,"position":0},"title":"New Hashtags on Twitter.","date":"December 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"New Twitter Project: I created a new twitter hashtag \u202a#\u200edarkfantasyxmas\u202c as a place for images, thoughts, and products that represent the darker nature of winter and Christmas. 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