{"id":31149,"date":"2016-01-24T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=31149"},"modified":"2016-01-23T22:08:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T09:08:44","slug":"an-interview-a-giveaway-on-im-shelf-ish-book-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/01\/24\/an-interview-a-giveaway-on-im-shelf-ish-book-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview & A Giveaway On “I’m Shelf-ish” Book Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My first pre-publication interview posted this week on “I’m Shelf-ish” book blog. Here’s a sampler:<\/p>\n

How has your upbringing influenced your writing?
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Helen:<\/b> I was encouraged to read and read widely, and although reading does not necessarily lead to writing, it\u2019s a great first step. We also moved a lot when I was a kid, including traveling internationally, which opened up new perspectives as well as new vistas, both of which are great fodder for a writer.
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To read the full interview, click on:<\/p>\n

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Plus there’s a giveaway running for The Heir of Night\/ The Gathering of the Lost<\/em>, although I’m afraid it’s only for US\/CAN readers — but if you’re from the US\/CAN or know somewhere there who might be interested, check it out.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I’ll be back later today to update you on what’s happening for Publication Week.<\/p>\n

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My first pre-publication interview posted this week on “I’m Shelf-ish” book blog. Here’s a sampler: How has your upbringing influenced your writing? . Helen: I was encouraged to read and read widely, and although reading does not necessarily lead to writing, it\u2019s a great first step. We also moved a lot when I was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booklaunches","category-my-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31152,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31149\/revisions\/31152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}