{"id":33836,"date":"2016-12-19T06:30:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=33836"},"modified":"2016-12-18T23:42:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T10:42:50","slug":"were-in-the-final-countdown-but-things-are-still-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/12\/19\/were-in-the-final-countdown-but-things-are-still-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re In the Final Countdown &#8212; But Things Are Still Happening!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, Christmas may be looming at the end of the week, but things <em>are<\/em> still happening in the interim!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20855\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/06\/10\/whats-coming-up-on-anything-really-another-great-week\/rebecca-fisher\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20855\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20855\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rebecca-Fisher-95x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Fisher\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rebecca-Fisher-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rebecca-Fisher-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rebecca-Fisher.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Fisher<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First and foremost, this week Rebecca Fisher (of <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/big-worlds-on-small-screens-with-rebecca-fisher\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big Worlds On Small Screens<\/a> (BWoSS) fame joins the &#8220;Avid&#8221; series &#8212; only Rebecca (perhaps unsurprisingly given BWoSS) has opted to be an Avid Viewer. To catch her viewer&#8217;s take on 2016, check back in on Thursday for her Top 5 of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>ICYMI, the previous two &#8220;Avid&#8221; features are here:<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/an-avid-reader-special-paul-weimers-top-5-reads-of-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Weimer&#8217;s Top 5 Reads of 1016<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/12\/15\/an-avid-reader-special-karen-mcmillans-top-5-reads-of-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Karen McMillan&#8217;s Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2016<\/a><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_33838\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?attachment_id=33838\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33838\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33838\" class=\"wp-image-33838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Gondor-Calls-for-Aid-2.gif\" alt=\"gondor-calls-for-aid-2\" width=\"245\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gondor Calls For Aid&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rebecca wasn&#8217;t a 2015 contributor to the &#8220;Avid&#8221; series, but if you want to Check Out Moar, you might like her Tropes posts, featured on her home <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenya003.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>They&#8217;re All Fictional<\/em><\/a> blog:<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/ravenya003.blogspot.co.nz\/2014\/11\/exploring-tropes-gondor-calls-for-aid.html\" target=\"_blank\">Exploring Tropes: &#8220;Gondor Calls for Aid&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/ravenya003.blogspot.co.nz\/2014\/08\/exploring-tropes-self-fulfilling.html\" target=\"_blank\">Exploring Tropes:The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Fun stuff, indeed &#8212; not to mention thoughtful , and fascinating writing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, Christmas may be looming at the end of the week, but things are still happening in the interim! First and foremost, this week Rebecca Fisher (of Big Worlds On Small Screens (BWoSS) fame joins the &#8220;Avid&#8221; series &#8212; only Rebecca (perhaps unsurprisingly given BWoSS) has opted to be an Avid Viewer. To catch her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funstuff","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33836","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=33836"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33841,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33836\/revisions\/33841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}