{"id":1111,"date":"2021-03-01T19:52:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2021-03-01T19:54:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:54:12","slug":"qa-in-the-big-thrill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/qa-in-the-big-thrill\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A in The Big Thrill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-01-at-2.26.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1112 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-01-at-2.26.23-PM.png 654w, https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-01-at-2.26.23-PM-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What do you hope readers will take away from this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">First of all, I want them to enjoy it as an entertaining read and a whodunnit! I love hearing that readers did not predict the ending. But I\u2019d also like them to really care about Allie, the main character, and her struggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the biggest challenge this book presented? What about the biggest opportunity?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest challenge for me was really tapping into the emotions of the main character and her vulnerability. It took me a while to strip her defenses back and lay her vulnerabilities bare. But it was an opportunity to really grow those muscles and challenge myself to write in an uncomfortable space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebigthrill.org\/?p=67152\">here<\/a> to read the entire Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you hope readers will take away from this book? First of all, I want them to enjoy it as an entertaining read and a whodunnit! I love hearing that readers did not predict the ending. But I\u2019d also like them to really care about Allie, the main character, and her struggles. What was &#8230; <a title=\"Q&#038;A in The Big Thrill\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/qa-in-the-big-thrill\/\" aria-label=\"More on Q&#038;A in The Big Thrill\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aggieblumthompson.com\/staging\/2456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}