{"id":2150,"date":"2012-09-21T15:24:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2012-09-21T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T19:25:11","slug":"puzzle-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/puzzle-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/puzzle-pieces\/puzzlepieces2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/puzzlepieces2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"350,263\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"puzzlepieces2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/puzzlepieces2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/puzzlepieces2.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2155\" title=\"puzzlepieces2\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/puzzlepieces2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/>As writers, we really have to be good at puzzles, don&#8217;t we? 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