{"id":3194,"date":"2014-08-19T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T14:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2014-08-19T12:31:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T16:31:05","slug":"altered-words-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/19\/altered-words-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Words Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3082\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/25\/altered-words-cold-fear\/alteredwords_title\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/alteredwords_title.png\" data-orig-size=\"462,513\" 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=\"alteredwords_title\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/alteredwords_title.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/alteredwords_title.png\" class=\"wp-image-3082 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/alteredwords_title.png\" alt=\"alteredwords_title\" width=\"244\" height=\"271\" \/>So, I&#8217;ve been having fun with my <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?s=altered+words\">Altered Words <\/a>series of posts &#8211; but why should I be the only one?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m extending a challenge to one and all &#8211; to take my stories&#8230;and tear &#8217;em up!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right! Consider this an invitation to experiment! Anyone who wants to get in on the fun will receive a<strong> 50% Discount code<\/strong> for an ebook of their choice with which to experiment. Already own a copy? Well, what are you waiting for?!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>RULES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open up your copy of <strong>Flowers for the Dead, The Lockwood Collection<\/strong> or <strong>Like Flies To Honey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Print out a copy or load it into your favourite photo editing program and black out the words you don&#8217;t want<\/li>\n<li>Send the poem\/prose to me or post it on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shadowedmusings\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PRIZES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll choose my favorite poem (or poems!) and that person will win a mini prize pack! Bookmarks, stickers, pencils and other goodies!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>EXTRAS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhy not write a quick review while you&#8217;re at it? Something short &amp; sweet will do the trick and posting it on Amazon and\/or Goodreads.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>GET YOUR COPY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t already own a copy of either of the 3 ebooks, just head over to my website, choose either <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/works\/like-flies-to-honey-ebook\/\">Like Flies to Honey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/works\/flowers-for-the-dead\/\">Flowers for the Dead<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/works\/the-lockwood-collection-ebook\/\">The Lockwood Collection<\/a> ebook and use the following Discount Code to get 50% off:<\/p>\n<p>[su_note note_color=&#8221;#d6d1d9&#8243;]Use Discount Code: <b>50OFF<\/b>[\/su_note]<br \/>\nThen, mark it up in your photo editor of choice, or just write the poem out &amp; send it to me so I can share it with other readers! Or feel free to post it to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shadowedmusings\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>. Easy as pie!<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;get out there and <strong>find your poem<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Altered Words challenge &#8211; and a discount code!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[260,353,212],"class_list":["post-3194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-on-writing","tag-contests","tag-poem","tag-poetry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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