{"id":4629,"date":"2018-08-15T12:09:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4629"},"modified":"2018-08-15T12:12:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:12:55","slug":"new-release-the-culling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/15\/new-release-the-culling\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release: The Culling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say you shouldn&#8217;t have a favorite child. That you should love them all equally. But when you&#8217;re an author, I think it&#8217;s perfectly acceptable to have a favourite story you&#8217;ve written. For me, that story is <em><strong>The Culling<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I unabashedly LOVE this story. When I re-read it, I&#8217;m surprised, because much of it, I don&#8217;t remember writing. I feel like at that time, I was channeling some other part of me that I hadn&#8217;t touched upon before. That I&#8217;d tapped into that inner creative font that is sometimes so elusive. So, I am more than thrilled that this story is finally out there in the world for readers to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><u><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/the-culling\/bbv3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/bbv3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1125,1800\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bbv3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/bbv3.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/bbv3.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4628 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/bbv3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/bbv3.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/bbv3-600x960.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/bbv3-200x320.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>Here are some stats:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><strong>First penned:<\/strong> 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of rejections:<\/strong> 13<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beta Readers:<\/strong> 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lesson here. <strong>Never give up on a story<\/strong>. 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Be sure to <strong>watch this space<\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/maryrajotte\">my Patreon page<\/a> for these exclusive morsels of horror!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the details you need to know about The Culling and upcoming story bonus 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