{"id":4662,"date":"2018-08-24T12:39:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4662"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:39:46","slug":"notes-from-the-writing-nook-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/24\/notes-from-the-writing-nook-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes From The Writing Nook &#8211; August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another new installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/20959755\">Notes From The Writing Nook is live on Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/13\/new-perks-for-patrons\/notesfromthewritingnook_log-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/notesfromthewritingnook_log-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"370,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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