{"id":4913,"date":"2019-06-12T10:15:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:15:37","slug":"casting-thicker-than-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/12\/casting-thicker-than-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting Thicker Than Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not only is there <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wattpad.com\/story\/188688196-thicker-than-water\">a new chapter of Thicker Than Water up on Wattpad<\/a>, but there\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/27576669\">a new behind-the-scenes post up on Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the MacDoyle Family<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the first things I do when plotting a book is to look for photos of actors I think best represent the characters I have in my head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you read the first chapter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wattpad.com\/story\/188688196-thicker-than-water\">Thicker Than Water on Wattpad<\/a> yet? 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