{"id":5102,"date":"2020-03-12T09:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T13:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2020-03-11T13:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:36:29","slug":"patron-perk-the-culling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/12\/patron-perk-the-culling\/","title":{"rendered":"Patron Perk: The Culling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my <strong>favorite<\/strong> stories I&#8217;ve ever written, <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/the-culling\/\">The Culling<\/a>, is now available to <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/maryrajotte\">all my supporters on Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5103\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/12\/patron-perk-the-culling\/the-culling-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling.png\" data-orig-size=\"1410,2250\" 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=\"The Culling\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling.png\" class=\"wp-image-5103 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling.png 1410w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling-600x957.png 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling-768x1226.png 768w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/The-Culling-200x319.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>ABOUT THE CULLING<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<blockquote>After years of estrangement, Gemma\u2019s brothers come home to visit Mama on her death bed. When the overbearing boys start throwing their weight around, Gemma bites her tongue. But when they threaten to sever ties to that which she holds dearest, Gemma finally gets through to them in a way they cannot ignore.\u00a0<\/blockquote>\n<p><u><strong>THE PATH TO PUBLICATION<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Here are some details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It took <strong>13 rejections<\/strong> to find a home in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Black-Buttons-Vol-Family-Affair\/dp\/1949369005\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=black+buttons+vol+3&amp;qid=1583932738&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Black Buttons Vol. 3: A Family Affair<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It made the <strong>Recommended Reading List<\/strong> for the 2018 <a href=\"http:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Bram Stoker Awards<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It made it to <strong>Ellen Datlow\u2019s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ellendatlow.com\/2019\/09\/15\/full-recommended-list-for-2019-best-horror-of-the-year-volume-eleven-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Recommended Reading List<\/a> for Best Horror of the Year Vol. 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not too shabby!<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more? I\u2019ve written a few <strong>behind-the-scenes posts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/breeding-ground-20917057\">Breeding Ground: The Culling<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/notes-from-nook-20959755\">Notes From The Writing Nook<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/first-lines-21086568\">First Lines: The Culling<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/maryrajotte\">Become one of my patrons today<\/a>, just in time for another behind-the-scenes post next week detailing how I came up with the idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/maryrajotte\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5088\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/new-fiction-what-lies-beneath\/square_patreonsupporter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" 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=\"square_patreonsupporter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter.jpg\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5088\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/square_patreonsupporter-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite stories I&#8217;ve ever written, The Culling, is now available to all my supporters on Patreon! \u00a0 ABOUT THE CULLING After years of estrangement, Gemma\u2019s brothers come home to visit Mama on her death bed. 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