{"id":9336,"date":"2025-05-05T11:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=9336"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:39:25","slug":"first-book-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/first-book-look\/","title":{"rendered":"First Book Look: Interview with Rebecca Cuthbert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my fellow authors Rebecca Cuthbert was gracious enough to host me <a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccacuthbert.com\/2025\/05\/03\/first-book-look-mary-rajottes-the-bone-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at her blog!<\/a> First Book Look explores debut authors and their path to publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/the-bone-key\/\">The Bone Key<\/a>, give a little insight into how I write books, and what I&#8217;m up to next!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"9337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/first-book-look\/first-book-look-mr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/first-book-look-mr.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,1200\" 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=\"first-book-look-mr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/first-book-look-mr.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/first-book-look-mr.png\" src=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/first-book-look-mr.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/first-book-look-mr.png 800w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/first-book-look-mr-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/first-book-look-mr-768x1152.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-left\"><blockquote><p><strong>Q: What are you hoping readers will get from your story? 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