{"id":1802,"date":"2021-03-30T10:18:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2024-08-28T22:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:43:59","slug":"changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/?p=1802","title":{"rendered":"Changer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being trapped inside during quarantine led to some productive writing time. I finished my second fantasy novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08QL6WNFK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dark Blood<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My son Ketch did some writing of his own. We were walking around the block one afternoon, and he was telling me a story. I kept prompting him to continue with questions: &#8220;Where does the boy live?&#8221; and &#8220;He has a tentacle arm? What can it do?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were both cracking up as Ketch kept expanding his wild tale about a boy named Changer. I knew it was too good not to share so we ran home to get it down. 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He can&#8217;t sit still as he talks, bouncing around the room and waving his arms as he breathes a story to life, and correcting me if I make a suggestion that isn&#8217;t part of his vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I&#8217;m struggling through a draft and it feels like a chore, I think of Ketch jumping on his bed as he excitedly tells his story, and I remember how fun writing can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Changer-Book-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Changer-Book-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-54b1438c-aca5-4084-84b1-cb130fed54aa\" href=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Changer-Book-1.pdf\">Changer-Book-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Changer-Book-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-54b1438c-aca5-4084-84b1-cb130fed54aa\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being trapped inside during quarantine led to some productive writing time. 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