{"id":4990,"date":"2017-03-24T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2017-03-28T16:23:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:23:42","slug":"something-to-look-forward-to-plus-goodreads-giveway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=4990","title":{"rendered":"Something to look forward to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HHCathy2.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4991\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?attachment_id=4991\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HHCathy2.jpg?fit=432%2C486\" data-orig-size=\"432,486\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"HH&#038;Cathy2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HHCathy2.jpg?fit=266%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HHCathy2.jpg?fit=432%2C486\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4991\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HHCathy2.jpg?resize=266%2C300\" alt=\"HH&amp;Cathy2\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HHCathy2.jpg?resize=266%2C300 266w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HHCathy2.jpg?w=432 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swamped! I&#8217;ve been expanding my business and with spring finally here, find myself overwhelmed, but too much work is better than not enough, right? I like being my own boss but I&#8217;m seriously burning out. Fortunately my best friend Cathy is kindly taking me to London and Barcelona with her to celebrate her birthday in early May. We&#8217;ve been close since meeting as teenagers, she is my son&#8217;s godmother and very good to both of us. I knew from the moment Cathy walked into my life that she was an exceptional human being and I&#8217;m lucky to know her. In any case, I&#8217;m scrambling to prepare to leave town. Thankfully, my inner optimist has kept my passport current.<\/p>\n<p>Also, today is your last chance to win a copy of my novel, <em>The Town Slut&#8217;s Daughter<\/em> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23338592-the-town-slut-s-daughter\">Goodreads<\/a>. &#8220;Haley has the gift of writing to suit her subject in all its raddled variety, from wired and jarring to lyrical and tragic.&#8221;-Vancouver Sun<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swamped! I&#8217;ve been expanding my business and with spring finally here, find myself overwhelmed, but too much work is better than not enough, right? I like being my own boss but I&#8217;m seriously burning out. Fortunately my best friend Cathy is kindly taking me to London and Barcelona with her to celebrate her birthday in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4990"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5000,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions\/5000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}