{"id":1853,"date":"2020-06-02T08:34:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2020-06-02T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:34:52","slug":"general-update-aka-2020-takes-its-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/general-update-aka-2020-takes-its-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"General Update (aka 2020 Takes Its Toll)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Things have been \u2026 <em>surreal<\/em> lately, for lack of a better word. Protesters tear-gassed in front of the White House, protesters tear-gassed a mile from my house\u2014all while protesting against police brutality. Meanwhile, a global pandemic rages, and will almost certainly surge again. And amidst all this, I spent two weeks in the hospital while being treated for an auto-immune disorder. A one-time occurrence, or something (else) I have to deal with for the rest of my life? It\u2019s too early to tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Days pass, and yet time stands still. I\u2019m just super-grateful I\u2019m home, and safe. I\u2019m grateful that we\u2019re healthy and have everything we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My editor has returned notes to me regarding the first half of the Book 3 draft. Over coming days, I\u2019ll start reviewing them to the best of my ability. I absolutely can\u2019t set timeframes for completion at this point, LOL; that concept seems so foreign right now. I still have medical stuff to deal with weekly, if not more often. I\u2019ll finish when I finish, and do my best to keep you informed of progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be safe and be healthy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things have been \u2026 surreal lately, for lack of a better word. Protesters tear-gassed in front of the White House, protesters tear-gassed a mile from my house\u2014all while protesting against police brutality. Meanwhile, a global pandemic rages, and will almost certainly surge again. And amidst all this, I spent two weeks in the hospital while being treated for an auto-immune disorder. A one-time occurrence, or something (else) I have to deal with for the rest of my life? It\u2019s too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/general-update-aka-2020-takes-its-toll\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,17,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-ellis","category-books","category-sword-and-starship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1854,"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions\/1854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}