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\"\"<\/a>I’m in limbo this morning but as the crocuses peek through the snow, I look upon this time as a chance to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m going. I have to continue to market my writing, but the muse beckons. It’s an entirely different hat I put on to sell than the one I wear when I create. I wonder which hat will win out today.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m in limbo this morning but as the crocuses peek through the snow, I look upon this time as a chance to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m… <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1LuVB-22","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3418,"url":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2017\/writing\/an-extraordinary-book-of-belonging\/","url_meta":{"origin":126,"position":0},"title":"An Extraordinary Book of Belonging","author":"Diana Stevan","date":"7 \u0416\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u044f, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"My husband, Rob, and I recently visited Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. 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