{"id":115,"date":"2007-05-22T19:59:33","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T23:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/webdesign\/2007\/05\/22\/from-out-of-the-blue-comes-a-writing-offer\/"},"modified":"2011-07-07T19:13:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T23:13:30","slug":"from-out-of-the-blue-comes-a-writing-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/webdesign\/2007\/05\/22\/from-out-of-the-blue-comes-a-writing-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"From out of the blue comes a writing offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I&#8217;m feeling out of sorts and kind of confused today.   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