{"id":4701,"date":"2012-11-25T08:48:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T13:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=4701"},"modified":"2012-11-25T08:48:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T13:48:53","slug":"a-long-overdue-nanowrimo-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=4701","title":{"rendered":"A Long Overdue NaNoWriMo Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nano-badge-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4449\" title=\"nano badge 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nano-badge-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nano-badge-3.jpg 180w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nano-badge-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>For a while there wasn&#8217;t much happening on the NaNoWriMo front. 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