{"id":12421,"date":"2017-12-29T08:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T21:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=12421"},"modified":"2017-12-22T18:16:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T07:16:03","slug":"how-i-keep-myself-and-others-inspired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/how-i-keep-myself-and-others-inspired\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Keep Myself (and others) Inspired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, what a ride of a year! I\u2019ve had lots of ups, and lots of downs. I always try to focus on the ups, however, not the downs, in an attempt to continually inspire myself (and others), rather than drag myself (and others) down. So at this very self-reflective time of year, I make myself think about what I <em>have<\/em> achieved, rather than what I haven\u2019t. In my last blog post, I also talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/on-dreaming-big-and-dreaming-small\/\">the importance of dreaming small as well as dreaming big<\/a>, as small dreams can help you get started on your path here, now, today. Perhaps in among the following there&#8217;s a &#8216;small&#8217; idea or two to get you started on yours, whatever that might be?<\/p>\n<h3>Words<\/h3>\n<p>In 2017 I saw my words come to life in books, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>one published <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/dead-of-night-wins-austhorror-australian-shadows-award-book-launch-photos\/\">to raise money for The Kids\u2019 Cancer Project<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>one that\u00a0won an <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/dead-of-night-wins-austhorror-australian-shadows-award-book-launch-photos\/\">Australian Shadows Award<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>one attempting to break a <a href=\"https:\/\/celenicearthpublications.wordpress.com\/anthologies\/cea-greatest-anthology-written\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guinness World Record<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>one <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/lots-of-books-are-here\/\">compiled by a Hugo-nominated journal<\/a>, and<\/li>\n<li>of course my very own solo debut: <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/towards-white-launched-in-sydney\/\"><em>Towards White<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12422\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Towards-White-Manly-Daily-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Towards-White-Manly-Daily-300x206.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Towards-White-Manly-Daily-768x527.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Towards-White-Manly-Daily-1024x703.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Towards-White-Manly-Daily-150x103.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Towards-White-Manly-Daily.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/readers-are-reading-towardswhite-squee\/\">Readers got in touch with me<\/a> about how much they identified with my characters and enjoyed my stories. Amazing! I&#8217;ll admit I encouraged this (and still do \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/contact\/\">send me<\/a> your pics and post your reviews!) as hearing from readers is incredibly motivating for a writer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12338\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Victoria-Hannah-Sydney-286x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Victoria-Hannah-Sydney-286x300.png 286w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Victoria-Hannah-Sydney-143x150.png 143w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Victoria-Hannah-Sydney.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12339\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gaby-Valentova-North-Shore-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gaby-Valentova-North-Shore-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gaby-Valentova-North-Shore-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gaby-Valentova-North-Shore.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12340\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Canberra-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Canberra-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Canberra-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Canberra-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Canberra.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12341\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Freshwater-Beach-Towards-White-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Freshwater-Beach-Towards-White-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Freshwater-Beach-Towards-White-sm-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Freshwater-Beach-Towards-White-sm-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Freshwater-Beach-Towards-White-sm.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12337\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Northover-Ontario-Canada-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Northover-Ontario-Canada-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Northover-Ontario-Canada-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Northover-Ontario-Canada.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/portfolio\/towards-white\/\"><em>Towards White<\/em><\/a> was even immortalised in art! Can you spot its spine in this bookcase?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12427\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Victoria-Hannah-bookcase-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Victoria-Hannah-bookcase-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Victoria-Hannah-bookcase-768x960.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Victoria-Hannah-bookcase-120x150.jpg 120w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Victoria-Hannah-bookcase.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Teaching<\/h3>\n<p>I also taught, mentored or spoke to countless writers about stories and books in various courses and groups across the country: in Sydney\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/10-tips-how-to-get-kids-writing-in-their-spare-time\/\">Warringah, Dee Why, Forestville and Belrose<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mec.nsw.edu.au\/modules\/find?value=shapter&amp;go.x=0&amp;go.y=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mosman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZenaShapter\/photos\/a.239512882735213.64696.200519949967840\/1727867137233106\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redfern<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au\/library\/whats-on\/all-library-events\/make-talk-matter-zena-shapter-workshop-young-writers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manly<\/a>; in <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/conflux13-recounting-a-weekend-of-speculative-fiction-conflux_sfcon\/\">Canberra<\/a>; and at the national awards for the Write-a-Book-in-a-Day challenge, where I co-won a writing award. I taught kids, adults and seniors, and found their passion for writing both timeless and insatiable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12429\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23658395_1901419583231940_4883969256257355460_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23658395_1901419583231940_4883969256257355460_n-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23658395_1901419583231940_4883969256257355460_n-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23658395_1901419583231940_4883969256257355460_n-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23658395_1901419583231940_4883969256257355460_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12423\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Warringah-Library-Writing-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Warringah-Library-Writing-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Warringah-Library-Writing-768x478.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Warringah-Library-Writing-1024x638.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Warringah-Library-Writing-150x93.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Warringah-Library-Writing.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12424\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Make-Talk-Matter-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Make-Talk-Matter-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Make-Talk-Matter-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Make-Talk-Matter-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Make-Talk-Matter-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Make-Talk-Matter.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12425\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-writing-kids-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-writing-kids-260x300.jpg 260w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-writing-kids-768x887.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-writing-kids-886x1024.jpg 886w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-writing-kids-130x150.jpg 130w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-writing-kids.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Community<\/h3>\n<p>I examined <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/how-authors-sign-books-wrap-up-handwriting-personality\/\">how writers sign their books<\/a> in a blog series that saw about thirty authors show us their handwriting. They were incredibly generous with their time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12426\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Star-Wars-Chewy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Star-Wars-Chewy-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Star-Wars-Chewy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Star-Wars-Chewy-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Star-Wars-Chewy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-Star-Wars-Chewy.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I attended <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/a-supanova-story-thanks-supanovaexpo\/\">Supanova<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/conflux13-recounting-a-weekend-of-speculative-fiction-conflux_sfcon\/\">Conflux<\/a>, where I met with fans, readers and writers of speculative fiction. I spoke on writing panels about fairytales, writing across cultures, and crossover fiction.<\/p>\n<h3>Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>I reflected on <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/touchstone-a-continual-source-of-writing-inspiration\/\">my writing touchstone<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/science-fiction-the-future\/\">science fiction and the future<\/a>, what <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/what-did-you-want-to-be\/\">I wanted to be<\/a> when I grew up, gave free tips to <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/setting-stories-free-writingtips\/\">writers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/10-tips-how-to-get-kids-writing-in-their-spare-time\/\">kids<\/a>, took a course myself in <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/learning-teaching-writing-including\/\">writing inclusive fiction<\/a>, and was interviewed by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wakingwriter.com\/2017\/10\/04\/zena-shapter-author-towards-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waking Writer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/australianwomenwriters.com\/2017\/10\/sunday-spotlight-zena-shapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Women Writers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com.au\/2017\/10\/in-conversation-with-zena-shapter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supernatural Underground<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/simondillonbooks.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/27\/life-death-and-iceland-an-interview-with-zena-shapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life, Death and Iceland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More to come in the New Year too!<\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<p>To finish off the year I wrote some <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/portfolio\/towards-white\/\">free resources<\/a> for readers to enjoy <em>Towards White<\/em> on a deeper level, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A set of discussion questions<\/li>\n<li>An introduction to Mark\u2019s thesis written by Becky Dales<\/li>\n<li>A YouTube playlist offering a musical journey through character \u2013 Becky Dales at the novel\u2019s start, through the story, to its end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope these resources will inspire readers as I was inspired to put them together. They&#8217;re free to use over <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/portfolio\/towards-white\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Balance<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, I instigated a new way of working that gave me more balance. I wasn&#8217;t getting any new writing done at the start of 2017, as I was teaching a lot after hours and at weekends. Mid-way through the year, I became determined to make more time for writing \u2013 after all, it&#8217;s what I do best! The time slot I trialed was the first two hours after my kids went to school in the morning, after which I would then move on to client work (<a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/creative-support\/\">layouts, editing, mentoring, teaching and other creative support<\/a>). It worked really well, so I hope to continue that into the New Year. I have so many stories to tell!<\/p>\n<p>What about you \u2013 have you found better balance in your working day or something to give away to inspire others? Have you met any incredible people, generous with their time or insatiable with their passion?<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, when you reflect on 2017, are you able to reflect on what you have achieved, rather than what you haven&#8217;t? Sometimes self-reflection can be more important than actually hitting the mark, he he&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12431\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shooting-accuracy-300x179.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shooting-accuracy-300x179.png 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shooting-accuracy-768x458.png 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shooting-accuracy-250x150.png 250w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shooting-accuracy-150x89.png 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shooting-accuracy.png 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, what a ride of a year! I\u2019ve had lots of ups, and lots of downs. I always try to focus on the ups, however, not the downs, in an attempt to continually inspire myself (and others), rather than drag myself (and others) down. So at this very self-reflective time\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/how-i-keep-myself-and-others-inspired\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12431,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[1756,1875,792,1903,99,130,1906,1905,1901,1897,208,218,1902,893,1898,1751,1907,394,1434,1904,1908,554,1800,1873,1900,637,1753,666,1899,1566,707,709,712],"class_list":["post-12421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-news","category-writer-advice","tag-australian-shadows-award","tag-australian-women-writers","tag-balance","tag-belrose","tag-canberra","tag-conflux","tag-crossover","tag-cultures","tag-dee-why","tag-dreaming","tag-fairytales","tag-fiction","tag-forestville","tag-free","tag-guinness-world-record","tag-hugo","tag-inclusive","tag-manly","tag-mosman","tag-redfern","tag-resources","tag-science-fiction","tag-supanova","tag-supernatural-underground","tag-teaching","tag-the-kids-cancer-project","tag-touchstone","tag-towards-white","tag-victoria-hannah","tag-warringah","tag-write-a-book-in-a-day","tag-writers","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shooting-accuracy.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12421"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12459,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12421\/revisions\/12459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}