{"id":14114,"date":"2021-04-13T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=14114"},"modified":"2021-05-02T09:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T23:11:49","slug":"the-ampersand-you-pick-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/the-ampersand-you-pick-b\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ampersand: &#8216;You pick (b)&#8217; #ShortStory #Published"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ampersand-magazine-Zena-Shapter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ampersand-magazine-Zena-Shapter-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ampersand-magazine-Zena-Shapter-213x300.png 213w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ampersand-magazine-Zena-Shapter-106x150.png 106w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ampersand-magazine-Zena-Shapter.png 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hurray! My short story &#8216;You pick (b)&#8217; has just been published in the first edition of the new free-to-read magazine <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/djprojects.net\/the-ampersand\" target=\"_blank\">The Ampersand<\/a>. The magazine publishes short, sharp &amp; sweet stories, so they won&#8217;t take long to delight you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this first edition, there are writers from all over Australia, of all different ages, writing in all kinds of genre \u2013&nbsp;it&#8217;s a huge honour for me to be included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/djprojects.net\/the-ampersand\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Zena-Shapter-You-pick-b-300x213.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14116\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Zena-Shapter-You-pick-b-300x213.png 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Zena-Shapter-You-pick-b-1024x727.png 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Zena-Shapter-You-pick-b-768x545.png 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Zena-Shapter-You-pick-b-150x106.png 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Zena-Shapter-You-pick-b.png 1395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you djprojects for creating such a fantastic magazine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to read my story, please click to access the magazine <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/djprojects.net\/the-ampersand\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, then scroll down to the first edition and navigate to the last story \u2013 I don&#8217;t write humorous stories very often, but sometimes you&#8217;ve got to end with a chuckle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/djprojects.net\/the-ampersand\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zena-Shapter-The-Ampersand-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zena-Shapter-The-Ampersand-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zena-Shapter-The-Ampersand-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zena-Shapter-The-Ampersand-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zena-Shapter-The-Ampersand-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zena-Shapter-The-Ampersand.jpg 1143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;You pick (b)&#8217; published in The Ampersand! 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