{"id":120,"date":"2017-02-11T22:13:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T22:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.themercseries.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2017-02-11T23:34:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T04:34:46","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.themercseries.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the new and improved blog.themercseries.com
\nA lot has changed since I first started this blog originally back in July 2014. It was at one point home to several of my short stories, but those have since moved over to my website, themercseries.com <\/a>
\nThe new goal of this blog is to be the home of my writing and editing process. Most of this content will be from The Merc Series Facebook page and will get reposted here so it doesn\u2019t get \u2018lost\u2019 in the Facebook feed.
\nOne of the featured items on this blog will be my Creativity Posts. These posts will serve to help answer that question all writers get, \u201cWhere do you get your ideas from?\u201d
\nThese are meant to be fun and quick reads as I explain how my thought process works. The pictures used are random ones I find\/stumble across. They serve only to show that initial spark of inspiration and aren\u2019t meant to be taken literal.
\nThe posts are written off the top of my head in a \u2018thinking out loud, brainstorming\u2019 kind of way and as such are subject to change when\/if I find better answers to some of the questions I ask. Or just change my mind on something. \ud83d\ude09
\nI hope you enjoy them. And be sure to \u2018like\u2019 The Merc Series Facebook Page<\/a> to see them first during #FridayNightWriting as well as other exclusive content.<\/p>\n

Scott<\/p>\n

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