{"id":756,"date":"2019-06-23T10:50:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=756"},"modified":"2019-06-23T10:50:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T14:50:18","slug":"qualifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Qualifications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past week, I&#8217;ve had the issue with my right eye bleeding and because of that, I&#8217;m having a hard time reading things. I look down, then up &#8211; and it looks like a lion&#8217;s tail is moving around in my vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mostly I&#8217;ve been wondering if I&#8217;m qualified to give advice about writing. <em>Real Magic for Writers<\/em> is not just about magic, but about how you can improve your writing. In order for the magic to work, you need to be able to do the improvements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m drawing on my 30-plus years of experience, both in magic and with writing.  Is that enough to prove that I know what I&#8217;m talking about? I&#8217;m published, but I don&#8217;t have a ton of reviews; I have people that I read cards for, but I don&#8217;t have constant clients. Do I really know what I&#8217;m doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do I prove it? Do you want to see my diploma from college, saying I have an English degree? Do you want me to read your cards for you? I can&#8217;t guarantee that <em>Real Magic<\/em> will work for you, but if you do the work, your writing can only be improved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week, I&#8217;ve had the issue with my right eye bleeding and because of that, I&#8217;m having a hard time reading things. I look down, then up &#8211; and it looks like a lion&#8217;s tail is moving around in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=756\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}