{"id":973,"date":"2022-11-29T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=973"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:00:28","slug":"top-ten-of-2022-part-3-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=973","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten of 2022, part 3 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Number 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/powers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/powers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/powers.jpg 333w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/powers-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kindle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This book started me on the six-month Medieval phase. I read two more books by Dan Jones (The Crusaders and Summer of Blood). This guy is really good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51zHD6P5-hL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51zHD6P5-hL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51zHD6P5-hL.jpg 313w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51zHD6P5-hL-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Romancing-Beat-Structure-Romance-Kissing-ebook\/dp\/B01DSJSUR\">Kindle<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought Plottr, which is a really excellent plotting device, with assorted templates. This was one of them, and when I picked up the book, I realized that it was more than just how to write a romance. It&#8217;s how to write a story in general. Definitely worth the Kindle price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51BtKJOIwUL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51BtKJOIwUL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51BtKJOIwUL.jpg 312w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51BtKJOIwUL-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kindle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this came out a while ago, I read it in advance of an interview I did with her at the beginning of the year. This was surprisingly good. (Surprise because I was also reading slush.) Vanessa takes the alien point of view and changes it a little, but still makes it applicable to our time.  She also wrote &#8220;The Smugglers&#8221; and another favorite of mine, &#8220;Coke Machine.&#8221;  Go <a href=\"https:\/\/waterdragonpublishing.com\/product\/all-that-was-asked\/\">here <\/a>for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number 4: This book started me on the six-month Medieval phase. I read two more books by Dan Jones (The Crusaders and Summer of Blood). This guy is really good. Number 3: I bought Plottr, which is a really excellent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=973\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","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=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":977,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions\/977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}