{"id":2160,"date":"2021-05-13T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2022-05-09T13:22:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T03:52:21","slug":"may-2021-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/may-2021-update\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2021 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2160\" class=\"elementor elementor-2160\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-123f056 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"123f056\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c856649\" data-id=\"c856649\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99f3568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99f3568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>My twelve year old son totally spoiled me this Mother&#8217;s Day, it was wonderful. A full cooked breakfast and lunch, plus a lovely gift: quality colour pencils and a sketch pad. He inspired me to get back into drawing. I&#8217;m definitely out of practice, but still pleased with my first piece in decades. I based this picture on the card he gave me:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aab98a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aab98a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mothers-Day-Butterfly-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2245\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mothers-Day-Butterfly-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mothers-Day-Butterfly-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mothers-Day-Butterfly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mothers-Day-Butterfly-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mothers-Day-Butterfly-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mothers-Day-Butterfly.jpg 1687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ea5e43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ea5e43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7972815\" data-id=\"7972815\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531fade elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"531fade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><u><i>Crystal's Crucible<\/i> Launches in August 2021<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd21edd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd21edd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Would you like a sample of my forthcoming romantic suspense\/erotic thriller?<\/p><p><a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KFWNJRF8ID0VCnO6Q6nQ5-Lg9KXrl6Ce\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Chapter 1 here for FREE<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af01c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1af01c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ARC Readers Needed<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225671a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"225671a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>If you would like a free advance copy of Crystal&#8217;s Crucible in exchange for an honest review, please apply via one of the following:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/booksprout.co\/arc\/66047\/crystal-s-crucible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Sprout<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/storyoriginapp.com\/reviewcopies\/03842556-b1fe-11eb-b601-2fad28ba768b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Origin<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/DttZBYzaq8NCGDEZ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author Direct<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div>Reviews must be posted by the 28th August to Amazon. It would be great if you could also post them to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/55138291-crystal-s-crucible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/books\/crystal-s-crucible-a-phoebe-braddock-romance-the-phoebe-braddock-books-book-3-by-l-starla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BookBub<\/a>.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3316922 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3316922\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-692063b\" data-id=\"692063b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d6353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8d6353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><u>Winter's Maiden 1 Launch Party<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4b40a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a4b40a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Next week is party week.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/l.starlareadersgroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join the fun here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc472c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc472c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70302ae\" data-id=\"70302ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8702e09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8702e09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Launch-Party-Schedule-EST-1024x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2307\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Launch-Party-Schedule-EST-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Launch-Party-Schedule-EST-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Launch-Party-Schedule-EST-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Launch-Party-Schedule-EST-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Launch-Party-Schedule-EST.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My twelve year old son totally spoiled me this Mother&#8217;s Day, it was wonderful. A full cooked breakfast and lunch, plus a lovely gift: quality colour pencils and a sketch &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/may-2021-update\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May 2021 Update<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47,11,12,79],"tags":[50,43,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2310,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}