{"id":5969,"date":"2023-08-18T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?p=5969"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T05:50:21","slug":"august-2023-author-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/august-2023-author-life\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2023 Author Life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5969\" class=\"elementor elementor-5969\">\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-3ecfce0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ecfce0\" 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-2e11064\" data-id=\"2e11064\" 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-9cc2289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9cc2289\" 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=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5974\" alt=\"Author Life\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1.png 940w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\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-017434a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"017434a\" 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-6d09f22\" data-id=\"6d09f22\" 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-8fc7973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fc7973\" 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 style=\"color: #252525;\">I recently had the incredible opportunity to organise and partake in Adelaide&#8217;s most exciting gaming event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avcon.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #252525;\">Ultimate Gamer\u2014Adelaide\u2019s Premier Multi-platform Videogaming Competition<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"color: #252525;\">It started as the entrants gathered to tackle a series of single-player challenges. From mind-bending puzzles to intense combat missions. As gamers conquered challenges, they earned stamps that secured their chance to qualify for the grand finals on Sunday.<\/p><p style=\"color: #252525;\">As the finals are in process, the finalists now faced the ultimate test: a blind run elimination tournament. As the tournament progressed, winners emerged.<\/p><p style=\"color: #252525;\">However, what truly shone through was the camaraderie and sportsmanship that prevailed.\u00a0The gaming community came together to celebrate a shared passion, regardless of the outcomes.<\/p><p style=\"color: #252525;\">Amidst the gaming excitement, I had the pleasure of encountering two brilliant local authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/23215839.S_M_GREY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #252525;\">S.M. Grey<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/24777995.Nadine_Abrahams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #252525;\">Nadine Abrahams<\/strong><\/a>. I purchased signed copies of their books, The Stormforged and The Primal Heartbeat.<\/p><p style=\"color: #252525;\">If you&#8217;re a fellow gamer or simply someone who appreciates the power of community and creativity, keep your eyes peeled for future editions of the Ultimate Gamer tournament.<\/p><p style=\"color: #252525;\">Until then, keep gaming, keep reading, and keep embracing the adventures that life has to offer.<\/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\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>I recently had the incredible opportunity to organise and partake in Adelaide&#8217;s most exciting gaming event, Ultimate Gamer\u2014Adelaide\u2019s Premier Multi-platform Videogaming Competition.&nbsp;&nbsp; It started as the entrants gathered to tackle &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/august-2023-author-life\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">August 2023 Author Life\u00a0<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969"}],"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=5969"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5981,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969\/revisions\/5981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}