{"id":6,"date":"2024-07-31T22:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/?p=6"},"modified":"2024-07-31T22:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:48:31","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/from-the-author\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years ago, I had a story blog that got me into writing. I eventually took it down because it was terrible. I guess escapism writing doesn\u2019t always mean good writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elusive4MindsNoText-1024x544.png\" alt=\"Original image I made in Gimp, when I was a little less experience with it.\" class=\"wp-image-10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elusive4MindsNoText-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elusive4MindsNoText-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elusive4MindsNoText-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elusive4MindsNoText-1536x816.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.zherosha.com\/elusive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elusive4MindsNoText.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Original image made in Gimp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This blog is a tribute to that dark time in my life. I\u2019m not sure if Elusive Retrospection will ever see the light of day again. I may rewrite it, but I have other projects in progress or I would like to start first, including more short stories, and rewriting Amnika\u2019s childhood stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So sit back, take a break from doom scrolling, and enjoy the posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Side note: the whole saga didn\u2019t end there. A few days prior to this post, I had the blog up with four stories already posted, and I screwed something up without a backup first. So now I\u2019m rebuilding the blog. So, the saga continues\u2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, I had a story blog that got me into writing. I eventually took it down because it was terrible. I guess escapism writing doesn\u2019t always mean good writing. This blog is a tribute to that dark time in my life. 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