{"id":450,"date":"2012-11-11T23:05:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-11T15:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamincheah.wordpress.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2012-11-11T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T15:05:39","slug":"blood-sweat-and-soul-being-a-professional-indie-fiction-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitsuncheah.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Blood, Sweat and Soul: Being a Professional Indie Fiction Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I gave my first-ever presentation as a writer today at WriteCamp 2012. I spoke about what it took to be a professional indie fiction writer. It went a lot better than I expected, and I even managed to video the presentation. Here is the presentation, in three parts. 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