{"id":462,"date":"2025-07-13T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2025-07-13T08:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:34:15","slug":"another-year-older-another-book-wiser-help-me-celebrate-my-birthday-without-lighting-candles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/?p=462","title":{"rendered":"Another Year Older, Another Book Wiser? (Help Me Celebrate My Birthday Without Lighting Candles)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey friends,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s my birthday! And much like a plot twist in one of my novels, I\u2019ve somehow aged another year without fully understanding how any of this works. To celebrate, I\u2019m doing what any self-respecting writer would do: avoiding mirrors, embracing stretchy pants, and gently reminding you that I have books for sale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you\u2019ve ever wondered, \u201cWhat do I get the person who has written the entire gamut of book genres but still can\u2019t small-talk at parties?\u201d \u2014 I come bearing answers! You can check out my Amazon Author page (<a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/juliegrayson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/juliegrayson<\/a>) or my Smashwords profile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/JulieGrayson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/JulieGrayson<\/a> (aka \u201cthe places where my books live rent-free\u201d). Follow me, pretty please? It\u2019s like a birthday gift to me, but you get to keep the book. Win-win!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why should you care?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> My characters are way more put-together than I am.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Buying a book = supporting my gambling habit. (It\u2019s a noble cause.)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Birthday guilt-tripping expires at midnight. Probably.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re feeling extra generous, grab a paperback, ebook, or even just stare lovingly at the covers. No pressure, but imagine how fun it\u2019ll be to say, \u201cI knew Julie back when she still thought \u2018adulting\u2019 was a verb.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for tolerating my annual \u201chey, it\u2019s my birthday AND HERE\u2019S A LINK\u201d post. You\u2019re the reason I\u2019m (mostly) functional. Now go forth, read something cheesy, and eat cake on my behalf.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-deprecatingly yours,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julie&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.S. If you\u2019re wondering, \u201cWhat\u2019s the calorie count on a book?\u201d \u2014 zero. But cake math is <em>your<\/em> problem today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey friends,&nbsp; Today\u2019s my birthday! And much like a plot twist in one of my novels, I\u2019ve somehow aged another year without fully understanding how any of this works. To celebrate, I\u2019m doing what any self-respecting writer would do: avoiding mirrors, embracing stretchy pants, and gently reminding you that I have books for sale.&nbsp; In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-write-books","category-isnt-that-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewlee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}