{"id":371,"date":"2012-05-24T04:18:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T04:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2012-05-24T02:19:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T02:19:29","slug":"carnivalesque-your-first-fictional-crush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque-your-first-fictional-crush\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnivalesque: Your First Fictional Crush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-373\" title=\"carnivalesque_final\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final3-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final3-220x300.jpg 220w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final3.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>Today our Carnivalesque: Travelling Blog Show exploits take us to <a title=\"Hayley E. Lavik, Fantasy Author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hayleyelavik.com\/\">Hayley E. Lavik&#8217;<\/a>s blog were we&#8217;re confessing to our first fictional crushes. Not only that, but we&#8217;re also confessing to what that says about us. Should be interesting, so come join <a title=\"Hayley E. Lavik, Fantasy Author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hayleyelavik.com\/\">Hayley E. Lavik<\/a>, <a title=\"Jana Richards\" href=\"http:\/\/janarichards.blogspot.ca\/\">Jana Richards<\/a>, <a title=\"Joanne Brothwell\" href=\"http:\/\/joannebrothwell.blogspot.ca\/\">Joanne Brothwell<\/a>, and <a title=\"Janet's Journal\" href=\"http:\/\/jscorcoran.blogspot.ca\/\">Janet Corcoran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give you a hint. One of my first fictional crushes had super fantastic wheels. I liked his ride almost as much as I liked him. It was the &#8217;70&#8217;s and my favorite boy crush band was the Bay City Rollers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to have to stop by and confess to your own crushes! You can also follow along on Twitter #blogshow @karyngood<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today our Carnivalesque: Travelling Blog Show exploits take us to Hayley E. Lavik&#8217;s blog were we&#8217;re confessing to our first fictional crushes. Not only that, but we&#8217;re also confessing to what that says about us. 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