{"id":847,"date":"2012-09-28T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=847"},"modified":"2012-09-27T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T18:40:09","slug":"inspired-by-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/inspired-by-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired By History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m guest blogging today at the Regency World of Author<a title=\"Lesley-Anne McLeod\" href=\"http:\/\/lesleyannemcleod.blogspot.ca\/\"> Lesley-Anne McLeod<\/a> today and having a blast. Even though I&#8217;m a contemporary writer, I love history. Stop by and check the history of the area that was the inspiration for my fictional town, Aspen Lake. 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