{"id":3098,"date":"2016-07-04T05:03:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T05:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/07\/04\/well-i-certainly-didnt-set-out-to-finish\/"},"modified":"2017-06-29T02:11:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T02:11:00","slug":"well-i-certainly-didnt-set-out-to-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/07\/04\/well-i-certainly-didnt-set-out-to-finish\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3098 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/07\/04\/well-i-certainly-didnt-set-out-to-finish\/attachment\/3099\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tumblr_o9ry1jzYSv1qmkq3eo1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tumblr_o9ry1jzYSv1qmkq3eo1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tumblr_o9ry1jzYSv1qmkq3eo1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>well, I certainly didn&rsquo;t set out to finish <a href=\"https:\/\/tmblr.co\/mqwfaB_FW2KgKNEZKrHnY-A\">@theoldaeroplane<\/a>&rsquo;s wicked little book &ldquo;Sparkler&rdquo; on the 3rd of July, but fate doesn&rsquo;t really like to be set out, does it?<\/p>\n<p>I write this as rumbling fireworks explode (illegally) in the genteel suburban mountain neighborhoods around me. I couldn&rsquo;t be further from Boston, but &ldquo;Sparkler&rdquo; transported me there. I was right beside the Pyro a year ago, and then a lifetime later &#8211; and I&rsquo;ve never even (successfully) logged in to Team Fortress 2. (but now I want to.) the settings, of which only Arizona have I seen with my own two eyes, were alive and ablaze (mmhmm) in my mind, and though the violence was graphic, it was never gratuitous.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve been familiar with Pyro because I follow Pemm-Corg-Plane and therefore I see all of the loving author art (which I adore, and even moreso now), but this book centered around that character in such a way as to paint two pictures: one of her own self-image, and its wavering nature, and the other of a delicate, mewling creature whose anti-charismatic aura serves to draw in as many as it drives away. I love her.<\/p>\n<p>when I finished (my husband looked over and said, &ldquo;ah, you&rsquo;re almost there!&rdquo; when I had three paragraphs left), I stared at the author blurb and wished I had the next part of this saga immediately on hand. I imagine at some point in the near future I will be visiting Corg&rsquo;s many helpful e-book links and carrying on with these characters. this was a universe I&rsquo;d never visited before, but through Pemm&rsquo;s brave, gritty voice, I&rsquo;d happily visit it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well, I certainly didn&rsquo;t set out to finish @theoldaeroplane&rsquo;s wicked little book &ldquo;Sparkler&rdquo; on the 3rd of July, but fate doesn&rsquo;t really like to be set out, does it? I write this as rumbling fireworks explode (illegally) in the genteel suburban mountain neighborhoods around me. I couldn&rsquo;t be further from Boston, but &ldquo;Sparkler&rdquo; transported me &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/07\/04\/well-i-certainly-didnt-set-out-to-finish\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1886,795,65,1208,1885,1248,1887],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-corgi-is-a-dang-good-writer-my-friends-a-transaction","tag-fire","tag-long-post","tag-readerlife","tag-sparkler","tag-theoldaeroplane","tag-tias","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3100,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions\/3100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}