{"id":6864,"date":"2017-09-25T16:38:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/?p=6864"},"modified":"2017-09-25T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:47:08","slug":"celebrating10years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2017\/09\/25\/celebrating10years\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of EpicTales.org!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/512px-Firework_photomontage1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6866\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2017\/09\/25\/celebrating10years\/512px-firework_photomontage1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/512px-Firework_photomontage1.jpg?fit=512%2C382\" data-orig-size=\"512,382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"512px-Firework_photomontage[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/512px-Firework_photomontage1.jpg?fit=512%2C382\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6866\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/512px-Firework_photomontage1.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"512px-Firework_photomontage[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/512px-Firework_photomontage1.jpg?resize=300%2C224 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/512px-Firework_photomontage1.jpg?resize=285%2C214 285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/512px-Firework_photomontage1.jpg?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>It was ten years ago on September 22nd that I posted my very first blog post here at EpicTales.org!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since then we have seen and experienced, in no particular order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>356 Blog Posts<\/li>\n<li>Six writing conferences attended<\/li>\n<li>Three novels written, edited, and published by\u00a0Zondervan \/ BLINK YA Books<\/li>\n<li>Seeing my publisher merge with Thomas Nelson and become Harper Collins Christian Publishing<\/li>\n<li>The birth of\u00a0EPIC TALES PRESS<\/li>\n<li>The publication of a family CD<\/li>\n<li>The bronze-casting of my very own Excalibur<\/li>\n<li>Three promotional contests, including the bronze-casting of a copy of Excalibur that was given away as the grand prize<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 100 book reviews, starting with Jonathan Roger&#8217;s Bark of the Bog Owl<\/li>\n<li>Many different promotional events, including library conferences, library visits, school visits, craft festivals, and so on.<\/li>\n<li>The nearing completion\u00a0of ARTHUR&#8217;S BLADE, book 1 of The Pendragon Spiral<\/li>\n<li>The death of my mother<\/li>\n<li>The birth of my first grandchild<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In short, it&#8217;s been a WILD TEN YEARS!<\/strong> \u00a0Thank you, each and every one of you for your help, encouragement, and support!<\/p>\n<p><strong>As a small celebration\u00a0I&#8217;m going to give away a signed copy of MERLIN&#8217;S BLADE<\/strong> to one random person who comments on this blog post, along with a colored Merlin that I drew\u00a0a few years ago. \u00a0The winner will be announced Saturday morning!<\/p>\n<p>Views: 136<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIt was ten years ago on September 22nd that I posted my very first blog post here at EpicTales.org! 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