{"id":2671,"date":"2010-01-06T02:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2009-12-31T14:12:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T22:12:59","slug":"i-resolve-to-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/i-resolve-to-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"I Resolve To&#8230;Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Wendy Roberts<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2668\" title=\"roberts_pic\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/roberts_pic.jpg\" alt=\"roberts_pic\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not great at setting New Year\u2019s resolutions. Actually, it\u2019s the keeping of the resolutions where I fail. I can always lose a few pounds (okay, more than a few) and exercise more (okay, start exercising), and be less of a control freak (okay, maybe I can\u2019t be less controlling).<\/p>\n<p>However, there is one resolution I\u2019ve managed to keep year after year. I kill people. Sure, it\u2019s only on paper but that anger has to start somewhere, right? So if you cut me off in traffic, annoy me in the check-out line, tackle my son during a football game, or give me a bad review\u2026well, chances are good you\u2019re going to die. I apologize. Really I do. But, in my <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2672\" title=\"roberts_dead_and_kicking\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/roberts_dead_and_kicking.jpg\" alt=\"roberts_dead_and_kicking\" width=\"200\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/roberts_dead_and_kicking.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/roberts_dead_and_kicking-92x150.jpg 92w, https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/roberts_dead_and_kicking-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>world, that\u2019s just the way it is.<\/p>\n<p>Writing a series that involves crime scene cleanup means having to come up with dead people on a regular basis, and I have to admit that I enjoy this part of my job immensely. Even though the names have been changed to protect the guilty, I get real joy from releasing a little tension with a little murder.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any stress left over from the holidays? How do you work off the tension?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Cindy for inviting me to blog. In addition to my latest release, <strong>DEAD AND KICKING<\/strong>, I\u2019m pleased to offer the first in the series, <strong>REMAINS OF THE DEAD<\/strong>, to a winner who posts a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Leave a comment or question for Wendy to enter to win <strong>DEAD AND KICKING <\/strong>and <strong>REMAINS OF THE DEAD<\/strong>. If you\u2019re reading Wendy&#8217;s post through a feed on Facebook, Goodreads, or another social network, please visit the comment trail at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museinterrupted.com\/\">Muse Interrupted<\/a> to be eligible for the draw.<\/p>\n<p>To read Wendy\u2019s bio and the back cover blurb for <strong>DEAD AND KICKING<\/strong>, please see yesterday\u2019s post. To learn more about Wendy and her books, check out her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyroberts.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Wendy Roberts I\u2019m not great at setting New Year\u2019s resolutions. Actually, it\u2019s the keeping of the resolutions where I fail. I can always lose a few pounds (okay, more than a few) and exercise more (okay, start exercising), and be less of a control freak (okay, maybe I can\u2019t be less controlling). However, there&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/i-resolve-to-murder\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Resolve To&#8230;Murder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,39,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-authors","category-give-aways","category-guest-bloggers","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2671"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}