{"id":543,"date":"2011-08-05T05:35:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T10:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=543"},"modified":"2011-08-05T05:35:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T10:35:02","slug":"hum-and-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Hum and Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>So, you may have noticed I had a sale on last weekend. Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/jimthewriterb.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Bronyaur<\/a> was kind enough to <a href=\"http:\/\/jimthewriterb.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/04\/interview-with-james-tallett\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> me, and talk to me about sales, selling ideas, and ebook pricing. Wander over to see what I thought, then come back for the #FridayFlash.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\tThe hum lived, and silence fled.<\/p>\n<p>\tIt was persistent, this hum. It vibrated from the foundation of the building to the peak, creeping and crawling through cracks and crevices.<br \/>\n\tIt slipped inside of us, and we hummed with the structure.<br \/>\n\tNo voice could overcome it, no noise slip past its embrace.<br \/>\n\tSwelling, it became the centre.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe hum grew, and became more.<br \/>\n\tThe building collapsed, vibrations having shattered its core.<br \/>\n\tBones broke, and we perished.<br \/>\n\tGrowing, it became all.<\/p>\n<p>\tYet something was not right, for the hum changed pitch.<br \/>\n\tOnce.<br \/>\n\tAnd again.<br \/>\n\tIt became a wild thing, a creature of scales and chords and reverberations.<br \/>\n\tLike all before it, the hum must pass on too.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe hum died, and silence reigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you may have noticed I had a sale on last weekend. Well, Jim Bronyaur was kind enough to interview me, and talk to me about sales, selling ideas, and ebook pricing. Wander over to see what I thought, then come back for the #FridayFlash. The hum lived, and silence fled. It was persistent, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[36,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pRIK4-8L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":275,"url":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=275","url_meta":{"origin":543,"position":0},"title":"The Airship","date":"September 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Wind whipped Isabella's hair as she leaned out the window. \u201cDavid, come here!\u201d David obediently looked out, then sat back down to his book. \u201cBeautiful, dear\u201d. \u201cYou have all the romance of a shrew, husband. 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