{"id":364,"date":"2018-02-19T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T00:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2018-02-19T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T00:18:10","slug":"two-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"Two Excuses…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bailey Baxter here.<\/p>\n

Remember me? The author of The Mirror of Doom?<\/em> You signed up for my email list, and I promised you I’d send you a post once a month.<\/p>\n

And, then I totally dropped the ball.<\/p>\n

Yeah, it’s been months since I posted anything on my website. MONTHS! And, I’m embarrassed, mortified, and really, really sorry.<\/p>\n

\"Adrenal<\/a>

Click Here To View my Copywriting Sample<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

But, I’m not too ashamed to put the blame on two different things…<\/p>\n

1) My Clients Buried Me With Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

You see… I work full-time as a copywriter. But, let me make one thing clear… I don’t sit at a desk and draw circles around the letter “C.” (Yes, some people actually think I spend my time that way.) That’s a copyright<\/em>. I write sales copy — also called junk mail by people who hate getting it. An example of my work is this piece right here ==><\/p>\n

So, I spend my days writing for a living and scrambling to meet deadlines (which aren’t always reasonable). I have to fit my book writing around my copywriting — which, lately, has been extremely demanding. I’d prefer to spend ALL my time writing books, but only about 20% of authors make a decent living. And, I need to eat and pay bills, so copywriting it is!<\/p>\n

2) My Dog is High Maintenance<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"2017-04-06<\/a>She is as cute as a button. And FUNNY! But, my Shih-tzu Lucy is one of the highest maintenance dogs you’ll ever meet!<\/p>\n

She has to be combed and groomed regularly — or she develops dreadlocks. She constantly asks to go outside so she can chase squirrels. And, she never gets enough of playing with her ball.<\/p>\n

But, here’s the worst part: When she was just six months old, Lucy was diagnosed with a bad liver. I followed everything the vet told me to do for about two years — and her liver numbers stayed about 10 times higher than they should be. So, I found a guy online who helps dogs with this kind of problem. Lucy was put on a special diet that I have to make from scratch. It takes me about an hour and a half every day to prepare her food and feed her.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately (for me), Lucy’s a picky eater. Half the time she rejects the food I so lovingly prepare and goes hunting for bunny poop in the back garden. (I think she’s struck a deal with the neighborhood rabbits. They leave her a “deposit,” and she allows them total access to the goodies in the garden.)<\/p>\n

So, there you have it…<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve been focusing on book number two in Tim Hunter’s adventures with what little time I have. It will be called, The Hooded Menace<\/em>. I’m hoping to publish it later this year. Or early next year. It depends on my client workload and one very silly, finicky pup.<\/p>\n

If you have any ideas how I can get more done during the day — or how I can get Lucy to actually eat what I put in front of her — please leave a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bailey Baxter here. Remember me? The author of The Mirror of Doom? You signed up for my email list, and I promised you I’d send you a post once a month. And, then I totally dropped the ball. Yeah, it’s been months since I posted anything on my website. MONTHS! And, I’m embarrassed, mortified, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirrorofdoom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}