{"id":2668,"date":"2024-11-25T14:51:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:11:46","slug":"spotlight-on-bd-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/spotlight-on-bd-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on BD Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||14px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;24px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Prairie-4-1.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Prairie (4)&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-20px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-24px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of this month I want to take a moment to shine a spotlight on some of the creators who have signed up for this year&#8217;s Giftmas Create-A-Thon. I think it&#8217;s really easy to get caught up in the numbers of, like, how many donations, and how much money is raised &#8212; and obviously that is important. 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This year, the goal side was something I knew I could do, so I jumped on the chance to take part.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you tell us a bit about your goal?<\/strong><br \/>My least favourite part of writing is editing. That means I\u2019ve got a bunch of stuff I\u2019ve been sitting on. The two biggest being the first book in a new series, and a 3-Day Novel I want to prep to release to my Patreon. 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I remember reading one of them and hitting a point that absolutely terrified me. Nothing I&#8217;ve watched or read since has caused that extreme a reaction, including re-reading all the John Bellairs books trying to find which one it was, since I couldn&#8217;t remember.\u00a0I know it was the Johnny Dixon series, but it whichever it was wasn&#8217;t as scary the second time around, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>So, my answer to this question is: whichever book that was, but I want it to come with that reaction again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is a hot dog a sandwich?<\/strong><br \/>No. Just let them be their own thing already.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;16px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>You can donate now to benefit Doctors Without Borders \/ Medecins Sans Frontieres:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/pages\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>What MSF does (from their website):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size subhead\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Doctors Without Borders\/M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) provides emergency medical humanitarian care to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. 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