{"id":1442,"date":"2017-07-17T15:08:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/?post_type=jetpack-testimonial&#038;p=1442"},"modified":"2017-07-17T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T21:35:41","slug":"skyeler-s","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-testimonial","link":"https:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/testimonial\/skyeler-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyeler S. &#8211; Very real to me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; color: #000; background-color: #fff;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr. Davis,<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday I received my copy of Omega Dragon,and I just wanted to say thank you. \u00a0I was one of the winners from the Masters and Slayers contest a few years back, and my prize was to receive the Children of the Bard books as they came out for free. \u00a0I really appreciate you upholding your agreement by continuing to send me those books as they have come out.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\">My name is Skyeler, although I was Dancing Oracle on the forums. \u00a0I don&#8217;t expect you to remember me (there were a lot of people on the old forum when I was there!) but I was the one who designed the forum and newsletter header. \u00a0I&#8217;ve noticed since then you have released more books, and new covers for The Dragons of Starlight series. \u00a0If you are interested I would be more than willing to design a new one for you, as a way of saying thank you for all of the books you have sent me! \u00a0If you aren&#8217;t, and there is not another way I can express my thanks, then please accept my word of appreciation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\">I started reading your books when I was twelve, and I am twenty now. \u00a0They&#8217;ve traveled with me through the adolescent years and the characters have stuck with me over time. \u00a0It was especially Sapphira Adi whom I related to, at the very first because I had finally found a book character who was a short as I am. \ud83d\ude00<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As I continued through Eye of the Oracle, and my several rereads of her and my favorite scenes, I found her struggles and heartbreaks to touch me. \u00a0In spite of her fantastical path of life, she was very real to me.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Only recently, as I heard a song for the first time in quite a while, that I had in my younger years thought was fitting of Sapphira and her trials, did I realize just how much like her I had become. \u00a0For the first time in my life, I had come across a point where I realized I was living in the unforgiveness of myself, and a time when I believed I was nothing more than Mara, though Christ had already forgiven me. Because of their importance to me in years past your books will still come to mind even now. \u00a0I plan to do a complete reread through and revisit them this summer when I am out of work before reading the end of the story. \u00a0I also want to thank you for the characters you have created, for they have been part of my life.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you again,<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427205588322_5247\" dir=\"ltr\">Skyeler S.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Davis, Yesterday I received my copy of Omega Dragon,and I just wanted to say thank you. \u00a0I was one of the winners from the Masters and Slayers contest a few years back, and my prize was to receive the Children of the Bard books as they came out for free. \u00a0I really appreciate you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1442","jetpack-testimonial","type-jetpack-testimonial","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-testimonial\/1442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-testimonial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-testimonial"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-testimonial\/1442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1530,"href":"https:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-testimonial\/1442\/revisions\/1530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theauthorschair.com\/shopping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}