{"id":99,"date":"2016-03-05T20:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T20:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99"},"modified":"2016-03-05T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T20:08:11","slug":"just-published-my-first-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Just published my first book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paradise, Sunset and Nothingness is a 20k word\u00a0compilation of short stories, some of which you have seen on this site, which I have just published to amazon! Thanks to all for reading, and I hope you check it out!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Here is the link to his new book if you would like it for Kindle; the paperback <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">version is to follow:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Paradise-Sunset-Nothingness-Thomas-Pass-ebook\/dp\/B01CLM0S2Y\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457201626&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=paradise+sunset+and\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Paradise-Sunset-Nothingness-Thomas-Pass-ebook\/dp\/B01CLM0S2Y\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457201626&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=paradise+sunset+and<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-99\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-99\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-skype\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-skype-99\" class=\"share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99&amp;share=skype\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Skype\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-custom share-custom-minds\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-custom share-custom-minds sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99&amp;share=custom-1494369120\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Minds\"><span style=\"background-image:url(&quot;http:\/\/media.148apps.com\/icons\/82323440\/82323440_180.jpg&quot;);\"><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Minds (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-99\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=99&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paradise, Sunset and Nothingness is a 20k word\u00a0compilation of short stories, some of which you have seen on this site, which I have just published to amazon! 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