{"id":4808,"date":"2013-11-10T10:26:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T15:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2013-11-10T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T15:26:56","slug":"the-devil-of-westhope-fairview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/11\/10\/the-devil-of-westhope-fairview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil of Westhope-Fairview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/participants\/leems\/novels\/the-devil-of-westhope-fairview\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/11\/10\/the-devil-of-westhope-fairview\/dwfcover2small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DWFcover2small.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"230,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DWFcover2small\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DWFcover2small.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DWFcover2small.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4809 alignleft\" alt=\"DWFcover2small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DWFcover2small.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DWFcover2small.jpg 230w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DWFcover2small-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DWFcover2small-110x144.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>I am not doing my best at writing today, so I made a cover for my <a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/participants\/leems\">Nanowrimo<\/a> novel instead.\u00a0 I present:\u00a0 <em>The Devil of Westhope-Fairview.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Westhope and Fairview were each very small towns in the same valley in Wyoming, recently relocated so that the valley could serve as a water reservoir.\u00a0 To save money and labor the two towns were combined into one not far from the shores of the reservoir.\u00a0 All of the townsfolk are settling into their new, factory shiny, homes, and the local government is gearing up for an election season to trim the duplication of town officials.<\/p>\n<p>Charley Albright, formerly of Fairview, thinks one of the mayoral candidates, the Westhope attorney Hilary Beedle, is the antichrist.\u00a0 Charley has made it his mission to stop Beedle at all costs, to save the town and all the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not doing my best at writing today, so I made a cover for my Nanowrimo novel instead.\u00a0 I present:\u00a0 The Devil of Westhope-Fairview. Westhope and Fairview were each very small towns in the same valley in Wyoming, recently relocated so that the valley could serve as a water reservoir.\u00a0 To save money and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/11\/10\/the-devil-of-westhope-fairview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Devil of Westhope-Fairview<\/span><\/a><\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8,55],"class_list":["post-4808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-nanowrimo","tag-writing-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4672,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/10\/18\/nanowrimo-is-coming\/","url_meta":{"origin":4808,"position":0},"title":"NaNoWriMo is coming","author":"leems","date":"October 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"And I am all set for it.\u00a0 I'm ready and waiting.\u00a0 I know what I'm going to write:\u00a0 a novel idea I had brewing but didn't allow myself to do much more than jot down ideas 'cause I had too many other stories to finish.\u00a0 It is The Devil of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2013-Participant-Facebook-Cover","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-Participant-Facebook-Cover-600x222.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-Participant-Facebook-Cover-600x222.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-Participant-Facebook-Cover-600x222.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6497,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/national-novel-writing-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":4808,"position":1},"title":"National Novel Writing Month","author":"leems","date":"October 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\"November 1-30. 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Should I cheat and use the challenge to finish a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/NaNo-2018-Writer-Badge.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7497,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/nanowrimo-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":4808,"position":3},"title":"NaNoWriMo 2016","author":"leems","date":"November 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 National Novel Writing Month is here again.\u00a0 For those who've never tried it, now is the year.\u00a0 It is wonderful to dive into the deep end of a creative project and know that a whole world of people are diving in with you.\u00a0 Besides inspiring people of all ages\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d1lj9l30x2igqs.cloudfront.net\/nano-2013\/files\/2013\/09\/Shield-Nano-Side-Blue-Brown-RGB-HiRes.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d1lj9l30x2igqs.cloudfront.net\/nano-2013\/files\/2013\/09\/Shield-Nano-Side-Blue-Brown-RGB-HiRes.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d1lj9l30x2igqs.cloudfront.net\/nano-2013\/files\/2013\/09\/Shield-Nano-Side-Blue-Brown-RGB-HiRes.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":545,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2011\/10\/19\/in-the-spirit-of-nanowrimo\/","url_meta":{"origin":4808,"position":4},"title":"In the spirit of NaNoWriMo","author":"leems","date":"October 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 So, in the spirit of National Novel Writing Month, I have made mock-up covers to replace two of the 'image coming soon' notices on my stories page.\u00a0 They just happen to be for the stories that have a finished draft--that was totally accidental.\u00a0 I still have no idea what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/images\/PenelopeSeacolor50.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2010\/10\/29\/nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":4808,"position":5},"title":"NaNoWriMo:  National Novel Writing Month","author":"leems","date":"October 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year, so why don't you go sign up already.\u00a0 And while you're there, visit me:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\/eng\/user\/422254.\u00a0 We can be friends and hold hands in a meadow of sunshine and I will pick on you for not writing last night. 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