{"id":1,"date":"2015-06-25T01:59:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T01:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2015-07-27T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T00:58:17","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello world!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hi,<\/a>

Hi, it’s me!<\/p><\/div>\n

Okay, so this may be my second (or third) blog, but there\u2019s never a better time than the present to step out and say \u2018hi\u2019. My name is Rissa Renae and I\u2019m an American-Canadian author of Young Adult\/Teen paranormal fiction.<\/p>\n

I spend my days in the disguise of a regular office worker directing my team as we keep a division of an Environmental Services company running in the Alberta oil patch. But by night, after the little one goes to bed, I shed the high heels and uptight clothing and become a stalker of abandoned cities and purveyor of knowledge pertaining to all that is creepy and chill-inducing.<\/p>\n

My goal is to become a creator of chills and suspense somewhere between Hideki Kamiya (Devil May Cry) and Stephen King, but geared towards a teenage and young adult audience. I do occasionally step outside this genre for writing projects and those random ideas that pop into my head. I haunt NaNoWriMo every year and have a sci-fi novel and a high fantasy under my belt from my experiences.<\/p>\n

So what exactly do I write? Well, for now I\u2019m keeping that under wraps (I know, great marketing strategy huh?), at least until the first book gets out there. I\u2019m shy on the details because a close friend had his idea stolen and brought to market ahead of him. What I will tell you is that my series is somewhat of a Devil May Cry meets Bleach look into the life of a not-so-ordinary high school student.<\/p>\n

Alrighty, so there’s the first blog post out of the way. I still have quite a few sites to set up, and not to mention the yard work is calling me. It’s still calling me . . .<\/p>\n

Hope the summer is going well for you!<\/p>\n

– Rissa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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