{"id":74,"date":"2015-09-23T19:47:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T02:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2015-09-23T19:47:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T02:47:35","slug":"author-intro-rissa-renae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/author-intro-rissa-renae\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Intro: Rissa Renae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UcLjcRDhlA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I finally got my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_UcLjcRDhlA\" target=\"_blank\">author intro video<\/a> filmed, edited and posted after much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/?p=63\">screaming and gnashing of teeth<\/a>. 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