{"id":438,"date":"2016-08-18T23:27:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T03:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/?p=438"},"modified":"2016-08-18T23:27:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T03:27:44","slug":"shameless-book-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Shameless Book Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a limited time, <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/lsb7wkn\"><em>Once in a Blue Year<\/em><\/a> is available on Kindle for only 99 cents!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-17-16fb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-439 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-17-16fb-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Durkota-BlueYear\" width=\"452\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-17-16fb-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-17-16fb-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-17-16fb-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-17-16fb-676x338.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviews for Once in a Blue Year:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this lyrical debut novel, the lives of two U.S. Navy men take dramatic turns after they\u2019re cut from a submarine mission during the Gulf War\u2026 Debut author Durkota writes a remarkable narrative centered on the afflicted mindsets of his Navy men\u2026 And while Durkota\u2019s work often feels like a thriller, it\u2019s more of a psychological study in which the characters, like flashes of lightning, are wonderfully alive for a very short time.\u201d<em> \u2014 Kirkus Reviews<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Durkota&#8217;s plot is inspired, and his writing is accomplished and vivid&#8230; Once in a Blue Year is most highly recommended.&#8221; &#8211; <i>Readers&#8217; Favorite<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The story is well-written with a lyrical style that borders on poetry at times&#8230; Really anyone who appreciates excellent writing will enjoy this one.&#8221;<i> &#8211; Online Book Club<\/i><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=durk13\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a limited time, Once in a Blue Year is available on Kindle for only 99 cents! Reviews for Once in a Blue Year: \u201cIn this lyrical debut novel, the lives of two U.S. Navy men take dramatic turns after they\u2019re cut from a submarine mission during the Gulf War\u2026 Debut author Durkota writes a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blueyear"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}