{"id":55,"date":"2017-01-05T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/korysteed.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:17:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:17:44","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/05\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a new M\/M novelist who writes about real men in real relationships. Into my\u00a0thirties, I\u00a0realized I\u00a0was attracted to men, but I\u00a0have also loved women. I\u00a0have a naturally strong sense of empathy for all living things, and\u00a0I\u00a0have been an astute observer of interpersonal human relationship dynamics, the relationships between humans and animals, and the ensuing bonds that have developed between them.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0have\u00a0extensive experience in trauma and emergency care and have\u00a0worked as a medic for over twenty years while supporting my\u00a0country, its citizens, and the military men and women in the armed forces in various capacities. Over the course of my\u00a0career, I\u00a0have seen more than my\u00a0share of pain and suffering, not only from injuries and illness, but also from ignorance, discrimination, and prejudice. Now retired from the field, my\u00a0fictional writing draws on my\u00a0life experiences to share the stories, personalities, strengths, and weaknesses of the many,\u00a0many people and animals I\u00a0have known and met along the way.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0hopes I\u00a0do them justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a new M\/M novelist who writes about real men in real relationships. Into my\u00a0thirties, I\u00a0realized I\u00a0was attracted to men, but I\u00a0have also loved women. I\u00a0have a naturally strong sense of empathy for all living things, and\u00a0I\u00a0have been an astute observer of interpersonal human relationship dynamics, the relationships between humans and animals, and the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/05\/about-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/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-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}