{"id":572,"date":"2021-02-26T22:06:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T22:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/?page_id=572"},"modified":"2021-05-23T14:15:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T14:15:18","slug":"heroes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/index.php\/heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"572\" class=\"elementor elementor-572\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-491c1df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"491c1df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7068548\" data-id=\"7068548\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a0f06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3a0f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Heroes-1024x299.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-574\" alt=\"Hero Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Heroes-1024x299.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Heroes-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Heroes-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/charles-bastille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Heroes.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d97c02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d97c02\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6d2e11\" data-id=\"a6d2e11\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41d85cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41d85cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My novels are about genuine heroes. I have nothing against novels with anti-heroes. Some of my favorite works involve them. But we live in an era where maybe the central figures in our story can rise above not just the grim circumstances they face, but their own demons, as well.\u00a0<\/p><p>After all, what makes characters memorable if they simply succumb to their lowliest tendencies? Today&#8217;s world requires all of us to rise up and be our own heroes. We may stumble. We may fall. But we&#8217;ll always dust ourselves off and try again. The heroes in my novels are the same way. I hope you enjoy them as much as they enjoyed making me write about them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d39b66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d39b66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a742f61\" data-id=\"a742f61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e264f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5e264f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"9351\" class=\"kc kd hi ke b il ut hr kf in uu hu kg kh uv ki kj kk uw kl km kn ux ko kp jo hc dh\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><strong>Photo credits:<\/strong><\/p><p id=\"c35e\" class=\"kc kd hi ke b il ut hr kf in uu hu kg kh uv ki kj kk uw kl km kn ux ko kp jo hc dh\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Photo by Luis Quintero from Pexels \u2014 hands in the air pic<br \/>Photo by Elijah O\u2019Donnell from Pexels \u2014 Woman in pic next to hands<br \/>Photo by Wallace Chuck from Pexels \u2014 Man looking through hands<br \/>Photo by Marlon Schmeiski from Pexels \u2014 Woman with cool braided hair wound up on top<br \/>Photo by Pixabay from Pexels \u2014Bearded white guy<br \/>Photo by Collis from Pexels \u2014 Bearded man looking up and pensive<br \/>Photo by 4TH FINGERSTUDIO from Pexels \u2014 Woman next to pensive man<\/p><p class=\"kc kd hi ke b il ut hr kf in uu hu kg kh uv ki kj kk uw kl km kn ux ko kp jo hc dh\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Young female: \u00a9 Evgenia Tiplyashina<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My novels are about genuine heroes. 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