{"id":133,"date":"2020-08-29T16:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T14:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2021-04-28T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T13:19:07","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Jaco van Hemert, and this is my fiction home on the internet. I write speculative fiction (in the broad sense, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and all the subgenres in between), with a leaning towards fantasy and science fantasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>In short, my guiding principle for writing is this:<\/p><p><strong>Hopeful<\/strong> but <strong>bittersweet<\/strong> stories in<strong> immersive secondary<\/strong> worlds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to find out more about me, have a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/about-me\/\">About<\/a> page, and I post updates related to my writing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/category\/updates\/\">Updates<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/my-writing\">My Writing<\/a> page to see a list of my published writing, with links where applicable. If you want to see what kinds of stories I write, head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/downloads\/\">Downloads<\/a> page, where you can download some of my stories for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my (sporadic) thoughts on worldbuilding in media I consume, have a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/category\/worldbuildingreviewed\/\">Worldbuilding Reviewed<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a newsletter, which you can subscribe to by filling in the form on the sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Jaco van Hemert, and this is my fiction home on the internet. I write speculative fiction (in the broad sense, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and all the subgenres in between), with a leaning towards fantasy and science fantasy. In short, my guiding principle for writing is this: Hopeful but bittersweet stories in immersive secondary worlds. If &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}