{"id":9964,"date":"2020-10-19T16:11:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.authorlevelup.com\/\/?page_id=9964"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:02:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:02:01","slug":"bestiary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorlevelup.com\/bestiary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indie Author Bestiary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n<h2>The Indie Author Bestiary<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/authorlevelup.com\/books\">Books<\/a> < The Indie Author Bestiary<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column 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