{"id":62,"date":"2023-05-15T21:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T21:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T17:02:37","slug":"misfit-kings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"MISFIT KINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elvis.jpg\" alt=\"Photo snapped during backstage research at an Elvis tribute contest.\" class=\"wp-image-89\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo snapped during backstage research at an Elvis tribute contest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>ELEVATOR PITCH: Misfit Kings is a novel about three misfit Elvis impersonators forced to admit their lives can\u2019t be lived in another man\u2019s spotlight\u2014not even the king\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STATUS: Complete. Seeking representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIRST LINE: On a sidewalk outside a bar on Beale Street, the Elvis impersonators arrive in droves: tall Elvis, short Elvis, Chinese Elvis, young Elvis, old Elvis, and\u2014just to keep it interesting\u2014a ringer who looks so much like the real Elvis, you have to remind yourself that the actual king is dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Subscribe to my newsletter!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hibou.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" style=\"border:1px solid #EEE; background:white;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELEVATOR PITCH: Misfit Kings is a novel about three misfit Elvis impersonators forced to admit their lives can\u2019t be lived in another man\u2019s spotlight\u2014not even the king\u2019s. STATUS: Complete. Seeking representation. FIRST LINE: On a sidewalk outside a bar on Beale Street, the Elvis impersonators arrive in droves: tall Elvis, short Elvis, Chinese Elvis, young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherineelcik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}