{"id":33,"date":"2015-08-25T18:36:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2015-08-27T04:22:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T04:22:37","slug":"meet-the-storyteller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Storyteller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/allen_author.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/allen_author-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"allen_author\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/allen_author-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/allen_author-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/allen_author-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/allen_author.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy name is Allen Forbes II. I\u2019ve wanted to be a storyteller since early childhood. I used to read so much as a boy that I was prescribed reading glasses to combat eye strain. (They call that \u201cHarry Potter Syndrome\u201d now, but I got it from reading many\u00a0<i>different<\/i>\u00a0books.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>I especially loved comic books. The combination of words and pictures always fascinated me. I always knew I\u2019d want to tell illustrated stories, so I spent years learning art and writing, developing my skills in art and design. I transitioned from working in traditional illustration to creating 3D generated art. All while dreaming about fulfilling a lifelong passion to tell stories in some way, shape, or form.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>I was recently inspired to return to a 20+ year old idea and write my first children\u2019s book. These books are fun to create and let me tell stories the way I love the most, with words and pictures. I couldn\u2019t be prouder of the results.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Allen Forbes II. I\u2019ve wanted to be a storyteller since early childhood. I used to read so much as a boy that I was prescribed reading glasses to combat eye strain. (They call that \u201cHarry Potter Syndrome\u201d now, but I got it from reading many\u00a0different\u00a0books.) &nbsp; I \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/?page_id=33\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}