{"id":544,"date":"2024-07-29T13:22:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/home-3\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:03:49","slug":"home-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Welcome to my digital landscape.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Explore my work here or get a copy of my short story <em>The Singing Rock<\/em> by clicking the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 35px;\"><button class=\"ml-onclick-form wp-element-buton\" onclick=\"ml('show', 'vMP8qa', true)\">Get my short story<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I write a monthly newsletter (sometimes more frequently) that collects and collates my ideas about writing and other creative projects. The content often includes speculative fiction and sci-fi fantasy stories, ideas about writing craft and creative process, and even deep dives into worldbuilding and table top gaming. If you enjoy these things, please sign up or read samplings from past entries below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/blog\/\">More from my Newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m currently hard at work trying to finish my debut novel about whales and a protagonist who tries to talk to them using advanced DIY technology. Look for notes and updates about that on the pages here, or sign up for my newsletter to get more detailed glimpses behind the curtain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Whale-breach-black-and-white-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1686\" style=\"width:475px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Whale-breach-black-and-white-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Whale-breach-black-and-white-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Whale-breach-black-and-white-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Whale-breach-black-and-white-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Whale-breach-black-and-white-2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/nikolashaug.com\/staging\/6128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Whale-breach-black-and-white-2.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Humpback whale breaching to say hello in the pacific ocean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don\u2019t know me already, let me introduce myself. I\u2019m Nikolas, a writer of fiction and creator in other spheres. I write stories about strange worlds with characters inspired from this one. Most of my stories fall into the sci-fi fantasy or speculative realm. 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