{"id":48,"date":"2026-10-30T14:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sevenstories.ca\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:37:06","slug":"welcome-to-seven-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Seven Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-wrap-balance is-style-text-wrap-balance--1 wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to Seven Stories. I\u2019m Kevin Burns and this is my website. I am a writer, editor, and documentary maker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-wrap-balance is-style-text-wrap-balance--2 wp-block-paragraph\">On this site I will tell you about each of these aspects of the work I do. 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aka Seven Stories<\/em> <br><br><a href=\"mailto:kpb@sevenstories.ca\">kpb@sevenstories.ca<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here you will find:  <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-page-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item menu-item-home\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/\">Welcome to Seven Stories<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/?page_id=3\">About Seven Stories and Kevin Burns<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/?page_id=2\">Current Projects<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/?page_id=32\">About Writing and Writers and (sometimes) Editors<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-block-overlap has-contrast-color has-text-color is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d1ad84a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex is-style-block-overlap--3\" style=\"min-height:40vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div style=\"margin-bottom:6px\" class=\"is-default-size aligncenter wp-block-site-logo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1044\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Typewriter.jpg\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"sevenstories.ca\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Typewriter.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Typewriter-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Typewriter-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevenstories.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Typewriter-767x377.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size is-style-logos-only is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-de6ccf98 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Seven Stories. 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