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Howdy! Hap\u00adpy Sat\u00adur\u00adday! Report\u00ading in for my week\u00adly update:<\/p>\nHowdy! Hap\u00adpy Sat\u00adur\u00adday! Report\u00ading in for my week\u00adly update:<\/p>\n
Works In Progress News ~<\/span> I just fin\u00adished the first draft of my first attempt at a m\/m. It\u2019s a short and spicy sto\u00adry about best friends turned lovers. They teamed up to flip a house, and along with oth\u00ader plot points, I came up with the title FLIPPED<\/span> . I\u2019ll share six sen\u00adtences tomor\u00adrow on my Six Sen\u00adtence Sun\u00adday post, if you\u2019d like to come back and see. I\u2019ll have to fig\u00adure out where to send it now, or if I should just hire an edi\u00adtor and self pub\u00adlish. We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/span> Intro\u00adduc\u00ading the Kin\u00addle Cloud Read\u00ader<\/a>! \u00c2 Not that I endorse any one read\u00ader over anoth\u00ader, but this is an excel\u00adlent way to read ebooks online using either your lap\u00adtop (Chrome brows\u00ader only atm) or Safari. Sounds like Ama\u00adzon found a neat lit\u00adtle loop\u00adhole in Apples anti-com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion pol\u00adi\u00adcy for use in their iPads and such. \u00c2 And again, I\u2019m not endors\u00ading the Kin\u00addle or any\u00adthing, but they\u2019re sell\u00ading refur\u00adbished mod\u00adels for under $100<\/a> if you\u2019re in the mar\u00adket. I promise, some BN<\/span> or Kobo news next week.<\/p>\n Real Life News ~<\/span> School starts soon here (YAY<\/span>!!!). Now that school clothes are pur\u00adchased, it\u2019s time to hit the office sup\u00adply store, which is more fun than clothes in my opin\u00adion. \u00c2 The 16yo might dis\u00adagree. I\u2019ve been tak\u00ading my portable office (lap\u00adtop) out\u00adside to enjoy sum\u00admer while it lasts. The hours out\u00addoors has shown me that the birds and squir\u00adrels that reside in my trees have very\u2026um.\u2026interesting per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties. Nei\u00adther species likes the cat. Not that the cat seems to notice or mind. Have you ever seen a cat roll her eyes? It\u2019s pret\u00adty entertaining.<\/p>\n Search Term of the Week aka How Peo\u00adple Found my Web\u00adsites ~<\/span> You guys prob\u00ada\u00adbly think I make these up. Espe\u00adcial\u00adly when you see the search term that brought one very spe\u00adcial Googler to AlannaCoca.com: alan\u00adna dri\u00adving naked<\/strong><\/em> Seri\u00adous\u00adly. I feel like I should apol\u00ado\u00adgize to this web surfer for not giv\u00ading them what they were look\u00ading for, but I\u2019m pret\u00adty sure there aren\u2019t any photos\/discussions of this par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar Alan\u00adna dri\u00adving naked. Keep look\u00ading, buddy.<\/p>\n \u00c2 Hero Quote ~<\/span> A quote by Trevor, the hero in Alan\u00adna\u2019s upcom\u00ading Cari\u00adna Press release on Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 5th (that\u2019s right around the corner!)<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>There\u2019s some\u00adthing between us. The first time I looked at you I felt it. You feel it too. I know you do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00c2 Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> I Owe You a Love Song by the Shiny Toy Guns. This group is real\u00adly great. They cov\u00adered a Depeche Mode song and did a bril\u00adliant job. Their cov\u00ader of Major Tom was fea\u00adtured on a com\u00admer\u00adcial (I for\u00adgot what the com\u00admer\u00adcial was, I think a car or some\u00adthing) Any\u00adway, they\u2019re rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly unknown, but a fan put this video togeth\u00ader since they don\u2019t have an offi\u00adcial one. Enjoy!<\/p>\n