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Howdy! Happy Saturday! Reporting in for my weekly update:<\/p>\nHowdy! Happy Saturday! Reporting in for my weekly update:<\/p>\n
Works In Progress News ~<\/span> I just finished the first draft of my first attempt at a m\/m. It’s a short and spicy story about best friends turned lovers. They teamed up to flip a house, and along with other plot points, I came up with the title FLIPPED . I’ll share six sentences tomorrow on my Six Sentence Sunday post, if you’d like to come back and see. I’ll have to figure out where to send it now, or if I should just hire an editor and self publish. We’ll see.<\/p>\n Industry News ~<\/span> Introducing the Kindle Cloud Reader<\/a>! \u00c2\u00a0Not that I endorse any one reader over another, but this is an excellent way to read ebooks online using either your laptop (Chrome browser only atm) or Safari. Sounds like Amazon found a neat little loophole in Apples anti-competition policy for use in their iPads and such. \u00c2\u00a0And again, I’m not endorsing the Kindle or anything, but they’re selling refurbished models for under $100<\/a> if you’re in the market. I promise, some BN or Kobo news next week.<\/p>\n Real Life News ~<\/span> School starts soon here (YAY!!!). Now that school clothes are purchased, it’s time to hit the office supply store, which is more fun than clothes in my opinion. \u00c2\u00a0The 16yo might disagree. I’ve been taking my portable office (laptop) outside to enjoy summer while it lasts. The hours outdoors has shown me that the birds and squirrels that reside in my trees have very…um….interesting personalities. Neither species likes the cat. Not that the cat seems to notice or mind. Have you ever seen a cat roll her eyes? It’s pretty entertaining.<\/p>\n Search Term of the Week aka How People Found my Websites ~<\/span> You guys probably think I make these up. Especially when you see the search term that brought one very special Googler to AlannaCoca.com: alanna driving naked<\/strong><\/em> Seriously. I feel like I should apologize to this web surfer for not giving them what they were looking for, but I’m pretty sure there aren’t any photos\/discussions of this particular Alanna driving naked. Keep looking, buddy.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Hero Quote ~<\/span> A quote by Trevor, the hero in Alanna’s upcoming Carina Press release on September 5th (that’s right around the corner!)<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s something between us. The first time I looked at you I felt it. You feel it too. I know you do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> I Owe You a Love Song by the Shiny Toy Guns. This group is really great. They covered a Depeche Mode song and did a brilliant job. Their cover of Major Tom was featured on a commercial (I forgot what the commercial was, I think a car or something) Anyway, they’re relatively unknown, but a fan put this video together since they don’t have an official one. Enjoy!<\/p>\n