{"id":4759,"date":"2011-12-31T07:41:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:20","slug":"saturday-status-12312011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/saturday-status-12312011","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 12\/31\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4763\" src=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/6011295_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What? The last day of 2011? \u00c2\u00a0It has been a good year to me. I&#8217;ve got three releases lined up for 2012, and plenty of wips to keep me busy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> One Day, by Matisyahu, featuring Akon. This song was played at the\u00c2\u00a02010 Vancouver Winter Olympics:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/h55P7F8rW8A?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Work in Progress News ~<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0I came up with a brilliant plot idea. Unfortunately I can&#8217;t start writing it until I finish <strong>Wyoming Solace<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve really slacked over the holidays, and since the kids are out of school and it <em>is<\/em> a holiday, I&#8217;ve rationalized my laziness. I&#8217;m now about 3\/4 done with it though, and I hope to finish by next Saturday&#8217;s status. Next on the list, a free read complementing <strong>Retreat<\/strong>. It will act as a prequel, maybe 10K or so, nothing big, but just a little taste of the book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Industry News ~<\/span> Sorry. Again, I have no interesting news. I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s some out there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Search Term of the week aka How People Found My Websites ~<\/span> 99% of the terms this week were pretty normal. This one stuck out: &#8220;i asked him to come on my face erotic blog&#8221;. I refuse to even find out where that took them on Olivia&#8217;s site. Now that I&#8217;ve posted that sentence, I&#8217;m probably asking for more of the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allromanceebooks.com\/product-wanting-577314-145.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4761\" src=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/577314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What I&#8217;m reading ~<\/span> Okay, so Santa brought me a Kindle. In fact, before he wrapped it and put it under my tree, he got on my computer and loaded my TBR pile onto it. He&#8217;s so thoughtful! So yeah, while I&#8217;ve been slacking in the WiP area, I&#8217;ve more than made up for it in the TBR area. I read a few Christmas shorts, nothing that thrilled me too awful much. I think my favorite of the last two weeks was Wanting, by Piper Vaughn. This is a freebie over at All Romance Ebooks, but I&#8217;d forgotten that when I started reading it. It&#8217;s very well written, and I enjoyed the premise. Kind of a May\/December best friend&#8217;s little brother forbidden thing. Lots of little conflicts, and satisfying emotional scenes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hero Quote ~<\/span> From Cody, the hero in <strong>Wyoming Solace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI won\u2019t hurt you, Elise. I promise. You&#8217;re in charge here. I&#8217;ll follow your lead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, that&#8217;s it for me. Let&#8217;s hope that by next weekend I&#8217;ll be able to say that I&#8217;m finished with the rewrite. Everyone have a great New Year&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What? The last day of 2011? \u00c2\u00a0It has been a good year to me. I&#8217;ve got three releases lined up for 2012, and plenty of wips to keep me busy. 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