{"id":5369,"date":"2012-08-18T14:58:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:19","slug":"saturday-status-81812-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/saturday-status-81812-2","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 8\/18\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/justromance.me\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/justromance.me\/loves-a-beach-banner-animated.gif\" alt width=\"450\" height=\"293\"><\/a>Howdy! Wel\u00adcome! I\u2019m right in the mid\u00addle of a&nbsp;blog hop this week\u00adend, so check it out by click\u00ading the ban\u00adner. It\u2019s a&nbsp;lot of fun, and there are a&nbsp;ton of prizes up for&nbsp;grabs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019ve been try\u00ading real\u00adly hard to focus on my work this week, so I\u2019ve been lis\u00adten\u00ading to a&nbsp;lot of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal. This might be one of my favorites by Lud\u00adwig Minkus, Don Quixote. I&nbsp;found one where Mikhail Barysh\u00adnikov head\u00adlined the bal\u00adlet. You\u2019re welcome.<br>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1NNfjU2cLkI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;start=64\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong> <\/span>I\u2019ve put a&nbsp;few K&nbsp;into Dean. The hero Lance is an ex cop, and I\u2019m strug\u00adgling with his per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty. Or maybe he\u2019s strug\u00adgling with mine. At this point I&nbsp;can\u2019t tell. I&nbsp;just keep plug\u00adging&nbsp;away.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Back\u00adlist News ~<\/strong> <\/span>There\u2019s a&nbsp;new site that allows me to sell my books direct\u00adly on my site! It\u2019s called Gum\u00adroad. Check it out! \u2014&gt; <a class=\"gumroad-button\" href=\"http:\/\/gum.co\/XtUV\">Fine Print<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;I&nbsp;put a&nbsp;buy link for each of <a href=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/buy-links\">Alanna\u2019s books<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/buy-links\">Olivia\u2019s books<\/a> on the buy pages. Pret\u00adty cool! Also, for you Kobo cus\u00adtomers, I\u2019m now using Kobo\u2019s direct to cus\u00adtomer pro\u00adgram Kobo Writ\u00ading Life for my qual\u00adi\u00adfy\u00ading titles.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Search Term of the week aka How Peo\u00adple Found My Web\u00adsites ~<\/strong><\/span> I&nbsp;found one that was pret\u00adty inter\u00adest\u00ading. It showed up before as well, and I&nbsp;com\u00adment\u00aded on it in a&nbsp;pre\u00advi\u00adous sta\u00adtus post. This time I&nbsp;actu\u00adal\u00adly Googled the term, and I&nbsp;found what they were look\u00ading for. It\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">NSFW<\/span>. Also, I&nbsp;don\u2019t dri\u00adve naked. That\u2019s dan\u00adger\u00adous in Wyoming weather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reckless-Nashville-Nights-ebook\/dp\/B0088GT8GA\/?tag=alannacoca-20\"><img data-attachment-id=\"245\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/15743492\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/15743492.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"318,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"15743492\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/15743492-207x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/15743492.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/15743492.jpg\" alt width=\"153\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/15743492.jpg 318w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/15743492-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/span> <\/strong>I&nbsp;can\u2019t remem\u00adber why I&nbsp;picked up Reck\u00adless (Nashville Nights #4) by Cheryl Dou\u00adglas, but I\u2019m glad I&nbsp;did. This has a&nbsp;clas\u00adsic romance feel to it, with the hero Ty being the one who fell for the hero\u00adine Avery, and he had to fight to win her. Maybe I&nbsp;just enjoy see\u00ading a&nbsp;big strong cow\u00adboy on his&nbsp;knees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/flipped\"><img data-attachment-id=\"246\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/flipped-by-olivia-brynn-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn.jpg\" alt width=\"140\" height=\"210\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Hero Quote ~<\/strong><\/span> From Carter, a&nbsp;hero in Flipped.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Shh. Don\u2019t say a&nbsp;thing. If you start talk\u00ading too much like you always do, then I\u2019ll start think\u00ading too much like I&nbsp;always do. No talking.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay folks. Now head on over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/justromance.me\">JustRomance.Me<\/a> blog hop and get your\u00adself entered to win a&nbsp;prize or two. We\u2019ll be rehash\u00ading the hop on Sun\u00adday night at 7pm <span class=\"caps\">EST<\/span> over at <a href=\"http:\/\/gemsivad.com\/chat\">Gem Sivad\u2019s Chat Room<\/a>. I\u2019d love to see you there! Men\u00adtion this post and I\u2019ll throw in a&nbsp;free back\u00adlist&nbsp;book.<\/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>Howdy! Wel\u00adcome! I\u2019m right in the mid\u00addle of a&nbsp;blog hop this week\u00adend, so check it out by click\u00ading the ban\u00adner. It\u2019s a&nbsp;lot of fun, and there are a&nbsp;ton of prizes up for grabs. Favorite Song of the \u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=242\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading <span>\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WdCY-1oB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}