{"id":5382,"date":"2012-08-17T04:13:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T04:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:19","slug":"loves-a-beach-blog-hop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/loves-a-beach-blog-hop-2","title":{"rendered":"Love\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Beach Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Welcome! It&#8217;s another wonderful guided tour through the Romancelandia Blogosphere (Can I use two fake words in a row like that?) If you&#8217;re just happening by, just click on that banner above, it will take you to the beginning of the hop (or wherever you left off) I can practically feel summer slipping away from me! It&#8217;s depressing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/fine-print\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4245\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/fine-print-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I started writing an original scene for this hop, and realized that it&#8217;s probably a story best told in novel form, so guess what? Another work in progress for me. Instead I&#8217;m sharing an excerpt from my book Fine Print, where Derek takes Kara to Cancun Mexico for a &#8220;totally platonic&#8221; weekend. Here they&#8217;re lounging on deck chairs on the beach, and he&#8217;s just asked her about her husband who&#8217;d passed away two years earlier:<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:800px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center; width:100%; height:800px; margin: 12px auto;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 4px 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/calameo.com\/books\/000199729c42bb7154e80?authid=Q6Kl3Ujooc32\">View this publication on Calam&eacute;o<\/a><\/div>\n<p><object id=\"calameo-viewer-000199729c42bb7154e80-1348865385-3882\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\" style=\"width:100%;height:800px\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/v.calameo.com\/2.1\/cviewer.swf?bkcode=000199729c42bb7154e80&amp;authid=Q6Kl3Ujooc32&amp;langid=en&amp;page=1\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swfversion\" value=\"9.0.45.0\" \/><!--[if !IE]>--><object id=\"calameo-viewer-000199729c42bb7154e80-1348865385-3882-inner\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/v.calameo.com\/2.1\/cviewer.swf?bkcode=000199729c42bb7154e80&amp;authid=Q6Kl3Ujooc32&amp;langid=en&amp;page=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\" style=\"width:100%;height:800px\"><!--<![endif]--><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/v.calameo.com\/2.1\/cviewer.swf?bkcode=000199729c42bb7154e80&amp;authid=Q6Kl3Ujooc32&amp;langid=en&amp;page=1\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swfversion\" value=\"9.0.45.0\" \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s1.calameoassets.com\/calameo-v4\/widgets\/loader\/cloader.js\"><\/script><!--[if !IE]>--><\/object><!--<![endif]--><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 4px 0px; font-size: 90%;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/calameo.com\/upload\">Publish<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/calameo.com\">Calam&eacute;o<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/calameo.com\/browse\/weekly\/?o=7&#038;w=DESC\">browse<\/a> the library.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a close look at that cover. <a href=\"http:\/\/booknibbles.com\" >Booknibbles<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0turned it into a cinemagraph. Pretty cool huh?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, keep on hopping! There is so much to see. We&#8217;ll be drawing winners and rehashing the hop over at <a href=\"http:\/\/gemsivad.com\" >Gem Sivad&#8217;s place<\/a> on Sunday at 7pm EST. I hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4450 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sig1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Welcome! It&#8217;s another wonderful guided tour through the Romancelandia Blogosphere (Can I use two fake words in a row like that?) 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