{"id":5571,"date":"2012-12-01T08:37:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=5571"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:18","slug":"saturday-status-12112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-12112","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 12\/1\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"5572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-12112\/8190654_s\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8190654_s.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,356\" 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=\"8190654_s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8190654_s-300x267.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8190654_s.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5572\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8190654_s-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8190654_s-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8190654_s.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to December! I&#8217;m actually getting into the Christmas spirit! Here we go with my weekly to-done:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong> <\/span>I&#8217;ve been writing!! I&#8217;m so proud of me. A few more good days and I&#8217;ll be done with this thing! I&#8217;d like to at least finish it by the end of the year so 2012 isn&#8217;t a total loss productivity wise.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> <\/strong>A capella plus Christmas. My favorite combination. I just discovered these guys, it&#8217;s a six part harmony, not sure why they only have four guys lip syncing, but I still love it.<br \/>\n<object width=\"650\" height=\"400\" 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\/kPqKmTL1r9M?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Backlist News ~<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/flipped\" target=\"_blank\">Flipped<\/a> is now at all online outlets! It hit Apple iTunes two days ago. \u00c2\u00a0It lost the reviews at some places, and kept it at others, but it&#8217;s good to have it back up for sale.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Tweet of the Week ~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So she&#39;ll have 10 birds by the time you give her those rings? If you ask me, the first 4 days of Christmas are a bit &quot;bird heavy&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aristotles (@AristotlesNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AristotlesNZ\/status\/273634648612024320\">November 28, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Industry News ~<\/strong> <\/span>Simon and Schuster is getting into the &#8220;Self Publishing&#8221; business. But not really. Really they&#8217;re getting into the Vanity Publishing business. I&#8217;m a bit appalled at the prices they&#8217;re charging authors, when really an author should be the one getting the paycheck. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/industry-deals\/article\/54883-simon-schuster-creates-self-publishing-unit-archway-publishing.html\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>] Also in the news, Random House introduces four new<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atrandom.com\/eoriginals\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"> digital only lines<\/a>. Not a whole lot of information quite yet, but I&#8217;ll be watching.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/An-Improper-Holiday-ebook\/dp\/B002VFPS4U\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-12112\/improperholiday72sm\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ImproperHoliday72sm.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"133,200\" 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=\"ImproperHoliday72sm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ImproperHoliday72sm.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ImproperHoliday72sm.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5574 shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ImproperHoliday72sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What I&#8217;m reading ~<\/strong> <\/span>An Improper Holiday by K.A. Mitchell. An historical m\/m (my weakness). Blurb: wounded in body and plagued by memories of what happened between them, Ian is sent to carry out his older brother\u2019s plans for a political alliance with Nicky\u2019s father. Their sister Charlotte is the bargaining piece. Nicky never believed that what he and Ian felt for each other was wrong and he has a plan to make things right. Getting Ian to Carleigh is but the first step. Now Nicky has only twelve nights to convince Ian that happiness is not the price of honor and duty, but its reward.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Search Term of the week aka How People Found My Websites ~<\/strong><\/span> Not too many strange ones this week. Just &#8220;summer wyoming&#8221; which is only a surprise that my site would be on the front few pages for that query.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"5576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-12112\/flipped-by-olivia-brynn-cinecover\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-cinecover.gif\" data-orig-size=\"246,371\" 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-cinecover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-cinecover-198x300.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-cinecover.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5576 shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-cinecover-198x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-cinecover-198x300.gif 198w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-cinecover.gif 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Book Snippet ~<\/span> <\/strong>This one is from Flipped, with no dialogue:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>His mouth suddenly dry, Carter reached for his beer, only to remember too late that he&#8217;d finished it. When Mario licked his lips, Carter&#8217;s mouth filled with saliva. He looked away. Focused again on the writhing bodies on the dance floor. Maybe he&#8217;d had more alcohol than he thought. Maybe he was hornier than he thought. Maybe he read too much into that simple glance. From the corner of his eye, he chanced another look across the table, only to find Mario&#8217;s attention hadn&#8217;t wavered. There had to be another meaning to the flare of heat behind those eyes, but a million images flooded his mind\u2013not one of them to do with spending the night alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, now that you&#8217;re done here, go on over and check out my guest post on <a href=\"http:\/\/romancecooks.com\" target=\"_blank\">Romance Cooks<\/a>! I posted a very sexy fruit salad, and had a little fun with the recipe. Check it out!<\/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 to December! I&#8217;m actually getting into the Christmas spirit! Here we go with my weekly to-done: Work in Progress News ~ I&#8217;ve been writing!! I&#8217;m so proud of me. 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