{"id":5585,"date":"2012-12-08T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:18","slug":"saturday-status-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-4","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 12\/8\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"5597\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-4\/indiana\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Indiana.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"160,120\" 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=\"Indiana\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Indiana.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Indiana.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5597\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Indiana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/>Happy Holidays! Grab some egg nog, or a hot toddy and curl up this weekend. I hope you&#8217;ve got a great book on your TBR pile, and I hope all of your Chritsmas shopping is at least in its final stages.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Work in Progress News ~<\/span> <\/strong>I crossed the 2\/3 mark on Take the Wheel. I&#8217;m actually getting a few good writing days in here and there. Just not enough to finish the thing. I&#8217;ve got two more scenes to write and I&#8217;m done. Go me!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/strong> <\/span>I just love The Piano Guys. They need to make an entire Christmas album for me.<br \/>\n<object width=\"640\" 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\/iO7ySn-Swwc?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00c2\u00a0Tweet of the Week ~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\u201cIf you hear voices, you\u2019re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you\u2019re an author.\u201d \u00e2\u20ac\u2022 Dani Harper<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 A Eckstut &amp; D Sterry (@TheBookDoctors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBookDoctors\/status\/276496422143160320\" data-datetime=\"2012-12-06T01:20:58+00:00\">December 6, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> Industry News ~<\/strong><\/span> Big news! The Kindle Store is officially open in Canada! I&#8217;m not really sure why Amazon didn&#8217;t do this years ago, but better late than never.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/By-Chance-Courtland-Chronicles-ebook\/dp\/B00AEB5ECE\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5590\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-4\/attachment\/16107295\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/16107295.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"318,461\" 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=\"16107295\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/16107295-206x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/16107295.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5590 shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/16107295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/16107295.jpg 318w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/16107295-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What I&#8217;m reading ~<\/span> <\/strong>By Chance by Cat Grant. A friends to lovers GFY. &#8220;Independent Eric doesn&#8217;t know the first thing about being in a relationship, much less with a lover who can&#8217;t even admit he&#8217;s gay. But conservative Nick can&#8217;t seem to find his way out of his own personal closet. Rock, meet hard place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Search Term of the week aka How People Found My Websites ~<\/span><\/strong> This one is confusing. &#8220;summe.blode.sexe.com&#8221;. I searched it myself, and couldn&#8217;t find my site in the first few pages of results, so that poor Googler was determined! And probably disappointed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/for-a-price\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-4\/for-a-price-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/For-a-Price.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=\"For-a-Price\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/For-a-Price.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/For-a-Price.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5594 shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/For-a-Price.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Book Snippet ~<\/span><\/strong> From For a Price, a little exchange between Maureen and Nicholas:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d she asked through a smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrying to wake you up.\u201d His voice was low, almost a whisper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to sleep in the first place. It\u2019s your fault, so leave me alone.\u201d She tried to sound irritated, but when he laughed, she couldn\u2019t stop her grin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels good to wake up with you next to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maureen opened one sleepy lid. The room was still dark, the sun hadn\u2019t risen. \u201cWhat time is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. Does it matter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She thought about that. \u201cNo, I guess not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI plan on spending every minute of the coming day with you. I thought I\u2019d get an early start on it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for me. Have a great weekend, stay warm out there!<\/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>Happy Holidays! Grab some egg nog, or a hot toddy and curl up this weekend. 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