{"id":5637,"date":"2012-12-29T09:24:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T16:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:18","slug":"saturday-status-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-6","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/justromance.me\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-6\/naughty-new-year-hop-banner\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Naughty-New-Year-Hop-banner.gif\" 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=\"Naughty-New-Year-Hop-banner\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Naughty-New-Year-Hop-banner.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Naughty-New-Year-Hop-banner.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5641\" alt=\"Naughty-New-Year-Hop-banner\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Naughty-New-Year-Hop-banner.gif\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wel\u00adcome! I\u2019m cur\u00adrent\u00adly in the mid\u00addle of a&nbsp;Just Romance Me Blog Hop. Just click that ban\u00adner to join in! It\u2019s a&nbsp;lot of fun, and there\u2019s a&nbsp;Kin\u00addle Fire up for grabs. I\u2019m shar\u00ading a&nbsp;few feel-good sto\u00adries from 2012. Come&nbsp;see!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong> <\/span>Thanks to Twit\u00adter Hive Mind (specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly\u00c2&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaGriffith\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lea Grif\u00adfith<\/a>) I&nbsp;have a&nbsp;title for my recent\u00adly com\u00adplet\u00aded book! I&nbsp;then sub\u00admit\u00adted <strong>Tak\u00ading Her There<\/strong>\u00c2&nbsp;to a&nbsp;few pub\u00adlish\u00aders. Now the fun part\u2026waiting. (That\u2019s sar\u00adcasm right there). I&nbsp;did post <a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/taking-her-there\" target=\"_blank\">chap\u00adter one on my site<\/a>, so you\u2019re wel\u00adcome to go read it and see what took me so long to finish.\u00c2&nbsp; Now back to work on Dean\u2019s sto\u00adry. Earth Scents Book Two, ten\u00adta\u00adtive\u00adly titled (already! I&nbsp;know!) <strong>Ris\u00ading Heat<\/strong>. I&nbsp;real\u00adly did\u00adn\u2019t get much done at all last week, with Christ\u00admas fill\u00ading my time. \u00c2&nbsp;I\u2019m just under <span class=\"caps\">9K<\/span>. Let\u2019s hope I&nbsp;can get into a&nbsp;groove this&nbsp;week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong> Josh Groban <em>sigh<\/em> has a&nbsp;new album com\u00ading out soon. This is the first single.<br>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63BnhyTQJlw?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tweet of the Week ~<\/span> <\/strong>This lady cracks me&nbsp;up:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\"><p>My hus\u00adband just had to get in the car to make a&nbsp;phone call if you\u2019re still con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading hav\u00ading&nbsp;kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen\u00adny\u00adSaisQuoi Surly (@JennyPentland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennyPentland\/status\/284774199690686464\" data-datetime=\"2012-12-28T21:33:54+00:00\">Decem\u00adber 28,&nbsp;2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pestilence-The-Four-Horsemen-ebook\/dp\/B006JPABYK\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-6\/attachment\/12256362\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12256362.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"199,327\" 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 data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12256362-182x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12256362.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5638 shadow\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12256362.jpg\" width=\"119\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12256362.jpg 199w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12256362-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/strong> <\/span>I\u2019m in the mid\u00addle of Pesti\u00adlence by <span class=\"caps\">TA<\/span> Chase. This is one of four \u201cHorse\u00admen\u201d books, obvi\u00adous\u00adly about the four Horse\u00admen. Blurb: <em>Hav\u00ading lost his wife and child dur\u00ading the Black Plague, Pesti\u00adlence accepts the fate des\u00adtiny has giv\u00aden him as one of the Four Horse\u00admen of the Apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse. For cen\u00adturies, Pesti\u00adlence did his job, spread\u00ading plagues and dis\u00adease around the world. He does it to keep the bal\u00adance between good and evil, yet he hates every minute of it. He longs to be left alone, but sud\u00adden\u00adly fate seems to have a&nbsp;dif\u00adfer\u00adent plan for&nbsp;him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Search Term of the week aka How Peo\u00adple Found My Web\u00adsites ~<\/strong><\/span> \u201ccan\u00addy erot\u00adic south\u00adern \u201cgoogle\u00adbooks\u201d\u201d. I&nbsp;don\u2019t know what that means, but it sounds deli\u00adcious. And prob\u00ada\u00adbly deep&nbsp;fried.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/strong> <\/span>A&nbsp;short excerpt from For a&nbsp;Price:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nick though, didn\u2019t stop to chat. He con\u00adtin\u00adued guid\u00ading her with his strong hand press\u00ading against her spine, and his long strides led her around the cor\u00adner of the estab\u00adlish\u00adment, in the same shad\u00adows where she watched him before. He took her by both arms, and backed her against the cool&nbsp;brick.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>You didn\u2019t answer my question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She could smell his breath. Taste the moist puffs of air against her mouth. Her heart pound\u00aded in excite\u00adment. Such high\u00adhand\u00aded treat\u00adment should have made her livid, but instead it lit a&nbsp;fuse on a&nbsp;pow\u00adder keg of desire. Look\u00ading into his appeal\u00ading face, she couldn\u2019t even remem\u00adber the question.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I thought you want\u00aded to kiss me,\u201d she said almost inaudibly.<\/p>\n<p>And then he did. His firm mouth cov\u00adered hers. She indulged in the scent of his spicy cologne, the feel of his warm lips. She part\u00aded hers, and bold\u00adly dart\u00aded her tongue inside his mouth. Whiskey nev\u00ader tast\u00aded so damn&nbsp;good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay folks. Have a&nbsp;great New Year, be safe and respon\u00adsi\u00adble. See you next&nbsp;year!<\/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>Wel\u00adcome! I\u2019m cur\u00adrent\u00adly in the mid\u00addle of a&nbsp;Just Romance Me Blog Hop. Just click that ban\u00adner to join in! 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