{"id":5682,"date":"2013-01-19T09:07:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:18","slug":"saturday-status-11913","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/saturday-status-11913","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 1\/19\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft shadow\" alt src=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Samhain_Coming_Soon.jpg\" width=\"139\" height=\"216\">Wel\u00adcome! I\u2019ve got great news to share. I\u2019ve signed a&nbsp;con\u00adtract with Samhain Pub\u00adlish\u00ading for <strong>Tak\u00ading Her There<\/strong>! It\u2019s ten\u00adta\u00adtive\u00adly sched\u00aduled for an August release, but I\u2019ll be sure to keep you informed. I\u2019ve got <a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/coming-soon\" target=\"_blank\">chap\u00adter one<\/a> post\u00aded for your read\u00ading plea\u00adsure. Let me know what you&nbsp;think!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong> <\/span>Well this week\u2019s work in progress real\u00adly was\u00adn\u2019t writ\u00ading. I&nbsp;did work a&nbsp;bit on <strong>Falling Star 1.5<\/strong>, but I&nbsp;spent a&nbsp;lot of time work\u00ading on some pro\u00admo\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals for this year\u2019s Romance Times con\u00adfer\u00adence in ear\u00adly May. I\u2019m let\u00adting my inner Martha Stew\u00adart come out, and like this\u00c2&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sadanduseless.com\/2012\/12\/craft-fails\/#Kgr7ruESPxI7lVRf.01\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a>, my ideas always look a&nbsp;whole lot bet\u00adter in my&nbsp;head.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~ \u00c2&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>Now 54% of U.S. chil\u00addren aged 2\u201313 are read\u00ading ebooks, more than dou\u00adble the 23% of U.S. adults who are e\u2011reading. Great news for the future of ebooks! I\u2019d like to request some more mid\u00addle school ebooks, from all of you chil\u00addren\u2019s authors read\u00ading&nbsp;this\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> <\/strong>YouTube real\u00adly is a&nbsp;mec\u00adca of tal\u00adent. This guy has it in spades:<\/p>\n<p><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\/TvJ0HzLke0Y?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tweet of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong> Mil\u00adlion dol\u00adlar&nbsp;idea:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>I\u2019m open\u00ading up a&nbsp;restau\u00adrant called: I&nbsp;Don\u2019t Care, Where Do You Wan\u00adna&nbsp;Go?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ~Anna~ (@tayandmae) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tayandmae\/status\/289553695430045696\">Jan\u00adu\u00adary 11,&nbsp;2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005Z1CGME\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/saturday-status-11913\/attachment\/12961168\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/12961168.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"270,427\" 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\/2013\/01\/12961168-189x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/12961168.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5685 shadow\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/12961168.jpg\" width=\"113\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/12961168.jpg 270w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/12961168-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/span> The Christ\u00admas Propo\u00adsi\u00adtion<\/strong> by K.A. Mitchell. Because I&nbsp;dis\u00adcov\u00adered a&nbsp;K.A. Mitchell book I&nbsp;had\u00adn\u2019t yet read. So I&nbsp;fixed that. \u201cIt\u2019s Christ\u00admas in Epiphany, Pennsylvania\u2013the busiest time of year for Mel Hal\u00adner. But run\u00adning the fam\u00adi\u00adly Christ\u00admas tree farm has worn down his love for the hap\u00adpi\u00adest sea\u00adson of all, and late\u00adly Mel\u2019s been won\u00adder\u00ading what if he\u2019d said yes to a&nbsp;tick\u00adet out of town with mil\u00adlion\u00adaire Bryce Cam\u00adpi\u00adon three years&nbsp;ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~<\/span> <\/strong>A&nbsp;new fea\u00adture on my sta\u00adtus posts. I&nbsp;was going to make these sep\u00ada\u00adrate blog entries, but I&nbsp;think I\u2019ll just put them here instead, since I&nbsp;already have your undi\u00advid\u00aded attention:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/46300983?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/position-secured\"><img data-attachment-id=\"286\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/saturday-status-11913\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-orig-size=\"195,300\" 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 data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-286 shadow\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/position-secured-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" width=\"156\" height=\"240\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/span><\/strong> from <strong>Posi\u00adtion Secured<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I guess you had some cop fan\u00adta\u00adsy, huh?\u201d He gave her anoth\u00ader one of those slant\u00aded, naughty grins.<\/p>\n<p>Mari shook her head. \u201cI hate cops.\u201d His pup\u00adpy dog frown was so cute, she couldn\u2019t resist laugh\u00ading. \u201cI got a&nbsp;tick\u00adet on the way home tonight. You just have bad timing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Ah, now there I&nbsp;dis\u00adagree.\u201d He kissed her light\u00adly. \u201cI don\u2019t think my tim\u00ading could have been better.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have a&nbsp;great week, everyone!<\/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\u2019ve got great news to share. I\u2019ve signed a&nbsp;con\u00adtract with Samhain Pub\u00adlish\u00ading for Tak\u00ading Her There! 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