{"id":6023,"date":"2013-08-24T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T15:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6023"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:17","slug":"saturday-status-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/saturday-status-9","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 8\/24\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"6026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/saturday-status-9\/wp_20130821_009\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130821_009.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1632,918\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Lumia 920&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377113518&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.042741&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WP_20130821_009\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130821_009-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130821_009-1024x576.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6026\" alt=\"WP_20130821_009\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130821_009.jpg\" width=\"352\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130821_009.jpg 1632w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130821_009-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\">Well here we are again; the week passed way too quick\u00adly. It seems the entire sum\u00admer is gone! I&nbsp;hope you\u2019re all enjoy\u00ading the weath\u00ader while it\u2019s still nice. It\u2019s been rainy every after\u00adnoon here, which is more like June than August, but at least we don\u2019t have the wild\u00adfires we did last year! My daugh\u00adter took this pic\u00adture while we drove down the inter\u00adstate in Den\u00adver. What does it&nbsp;mean!?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong><\/span>\u00c2&nbsp;My sched\u00aduled writ\u00ading time was a&nbsp;suc\u00adcess! Well sort of. It worked for the first day. After that I&nbsp;was\u00adn\u2019t real\u00adly able to write through\u00adout the rest of the week. School starts on Tues\u00adday, so I&nbsp;plan to kick some wordage butt for at least four days next week while I\u2019ve got qui\u00adet time dur\u00ading the day. I\u2019ve got sev\u00ader\u00adal read\u00aders look\u00ading for\u00adward to Dean\u2019s sto\u00adry. I&nbsp;promise, I\u2019m work\u00ading on it! No one wants this sto\u00adry writ\u00adten more than I&nbsp;do.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/strong> <\/span>Not sure how many times I\u2019ll share some ver\u00adsion of this song on my sta\u00adtus posts, but this one is total\u00adly wor\u00adthy. Some\u00adbody That I&nbsp;Used To Know by May\u00adday Parade fea\u00adtur\u00ading Vic Fuentes<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ftE9uSPpecs?rel=0\" height=\"480\" width=\"853\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Back\u00adlist News ~<\/strong> <\/span>Wyoming Solace received a&nbsp;nice 4&nbsp;rib\u00adbon review from\u00c2&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/romancejunkiesreviews.com\/artman\/publish\/historical\/Wyoming_Solace.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Romance Junkies<\/a>, and Tak\u00ading Her There was reviewed over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guiltypleasuresbookreviews.com\/2013\/08\/arc-review-taking-her-there-by-olivia-brynn.html\" target=\"_blank\">Guilty Plea\u00adsures<\/a>. Check them&nbsp;out!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Hey peo\u00adple that twit\u00adter says are \u201csim\u00adi\u00adlar to me\u201d, where do peo\u00adple like us put our car&nbsp;keys?!?!?!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amber (@ambamthankyamam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ambamthankyamam\/status\/365518924403572736\">August 8,&nbsp;2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/span><\/strong> Smash\u00adwords came out with a&nbsp;new fea\u00adture that I&nbsp;think is pret\u00adty neat. Author Inter\u00adviews will be post\u00aded on the Smash\u00adwords site, so read\u00aders can get to know the authors! I&nbsp;start\u00aded fill\u00ading one out, but come to find my Smash\u00adwords pro\u00adfile is set as a \u201cpub\u00adlish\u00ader\u201d since I&nbsp;have a&nbsp;pen name attached to my account. So there\u2019s a&nbsp;bug there, I&nbsp;hope it gets sort\u00aded out. I&nbsp;have so many cool answers to these ques\u00adtions, guys. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/appnewser\/smashwords-is-now-publishing-author-interviews_b39852\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>] I&nbsp;could always add a&nbsp;question\/answer sec\u00adtion to my week\u00adly post! Leave a&nbsp;ques\u00adtion in the com\u00adments and I\u2019ll answer next&nbsp;week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Promises-Coda-Series-ebook\/dp\/B003TJAVPS\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/saturday-status-9\/attachment\/7493186\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/7493186.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"317,475\" 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\/08\/7493186-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/7493186.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6024 shadow\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/7493186.jpg\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/7493186.jpg 317w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/7493186-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/span> <\/strong>Promis\u00ades by Marie Sex\u00adton (who is a&nbsp;real\u00adly great per\u00adson in real life!) \u00c2&nbsp;Blurb: Jared Thomas has lived his whole life in the small moun\u00adtain town of Coda, Col\u00adorado. He can\u2019t imag\u00adine liv\u00ading any\u00adwhere else. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, the only oth\u00ader gay man in town is twice his age and used to be his teacher, so Jared is resigned to spend\u00ading his life alone. Until Matt Richards walks into his life, that is. Matt has just been hired by the Coda Police Depart\u00adment, and he and Jared imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly become friends. Matt claims he is straight, but for Jared, hav\u00ading a&nbsp;sexy friend like Matt is way too tempt\u00ading. Fac\u00ading Matt\u2019s affair with a&nbsp;local woman, his dis\u00adap\u00adprov\u00ading fam\u00adi\u00adly, and harass\u00adment from Matt\u2019s co-work\u00aders, Jared fears they\u2019ll nev\u00ader find a&nbsp;way to be together\u2013if he can even con\u00advince Matt to&nbsp;try.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/strong><\/span> From Falling Star:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He fol\u00adlowed her into her house, and even into her bed\u00adroom, despite her fee\u00adble attempts to kick him out. \u201cIf you brought some of your things over to my house, we wouldn\u2019t have to go through this.\u201d He peeled last night\u2019s dress off her.&nbsp;Again.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>You wouldn\u2019t mind a&nbsp;woman\u2019s things in your bach\u00ade\u00adlor bathroom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Hell no. And when you aren\u2019t with me, I&nbsp;can go in there and sniff&nbsp;them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>You\u2019re depraved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>No, Depraved is what I&nbsp;would do after I&nbsp;sniffed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I think I\u2019d like to see&nbsp;that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I think I&nbsp;can arrange a&nbsp;pri\u00advate show\u00ading.\u201d He pulled her into the show\u00ader, and lath\u00adered the loofa while she sham\u00adpooed her&nbsp;hair.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>You, sir, are a&nbsp;dis\u00adtrac\u00adtion, and I&nbsp;can\u2019t be late for&nbsp;work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I\u2019m just help\u00ading so you\u2019ll be ready faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Then keep your tongue in your&nbsp;mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not hard\u00adly. She did make it to work on time, but only because Adam drove like Mario Andretti.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well that\u2019s it for me for anoth\u00ader week. I&nbsp;hope to report many thou\u00adsands of words next Sat\u00adur\u00adday. Have a&nbsp;great one!<\/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>Well here we are again; the week passed way too quick\u00adly. It seems the entire sum\u00admer is gone! I&nbsp;hope you\u2019re all enjoy\u00ading the weath\u00ader while it\u2019s still nice. 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