{"id":6081,"date":"2013-09-21T09:46:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6081"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:17","slug":"saturday-status-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/saturday-status-11","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"6083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/saturday-status-11\/1106113_blog\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1106113_blog.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" 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\/2013\/09\/1106113_blog-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1106113_blog.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6083\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1106113_blog-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1106113_blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1106113_blog.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/p>\n<p>Howdy folks. I\u2019m sit\u00adting here beneath my heat\u00aded throw, and I\u2019m here to tell ya: Sum\u00admer is over. I\u2019m not sure if you\u2019re as upset about it as I&nbsp;am, but I\u2019m also nurs\u00ading a&nbsp;big glass of wine to take the edge&nbsp;off.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong> <\/span>I\u2019ve been hop\u00adping around on projects. I&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">REALLY<\/span> want to write Dean\u2019s sto\u00adry Ris\u00ading Heat. Of the 18 or so wips in my file, that\u2019s the one I\u2019d love to fin\u00adish first. But every time I&nbsp;open it, Dean just cross\u00ades his arms and shakes his head. Not sure what his prob\u00adlem is, but he\u2019s real\u00adly start\u00ading to make me mad. So I\u2019ve been writ\u00ading a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle bit in oth\u00aders just to keep my fin\u00adgers loose. Dean will come back to me. On his knees, beg\u00adging for his sto\u00adry to be&nbsp;told.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> <\/strong>Don\u2019t You Wor\u00adry Child by Swedish House Mafia is a&nbsp;pret\u00adty cool song, but then the Piano Guys got a&nbsp;hold of it and put an eth\u00adnic twist to it and\u2026well\u2026check it&nbsp;out:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1gCulUDvALM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Beer gog\u00adgles for inner beau\u00adty. If you\u2019re going to make a&nbsp;mis\u00adtake, make it a&nbsp;good one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bri\u00adan (@BDGarp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BDGarp\/status\/380821343950098432\">Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 19,&nbsp;2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/span><\/strong> Goodreads has changed its terms. While it tries to con\u00adtrol the bul\u00adly\u00ading that it\u2019s becom\u00ading known for, it\u2019s imple\u00adment\u00aded a&nbsp;new pol\u00adi\u00adcy where reviews focused on the author and not the book will be delet\u00aded. Many review\u00aders awoke to miss\u00ading reviews and even delet\u00aded \u201cshelves\u201d where they orga\u00adnized bad\u00adly behav\u00ading authors. I&nbsp;try to stay away from Goodreads as a&nbsp;rule, it\u2019s more for read\u00aders than authors, so the pol\u00adi\u00adcy change does\u00adn\u2019t affect me much (unless I\u2019m on one of the bad\u00adly behav\u00ading lists?! Which I&nbsp;should\u00adn\u2019t be\u2026I\u2019m an angel sent from heav\u00aden&nbsp;above.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Aidan-Ethan-Seeking-Redemption-ebook\/dp\/B003NSC58G\/?tag=alannacoca-20\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6082\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/saturday-status-11\/attachment\/5967448\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/5967448.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 data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/5967448.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/5967448.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6082\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/5967448.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/span> <\/strong>I&nbsp;read a&nbsp;few books since we last spoke, but none were note\u00adwor\u00adthy so I&nbsp;won\u2019t men\u00adtion them here. I&nbsp;also reread Aidan and Ethan by Cameron Dane. This was the first book I\u2019ve read by Cameron, and it hooked me. She\u2019s an amaz\u00ading author and I&nbsp;love just about every word she writes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~<\/span> <\/strong>Seri\u00adous\u00adly. Grab a&nbsp;Kleenex:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7s22HX18wDY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/span> <\/strong>From Flipped<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Once dark, the entire old house seemed to set\u00adtle in, curl up like a&nbsp;cat in front of a&nbsp;fire\u00adplace. Carter stood in the kitchen, star\u00ading at the closed door that stood between him and his best friend. He would\u00adn\u2019t let the thought of walk\u00ading down\u00adstairs and tak\u00ading Mario into his arms form in his mind. Not going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>So why would\u00adn\u2019t his feet&nbsp;move?<\/p>\n<p>He relaxed his jaw to breathe through his mouth. His eyes start\u00aded to water from star\u00ading at the dark door, but he seemed glued in&nbsp;place.<\/p>\n<p><i>Go to bed, Carter. The soon\u00ader you get to sleep, the soon\u00ader you can put this weird\u00adness behind you.<\/i> He repeat\u00aded the order a&nbsp;few times before he took a&nbsp;step back\u00adward. Just as he did, the door opened.<\/p>\n<p>Mario entered the kitchen, wear\u00ading noth\u00ading but his box\u00ader shorts. He kept hold of the door\u00adknob. Even from across the room\u2014lit only by the neigh\u00adbor\u2019s back porch light shin\u00ading through their uncov\u00adered windows\u2014there was no mis\u00adtak\u00ading the desire ooz\u00ading out of every&nbsp;pore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I guess that\u2019ll do it for me! Hope you enjoy your weekend!<\/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>Howdy folks. I\u2019m sit\u00adting here beneath my heat\u00aded throw, and I\u2019m here to tell ya: Sum\u00admer is over. I\u2019m not sure if you\u2019re as upset about it as I&nbsp;am, but&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WdCY-1A5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}