{"id":61,"date":"2012-04-28T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:19","slug":"saturday-status-4282012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/saturday-status-4282012","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 4\/28\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"65\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/saturday-status-4282012\/southern-peru\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Southern-Peru.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"930,618\" 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=\"Southern Peru\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Southern-Peru-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Southern-Peru.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-65\" title=\"Southern Peru\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Southern-Peru-300x199.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Southern-Peru-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Southern-Peru-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Southern-Peru.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/p>\n<p>I got\u00adta say, April 2012 was a&nbsp;great month for me. I\u2019m sor\u00adry to see it go. May? Bring it&nbsp;on.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong> I&nbsp;bet you nev\u00ader thought you\u2019d see a&nbsp;Justin Bieber song on my FSotW. Well maybe you did, because my tastes are pret\u00adty eclec\u00adtic. But I&nbsp;found myself danc\u00ading to this, and only lat\u00ader found out it was by the boy won\u00adder. This cer\u00adtain\u00adly does\u00adn\u2019t sound like his oth\u00ader stuff. I&nbsp;guess there\u2019s no offi\u00adcial video yet. Whad\u00addya&nbsp;think?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A3TIwGN6z9U?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Work in Progress News ~<\/span><\/strong>\u00c2&nbsp;I\u2019ve been slow\u00adly work\u00ading on my pilot sto\u00adry. I&nbsp;usu\u00adal\u00adly name my WiPs my hero\u2019s name until I&nbsp;can come up with a&nbsp;good one, but I&nbsp;haven\u2019t even named my hero yet! I&nbsp;like to wait until his per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty shows through. Know any good pilot&nbsp;names?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Back\u00adlist News ~<\/strong><\/span> After the release of Flipped last Sat\u00adur\u00adday, I\u2019ve been hop\u00adping from blog to blog pro\u00admot\u00ading. I&nbsp;also got some real\u00adly good reviews from <a href=\"http:\/\/briefencountersreviews.com\/2012\/04\/25\/flipped-by-olivia-brynn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brief Encoun\u00adters<\/a> (B-) <a href=\"http:\/\/heartsonfirereviews.com\/?p=4302\" target=\"_blank\">Hearts on Fire Reviews<\/a> (4 Hearts) <a href=\"http:\/\/mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/21\/flipped-by-olivia-brynn\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"caps\">MM<\/span> Good Reviews<\/a> (5 Hearts) and <a href=\"http:\/\/qmobooks.com\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/43034-flipped-by-olivia-brynn\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"caps\">QMO<\/span> Books<\/a> (No rat\u00ading giv\u00aden) Not bad,&nbsp;eh?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/strong><\/span> The Sci-Fi pub\u00adlish\u00ader Tor (Also Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/blogs\/2012\/04\/torforge-e-book-titles-to-go-drm-free\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> this week that \u201cby ear\u00adly July 2012, their entire list of e\u2011books will be avail\u00adable DRM-free.\u201d That\u2019s great news! I&nbsp;hon\u00adest\u00adly don\u2019t think <span class=\"caps\">DRM<\/span> does any\u00adthing but pun\u00adish hon\u00adest read\u00aders, so I\u2019d like to see <span class=\"caps\">DRM<\/span> go the way of the 8\u2011Track.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Search Term of the week aka How Peo\u00adple Found My Web\u00adsites ~<\/span><\/strong> I&nbsp;hope I&nbsp;was on page fifty or so on this one, because I&nbsp;don\u2019t see myself in this at all. \u201cwhat is a&nbsp;romance nov\u00adel that the char\u00adac\u00adter is a&nbsp;mata\u00addor\u201d What do you guys&nbsp;think?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/With-the-Band-ebook\/dp\/B0051HEXZA\/alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"62\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/saturday-status-4282012\/law_withtheband_coverlg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAW_WiththeBand_coverlg.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=\"LAW_WiththeBand_coverlg\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAW_WiththeBand_coverlg.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAW_WiththeBand_coverlg.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-62\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAW_WiththeBand_coverlg.jpg\" alt width=\"140\" height=\"210\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019ve read two great books this week. I\u2019ll tell you about one of them, and save the oth\u00ader for a&nbsp;week where I&nbsp;don\u2019t read any\u00adthing new. I&nbsp;read With the Band by L.A. Witt. I&nbsp;actu\u00adal\u00adly pur\u00adchased this dur\u00ading the <span class=\"caps\">RT<\/span> Con\u00adfer\u00adence ear\u00adli\u00ader this month. I&nbsp;sat next to the author as we imbibed in some black\u00adber\u00adry brandy. She start\u00aded telling me about this book, and I&nbsp;whipped out my Kin\u00addle and bought it on the spot. That\u2019s called \u201cBar Mar\u00adket\u00ading.\u201d Look it up. I&nbsp;just invent\u00aded it. With the Band is about the lead singer and bass play\u00ader in a&nbsp;rock band. Lots of ten\u00adsion in this one, includ\u00ading the fact that both heroes are still in the closet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hero Quote ~<\/span><\/strong> One of my unnamed pilot hero\u2019s ear\u00adly&nbsp;lines:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We\u2019ll be in the air soon, and you can catch anoth\u00ader pow\u00ader nap.\u201d He grinned, show\u00ading off a&nbsp;set of straight white teeth. \u201cThat\u2019s when I&nbsp;catch mine.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He\u2019s jok\u00ading! Of course he\u2019s jok\u00ading. I&nbsp;hope you all have a&nbsp;great 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>I got\u00adta say, April 2012 was a&nbsp;great month for me. I\u2019m sor\u00adry to see it go. May? Bring it&nbsp;on. 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