{"id":6353,"date":"2014-07-05T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T23:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6353"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:17","slug":"saturday-status-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/saturday-status-16","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 7\/5\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"6354\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/saturday-status-16\/bellagio\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bellagio.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ian Britton&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePixS2Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1060061570&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;FreeFoto.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.33333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bellagio\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bellagio-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bellagio.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6354\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bellagio-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bellagio\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bellagio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bellagio.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">Wel\u00adcome! I\u2019m head\u00aded to Las Vegas this week to join in the fun at the <a href=\"http:\/\/romancenovelconvention.com\">Romance Nov\u00adel Con\u00adven\u00adtion<\/a>. Any\u00adone close by? I\u2019d love to chat. I\u2019ll be the pale&nbsp;girl sweat\u00ading in the shade. It\u2019s 73&nbsp;F&nbsp;here now and it could\u00adn\u2019t be more per\u00adfect. Still, I\u2019m very excit\u00aded to vis\u00adit with my fel\u00adlow authors, espe\u00adcial\u00adly <a href=\"http:\/\/trinamlee.com\">Tri\u00adna M&nbsp;Lee<\/a>!! Be sure to fol\u00adlow me on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alannacoca\/\">Twit\u00adter<\/a> if you\u2019d like to see some pho\u00adtos and Vines of my adventures.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Work in Progress News ~<\/span><\/strong> Ugh.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/strong> <\/span>&nbsp;An oldie but a&nbsp;good\u00adie. This just hap\u00adpens to be play\u00ading as I&nbsp;write out this sta\u00adtus report.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HI_xFQWiYU?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Next time at the mar\u00adket, take a&nbsp;fruit out of some\u00adone\u2019s bas\u00adket, smell it, and say \u201cmmm. Ripe. Con\u00adgrat\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions\u201d. Means a&nbsp;lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 josh groban (@joshgroban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshgroban\/statuses\/484450896948899841\">July 2,&nbsp;2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"<iframe width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HI_xFQWiYU?rel=0&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6356\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/saturday-status-16\/fa050-ameasuredrisk800-72dpilowrese2809d\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/fa050-ameasuredrisk800-72dpilowrese2809d.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"213,320\" 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\/2014\/07\/fa050-ameasuredrisk800-72dpilowrese2809d-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/fa050-ameasuredrisk800-72dpilowrese2809d.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignleft wp-image-6356\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/fa050-ameasuredrisk800-72dpilowrese2809d-199x300.jpg\" alt width=\"151\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/fa050-ameasuredrisk800-72dpilowrese2809d-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/fa050-ameasuredrisk800-72dpilowrese2809d.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/strong> <\/span>A&nbsp;Mea\u00adsured Risk by Natasha Black\u00adthorne. I&nbsp;was in the mood for some his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal stuff and breezed through this one:&nbsp;<br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly scarred in the hor\u00adrif\u00adic acci\u00addent that took her hus\u00adband\u2019s life, Lady Cran\u00adfield is impris\u00adoned by her lin\u00adger\u00ading ter\u00adror of hors\u00ades and car\u00adriages. She longed to be clos\u00ader to the fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading Earl of Ruel. She sensed intu\u00aditive\u00adly that he could teach her how to over\u00adcome the ter\u00adrors that held her in bondage.&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And now she\u2019s will\u00ading to risk almost any\u00adthing-her rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion, even her virtue-to find out. But what he pro\u00adpos\u00ades star\u00adtles her.&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When the shy, stu\u00addious and social\u00adly awk\u00adward young wid\u00adow approached him, Ruel instant\u00adly sensed she would be the sweet\u00adest, most sub\u00admis\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence of a&nbsp;life\u00adtime-if only he can gain her total and com\u00adplete trust. He makes her a&nbsp;non-nego\u00adtiable offer. His help in return for her sub\u00admis\u00adsion and obe\u00addi\u00adence.&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But Lady Cran\u00adfield grew up neglect\u00aded by her ducal par\u00adents, raised by ser\u00advants and then lat\u00ader ignored by her hand\u00adsome, charm\u00ading hus\u00adband. She\u2019s learnt to pro\u00adtect her heart at all costs and she trusts no one but her\u00adself.&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How can the jad\u00aded Earl of Ruel break through her self-pro\u00adtec\u00adtive defences and show her how to love when he has spent his life\u00adtime avoid\u00ading that ten\u00adder&nbsp;trap?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader&nbsp;~<\/strong><\/span> Okay it\u2019s a&nbsp;com\u00admer\u00adcial for a&nbsp;home improve\u00adment store, but it\u2019s so&nbsp;good!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ek99sI_KB94?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/books\/fine-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/saturday-status-3\/fine-print-1romance\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fine-print-1romance.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\/08\/fine-print-1romance.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fine-print-1romance.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignleft wp-image-232 \" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fine-print-1romance.gif\" alt width=\"168\" height=\"258\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/span><\/strong> From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/91951\">Fine Print<\/a>, (which inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/256000\">Flipped<\/a> has a&nbsp;100% coupon at Smash\u00adwords, so check that&nbsp;out!)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Okay\u2026so what are you going to&nbsp;do?\u201d<br>\n\u201cWell, on Fri\u00adday morn\u00ading, I\u2019m fly\u00ading to Can\u00adc\u00fan. I&nbsp;want you to go with&nbsp;me.\u201d<br>\nKara sat upright, and faced him. \u201cWhat?\u201d<br>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a&nbsp;week\u00adend trip, nei\u00adther of them want\u00aded to take off of work, so they want\u00aded a&nbsp;long week\u00adend. Can\u00adc\u00fan is a&nbsp;short flight.\u201d He spoke calm\u00adly, and he looked seri\u00adous, which was odd, con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading the off-the-wall propo\u00adsi\u00adtion he had just made. \u201cFly out at ten a.m., fly home Sun\u00adday at sev\u00aden p.m. Of course, you\u2019ll need to take Fri\u00adday off, do you&nbsp;think\u2026\u201d<br>\n\u201cAre you serious?\u201d<br>\n\u201cOf course. The tick\u00adets are non-refund\u00adable, and I&nbsp;don\u2019t want to waste them. I&nbsp;also sprung for a&nbsp;two bed\u00adroom suite that I&nbsp;was told sleeps six. From the pic\u00adtures, it looks like a&nbsp;great loca\u00adtion, huge swim\u00adming pool, right on the&nbsp;beach\u2026\u201d<br>\n\u201cBut\u2026I can\u2019t go to Can\u00adc\u00fan with&nbsp;you!\u201d<br>\n\u201cWhy&nbsp;not?\u201d<br>\nKara opened her mouth, then shut it when her planned words would make her sound like an old fud\u00addy-dud\u00addy prude. She looked around her emp\u00adty liv\u00ading room, hop\u00ading for a&nbsp;way out of this. As if some\u00adone would pop out from behind Max\u2019s lazy boy and tell her she was on a&nbsp;hid\u00adden-cam\u00adera tele\u00advi\u00adsion show. \u201cI can\u2019t just take a&nbsp;day off from work for no reason.\u201d<br>\nEven to her ears that sound\u00aded lame, but maybe it would buy her&nbsp;time.<br>\n\u201cCall in sick.\u201d He dragged her back against him.<br>\n\u201cI can\u2019t do that!\u201d She did\u00adn\u2019t struggle.<br>\n\u201cWhy&nbsp;not?\u201d<br>\n\u201cMy <span class=\"caps\">GM<\/span> is a&nbsp;friend of mine. I&nbsp;could\u00adn\u2019t lie to&nbsp;him.\u201d<br>\n\u201cGood. Then tell him the truth. You have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to go to Can\u00adc\u00fan for the week\u00adend, and you\u2019ll see him on Monday.\u201d<br>\n\u201cBut\u2026\u201d<br>\n\u201cAm I&nbsp;going to have to call your sister?\u201d<br>\nWell, that shut her up. With\u00adout think\u00ading, Kara glanced over at the pic\u00adture of Kris that sat in a&nbsp;Mick\u00adey Mouse frame on her man\u00adtle. Her sil\u00adly smile as she tried to look like Goofy, the char\u00adac\u00adter who had his big felt arm around her shoul\u00adders. She knew what Kris would do, and she knew what Kris would say when she found out she turned down a&nbsp;week\u00adend get\u00adaway to Can\u00adc\u00fan, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, that\u2019s it for me! Thanks for stop\u00adping by on this hol\u00adi\u00adday week\u00adend. Stay safe, if not&nbsp;sober&nbsp;\ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/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 head\u00aded to Las Vegas this week to join in the fun at the Romance Nov\u00adel Con\u00adven\u00adtion. Any\u00adone close by? I\u2019d love to chat. 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