{"id":6366,"date":"2014-07-19T08:23:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T14:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6366"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:17","slug":"saturday-status-71914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/saturday-status-71914","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 7\/19\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/saturday-status-71914\/wp_20140712_002\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3552,2000\" 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;1405158697&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.035544&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WP_20140712_002\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-1024x576.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6376 \" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20140712_002\" width=\"476\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-266x150.jpg 266w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-435x244.jpg 435w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-280x157.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WP_20140712_002-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\"><\/a>Hel\u00adlo! I\u2019m back from the Romance Nov\u00adel Con\u00adven\u00adtion! Here I&nbsp;am with my best author bud\u00addy <a href=\"http:\/\/trinamlee.com\">Tri\u00adna M&nbsp;Lee<\/a>. If you\u2019re inter\u00adest\u00aded in more&nbsp;pic\u00adtures from the con\u00adven\u00adtion, I&nbsp;post\u00aded them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alannacoca\/sets\/72157645356852188\/\">Flickr<\/a>, and of course I&nbsp;post\u00aded a&nbsp;bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/u\/1013945680479625216\">Vines<\/a> if you like six sec\u00adond videos. So I&nbsp;took some time off to recov\u00ader from the trip and now&nbsp;I\u2019m already anx\u00adious to get start\u00aded again, so that\u2019s a&nbsp;good sign! &nbsp;Now if only I&nbsp;could pick a&nbsp;wip to work&nbsp;on\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Favorite Song of the Week ~&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I\u2019m hav\u00ading a&nbsp;hard time cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adriz\u00ading this song. But the mes\u00adsage is fun: Meghan Train\u00ador\u2019s All About That&nbsp;Bass:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7PCkvCPvDXk?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Back\u00adlist News ~&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There\u2019s still time to get Flipped and Fine Print for <span class=\"caps\">FREE<\/span> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/AlannaCoca\">Smash\u00adwords<\/a>!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>don\u2019t cry for the spi\u00adders you acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly eat while asleep bc they know mouth spelunk\u00ading is dan\u00adger\u00adous but can\u2019t resist the adren\u00ada\u00adline&nbsp;rush<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hun\u00adtigu\u00adla (@huntigula) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/huntigula\/statuses\/489805615104290816\">July 17,&nbsp;2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">By now you\u2019ve prob\u00ada\u00adbly heard about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=9578129011\/?tag=alannacoca-20\">Kin\u00addle Unlim\u00adit\u00aded<\/a>. It\u2019s like the Oys\u00adter for Kin\u00addle devices. The good part is the fact that you don\u2019t actu\u00adal\u00adly need a&nbsp;Kin\u00addle device to par\u00adtake in Kin\u00addle Unlim\u00adit\u00aded. For $9.99 a&nbsp;month, one can read as many books (in the <span class=\"caps\">KU<\/span> selec\u00adtion) as one wants! The prob\u00adlem I&nbsp;see with it are the fact that it\u2019s only going to have Kin\u00addle Select books in it (so authors have cho\u00adsen to keep books off all oth\u00ader venues) and a&nbsp;few oth\u00aders. Although I&nbsp;would nev\u00ader make my books avail\u00adable on only one plat\u00adform, Select seems to be pop\u00adu\u00adlar with some authors, and more pow\u00ader to them. I&nbsp;hope <span class=\"caps\">KU<\/span> is a&nbsp;big hit for their&nbsp;sakes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Night-Like-This-Callaways-ebook\/dp\/B00AM1ZB38\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/saturday-status-71914\/attachment\/6370\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/16248969.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"150,232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Can Balcioglu&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Dramatic colors in the sky at the last hours of the day. Shot taken at Crissy Fields. This is an HDR (High Dynamic Range) image - a techniques that preserves highlight and shadow detail.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Canbalci | Dreamstime.com&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\/16248969.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/16248969.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignleft wp-image-6370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/16248969.jpg\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"232\"><\/a>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">On a&nbsp;Night Like This by Bar\u00adbara Freethy. It\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">FREE<\/span> right now! (I got it in a&nbsp;box set). Inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, it\u2019s also enrolled in Kin\u00addle Unlim\u00adit\u00aded. Click the cov\u00ader to open an Ama\u00adzon&nbsp;tab.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The sec\u00adond old\u00adest of the Call\u00adaway clan, Aiden Call\u00adaway veered from the fam\u00adi\u00adly tra\u00addi\u00adtion of urban fire\u00adfight\u00ading and became a&nbsp;smoke\u00adjumper, nev\u00ader ques\u00adtion\u00ading his choice until the job took the life of his friend, Kyle, and left Aiden with injuries and frac\u00adtured mem\u00ado\u00adries. Every\u00adone blames Aiden for what hap\u00adpened, but he does\u00adn\u2019t remem\u00adber, nor is he sure he wants to remem\u00adber. The truth may clear Aiden of blame but destroy Kyle\u2019s rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion and hurt the peo\u00adple he left behind. Aiden seeks help from an unlike\u00adly&nbsp;ally&nbsp;\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sara had always been untouch\u00adable, sweet, inno\u00adcent, his sis\u00adter\u2019s best friend, and the girl next door. But one reck\u00adless night in their youth took their rela\u00adtion\u00adship to a&nbsp;new lev\u00adel. Sara has nev\u00ader for\u00adgiv\u00aden or for\u00adgot\u00adten the way Aiden brought it crash\u00ading down, but she\u2019s no longer that girl with the crazy crush. She\u2019s a&nbsp;woman in search of her own&nbsp;truth.<\/p>\n<p>The sparks between Aiden and Sara have been smol\u00adder\u00ading for a&nbsp;very long time. Sara is afraid to take anoth\u00ader chance on a&nbsp;man who broke her heart, and Aiden knows bet\u00adter than any\u00adone how dan\u00adger\u00adous an intense fire can be. As teenagers they weren\u2019t ready for each oth\u00ader. Are they ready&nbsp;now?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~<\/strong><\/span> Anoth\u00ader com\u00admer\u00adcial. Sor\u00adry, but these adver\u00adtis\u00ading guys know their&nbsp;stuff!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rx0MRawkrj4?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/books\/flipped\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6372\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/saturday-status-71914\/flipped-by-olivia-brynn-200x300\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-200x300.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=\"Flipped by Olivia Brynn 200x300\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-200x300.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignright wp-image-6372 \" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flipped by Olivia Brynn 200x300\" width=\"169\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Flipped-by-Olivia-Brynn-200x300-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">From Flipped:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mario was only one of three peo\u00adple in the world who knew Carter\u2019s his\u00adto\u00adry. Hell, Mario knew every\u00adthing there was to know about Carter, and though the man loved to talk, he had nev\u00ader once betrayed that con\u00adfi\u00addence or teased him about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>At that thought, Carter real\u00adized the car was qui\u00adet. Rarely did Mario even turn on the radio, since he\u2019d just turn the vol\u00adume down or talk over it any\u00adway, but now there was\u00adn\u2019t even any chat\u00adter to fill the emp\u00adty&nbsp;space.<\/p>\n<p>Carter glanced across at Mario, whose brow was fur\u00adrowed. The dis\u00adturbed expres\u00adsion was unchar\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic. Even more so than the silence.<\/p>\n<p>Carter tossed his phone onto the dash. \u201cMaybe next time we try the new place on Nine\u00adty-sec\u00adond Street. I&nbsp;hear they have half-price well drinks dur\u00ading hap\u00adpy&nbsp;hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Sounds good.\u201d Mar\u00adi\u00ado\u2019s voice was rough, as if he was dis\u00adtract\u00aded and answer\u00ading on&nbsp;rote.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Or we could go to a&nbsp;coun\u00adtry west\u00adern bar. Swing dance with some ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, Mario was\u00adn\u2019t lis\u00adten\u00ading. Carter turned to the win\u00addow to hide his grin. \u201cWe could always just stay home and play Scrabble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>You cheat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He glanced over at Mario and encoun\u00adtered a&nbsp;raised mid\u00addle fin\u00adger. \u201cYou think I&nbsp;was\u00adn\u2019t listening?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I told you, you did\u00adn\u2019t have to leave the club. I&nbsp;could have grabbed a&nbsp;taxi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>And I&nbsp;told you I&nbsp;was done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Then why are you being such a&nbsp;prick?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00adi\u00ado\u2019s face melt\u00aded into a&nbsp;mis\u00adchie\u00advous smile. \u201cYou are what you&nbsp;eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Okay, enough from me, you\u2019ve got a&nbsp;beau\u00adti\u00adful sum\u00admer week\u00adend to enjoy! See you all next&nbsp;week.<\/span><\/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>Hel\u00adlo! I\u2019m back from the Romance Nov\u00adel Con\u00adven\u00adtion! Here I&nbsp;am with my best author bud\u00addy Tri\u00adna M&nbsp;Lee. If you\u2019re inter\u00adest\u00aded in more&nbsp;pic\u00adtures from the con\u00adven\u00adtion, I&nbsp;post\u00aded them on Flickr, and&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":"summary","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-1EG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366"}],"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=6366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}