{"id":6843,"date":"2014-11-15T09:19:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6843"},"modified":"2014-11-14T22:34:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T05:34:12","slug":"saturday-status-111514","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/saturday-status-111514","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 11\/15\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/gifrific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peter-Gibbons-Office-Space-Stare-at-Desk.gif\" alt width=\"373\" height=\"199\">Wel\u00adcome to mid Novem\u00adber! This year is just prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly gone! Okay, so this Sat\u00adur\u00adday Sta\u00adtus isn\u2019t&nbsp;a&nbsp;week\u00adly thing any\u00admore. Sor\u00adry about that. I\u2019ll at least check in every month (Mom!)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Work in Progress News ~ <\/span><\/strong>Still plug\u00adging away on Let\u00adters from Vic\u00adtor. I\u2019m deter\u00admined to fin\u00adish this one by the end of the year. If I&nbsp;don\u2019t, you each have my per\u00admis\u00adsion to thwap&nbsp;me next time you see&nbsp;me.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Favorite Song of the Week ~ <\/strong><\/span>\u201cGeez, Alan\u00adna! When are you going to get tired of post\u00ading Pen\u00adta\u00adtonix songs?\u201d Nev\u00ader, okay!? This one is from their new Christ\u00admas album, though the song itself isn\u2019t very Christ\u00admasy. The lyrics are actu\u00adal\u00adly a&nbsp;bit dis\u00adturb\u00ading, but I&nbsp;did some Googling and learned that the lyri\u00adcist says they\u2019re just non\u00adsense so don\u2019t read any\u00adthing into them, just enjoy. Plus the clap\u00adpy thingie is&nbsp;cool.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o10drRI3VQ0?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Back\u00adlist News ~ <\/strong><\/span>I&nbsp;have <span class=\"caps\">GREAT<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">NEWS<\/span>! My inter\u00adra\u00adcial (bmww) novel\u00adla At Ease has been picked up by Samhain Pub\u00adlish\u00ading! Samhain is one of my two favorite pub\u00adlish\u00aders to work with, and I&nbsp;real\u00adly could\u00adn\u2019t be hap\u00adpi\u00ader. This puts all of my men in uni\u00adform togeth\u00ader at Samhain, too. At Ease was my only book with Ellora\u2019s Cave, and there are a&nbsp;lot of words to describe how I&nbsp;feel about get\u00adting <span class=\"caps\">AE<\/span> back in my hot lit\u00adtle hands and right into Samhain\u2019s. If you\u2019re fol\u00adlow\u00ading the <span class=\"caps\">EC<\/span> news, you\u2019ll under\u00adstand what I&nbsp;mean. I\u2019m tempt\u00aded to change the title, since there\u2019s not a&nbsp;whole lot of mil\u00adi\u00adtary ref\u00ader\u00adence in the book, as the title sug\u00adgests, but we\u2019ll see what my edi\u00adtor thinks. Have you read At Ease? What do you think? Change the title, or add more military?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Hey Mr. Tam\u00adbourine Man, play a&nbsp;song for me. *Tam\u00adbourine Man shakes tam\u00adbourine for sev\u00ader\u00adal min\u00adutes* Well that sucked.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Lyon (@JohnLyonTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnLyonTweets\/status\/487991862897029120\">July 12,&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><\/span><span class=\"caps\">FINALLY<\/span>, Ama\u00adzon has buried the Hachette! (Sor\u00adry, I&nbsp;had to.) No, it was\u00adn\u2019t a&nbsp;total\u00adly one sided thing, and I&nbsp;think every\u00adone came out of this at least a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle bit hap\u00adpy. I&nbsp;think. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/11\/14\/technology\/amazon-hachette-ebook-dispute.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0010SGQXG\/tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/saturday-status-111514\/attachment\/2718629\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2718629.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"267,400\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2718629\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2718629-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2718629.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignright wp-image-6844 \" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2718629-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"2718629\" width=\"138\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2718629-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2718629.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\"><\/a>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~ <\/strong><\/span>Rid\u00ading Wild is book one of a&nbsp;six book series by Jaci Bur\u00adton, so it\u2019s an old\u00ader book (2008). This one is chock full of romance and suspense.<\/p>\n<p>Mac Can\u00adfield was the last man Lily West expect\u00aded to see again, nev\u00ader mind aim her gun at. But there he was, the bad boy who\u2019d bro\u00adken her heart years ago \u2014 still a&nbsp;thief, hijack\u00ading a&nbsp;price\u00adless arti\u00adfact \u2014 and it was all she could do to push aside the mem\u00ado\u00adries of how it felt to have his per\u00adfect\u00adly chis\u00adeled body next to&nbsp;hers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~ <\/strong><\/span>Okay, I&nbsp;always lose it on mil\u00adi\u00adtary home\u00adcom\u00ading videos. This one has a&nbsp;twist. This sol\u00addier\u2019s wife is sur\u00adpris\u00ading <span class=\"caps\">HIM<\/span>! If you don\u2019t soak two tis\u00adsues, check your&nbsp;pulse.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2KDCX99g4C0?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/books\/tessas-pride\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/saturday-status-22313\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-orig-size=\"196,300\" 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\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignright wp-image-5768 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" alt width=\"196\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Book Snip\u00adpet ~ From Tes\u00adsa\u2019s&nbsp;Pride:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He toyed with her oval belt buck\u00adle, and her libido sprang to life with his prox\u00adim\u00adi\u00adty. She want\u00aded to feel his hands on her. It would be so easy to help him undo her belt. Then the zip\u00adper on her jeans. Instead she stared up at him, expect\u00ading him to dis\u00adap\u00adpear into a&nbsp;fine mist if she so much as moved a&nbsp;mus\u00adcle. Only when he pulled her shirt from her waist\u00adband and slid his cool hand up her warm abdomen did she suck in a&nbsp;sharp breath.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Stop me, Tes\u00adsa. If you\u2019re going to stop me, do it now, because I\u2019m about to lose myself in&nbsp;you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stop him. Should she? She opened and closed her mouth a&nbsp;few times as she tried to fig\u00adure out what to say. She swal\u00adlowed. \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Prob\u00ada\u00adbly not,\u201d he agreed, \u201cbut I&nbsp;want to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it for me. Hope you all have a&nbsp;great week. Stay warm out there, unless you\u2019re in Aus\u00adtralia, then stay&nbsp;cool!<\/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 to mid Novem\u00adber! This year is just prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly gone! Okay, so this Sat\u00adur\u00adday Sta\u00adtus isn\u2019t&nbsp;a&nbsp;week\u00adly thing any\u00admore. Sor\u00adry about that. I\u2019ll at least check in every month (Mom!) Work&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-1Mn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843"}],"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=6843"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6849,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions\/6849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}