{"id":6926,"date":"2015-02-28T09:26:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T16:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6926"},"modified":"2015-02-27T17:51:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T00:51:03","slug":"saturday-status-2282015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/saturday-status-2282015","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 2\/28\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bm54nBCCYAACwBi.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6946\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/saturday-status-2282015\/bm54nbccyaacwbi\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bm54nBCCYAACwBi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"599,338\" 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 data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bm54nBCCYAACwBi-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bm54nBCCYAACwBi.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6946\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bm54nBCCYAACwBi.jpg\" alt width=\"377\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bm54nBCCYAACwBi.jpg 599w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bm54nBCCYAACwBi-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong>Isn\u2019t this a&nbsp;beau\u00adti\u00adful pic\u00adture!? When I&nbsp;was in Jack\u00adson in Jan\u00adu\u00adary I&nbsp;looked for this famous barn, but it\u2019s sit\u00adting on pri\u00advate land accessed from a&nbsp;small stretch of road that is closed through\u00adout the win\u00adter. I&nbsp;nev\u00ader thought about it, but you don\u2019t see any pic\u00adtures of this barn in the&nbsp;snow. Now you know&nbsp;why!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Work in Progress News ~ <\/span><\/strong>Work\u00ading away on Vic\u00adtor, but this morn\u00ading I&nbsp;was vis\u00adit\u00aded by a&nbsp;plot bun\u00adny with <span class=\"caps\">TEETH<\/span>! So I&nbsp;did stop and write a&nbsp;few para\u00adgraphs to get the idea down on \u201cpaper\u201d. I&nbsp;think this new one might actu\u00adal\u00adly be an Alan\u00adna book, so woohoo! But I&nbsp;real\u00adly need to fin\u00adish Vic\u00adtor first, so back off, rabid plot&nbsp;bunny.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Favorite Song of the Week ~ <\/strong><\/span>So these guys were real\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar across the pond, they did\u00adn\u2019t make it huge here thanks to the oth\u00ader boy bands they were com\u00adpet\u00ading against at the time (Back\u00adstreet Boys, \u2018N\u2011Sync etc), and I\u2019m a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle sad that I&nbsp;did\u00adn\u2019t get to join in on the scream\u00ading fan fren\u00adzy I&nbsp;think these guys deserve. They\u2019re <span class=\"caps\">IRISH<\/span>, you guys. Cov\u00ader\u00ading Garth Brooks:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WmzZg6Ry_KE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Back\u00adlist News ~ <\/strong><\/span>I&nbsp;rarely have back\u00adlist news. I&nbsp;don\u2019t know why I&nbsp;have this in my sta\u00adtus update tem\u00adplate. I&nbsp;think I\u2019ll change this to high\u00adlight an old review from a&nbsp;back\u00adlist title. Too com\u00admer\u00adcial? Well, it\u2019s my blog, yo. So here we go, a&nbsp;review for Pre\u00adView, back when it was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly titled \u201cPr\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu\u201d,&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/seriouslyreviewed.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/preja-vu-by-alanna-coca.html?zx=74a768abf0b2425d\" target=\"_blank\">Seri\u00adous\u00adly Reviewed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span class=\"caps\">HOLY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CRAP<\/span>!!! Let me start by say\u00ading that I&nbsp;was skep\u00adti\u00adcal when I&nbsp;first grabbed this one. Though the blurb was inter\u00adest\u00ading it did\u00adn\u2019t just reach out and grab me by the nose.\u2026.<span class=\"caps\">BUT<\/span> once I&nbsp;got start\u00aded read\u00ading, I&nbsp;just could\u00adn\u2019t&nbsp;stop!!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What a&nbsp;nifty lit\u00adtle mys\u00adtery with some sex\u00adi\u00adness right smack dab in the mid\u00addle! By page 30 I&nbsp;thought I&nbsp;had it all fig\u00adured out. I&nbsp;was sure I&nbsp;knew who the bad guy was and I&nbsp;was just wait\u00ading for the shoe to drop. <span class=\"caps\">BOY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">HOWDY<\/span> did I&nbsp;get thrown a&nbsp;curve ball!<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ms Coca, *<span class=\"caps\">SNAPS<\/span>* you did a&nbsp;great job! Total\u00adly kept me involved and inter\u00adest\u00aded and then <span class=\"caps\">WHAM<\/span>! gave me a&nbsp;big shock! <span class=\"caps\">LOVED<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">IT<\/span>! I&nbsp;will be look\u00ading for your name in the future<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>(I do miss that old cov\u00ader by the&nbsp;way\u2026)<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Tweet of the Week ~ <\/strong><\/span>You\u2019ve prob\u00ada\u00adbly seen this in sev\u00ader\u00adal places all over the net, but it tru\u00adly is the tweet of the week, if not the month and&nbsp;year:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I\u2019m going to kill you, Bren\u00addadirk Cram\u00adple\u00adscrunch.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UQ4LUgzozD\">pic.twitter.com\/UQ4LUgzozD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Dep\u00adpisch (@deppisch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deppisch\/status\/569691309612474368\">Feb\u00adru\u00adary 23,&nbsp;2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~ <\/strong><\/span>So let\u2019s say you wrote a&nbsp;book, and maybe you think the&nbsp;Big Five is too tough to get into, or not right for your book, but self pub\u00adlish\u00ading isn\u2019t for you. Now there\u2019s some\u00adwhere to turn. Book\u00adtrope takes your book (if you\u2019re accept\u00aded into the sys\u00adtem) and a&nbsp;pool of edi\u00adtors and cov\u00ader design\u00aders col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrate and get your ms ready for pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion. The good thing is that these folks will get paid roy\u00adal\u00adties, so there\u2019s no up front cost as far as that goes. I\u2019m com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adsim\u00adpli\u00adfy\u00ading here, so be sure to check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktrope.com\" target=\"_blank\">web\u00adsite<\/a> if you want more&nbsp;info.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Finding-Master-Right-L-Witt-ebook\/dp\/B00DFNB3LY\/?tag=alannacoca-20\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6958\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/saturday-status-2282015\/attachment\/1220678\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1220678.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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1220678\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1220678-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1220678.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignright wp-image-6958\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1220678.jpg\" alt width=\"140\" height=\"210\"><\/a>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~ <\/strong><\/span>So I&nbsp;bought sev\u00ader\u00adal books on Valen\u00adtine\u2019s Day dur\u00ading All Romance Ebooks\u2019 sale. Two I&nbsp;bought with\u00adout much thought because I&nbsp;remem\u00adbered the author, and wow. Those were awful awful books, I&nbsp;almost did\u00adn\u2019t fin\u00adish them. So after that, I&nbsp;re-read some old favorites to cleanse my palate. Then I&nbsp;picked up one from L.A. Witt, who nev\u00ader dis\u00adap\u00adpoints. This Friends-to-Lovers sto\u00adry has just enough angst to give it some teeth. Find\u00ading Mas\u00adter&nbsp;Right:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~ <\/strong><\/span>Those who have the least, are the most like\u00adly to&nbsp;share.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5CwCvpEMEJU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Book Snip\u00adpet ~ <\/strong><\/span>From At Ease, my book will be re-released in August!<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"6959\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/saturday-status-2282015\/aesnip\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AESnip.png\" data-orig-size=\"750,445\" 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 data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AESnip-300x178.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AESnip.png\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6959\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AESnip.png\" alt width=\"750\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AESnip.png 750w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AESnip-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"><\/p>\n<p>Base\u00adball is back! Well Spring Train\u00ading at least. Okay, that\u2019s all for now. Have a&nbsp;great week, everybody.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. The dress is blue and&nbsp;black.<\/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>Isn\u2019t this a&nbsp;beau\u00adti\u00adful pic\u00adture!? 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