{"id":795,"date":"2014-08-12T04:50:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T04:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/?p=795"},"modified":"2014-08-12T04:50:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T04:50:43","slug":"where-did-july-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/where-did-july-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Did July Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously. I blinked and the start of the school year is barreling down upon us.<\/p>\n<p>July was chock full of activities. 4th of July, RWA National Convention, and I released a new book!<\/p>\n<p>You can read all about my adventures on the Decadent Divas blog. Come find out about my favorite 4th of July traditions in Red, White and Vroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140704_120221_622.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-798 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140704_120221_622-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Alexander, Cars\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/happy-4th-of-july-red-white-and-vrooom.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/happy-4th-of-july-red-white-and-vrooom.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I showed off my new tattoo, the family crest of the House of Rosenorn. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140620_152221_821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-797\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140620_152221_821-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Alexander's Tattoo\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/annas-ink-house-of-rosenorn.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/annas-ink-house-of-rosenorn.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I stumbled upon a shoe exhibit at a local museum. You know how I love my shoes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/hello-my-pretties-shoes.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/hello-my-pretties-shoes.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This month I gave the Divas a peek at my latest release, The Cowboy Way. I&#8217;m really enjoying the reviews. The most common of which are, &#8220;couldn&#8217;t put the book down,&#8221; and &#8220;I cried so many times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/anna-has-new-release-cowboy-way.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/anna-has-new-release-cowboy-way.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I traveled to San Antonio for the RWA National Convention and boosted my muse. I also made lots of new friends. I do enjoy socializing.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140724_202603_828.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140724_202603_828-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140724_202603_828\" width=\"114\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/books-cowboys-and-margaritas-anna.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/books-cowboys-and-margaritas-anna.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And while cleaning out my bookcase, I stumbled upon some of the first romance novels I collected. Do you remember your first?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Annas-First-Romance-A-Rose-in-Winter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-801 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Annas-First-Romance-A-Rose-in-Winter-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"Anna's First Romance- A Rose in Winter\" width=\"98\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Annas-First-Romance-A-Rose-in-Winter-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Annas-First-Romance-A-Rose-in-Winter.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/do-you-remember-your-first.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/do-you-remember-your-first.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be signing at the Waterfront Book Festival on Sunday August 24th at Lombardi&#8217;s Restaurant. If you find me, you can score one of my special buttons inspired by my time in New Orleans. Hope to see you there!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/AnnaAlexander_waterfront-book-festival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/AnnaAlexander_waterfront-book-festival-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"AnnaAlexander_waterfront book festival\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/AnnaAlexander_waterfront-book-festival-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/AnnaAlexander_waterfront-book-festival.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously. I blinked and the start of the school year is barreling down upon us. July was chock full of activities. 4th of July, RWA National Convention, and I released a new book! You can read all about my adventures on the Decadent Divas blog. Come find out about my favorite 4th of July traditions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39eCR-cP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}