{"id":15569,"date":"2012-01-22T21:22:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T04:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=15569"},"modified":"2012-01-22T21:24:05","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T04:24:05","slug":"more-gratuitous-gloating-im-two-for-two-for-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/15569\/more-gratuitous-gloating-im-two-for-two-for-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"More gratuitous gloating: I’m two-for-two for the weekend."},"content":{"rendered":"

When I wrote The Unfallen<\/em>, I studied a listserv list of lady romance writers. They were astoundingly mercenary, by my literary standards, but they were fun to read — and they were profoundly interested in making money.<\/p>\n

One of their traditions was the “Yahoo!” — an announcement to the group of a personal triumph.<\/p>\n

In that light: Yahoo! I put two contracts into escrow this weekend — and it is frolicking difficult to put a house under contract in Phoenix right now.<\/p>\n

All I’m doing is skinning cats. Takes longer than it ever has before, and it pays less. But I’m nailing them up to the wall — and Yahooing when I have time.<\/p>\n

Gloat in your own behalf. This is your year. I challenge you to prove me right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I wrote The Unfallen, I studied a listserv list of lady romance writers. They were astoundingly mercenary, by my literary standards, but they were fun to read — and they were profoundly interested in making money. One of their traditions was the “Yahoo!” — an announcement to the group of a personal triumph. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","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":""},"categories":[13,24,212,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-casual-friday","7":"category-egoism-in-action","8":"category-flourishing","9":"category-group-therapy","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1239,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1239\/independence-day-taking-control-of-your-marketing\/","url_meta":{"origin":15569,"position":0},"title":"Independence Day – It’s Your Business","author":"Kris Berg","date":"March 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It finally dawned on me. 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