The UPS man brought me a special present the other day, courtesy of the fabulously sweet Danielle Poiesz at Pocket Books:
An Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of Allison Pang‘s A Brush of Darkness!!
Yes, there was much rejoicing. And tweeting of my good fortune.
For those who don’t know, an ARC is an early version of a book, the publisher makes it up to send out to reviewers and so forth. It looks very close to the final product, but has yet to go through a couple more QA passes. ARCs are like teenagers, stepping out into the world, trying things out.
It’s a very exciting time.
So, I thought you might like to see what a day in the life of a new novel is like.
A nice start to the day, with toast and coffee.
Some time enjoying the fall flowers in the garden. 
A cruise in the convertible is always fun on a gorgeous day. 
After all that excitement, an afternoon nap. Isabel makes fine company. 
Refreshed for a night on the town, happy hour with a lovely chardonnay and some taquitos. (Our novel is over 21 now – it’s okay.)
Taking in the historic sights of Santa Fe.
And dinner at the Cowgirl. 
Finally, a bit of sexy time and sleep. 
Goodnight, sweet novel – tomorrow will be another exciting day!
(Thanks to David, my mom and Dave for assisting in Brush of Darkness’s night on the town!)
OMG. *Dies laughing*
LOL, dang! Allison's novel does more than I do! And rode in a convertible. (That nearly killed me, btw)
Well, Danica, these young novels have a lot of spunk and energy.
LOL! This is great. And what a great cover. Major congrats to Allison!
Bwahahaha!
*Now* we know how Abby shredded her fishnets.
lol, Love that you obviously had fun with your camera and the novel. Are you tuckered out?
Awesome. Next time can I go too?
Now it just needs to go sailing, Marcella!
And excellent point, KAK – mystery solved!
Yes, Chudney, I definitely amused myself no end and of course you can come along Kelly!
Allison's book had a one night stand already? That slutty book!
She's not slutty, Katie, just a young and free spirit enjoying all the pleasures life has to offer. 😉
*snickers* The book has dubious moral standards. Let's just leave it at that…
little hedonist
BAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
I'm LOLing. Yup.
😀