A Day in the Life of a New Novel

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!)