Today, my publisher (Colleen MacMillan at Annick Press) is taking me and illustrator Steve Rolston out to lunch to celebrate the release of Seeing Red.

Colleen has an office in a shabby chic historical building. Sunlight floods in through big windows to land on shelves and shelves of books and a jumble of computers and manuscripts and work tables. It’s exactly as you might picture a publisher’s office. She also has a knack for choosing lovely lunch places.

So, this is all very glamorous. I plan on brushing my teeth for the occasion. Maybe even my hair.