I wouldn’t say I’d particularly lost my smile, it’s jsut it’s been a bit furtive and shy recently. But this morning, under the influence of a weekend of dancing in the rain (more in a later blog), walking in the sunshine and, it has to be said, a large hazlenut latte, my smile came out to play again.
I remembered, as my face warmed to it, that old colleagues used to love the fact that no matter how awful the day, I could be counted on to have a smile for them that somehow made things better (the constant supply of chocolate in my desk drawer helped, too)* I’d like to be the one who can be counted on to smile in this job, too.
If you want a laugh, go to google images, and search for Big Smile. :-D Worth it.
*Once, a valued colleague came and plumped down in a chair next to my desk, looking glum.
“Hello,” I said, “what’s up?”
“I’m having a terrible day, “he said. “And I thought, ‘I know, I’ll go and see Anna.’ I thought you’d probably make me feel better.”
Smiling broadly, I opened my drawer, reached in without looking and handed him a chocolate bar.
“I was right!” he exclaimed joyfully. He nearly wept tears of gratitude.
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Some hours after writing the above, I got two bits of great news - first, another review, a real goodie, from Sabine at Novelspot:
“From the first page, I couldn’t put down Anna Louise Lucia’s Run Among Thorns. The story was a fast and furious trip with two fascinating characters that drew me into their world before I knew what happened.
Filled with sexual tension overlaid on a well-built story, this romantic suspense novel was everything I could have asked for in a summer read.”
You can read the full review here.
The second was the news that I’m short listed for an award! Night Owl Romance are running their reader’s choice awards, and I’m included in the romantic suspense catagory! Now, I’m not going to ask you to vote for me, but I am going to ask you to head on over and vote for books you read and enjoyed - support Night Owl and have some fun. Go on… 
