My husband and best friend in all the world, for letting me bounce crazy ideas off of him for this book and everything else in the years to come. But mostly, for believing in me even when it was hard for me to believe in myself. My alpha readers and beta readers Scott, Jenn, Chris, Ashley, and Kate, for telling me the parts you loved, and the parts you didn’t, and the parts that made you laugh out loud. For pointing out plot holes, details I only actually wrote down in my head, and generally making the story the best it could be. My editors Scott Aleric and Jennifer Vancil, for fixing all my dyslexic mistakes and making this book as shiny and awesome as humanly possible. Madeline, for hanging out in fake Ikea living rooms and letting me tell you all about my stories for hours. Sally Rose, for always volunteering to be our booth helper at events and for helping me develop the pitch for this book. My mother, and future editor (Go Mom!), Maureen, for loaning me your copy of The Chicago Manual of Style. It taught me more about English than school ever did. Merrie, for always sharing awesome tech things with me like Animoto and Elegant Themes. Without you, there would be no book trailer for DITM and my site would not be as cool as it currently is. My twitter friends and the community at large for your invaluable information, support and camaraderie; without you all, I don’t know how I would be able to work in the studio alone all day. All the lovely bloggers who agreed to be part of the June 2012 Daemons in the Mist virtual book tour. You’re all awesome, wonderful, shiny people! The creators of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) without you, this book would not have been completed as quickly as it was. The creators of Scrivener, for creating a writing program that seems especially designed for non-linear writers like me. Without you, my stories would be a horrid mess and take twice as long to write. The creators of Pinterest for creating a way to store my visual ideas and share them with the world. And as always, I am eternally grateful to my parents, Bob and Maureen Dillman for their unwavering support of all the things I do; from dance and theater lessons growing up to putting me through art school. You two are the best parents anyone could have.
—Alicia Kat Vancil
About the Author
Alicia Kat Vancil grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley where she amused herself by telling stories to anyone around her—her family, her friends...random strangers. Eventually she actually started writing those stories down instead of just spending hours hanging out in fake Ikea living rooms and telling her friends about them. Somewhere amongst all the character-torturing and epic explosions she managed to get a BFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art University and open a graphics studio (Multi-tasking for the win!).
Kat still lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two very crazy studio cats, and nine overfull bookcases. And when not running amuck in the imaginary worlds within her head, Kat can usually be found performing, watching anime, or hanging out in Twitter chats.
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One Last Thing…
After the Table of Contents pages, Kindle will give you the opportunity to rate the book and tell your friends about it on Facebook and Twitter. They’ll automatically post the cover of this book along with your thoughts on it. How cool is that? Be the first one of your friends to use this shiny new technology. Your friends will get to know what you’re reading and I, for one, will be forever grateful to you.
Thanks again for reading and have a happy cat day!
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Alicia Kat Vancil
Table of Contents
A taste of what’s to come
COPYRIGHT
BOOK SUMMARY
CREDITS
DEDICATION
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
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Excerpt from The Storm behind Your Eyes
After Reading
Future Works by Alicia Kat Vancil
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
About the Author
One Last Thing…
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