It’s been a very busy Monday, complete with trips to the vet, the pharmacy, art payments, and other things. Gordon and I will be joining Jeaniene Frost at Coastal Magic Con on February 22-25. It’s a small casual con in Daytona. The schedule is still being adjusted but right now it looks like we will
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AI Usage
Instead of finishing Roman’s chapter, we, unfortunately, have to address concerns about the AI usage. The Sanctuary chapter will be posted in an hour or two. Final Cover of Magic Gifts audio book. Images used: I put the cover together in Photoshop. It is a composite of the three images above that was tinted and
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Samurai and Global Warming
Good news first: The Sweep of the Heart adaptation from Graphic Audio will be released on Audible& other audio stores on February 2nd, a bit earlier than expected. Me, in a post about the found dog: Jeaniene, if you are reading this, no, we did not keep the puppy. Stop laughing. Yesterday: phone rings. Me:
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Hidden Legacy on the B&N Preorder Sale
Hi everyone, Mod R here. Barnes & Noble is running their Members-only pre-order sale, starting today, January 24, through to January 26. This is a fabulous opportunity to pre-order Nevada’s trilogy in the new Hidden Legacy covers! Here are the links for Burn for Me, White Hot and Wildfire, which will be rereleased by Avon
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Call Mom
Having finished the final pass at Maggie on Thursday, I took the weekend off to play Satisfactory, an old favorite game. I had my phone on silent while playing. I walked away to get some evening decaff and when I came back, I saw Kid 2 called. I checked the family group chat. Kid 2
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Sweep of the Heart from GA Tomorrow
Sweep of the Heart, the fifth and most recent Innkeeper Chronicles novel, will be released on the Graphic Audio Access app tomorrow, January 19. You can order it here. The dramatized adaptation will show up on February 2nd on other retailers like Audible, Hoopla, Chirp, Overdrive etc. Just in time for the cold weekend ahead
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I Will Explain Everything
Hi everyone, Mod R here. I have a Klaus snippet for you today, the long-awaited reveal of what he needed to tell Maud when he came to her at end of Sweep of the Blade. It’s also an incentive for us. Remember that bit about the Barsas in Sweep of the Heart? “The Barsas stopped
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Kid 2’s Cardigan
I made a simple shrug for Kid 1 before Christmas, and when Kid 2 saw it, the first thing she said was, “Where is mine?” Here is hers. I wanted a kind of rustic look, because of the yarn colors. A slightly modern take on patchwork. The pattern is available free on Ravelry and here,
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Arctic Blast, Cats and Bread
It is cold. We woke up to 19F. For Celsius folks, we’re at -7. It was even colder last night. The wind outside is making winter storm noises. It’s a kind of low growling as it whistles past the oaks. Whenever these numbers come out, there is always a lovely Canadian person who is like
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It Runs In the Family
We’ve received many requests and questions about Kid 2’s work and what is it about and when can it be available. Once in a while, there will be a successful writer who will come out with “My child wrote a book!” and they will use their platform to promote their child’s book. Full power to
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Writer Life: Things That Help
Yesterday Kid 2 called me, visibly exhausted. She is finishing up her second manuscript. We trunked the first one because while it was good, you can only debut once, and this new one is much more her. I’d sent her Maggie and she really loved the way it’s formatted. In case you’re wondering, this is
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Holiday Serial
Is the new thing a holiday serial? Yes. How long? Not very long. Probably short story range. Every Friday? Every Friday. Can we get it in audio/when will it be published/why is it not Innkeeper… Here is tea and cookies. Please have some. I can’t have cookies because I have to watch my blood sugar
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