Today we bring you two more stories of writers realizing they wanted to be writers. Alyssa Day The moment everything changed for me was when I volunteered to pick up an editor (Kate Seaver, then at a small indie publisher, now at Penguin Random House) from the airport for a writers’ conference. We chatted on
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The Price of Magic Zoom with Jessie Mihalik
Happy Monday! Today we are bringing you the sign up form for a Zoom Chat with us and Jessie Mihalik. Jessie’s new book, SILVER & BLOOD, is coming out on January 27, 2026. I really loved it, and now we get to talk to her about worldbuilding and the price magic exacts for its miraculous
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All the Questions, Some of the Answers
I’m lost, which series is Augustine from?/ I’ve read everything I don’t remember an Augustine? /Is Augustine someone from This Kingdom? Augustine is the character from the Hidden Legacy series. We first meet him in Burn For Me, which is the first book. Is the baby tiger ok? Who do you take us for? Yes,
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Augustine Cover Reveal, This Kingdom Preview Preorder, and This Kingdom Goes to Spain
We have three announcements for you today. First, the most important announcement. To recap: Tor is offering a very long free preview of This Kingdom on KU and other retailers. It will be released at the end of January and the “preorder” is up now. Right now we are seeing it on Amazon and BN.
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This Kingdom Has Many Faces: The Hardcover Edition
In an effort to clarify things, here are the many editions of This Kingdom. Some of you will be seeing several of these on sales at your preferred retailers. We are just trying to help you make sense of them. Tor US Hardcover: teal edges. The US Tor edition, available primarily in the US. Some
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Lavender Sunsets, Crocheted Hedgehogs, and Other Small Things
A while ago I posted a hedgehog on Facebook and I received several requests for the pattern. This toy was a little bit of a challenge for me. I’ve always thought amigurumi was out of my league. So full disclosure: this is toy #3. The first went to Kid 2, the second to Kid 1,
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The Backstory
J writes: I’m wondering if it was ever mentioned what had happened to end the Penelope’s PI career? This question popped up again in Facebook fan group. Facebook is just not set up to be a fan forum, so people keep missing things. We’ve posted it before, but just in case, here it is again
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Wildfire: Graphic Audio Sneak Peeks
Good news for our ears, BDH! The dramatized adaptation of Wildfire by Graphic Audio is almost here, and we have exclusive preview samples for you today, because we are beloved and people enjoy enabling our anticipation! We’ve gone back and forth on which samples to ask for, but in the end it just *had* to
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This Kingdom UK cover update
We interrupt your scheduled programming with breaking news from the UK. The Tor UK cover for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, Book 1) has officially pivoted its artistic leaning. Behold the transformation, from the previous texture emphasis on the left into the more atmospheric, midnight reverie new edit on the right.
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New Year, New Challenges
Happy 2026, everybody. ::looks at her Inbox:: Aaaaa! We are just going to pretend the emails don’t exist for the next hour while I write this. How did your holidays go? Ours were quiet and peaceful. Because of the kids having other commitments, we pushed the gift giving to New Year, and it was a
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Reading Resolutions
It’s January, so book communities are full of reading-resolutions articles and challenges. This is something I have traditionally ignored. I’m hugely proud of anyone who sets a goal amount of books for the year, because life is very demanding and carving out the time is an accomplishment in itself, but I’ve never been a numbers
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New Year, New Pancakes
Mod R here, sliding in just before the ball drops. As we tiptoe toward midnight, we have a very important New Year’s resolution to keep, and we need you to help us with it. We’re on the hunt for voice actor recommendations for an audiobook role that is very near and dear to the BDH’s
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