By now some of you have probably heard about the Cait Corrain controversy. To summarize the facts: Cait Corrain was a debut romantasy author. Was being an operative term here. Cait Corrain seems to have dealt with her pre-release anxiety by creating numerous fake accounts on Goodreads and using
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Present Tenses and Unhappy Endings
I wonder about how more and more books are being written in the present tense. I have a hard time getting into something written that way. Past tense is where it’s at for me and I’m so glad you write that way. Maybe I’m just getting old, but what’s up with that? I'm not sure why this is. I also
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Magic Bleeds and Bloopers
GA Magic Bleeds is out on Audible today (and all other retailers). For those who don't know what GA does, they turns books into audio plays - each character is voiced by a different actor and there are sound effects. It is my favorite way to listen to audiobooks now. I am addicted. Highly
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Comfort Reads
The slow editorial trudge continues. Saturday: Sunday: Mod R is my witness, I keep cutting and cutting and somehow there are more words. Thank you for all of the encouragement. You guys are too nice! I received an interesting question the other day: if you could choose a comfort
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Truth Hurts
On Book Clubs and Hot Takes
I start my Mondays with news, and today I found this interesting article from WSJ called No, I Don't Want to Join Your Book Club by Betsy McKay. The article requires you to register unless you have a subscription. It's a good read, but if you don't want to go through the trouble of registering,
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Audiobooks.com: 60% Off Sweep in Peace GA Audio
Graphic Audio reached out to our literary agency. Thanksgiving is a time when we come together with friends and family to share a delicious meal and reflect on everything we have to be thankful for. We want to help you show your fans how much you appreciate their unwavering support and
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On Panini Press, Fine Qualities Of
Mod R has been mentioning the panini press lately and the need for some recipes. Warning: stock pictures of delicious food ahead. What is a panini press? Panini comes to us from Italy. It is thought to have originated in Lombardy, and was mentioned in some Italian writing as early as 16th
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Please Stop Harassing the Audio Reader And Doing Other Things
I have now seen the ACX documents from the pirated edition of Magic Claims, and I am satisfied that the audio reader, Christy Hodson, was also a victim of fraud. Someone posed as us, hired her to do this through ACX, she recorded the book in good faith, and having put in all of the labor and
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DO NOT Purchase Individual Audio of Magic Claims
Here we go again. An unauthorized copy of Magic Claims appeared on Audible. It is copyrighted to ©2023 Ilona Andrews (P)2023 Kate Steel. All of our audio is always copyrighted to Ilona Andrews, Inc. On Amazon, the publisher of this audio is Zenith Publishing. They have one other listing,
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What is it?
We've received so many requests and comments regarding the current project that I am going to take pity on poor Mod R and announce what it is, since we are almost done. We are working on another world fantasy with prominent romantic elements. It's an isekai, also known as a portal fantasy. Not
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Dragon and Tuna
It's a beautiful Monday. The grass is green, the birds are singing, the sun is shining and I have a finish. This hasn't been washed or ironed so it's as is, grimy and all. I tried to take more pictures, but it didn't quite work out. There is no cross stitch. There is only
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