The Clerk of the Mercenary Guild waved me over to his counter. Eight years had passed, and he looked exactly the same, as if I had seen him yesterday. Average height, average build, tan skin, brown hair, perpetually around forty-five. He looked like a seasoned bartender, calm, reserved, and ready to whip out the shotgun
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Stupidest Thing I Bought
We all make stupid purchases from time to time and so I made one this Christmas. I bought Bombas socks. Bombas socks advertises itself as the maker of the best socks ever. I first saw the ad on Facebook. And then I saw it again and again, advertising “amazing” socks and “the most comfortable socks
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Clarification on Comment Policy
Let me rephrase: you have been very clear that you are not ok with nitpick comments re: typos or grammar. I thought you were ok with more overarching comments regarding plot or character. Your statement here seems to apply to all criticism. Is that true? Siobhan Typos Please do not correct the typos. The reasons
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Chapter 7 Part 1
Admin note: We worked with our host to stop caching blog pages. You should be able to see your comments right after you post now. Please help us test this. I walked into the Order’s chapter carrying a bag. The female knight who had originally escorted me walked out of the nearest office. A slow
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First Innkeeper Pandemic Donation
In March we released the first three books in the Innkeeper series as a collector edition at a price of $0.99. It was meant as a gift, and we were never planned to make money from it, but it was faster and easier to release it at $0.99 than to release it free. This way
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Fox News and Watery Tarts
In an effort to extend their coverage of protests, Fox News decided to look at Reddit. They found this little nugget and reported it. The post in question, by someone name Kasplorge, says: “I didn’t vote for Raz. I thought we were an autonomous collective? An anachro-syndicalist commune at the least. We should take turns
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Chapter 6 Part 2
Ryder was edited over the past week to reduce background information and refine it. The updated draft is up. Edits were slight. Chapter 5 probably got the most extra stuff and you might want to glance at the end of the scene with the little girl, which explains a bit of Julie’s mindset. Comment Images
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Camera Help
I’ve wanted a camera for years. I am a lousy shot, but I really enjoy taking pictures. Specifically, I like taking pictures of pets, flowers, and bugs. Sometimes landscapes. So I watched a class on artistic, painting-like photography, and I really liked it. The instructor was using something called Lensbaby, which is a type of
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The Redesign is Complete
The new website is up and running. Thank you for bearing with us during this difficult time. We were shut down for whole 6 hours. We would like to thank Aimee and Jayana of Anchored Design, who were amazing to work with. HIGHLIGHTS If you follow EMERALD BLAZE preorder link from the main page, you
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Shut Down is Imminent
The blog will be shutting down for installation of new theme shortly. We will be stopping the blog newsletter, because we will be moving things around and we do not want you to get twenty million worldbuilding posts. So if you come back and see that things are under construction, that’s why. 🙂 We expect
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Dragon Unleashed
Happy Book Birthday to Grace Draven, DRAGON UNLEASHED is out today. A dragon shapeshifter and a healer with power over the earth fight a corrupt empire in this thrilling and deeply emotional romantic fantasy from the USA Today bestselling author of Radiance. Magic is outlawed in the Krael Empire and punishable by death. Born with the gift of
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My Nose
Late last night, Gordon steps out of the shower and opens the door. I am parked on the chair in the corner of the bathroom. Gordon, big smile: Hey there. Were you waiting for me? Me: Hmm. Can you walk into the bedroom, please? Gordon, in a towel, walking to the bedroom: Sure. What am
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