The sketch of the cover for the Inheritance features an interior of a cave. Bear and Ada are silhouetted on the ledge looking into a vast cavern where a couple of wasps are flying in the distance. More than one answer is allowed. If you are reading it through the email and getting code salad,
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This Kingdom Is Up For a Preview
I have it on good authority that This Kingdom just popped up on Edelweiss. That is all.
The Hair Calamity
I received a surprising number of questions regarding my hair. I’ve addressed it on Facebook, but a lot of people don’t use it. I color my hair because I’m going grey. A lot of people look lovely with grey hair. I’m not one of them. I’ve tried to grow it out and it is terrible
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This Kingdom Finds Home in the UK
We are delighted to officially announce that THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME – Maggie the Undying volume 1 has found a home with Tor UK. Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, is delighted to announce the acquisition of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, an extraordinary epic fantasy by bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews. Publisher
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If You Can’t Win, Bribe
Last night, in the middle of the tornado warning alert and our phones and our alarm system screaming in unison that a tornado is imminent: Gordon: Is that a tornado siren of a flash flood siren? Me: Who knows? Kid 2. Kid 2 knows. They used to just do sirens for the tornados, but now
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Name That Street
Before anything else: MAGIC TRIUMPHS is out from Graphic Audio today. Yay! Gordon’s surgery went well. We got home safe yesterday and today he is in the home gym, working the shoulder as the doctor instructed. The doctor was pleased and saw no additional need to do anything beyond the expected scope of the surgery.
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Life and Other Dishes
I have a weird feeling this week. It’s like I overlooked something or forgot some bill, and I keep checking to see what I missed and can’t find it. And it’s Thursday already. How? How? Gordon’s surgery is next week. They will clean the scar tissue from his shoulder, and he will have to immediately
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Dishhhwashhher
The trouble with the dishwasher started as soon as we came back from vacation. After we got home, I marinated some chicken, and ended up with a load of dishes that had a big glass marinading dish in it. I start the dishwasher. It gets through part of the cycle. I come back to the
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Back to Life, Back to Reality and Book Recommendation
The vacation was amazing. The air was 80F. The ocean was 80F. The pools were great. The room was spectacular. The food was delicious. The drinks were to die for. We went on a date to this restaurant that was technically part of the resort but set outside of the grounds, by a busy street.
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This Kingdom Is Up for Preorder
Tor released This Kingdom for preorder and did not warn us. We found out 30 minutes ago, and Mod R tells me that the links are already up in Discord and fan groups. BDH: zero chill. Zero. The EBOOK is up everywhere. The PRINT EDITION is up at other places but not up on Amazon
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The Struggle Is Real
Tuna and Oliver had their annual visit to the vet for vaccines and physicals. Here is Tuna being the king of everything at the vet office. Tuna, predictably, was lovely to the vet, let his blood be taken, sat like a rock for vaccines, and has normal bloodwork. I would take a pic of Oliver
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Lit RPG: The Origins, The Inheritance, and Other Things
This is long, so table of contents: The Origin of LitRPG As everyone knows by now, I’m a massive Solo Leveling fan. I’ve read the manhwa before the anime was ever announced and then reread it several times. Right now, with the anime release on Crunchyroll (we are up to 2 seasons), it is enjoying
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