The first draft of the Inheritance is officially finished. It’s the same size as Magic Claims. Some novella it turned out to be. Oy. This was so not the plan when we started. Preorders and Availability The Inheritance has gone to the developmental edit, and then it will go to the copyedit. We aiming for
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Which Base?
A very important question. If you were making this cardigan with this yarn color for Austin, TX, where 90F is pleasantly warm, which of these yarn bases would you go for? I know they are calling is Sandbar, but this reads fall to me. Cinnamon coffee and pumpkin pie and warm on a chilly day.
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It Will Be Okay
To whoever needs to hear it: I know we are all stressed out because the world seems to be burning, but we’ve never had this much reader insecurity communicated to us during a serial. We don’t do tragic endings. Once again, this is a roller coaster ride, and it is very well maintained. It will
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The Grand Game and He Who Fights With Monsters
I don’t know about you, but I’m stressed. Gordon is stoic (but I know he is stressed out.) Our daughters are hella stressed out. Escapism. We need it. On that note, I’ve read 8 novels in one series, back to back. THE GRAND GAME One man. Assassin. Caster. A new world. And a Game that is as
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Very Important Poll: Yes Wasps or No Wasps
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.
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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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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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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Quality Content
Sookie, the old bulldog, has to have canned dog food in the wake of her surgery so her mouth can recover. She absolutely loves it. She gobbles it up, and then we suffer. Yesterday, as I was trying to catch up on a novella we are working on, because we need another release this year,
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