We’ve received many requests and questions about Kid 2’s work and what is it about and when can it be available.
Once in a while, there will be a successful writer who will come out with “My child wrote a book!” and they will use their platform to promote their child’s book. Full power to them. When you have a platform, why not help your child out?
That probably won’t be us. At least in the beginning.
Now don’t get me wrong, we’ll help with advice, we’ll allocate money for ads, and we will use whatever knowledge we have to help her write a good query and sign with a good agent. We are very proud of her.
But people are mean. They will call her a nepo baby, they will say that we wrote the books for her, and they will compare her work to our work, and on and on. Yes, advertising her work here would likely give her a big jump in sales, but at what cost? It is far better for her to launch without the baggage of Ilona Andrews attached.
Thank you so much for your interest. She was very touched that many of you asked, and she sent over a small snippet of an older work, not connected to anything, as a thank you. She says, “This is what I put mom and dad through while in school.”
Yes, she was that bad. Don’t ask me about the time she performed an exorcism.
“Are you mad at me?”
I put my stress ball in my lap and turned to my niece in the chair beside me, staring at her over the brim of my red-tinted shades. “I’m not thrilled.”
She slumped back against her seat, groaning. “Can we just get it out of the way now, please? I hate when you brood.”
“Okay. First of all,” I started. “I don’t brood.”
“I don’t want to fight. I had a really bad day.”
“Oh no! What happened?”
“Nessie. Don’t tease me.”
“This is the second time this month that I have had to drop what I’m doing, rush here from the Circle, and sit in this chair – awaiting to be informed of what a lousy guardian I am.” I straightened my cloak. “You can suffer my teasing.”
“Everybody’s overreacting! It wasn’t that serious!”
“Mhm.
“Nobody here can take a joke,” she grumbled. “Too bad their rich parents can’t buy the kids at this school a sense of humor.”
“Haley.”
“They’re so soft! I have to walk on eggshells around everyone!”
“Haley,” I tried again.
“And for being one of the ‘top performing Arcane Art academies in the world,’ this place is so behind! All the stuff we’re learning right now, you taught me and Griff when we were in freaking pull-ups!”
“Haley.” My stern voice came out. “You chased the headmasters’ son down the hall, with blood dripping from your hands. Whose blood, frankly, I’m scared to ask.”
“It was ketchup.”
“Well, they all thought it was blood. Probably because you were maniacally laughing and chanting, ‘I am blood mage, the madness calls for blood! I am blood-
I saw the lady at the front desk staring, the warmth draining from her face.
Damn it.
I smiled and waved. “Go Vampire Bats!”
She turned away, shaking her head.
“Great,” I hissed under my breath. “Now the front office at your expensive new school thinks I’m a blood mage. Friday’s PTA meeting is going to be a blast.”
“It was just a joke,” Haley muttered. “Everybody didn’t need to freak out.”
“Kiddo, you were frothing at the mouth.”
She threw her hands up, auburn curls bouncing around her freckled face.
“I already told them- it was soap!”
I blinked. “Soap?”
“Hand soap. The foaming kind, from the dispenser in the girl’s restrooms.”
I dragged a sweaty palm down my chin. “You poured soap in your mouth?”
“Sugar Citrus Breeze- blech.” She made a sour face. “Didn’t taste like sugar.”
“No, I don’t imagine that it would.” I sighed. “And you did this, willingly?”
“Yup,” she replied, popping her lips.
“To make it look like you were unhinged?”
“You’re always saying Dad’s problem is he can never commit to anything.” She looked me dead in the eye. “I committed.”
“I’ll be committed, if you keep this up. Between this charming, little stunt you pulled here today, and your brother terrorizing his classroom last week with the reanimated corpse of their beloved pet hamster -“
“It was a bunny.”
I rolled my eyes. “Whatever, bunny -“
“Sir Hops-a-lot, Duke of Carrotown.”
I sharply inhaled. “I can’t keep doing it, Haley. The Circle has been falling apart at the seams for weeks, now. You got to help me out.”
She looked away, her upper lip quivering. “… Sorry.”
I stared at the stress ball in my lap. Thin, purple fabric, all faded and torn. Yellow, stiff foam seeping out from decades old cracks. It had taken a lot of abuse in the last two months.
“So why’d you do it? “
She shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m hormonal. Or I really am crazy.”
“Hormonal? Definitely. Crazy? Eh… too early to say.” I would tackle the topic of not calling people crazy another time.
“But I probably am. It runs in the family.” She frowned. “He started it. He’s always calling me a blood mage. Says I’m gonna turn Corrupt. Like Mom.”
Little bastard.
“You won’t.” I draped my arm over her. “I won’t let you. Either of you.”
She rested her head on my chest. “But if I did… would you still love me?”
I held her tight. “Yes. We’d just put a muzzle on you and carry on. We are Cowls. Like you said, it runs in the family.”
First!
I’d read that. I’ve been writing for a solid year and that’s better than mine. Mine reads like a justification for a multimillion dollar server for a scientist. I’m working on this.
So good!!! Would love to read the full thing!
Please tell her that from that snippet alone I’d buy her first book when it come out. Love it! 🙂
Love the snippet. Would totally read kid 2’s work. Would love the story that goes with the snippet. She can sneak my email into her author email list. She’lol blend in with my other authors and not identify as yours 😉
Really enjoying Roman. So much I’m torturing myself by reading it each week instead of waiting until the end when I can binge it!!
So kid #2 definitely inherited your sense of humor. 😉
love it! Tell Kid 2 thanks!
+1!
Really loved the “I committed.” line! 😄
yes, great line 😄
Me too!!!
+1 I totally LOL would read the book in a heartbeat!
+1
Ditto!!!!!
I enjoyed the snippet very much. Thank you! I am eager to see how Kid 2’s writing has matured. I will keep an eye on the debut authors lists.
+1
That was good, made me smile.
+1
Me too! And I can imagine having an eerily similar conversation with my kids in the near future.
Okay that snippet was GREAT, and I was prepared not to like it bc generally I don’t like kid characters. But this kid is great, and I’d happily read more about her.
But I loved Jack and George and Sophie and Julie and Conlin as kids… so maybe writing non-annoying kids DOES run in the family!
+1!
nice job on the snippet. look forward to reading some more down the road. I suspect you won’t have to worry about promoting or concerns of nepotism. Kid2 has talent
I understand your reluctance to interfere. But tell Kid 2 that the BDH has her back. I’m looking forward to reading her book.
Talent runs in the family for sure. And sense of humour with punchy lines. My daughter is a teenager who likes to write occasionally. She writes brilliant suspense and her descriptions are ace. What she lacks is what your daughter have in spades-conversations that catch attention and keeps scrolling to read more and more.
Don’t give into to crowds of NEPOTISM folk. I’m all for helping kids when one can. Especially if we can do it in ways where It does not make kids hate you. Great work and hope to read her book!
Smart Mom and Dad.
Please thank Kid 2 for the snippet! She’s obviously very talented in her own right. 😊
Here’s hoping for a hint when her first book comes out and her author name.🤞
Yes please! If you would just tell us her writing name then we could read the synopsis and decide whether to buy or not.Just tell us her name????
+1
+2 … some help with searching please?
(that was a fun read… would love to read new book when it premiers!)
Loved it! I would totally read that book based on the snippet. I love the way she imparts the important details about the characters. Top level writing! Thank you so much!
I like her voice and can picture the scene very well, like I watched it instead of read it. I usually read a book a day and I would gladly add her book to my TBR pile.
Gotta admire a kid who’d commit to putting soap in her mouth to pull off a practical joke. It also pre-emptively takes out the “I’ll wash your mouth out with soap if you keep using those words” threat from a parent or guardian. (Reminds me of the scene from Christmas Story where the little boy rates the taste and texture of the blocks of soap he’s had to put in his mouth for using dirty words.)
Tell Kid 2 that snippet was great! I’d like to read that book.
According to my cousin, Dawn dish soap was the worst! 🤣
Irish Spring bar soap is horrible too. To me, it ranked up there with Dawn. 😀
…aaaand… now I’m intrigued about what you got up to that you’ve tasted both of those!
just saying… I’d read this book. If it existed.
Ditto
Absolutely same! I am already sad we don’t get more 🙂 looking forward to what she does publish though based on this!
I laughed all the way through it & loved it. It left me wanting more. Kid #2 DEFINITELY inherited your sense of humor.
I love fantasy books packed with lots of action AND snark.
Loved that snippet and love her writing style! She’s very talented. Best of luck to her!
Love it!
Great snippet, will kid 2 share the rest of the story, love to know what happens
loved it!
More!!! More!!! More!!!
Now you did it… we WANT!!!!
It was great!!!!!
thank you!! I hope everything goes as planned for the new writer in your family!!!
great snippet, that’s a book I would read. I hope I come across her work, but understand why feeding her to the horde would be horrific.
+1
I do not have time to search for new authors.
You would be doing us a favour to let us know how to find her work.
Then we can decide.
Not nepotism to give us a chance to read.
Nepotism is when you give her something, or exclude others from an opportunity (like a job). It is the grabbing/taking-away of choices.
Letting us know where to find one option for reading … is simply awareness of options. It is the sharing of choices.
Completely different things.
Please carry on, with a clear conscience.
👍➕1️⃣ That was great ❣️Now Kid 2️⃣ needs to write that book
because I think we all will want to read it. Question is, how will we know how to buy her work? I don’t think Kid Two Gordon will look great on a book cover.
I don’t think it’s nepotism at all to just give us a name to look up and do the work of a search to find her work. I would for sure go to her site and sign up for her newsletters. I don’t see any difference between that and your naming of other authors on your site as you have done with Jesse M. for example. I think you are withholding a tool from her that you freely give to others, and that is a handicap.
Thanks, Kid 2️⃣ I will give whatever you write a try. You’re That Good!
Loved the snippet! I would definitely read that book!
For the record – I would totally read this! It’s funny. I liked it. Go kid 2!
I didn’t expect to enjoy that, but I did – thanks!
Love it. Yasssss!
Tell kid 2 that thank you for the snippet! The snippet was well written and I could easily see it in my mind and it was easy to read. I loved the aunt/ niece relationship and it left me wanting more of the story, and not just because she’s related to you. Keep up the good work!
+1!
My daughter’s 2nd grade teacher opened our parent teacher conference with “I want to assure you that Squeak didn’t make it completely out of the building and she was never in any danger.” It went downhill from there.
Raising them is HARD but the stories – after you’ve all survived – are GOLD.
I like kid 2’s voice and I’m invested. We, the BDH are A LOT though. I wouldn’t want us breathing down my neck either. So we’ll just hover back here and wait, beady eyes gleaming, until she’s ready.
My sixth grade teacher started the conversation with “I would have let her catch him but I was afraid she’d kill him.”
I lost it after my nemesis and his cronies had surrounded me hitting me with the pointy end of a football (that actually hurts quite a bit) while chanting about my lack of physical ability during gym. I responded by picking up a rock in each hand chasing him while shouting that I was going to kill him, at which point Mr. Pierce tackled me. It’s amazing that kids and hopefully their parents survive childhood.
I love it, and I’m hooked already, maybe that older work will get published some day too. I hope I am able to find her work when it’s published. I am interested to see what it’s like! As a parent of a very “creative” 9 year old, I feel for you both!
100% understand your approach towards your kid’s career, if I were you I would do the same.
About the snippet, I LOVED IT! SO SO MUCH! Is this YA or youth fiction? I know my son would love to read it, if its for kids. It made me snort-giggle quite a bit 🙂
this is good! she should turn this into something marketable. I would most certainly read it.
Très bien, y’all as we are wont to say in southron France.
that was a great snippet. please pass on my thanks to kid 2, she’s sated the horde s chants of more more more more for a day, and that’s hard to do 😁
Ha! I think she actually may have amped up the chants of more. Cause that was so good and I know I want more! I echo all the thanks for the awesome snippet. Feel free to feed us more…
Fabulous scene! I’d love to read Kid 2’s books!
Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes!
Tell kid 2 thank you for the snippet!! I definitely enjoyed it!
Thank you Kid 2!!! I hope to read more of Haley Cowl’s adventures someday!
Well I’m hooked. I can guess what a blood mage is, with the expectation that I’ll be more of less right, but what are Cowls? Can Cowls cope with blood mages or is auntie putting on a brave front for Haley? What is The Circle and why is it under stress?
Let us know when we can buy the whole novel. Thank you
very interesting & fun
looking forward to reading more from Kid2.
Proud parents I am sure! Kid2 will go far. Loved the snippet.
“Sir Hops-a-lot, Duke of Carrotown” I love it! It’s right up my alley. I had a pig I named Princess Pigglewart.
Question, will her official literary name be Kid 2? Kid Two? Something else?
We don’t know yet 🙂 – it may be a mystery in the beginning.
child the Second 🤣
Great snippet, I look forward to reading more of Kid 2’s work.
Thank you!
I would definitely enjoy reading that young woman’s stories. The Addams’ Family spinoff Wednesday could use her talents on their writing staff, too. (That’s not criticism, I enjoy the show, just think it moves a bit slowly at times, and thought Kid 2’s ideas might improve progression of Wednesday. ) ALL the best, and I hope she learns to ignore the trolls and other haters.
I think it makes sense, like how JD Robb was launched as an unknown and once she released 10 books or so, they were like “Surprise! It’s really Nora Roberts!” and had that two part crossover book to try to introduce the two parts of her audience to each other.
Following that logic, might we have a Ilona Andrews / Kid2 collab at some point down the line? (I know, Kid2 needs to be published first! I’m just adding it to the BDH wishlist now 😀)
I hear you about JD Robb aka Nora Roberts. At first I thought it was a new author until I looked at the copywrite page. Once I did that, I kept on reading the series with my mouth sealed to let everyone else find out who the author actually was.
Thank you for sharing Kid 2’s snippet. It made me laugh and exclaim out loud (working from home is great in these situations). She’s very talented in her own right. Like the rest of the Horde, I would keep reading the book when/if it comes out in the far reaches of the future.
I can understand why the balance of wanting to help her, and doing things for her can be tricky. As my parents use to tell me “We’ll be here for you, but you have to do the work yourself. We’ve been there, done that. Now it’s your turn.” 🙂
Omg, that sounds like it would be a fun book. I would buy it based on that snippet. Go kid2!
While I totally respect your decision to let Kid #2 debut with out the pressure of the BHD looming over, as a consumer it can be very hard to find new work that I love and based on what little you have shared I would enjoy their writing. I hope that I am able to find it.
Perhaps you may be willing to narrow it down a bit for us and at least announce the day it gets released and make us all devour everything new that day in hopes of finding it.
+a million
Fun snippet! Go Kid 2!
A really good snippet. Would absolutely read the book.
Kid 2 will do fiiiine! She already knows how to bribe a Horde. 😉
What if you just posted a list of emerging authors on the blog at a future date after it’s published, of which one of them was Kid 2? It wouldn’t be specific advertising and the Horde would still be able to find [and devour] the [tasty] new book! 😇😇😇
This is a very good idea and would also give exposure to other promising young authors!
This is a wonderful idea!
OMG- this was great! I can’t wait to read more of her work! She killed it!!!
Yes🙃 definitely runs in the family. Thank you.
Utterly charming!
Wow – for an early effort, this is an amazing snippet. Best of luck and we hope there’s, at least, a proud announcement when the new book’s out for sale so the BDH can swoop in and enjoy it.
You cleverly have turned the BDH’s attention to Kid 2; now maybe there’s time for a bubble bath and glass of tea? Welcome back, Mod R!
I’d read this in a heartbeat. Thank you kid 2.
Wait, no, hold on – i want the rest of that snippet! What happens next!
No but in all seriousness, it was quite enjoyable, thanks for sharing~
wow, really good – think it really foes run in tge family. hope all success to her publishing endeavours if this is a representative sample. Impressed!
Love the excerpt!
I get where you are coming from on not advertising her work here. I think I would feel the same as a parent and I know for a fact I would feel the same as a daughter. I want my work to stand on its own two feet. I have enough doubt without wondering if people bought my book just because they liked my parents.
First, that was a F U N read!!!! I actually want more, I want to know what happened to that kid, and more about the family. And what’s the Circle? I’d buy the story right now.
I hope Kid 2 gets at least a Patreon site going soon, and will soon be publishing.
Smiles, and may you both, and she, and we all have a fabulous time riding the creative energies of the Green Wood Dragon year!
Love it! Kid 2 definitely has inherited the writing genes and has a bright future as a writer! I give you a lot of credit HA for helping her out while at the same time letting her stand on her own merits. 🥰
As a mom, the hardest thing I have had to learn to do is to stay out of the way instead of trying to always make things too easy for my girl. And I’m still always working on it!
In any case, here’s wishing Kid 2 the very best of luck! Maybe when she has debuted and has successful sales you could give us a little hint or six? I would love to read more (as would the rest of the BDH, I’m sure!) 😁
If that’s Kid 2 early work I can’t wait to read what she’s doing now. I respect your stance, you both not wanting to add any additional hurdles or drama for Kid 2 journey. But still being there for support 😍
Thank you for sharing the snippet! I love it.
Thank you to Kid 2! That was a lovely gift for a dull day.
Hope she gets all the good things!
Seconded!
The snippet is great! I can’t wait to see the new book she’s written.
FWIW, I agree with your thoughts on supporting, but letting her do things on her own.
Plus, you know the Hoard will support her.
Good luck Kid2!
Runs in the family is right on. if this is an early, not so good piece of her writing, then as a dedicated reader I want to read the whole story and hope for a sequel. I’m sure you know she has talent, and I’m also sure that you are as proud as punch of her. So I will wish her God’s blessings.
Loved the snippet!
Ok, I would buy that. Make sure she gets on KU, please, I need more good reads lololol
Wonderful to hear a new voice!! I would love to read more of her work and wish her all the best. Hope you can give us the news when her first book is published.
Please thank her for this boost to my morning.
That was Awesome! Thank you for sharing.
I loved this. I would love to read more. I do look for other authors occasionally and would love to try your books. Where can I find more?
Kid 2 is not published yet 🙂 , so unfortunately there isn’t more of her work I can link.
I like it 🙂
Well it seems like talent runs in the family. This had me interested.
Maybe a hint when she gets published!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it! definitely not a nepo baby. learned good story telling from her parents. this would be an awesome novella for her at some point
Thank you kid2. I liked the little snippet and would happily read more. Do you have a blog? Continue to write you have a great start no matter who your parents are.
Intriguing and funny. It reads like something is would definitely purchase.
Eh, I don’t blame her. Stephen King’s son did it too, now no one can say he didn’t earn it on his own merits.
I like it, go Kid 2!
So excited! I’m always looking for more books and authors to read! Your glowing recommendation of Jessie Mihalik has led to me picking up a book and falling in love with another author. Hopefully her debut books is well received and she develops a deticated following.
Good for you Kid 2/Mod R! I always love your posts and you’re so funny, it was always obvious you could write!
Thank you for my share of the compliment, but I am not Kid 2 🙂.
I am no Kid, no relation. This is all House Andrews’ youngest daughter, her talent and achievement!
Mod R, you are House Andrew‘s adopted honorific crazy cousin – exactly what the Horde needs to keep us in check. 😉
That was fun!
Thank you Kid 2. You have talent, I’m looking forward to reading your first book.
Absolutely love this! Too bad there isn’t more. 💗
Can you not be sneaky & circumvent the cries of nepotism by gently nudging other author friends of yours in kid 2s direction? I know Jessie Mihalik haunts your blog and often does book recs *hint* cough *hint* 🙃
I think I’ve seen Angela Knight (if it’s the same one I’m thinking of) comment on here too. 😉
I had the same thought…
🙂 nice.
It runs in the family, indeed…
Kid 2 definitely has your talent to get readers hooked with only a few lines of text.
So, you will not tell us the title of Kid 2‘s book? Challenge accepted. We are the mighty BDH. We WILL find out one way or another. Resistance is futile!
Lovely story, good conversation rhythm, grounded in compassion and humor and love, with titillating and offhand references to very interesting things/backstories to come (hm why a guardian, huh an Arcane Arts Academy, we are Cowls what’s that). Well done snippet — left me wondering and interested, and a bit sad apparently there won’t be more to come. Yay Kid 2! xxoo
I really liked this snippet! thanks for sharing! Go Kid2! and I would pay to read this story – it introduces an interesting character in Haley, a bit mysterious one in the uncle! I look forward to more snippets and to her first book!
Is there a pen name she’ll be writing under, so that we can follow her, look for her?
thanks again for sharing!
We will likely not know her pen name, at least to begin with 🙂
If THIS is an old piece of work from a much younger Kid2 then I suspect we’ll easily pick her out when she publishes. “Debut author hits NYT best seller list” will probably be the headline. And that will be without help from IA/BDH!
Looking forward to her debut and another awesome series to read.
I would buy it!
I hope you’ll tell us her name when her book is published so I can find her books. 🙂
Thank you!💙
Excellent. I would love to read this.
Thank your daughter for the snippet
I already want to know more about the Cowls
When the time is right leak her nom de plumb somewhere so we the bdh can enjoy a new author
This was delightful. I fully look forward to seeing Kid2 rising up completely on her own clear talent. One day when the internet connects the dots between you, we’ll all shrug and say “that makes sense” then keep reading. Thank you for sharing.
House Andrews produces a lot of Primes. 🙂
🤣 I cackled as much though the story reading as I did through our numerous “hint” requests!
I thoroughly enjoyed the piece, and hope the absolute best for Kid 2! 🤞
I won’t add any begging. I won’t!
👍👍
Auto correct 😡 nom de plume
I usually hate autocorrect. I got a bunch of chuckles picturing why someone would have a nom de plumb though. Thanks for the laugh!
Thanks for the great snippet! I read it twice and giggled all the way through. I take it the exorcism story contributed to your stress created grey hairs. Parenting “creative” thinkers isn’t for the faint hearted, but they sure make life interesting. Now when I see young kids and teens being themselves I thank God mine are grown up and raising their own. I call that earned payback and smile.
Aahh, that parental curse: “I hope when you grow up and have kids of your own, they turn out to be JUST LIKE YOU.”
That was a cool snippet. Thank you and her for sharing a little of her work. Not that you need it, but I wholeheartedly agree with your reasoning. Living in the shadow of your family and always having your works compared will do her no favors. It may help her sales, but it would be detrimental in the long run.
Now I want to read that book! Such an unfair tease.
Sounds like you have good solid reasons for keeping your kid’s name separate from yours. However I’m a reader always in search of another good author. And I liked that snippet quite a bit….
I like the snippit It was interesting and at 72 if I live long enough I will enjoy her books as much as I have yours
Hey, I’d buy that. Sucked me right into the story, and I wanted more. Doesn’t matter whose child she is – she can write.
So fun! I will definitely read anything she publishes!
Thank you!
It’s good. She definitely inherited the family artistic creativity gene. 😉
If this is an indication of her style, I am definitely interested.
Wow, really nice. More Please
Good snippet; thanks!
We’ll have to organically watch for and pounce on the book, then. (And not be mean, natch.)
Fab snippet, well done kid 2! I hope you have a very successful publishing career and I hope I’m able to discover your books even if I don’t know who you are when I read them.
Tell Kid 2 that I would definitely read this book and I hope I can find her book when it gets published!!
That was fun! Will you be telling us her name, or her nom de plume?
Very nice! Of course, Kid 2, now we want more. Because that’s how we roll. We’re committed. 🙂
OK I enjoyed that. hope I find her published soon!
I wish this was a whole book! I actually laughed out loud which I don’t often while reading.
I get your reasoning but I hope her books will fall into my hands by chance anyway!
Love that spirit! 😁 Interesting glimpse to say the least.
All the best to Kiddo2 in her chosen path. You go Gal 💪🏻
And cudos for making your parents use that tone still when remembering your antics 😂😂😂😂
Oh I would so read that! <> Love love this line. She is obviously very talented! And the ending paragraph totally tugs on the heart strings. Wow. I so want to read this book.
I gotta say- that was excellent and I would love to read the entire story!!!
Best of luck to Kid 2!
Ok, now I want to read her book!
This is very good!! Such nice realism to the interaction, not stillted at all but instead you can feel the frustration born of love and the ability for it to be met head on BECAUSE the kids have been allowed to communicate honestly and share their own opinions and thoughts. Very nicely done, “kid 2” (sorry, I do not know your name). I’d be intrigued and want to read more.
I would read this. Definitely has potential. Wishing Kid 2 much success in her career!
That was delightful! Without a doubt better than the opening pages of many published books I have tried. I too understand and support your approach to supporting Kid 2, though as a complete outsider I know I can’t even begin to understand the trials and tribulations of breaking into the publishing world, not to mention the role chance plays. I’m sure your guidance will benefit her enormously, without the can of (ravenous) worms that is hinting at things to the BDH. 🙂
My only fear is that she may one day have an excellent book published and I will never learn of it. I can only hope that you will employ your considerable wiles to let us know the book exists without letting us know the author is Kid 2.
Oooh that was fun. Did she write anymore because I could get invested lol.
You definitely are your mother(&faters child. Loved it. Has the same kind of humor in it that house Andrew’s is famous for
Great job !
This is so great! I love the concept. Thanks for sharing and I wish you the best in your journey of writing (whether you write for your enjoyment or for others). And to be fair, I would totally buy this book if it were developed.
Its Good! Id read more of that. Keep it up and good luck.
Loved it! Only problem is, now I want more… Kid 2 doesn’t by any chance post weekly serials on a blog as well? 😀
Well… call me crazy, but I would read it! Sooo… can I devour? Pretty please? 😀
Oh, I would definitely read this!! Go kid 2!
I’m in. I found the snippet from Kid2 amusing and want to know what happens next. Thank you.
May I propose that a sign up website be made where we can ask for more info (and snippets) as they become available? Or would trolls sign up, too….?
Oooooohhhh I like it!
I think kid2 should run her own snippets/weekly site.
I’m feeling the pull to know what happens next 😁 Honestly, it’s really good
It’s good. Really good. If I grabbed a book of the shelf and it starts like this I d buy it immediately. Would you please consider to share the name of this new author when he/she publishes? Don t want to miss it. Fully get your reasoning, too – but name sharing is not marketing. Love the Andrew’s Family x
I would relish a full book of It Runs In The Family. So wonderful & entertaining!
Well, that was intriguing. I’d read it.
You’re good parents. Thinking long term for your kid is hard sometimes when you can give them a boost immediately.
Tell her Thank You! for sharing. This was really intriguing and made me want more. I understand and respect you guys not wanting to expose her as your kid, but I really hope whatever she gets published finds it’s way into my hands. I would very much like to read whatever she ends up publishing. Wishing her the best of luck!
I’m definitely keeping an eye out for debuts though I suppose it won’t be out for a while yet. Thank you and Kid 2! I love your work to tiny little bits and pieces and eagerly await the Friday special :-D.
OK – I am now really sad that this is a snippet that will never be finished, because I want to read the rest of the Story!!!
I would absolutely buy that story. Regardless of parents. Love it!
sounds good. I’d read it. I completely understand why you don’t want to advertise on here, and why she wants to stand on her own. however I do hope that we learn her pen name here. so we can look for her on our own. because of my fixed income I can only buy a few books. so I would like to at least know that the book I’m buying is good aquality. After what I just read I’m sure it would be.
please provide more information about “Don ’t ask me about the time she performed an exorcism”
Love the humour, the snark, and the underlying sense of family!
Where’s the rest of it? :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
yess, KID 2 can write, I loved it, I want more
And the BDH cries MORE!!!!!!!!!! MORE!!!
Yes she has definitely inherited your talent and snark. I should know, I had a brain tumor (benign) that removed a lot of memories, and have just finished rereading KD and Innkeeper Series. And I once was given a Christmas mug by one of my bosses that says Professional Smartass.
That is really good! Love the humor.
And I totally get that you don’t want to tie her work to yours. That is wise, for all of you.
I will buy what she publishes. I am not sure I will like it, of course, but I will buy it and be honest in a review.
I enjoyed Kid2 ‘s writing. I would definitely buy her book. I have 3 daughters and when I could I helped them to reach the next level they needed to be successful. But I could not help them in the way you can. Help her with the agent and publishing Love her and bask in her success as a parent. There is nothing wrong in doing so. Plus give us her writing name and the book title. I’m ready to buy it. Not because of you but because I think I will like her story.
Oh my. I do hope your daughter finishes this book and I am able to find it. Totally fascinated by it. Not just saying this because hey it’s your daughter. Really enjoyed the Aunt / Niece relationship. Especially the Aunt
Now I can’t wait to read Kid 2’s work!!!
I was not one of the commenters calling for your daughters book title ect, but after reading the snippet, PLEASE!!! When she has her first book published, let the book devouring hoard (that I am an über proud member of) know????!!!
Also, the interrobang really does need to be a character on my keyboard 🙂
Love it!! Can’t wait to read a full novel! Thank her for us!
Love it!
I love it. Ahh, youth, I remember my own crazy stunts and my mom called me a “damn Salisbury” (her mother’s side of the family, lol.)
Damn it! Now I totally want to read this!!
Kid 2 is talented — I would read that in a heartbeat. Not sure how you can let us know when she is actually published and under what name without it sounding like nepotism (and it’s NOT) but please let us know. Just from the snippet I want to read the entire book. And series because that is definitely a series
Hear, hear!
That was a great snippet! Kid #2 inherited your writing talent (or at least listened and applied your advice 😃). I can’t wait to read the rest of the story-that’s a good sign, right? I want to read more of the story! Kid#2 seems like she’s on the right path to be a successful author in her own right.
If I got called to the school because my nonexistent child did this, I would be laughing and it would be inappropriate. LOL.
At least Kid 2 was interesting. I mean, you have stories. If Kid 2 had gotten into run-of-the-mill trouble, you wouldn’t have them. You’d have been robbed. I congratulate you for having a well-beloved child with a well-fed imagination.
Omg that was hilarious! I love this and would totally read more! Fantastic! Muzzle and carry on!
cool, is the more?
She’s good, she’s very good! That snippet would definitely draw me in for a whole book. Lots of encouragement for Kid 2. The BDH will need to know, somehow, when her first book comes out.
I think it’s a good decision not to advertise the connection at first. Otherwise she’ll always be known as “Ilona Andrews’ daughter” rather than her own author brand…
Whereas if she’s able to establish herself and gain her own following, then if the connection is revealed after it can bring in new readers but not overshadow her.
The snippet was really excellent. It grabbed my attention and pulled me in which is what I look for in a book. Looking forward to finding their book when it is published.
Definitely the family sense of humor. I will look forward to her debut.
After reading that insert I would love to read the whole book if there is one. Well done. Loved it.
Now all of BDH will be foaming at the mouth (without using soap) to find her first book whenever it comes out. It will be like the most secret of treasure hunts, lol.
From her snippet I am looking forward to hopefully finding her books in the future. She’s got talent and I am always a sucker for a good story.
well definitely your child. It’s very good 👍
I wish her luck in starting out. Cool snippet.
Kid 2 has a lot of talent. Can’t wait to see where it takes her. I hope I find her books when the time comes. I am also very glad you all survived her childhood and teen years.
Thank you for introducing her work.
I would also like what name she’s going to write under as I can already tell I will likely be reading her books.
This snippet looks like the start of a series …
Well done baby Andrews
Luv it
Without description I can already visualize both characters
Thank you lots
Legit want the rest of this story
If you don’t want to promote Kid 2’s book that’s understandable but the snippet looked really good so please let us know when it comes out, title and author.
I would read that 🙂 🙂
well I definitely think she a good grasp of writing, this snippet is very interesting and made me want to read more of this story, she will most likely be a good writer and I look forward to seeing her books in the future.I will be keeping my eye 👁🗨 out for her own book release.
I also think that you are right in saying that you will help with getting Kiddo 2 an agent and staying in the background because this not the way of life choices (I’m lousy at communicating my ideas). She will know that was her blood sweat and hard work that got her started and not you giving her an easy road on your coattails.
Loved it Kid 2, thanks for sharing.
Great snippet, Always room at my house for more good books, my library isn’t full yet!
There is no such thing as a “full library” in my world 🤣🤣🤣
I am so happy to see that you are encouraging your daughter to make her own achievements. I had the opportunity for 10 years to influence whether my daughter won writing contests or got awards for other things. I didn’t do it.
There were people who said “teacher’s kid” when she won.things. But she always knew it was on her own merits, not my doing or even judging those years.
There were times she kost and her disappointme t broke my heart. She’s grown now and has achieved many things and has self assurance. She even published 3 books. Your daughter has talent and it’s good she gets her success on her own. Good for you
This is brilliant! So short and yet so fun!
I really hope Kid 2 will become successful on her own, best of luck to her!
I would very much read that story…kinda sad it isn’t a story…..ok, sad, I’m sad that I don’t get to read this as a story.
go kid 2! I commend you for following your heart and writing passion.
Love it! I’d read it!
Love it, hope to read her book in the near future. I like her sense of humour and her punchy lines
Hey, that was good–it ended too soon! Thank you!
I would so read that story. I feel like I raised a version of that child.
Tfs. that was intriguing …
Okay, but…. I’d read that. Even if I didn’t know she was your daughter, if that was in the first chapter somewhere I’d be hooked.
I love it! Wishing kid 2 all the best!
sounds like something I would like to read sounds very very interesting
Love it!!! I understand the decision not to promote on your platform, but I wish I could keep an eye out for Kid 2’s work.
Great job! I really want to know what happens next, so definitely a success story.
Love it-I was sucked into the story! Exorcism you say?
i very much enjoyed kid 2’s snippet and wanted more of the story when i reached the end!
also, the Pouting of the Hoard on not being told kid 2’s name made me giggle a bit. i understand her wanting to make her own debut without added expectations when the time comes.
Love it!!!! Now I want to at least know kid#2’s name to be on the look out for her book.
This was great! Thank you! I loved the humor and then at the end..heart strings tugged… thanks again Kid 2!
What happens next???????
Well I gotta say. I can’t wait to stumble across her future work! I loved this snippet! Please tell her thank you so much for sharing with us! And I totally get it. People can be the worst sometimes…
That was sweet! I would like to read more of that!
So… will you at least let us know where we can find Kid 2’s book when it comes out?
” We’d just put a muzzle on you and carry on. ” PURE GOLD! I loved the entire snippet – it played like a movie in my mind, so strikingly visual! Talent obviously runs in the family. I hope I can figure it out when her book comes out – her whole voice just strikes a chord with me! Best of luck to her!
The snippet wasn’t enough…I need to read more of this story. Pretty please? I enjoyed it a lot, and can’t wait to see what Kid2 publishes. Thank you for sharing!
I have just become a subscriber; do I automatically become a member of the BDH or is that a separate issue?
You are one of us! One of us! One of us! 🤗
Welcome to the Horde!
I second Mod R’s welcome! Welcome, welcome, welcome! 🥳😎
Bravo for Kid2!!! Talent and potential: awesome.
Hard and wise choice as parents, to let her stand on her own.
Tell her “thank you for the snippet, now we wait for the book!”
Great snippet, Kid#2!! Best wishes on the publishing project! 📚📚📚
And, as we say in the theater – break a leg!!
I’m intrigued. I would pay to read more of that.
It drew me in, good job. Kid 2 has chops
That’s pretty good.
I wouldn’t mind reading the full book on that one.
Thanks for the tidbit!
Nice! I’d read it.. Looks like she inherited you’alls sense of humor. 🤣
I loved the snippet. I admit I was invested. Than you for sharing.
Loved the snippet; I would 100% read that book. I understand wanting to keep your professional distance, and that the Horde can be overwhelming. I also hope that you might mention her the way you mentioned Jessie Mihalik (whose work I love and would not have tried if you hadn’t recommended it), when her stuff comes out, because I’d hate to miss it.
Now, about that exorcism… 🤣
Guys, I loved it, I laughed so much just at this little bit, and I was waiting for a little more. Kid 2, apparently, has your sense of humor, when you said she was terrible, she was prepared for something really bad but that’s not what happened. I’m also a reader of young adult books (especially adventure ones) and I wanted to read something more mature by her. (By google translate, so it might have been a little strange)
Made me smile which is always a worth reading indicator. Thank kid two for sharing her work.
Thanks for sharing Kid 2! I’m invested! I wonder what happens next? what is the Circle? So many questions ha!
i love it! definitely looking forward to reading her works!
Can you at least recommend her when her first book comes out without saying she is your daughter? Otherwise how will we find her????😢
Thank you! I hope kid 2 will 1 day be able to finish this story. I liked what she wrote and think the snippet has quite alot of potential. Good luck to her.
Great job to Kid 2 and being willing to share with the BDH. I’m sure it can be daunting. Wasn’t she alpha Mod R?
We will at least need the name she is publishing under. Give us a hint? Will begging help?
Oooh I would read that. I feel very engaged with these characters for such a brief snippet. Kid 2, we are all rooting for you – you are clearly very thoughtful of your work and career. Wishing you a ton of success!
She is takented. More please.
Kid 2 is very snarky. I like it. I have questions about the exorcism.
Tell kiddo 2 that I loved this and really wanted to see more. This was something I would definitely read! Good going #2!!!!!
Yep, I think it does run in the family. You’re at least going to throw us some hints, yes?
Or no, I get it, but still – it’s going to kill us all, you do know that, right?
Hand up if you think Kid 2 has accused her mother of brooding at some point.
The banter, magic school, family dynamic all made this something I’d want to read!
Totally get the wanting to avoid the baggage…but would hate to miss out on a good new book! I find it hard to find things that hit the banter/feel good note
People will be mean whether you help or no matter how much you don’t help. Be who you are–kind, generous and doing it your way. Don’t change who you are or make decisions based on someone else’s mean because mean will always be there.
I enjoyed the snippet. Thank you for sharing. Give it your all like you do everything! Commit!!! 🙂
I would absolutely read it! Thanks for the snippet, Kid 2!
I absolutely get what you are saying about not wanting to burden her with the IA name, but maybe you can at least give us a heads up when her book comes out and the name she uses as her pen name. Then, if we all go and buy it on our own accord, without any recommendations on your part, how is that anyone’s fault?
You know we are all pulling for her. First, it feels as if House Andrews (and all its members) are family to us. Second, we are the BDH and that means we need MORE books to devour! Way more than any one super-talented writing couple can keep up with alone.
I.loved it.Now I want more.
She writes very well and would love to read her whole book! Hmm- maybe have her start her own blog and if we beg enough, you’ll put it in a link ?
Yes, I foresee a lot of begging in my future after reading that teaser. LOL
“Yes, she was that bad. Don’t ask me about the time she performed an exorcism.”
hahahha thats a riot. Good luck to Kid 2!
This is great! I would love to read the entire thing. I respect that you wouldn’t want kid 2 to go through the Nepo baby craziness.
But on a totally selfish note, am I the only one here who’s going to obsessively look for her work after reading that awesome snippet? LOL
I’m hooked! Wish I could keep reading. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Kid 2!!!!
This may be an early work, but I’d like to meet these characters.
#1 Mom, Can you please, pretty please wrapped in silk/alpaca/Shetland wool (enough for a light shawl), give a hint on how to find her book?
Thank you
I will second this request, pretty please!
Clever! Nice world building, and accomplished a lot in a snippet, good job. Thanks for the piece, and I hope you have more for us.
Please let her know, that I love this snippet and would very much love to read more! Writing runs in your family and I will be delighted to get my eyes on her writing as well. Thanks so much for sharing.
One of my sons is a male version of your kid2. Strangely enough he is my kid2 as well. Very similar sense of humor. This was an actual dinner conversation when our older sons were in their teens.
The boys had been fighting and I did not want them to end up like my two brothers who pretend neither exists to this day. I reminded my two sons that above all else they were family. OUR family. Friends will come and go but we as a family will always be here for each other. They could not change the fact they were all from the same gene pool.
My Kid2: “Yes, but I’m from the deep end”
I cannot wait to purchase your Kid2’s book. I have great faith in her gene pool! Congratulations!
WOW, great snippet now we will all want to read more! She is totally a” chip off the old block” as the saying goes!
Delightful! Keep it going!!! Soon you’ll have your own BDH. And not all of them will have come from HA. 🙂 Some of us will, sorry. 🙂
I loved it. Looking forward h
to more of her works.
Have a love/hate relationship with snippets!!!
Wow, That really grabbed me and kept my attention. It also left me wanting more! I think it brings up the question is writing talent inherited or is it taught?
As the member of the book devouring Horde, I Must ask the question, when’s the next chapter coming out?
She did a great job of grabbing my attention and getting me interested in the storyline. I guess it’s true that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Where can I get the full story? Tell your kid to take my money now.
Kid 2 is good. I wish her all the best! I will buy her book when available (I think I will be able to find her pen name 🙂 ).
I’ve finished books on Kindle Unlimited that started way less interesting than that. Looking forward to reading her debut when it comes out!
There are very few authors that I read that write in the first person, I am not a writer, but I find that it is perhaps the most difficult to do. It doesn’t always come out right.
I don’t know if the story attached to the snippet is good, it was after all only a snippet, but, the writing is good, I would continue to read the book based on the ability to write in the first person without the “I said – she said” etc.
Good luck to Kid 2, I hope to read one of her books soon, the snippet is good and interesting enough that I would want to read the rest.
BTW – I would love to hear about the exorcism
I’m already following this blog so long, that I still remember the first snippet Kid2 posted years ago and now she’s publishing a book…crazy how time passes. I’m really happy for her and wish her all the sucess!!
I can’t wait to read her book(s) one of these days
all I’m going to say is, if I ran across this in a store I’d get it…only problem I can see is running across it at all, no store near me and recommendation in the online store aren’t intresting or already have it. mainly find new stuff from your recommendation
regardless this snippet seems interesting…and good luck
I’d keep reading that! Engaged me right from the start, I want to know more about the characters and the interaction between the two seemed genuine and was very fun to read.
This was really good, she should definitely continue it.
Congratulations Kid 2 on creating an engaging snippet at such an early time in your career.
It was funny, well rounded, and left everyone including me, wanting more.
Looking forward to reading more from you in the future!!!
Ilona & Gordon, totally understand you not wanting to push her under the bus that the trolls and the BDH can be, but if the writing is that good, I doubt that she’ll have much trouble.
It was so good! loved the humor and the peak into their family. wish it were on its way to being published.
That is wonderful. And I want to hug the little girl and her guardian.
i understand that you can’t make it right any way you do it, so this might be the best solution.
but reading the snippet:
1. your kid won’t need “nepo” support, it’s great!
2. BDH will identify your kid’s book in seconds, the humor you write runs in the family (that’s a good thing). looking forward to their books!
But I want to read all of this! I would buy the rest of the story. Please?
You recommend other authors, you could recommend Kid 2 without saying it was Kid 2.
Love your work and your blog. Thank you.
xox
Honor
Well they have my interest peaked. I don’t care if they’re my fav Auths kid or not.I’m hella picky about my reads and I want to read more of their work
Question: if I wanted to find “the book by Kid2” how would I? No name for privacy reasons, yet she does not publish as “Kid 2” I am sure.
Perhaps you could do the same for her that you do for all of these people
https://ilona-andrews.com/category/blog/news/friends/
Let her be a friend whose work you like, all of which I am sure is true. I have bought many books in your friends category, some of them I liked, some of them I bought every title they have published (thank you for Will Wight!) some of them I bought one book of and will pass on the rest. I am willing to do that same test for whomever you put up, if they are your kid or not. I personally vastly prefer a good story that has some romance to a good romance that has some story. I am a proud BDH member because I think you write great stories that have romance in them, if kid 2 does the same I will gladly buy her catalog as well.
Definitely want to read her work when she’s ready!! And I want the rest of this story. 🙂
Could we have one low key announcement when her book is out? Please!?
I’ve been going through Kindle Unlimited books lately… And there are so many boring, stilted writers out there… She’s already better than 99.9% of them. I want something fun like this.
*****
5 stars
I really love this!!!
Respect for your choices.
When kid 2 does publish, could we be informed of publishing period, genre, and form of publishing (e.g. ebook vs KU etc)? kind of a middle ground where the horde hasn’t descended but the worst that happens is a lot of good authors get noticed in a particular time frame? we’d have all sorts of fun speculating in the blog comments too.
I like your stuff and it stands to reason that while kid 2 will have her own voice there will be echoes of you in her writing the same way anybody is influenced by people they admire and work with. i like your voice because of the way you look at people, so I’d like a shot at finding kid 2’s book too.
This was a great bit of writing! I really enjoyed it! Just that snippet sucked me into the story and made me want to read more.
I’m looking forward to being able to read Kid 2’s first novel!
Wow. I’ll be reading her, too. She definitely inherited the Andrews’ dark humor, which I LOVE
this snippet has got me SO excited for her launch, whenever and however it comes!
That was great! Thank you for sharing! I would definitely like to read more of this.
That was a very enjoyable snippet. Thanks for sharing.
umn, this was awesomeness… probably not the right place to beg for more? 😘
Oh my goodness I love it kid 2 did a great job
That was funny and interesting. I liked it. If her published work is remotely written in that style I would read it … now: how to figure out which out of the many many many books coming out it will be in the future? I am more and more just reading things recommended to me – how can your daughters book be recommended to me if not by you? I do understand your reasons though and applaud them … I still wanna read the book at some point. Can you do something like: tell us like half a year later or so? (just wondering ….) 😉 But tell her to continue writing – the world needs good writers with a sense of humour.
I already want to know about blood mages, the circle, and everything else. Congratulations Kid 2. Hopefully I’ll come across your book organically. Good luck
I heard you Ilona, (here is the But)
Can we just know her nom de plume”
Awesome snippet! I would definitely read more.
Thanks for sharing.
I loved it. Would read it in a heartbeat! Here’s hoping for a hint when Kid#2 publishes. Need fresh blood.
Love it!
she is gonna do just fine
thanks to kid 2 for the snippet!
Yup … I’d read that one! So far I’m very interested
Well, drat it. Now I want to read that! Thank you Kid 2
Well, that was super fun! I would love to read more of that story. And it doesn’t read like an Ilona Andrew’s story – definitely has its own voice.
I hope someone leaks the title of Kid 2’s first book, I am interested to read it.
yes, I would like to read more of this story, please.
thank you
Hi. I just discovered this site in December and have been hooked with the Roman serial. That said, I loved the snippet. It’s so hard to find good story lines with humor in the genre. That’s why I keep rereading. Please, do give us some sort of hint or heads up when Kid 2 gets her debut! We can still make a choice to read or not. Thank you for all your writing.
Thank you Thank you. I so enjoyed that snippet, it made me laugh. Go Kid2 Go.
I really liked this. I need!! Gimmie more!!!
I would definitely read that! Rock on, Kid 2!!
That book sounds delightful!! I would love to read it. Sign me up for a copy!
That was a fun read. With your mentoring and her talent she should do well. Looking forward to stumbling upon her books in the future.
Would definitely buy whatever she publishes – based on her writing style, not because she is Kid2.
Also very curious to read about the time she performed an excorcism 😁.
Please keep writing and start publishing, Kid2!
Thanks Kid 2, I enjoyed that snippet & would like to read more!
WOW! This apple did not roll far from the tree. Most Excellent lead in for an impressive new Author! MORE! MORE!!!
Gosh! That was excellent!!
Ok. The kids story sounds awesome. Can’t wait to see the one the kid finished, in print.
omgeee! I love it so much! Such a perfect blend of wit and content!!!!!
I like it! And I also like your reasoning & process about assisting your kid. Makes sense to me and I wish her all the luck in eventually having a successful debut! Her style definitely has some of the flavors of yours, but it’s like she is making her own recipe. I’m excited to see where her literary baking goes from here.
I read a lot! My main problem with good writers are that I can read their yearly production in a week.
Do you know how hard it is to find good writers who fit my interests and have a OK quality? You need to buy and read trough so much muck!
This here «bad» work is way better than some om what I have been reading the last year. I know she is young, and I don’t expect the HA routine and finer touch, but I hate the tought of knowing that her work will be out there, and I need to go trough a pile of debutant books to try to find her! Help me out here, please! Can’t you at least get me on her mailing list?
I think she will be a really good writer!
agreed. At least let us know how to find her – drop us a breadcrumb please!!
And I want to read more (sighs). I hope I stumble across her book when it releases because I like how Kid 2 writes. I understand why she’s doing it on her own and can see why it’s a better option. I think she has “it”, whatever “it” is and I need more good books in my life.
Love this!!! Go Kid #2 gooo!
Love it- would love to know her pen name to check out her writing! Or if she has a blog
Love it! will look for their work!
yes it does run in the family.. prime ranking for kid 2.. 🏆
I loved the writing..it flows.. hooks the interest of the reader and keeps it there and when I finished reading, the reaction in my head was “noooo.. I want the whole thing:((”
so go ahead and promote her work…it’s worth promoting from the sample.. signed and attested from me a self proclaimed book worm🤓
Oh, I loved it! Now I wanna read it more!
Awesome!!! OMG! I can’t wait for Kid 2’s book. It truly does run in the family!!!
“Yes. We’d just put a muzzle on you and carry on.”
That’s the spirit!!!
I remember reading Anne McCaffrey’s autobiography and she said that one time she went into a bookstore looking for a specific new author and the clerk tried selling her some Anne McCaffrey books, knowing who she was, and then demanded to know why she was trying to buy a first work by a nobody author.
“He’s my son.”
ok. sign me up to whatever it takes to finish reading this. i need more details. this looks like a very promising line of pranks, and punishments, thats gonna have me in stitches, and scare the beeswax out of everyone i dont know….. lol.
Love it! Great job!
Kid 2’s work is awesome. Tell her the readers do not care about their family background. We just care about the stories. Kid 2 brings delight and happiness in a world that needs magic
The snippet was really good, I would definitely like to read more of Kid 2’s work. I wish her all the best for her debut!
Thank you for the much needed laughs. I enjoyed this and it made my own problems seem paler. Wishing her the best and that I stumble across her work once it is published.
Cheers.
I’d just have to say, I’d read this book!
THE BLOOD BRED TRUE, BEHOLD, KID TWO
I really like it. I hope she keeps at it.
As for nepotism, I feel that’s more often sour grapes than true nepotism. Helping out your family or friends, no problem. Helping family or friends to your own or your companies detriment is what I feel nepotism represents. That is my own opinion and doesn’t necessarily match the dictionary definition.
People have the right to spend their time and money as they see fit. If your company has twenty employees and seven of them are family that’s fine. However if three or four of them are pretty much redundant that can hurt the company, and that hurts the rest of the people that work there. That is what nepotism means for me.
It’s a balancing act. Riding your coat tails versus standing on your own two feet. It’s between those riding and those standing to decide. Not the onlookers.
I try to stick to the adage ” only respect the opinions of those who have earned your respect”. I try to keep in mind that not all opinions are deserving of my emotional investment. Ah in my old age I’ve become a sage ( in my own mind 🙂 )
Have a good week Mod R and the Andrews family. Thank you for the years of enjoyment reading your books
Really, I need to know when this hits the book stores!