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Why does Christopher, former Golden Legatus, know the formula and how to produce panacea?

The People did a lot of experiments, including trying to hybridize vampires and shapeshifters. Unfortunately, Lyc-V eats vampirism for breakfast. Panacea suppresses Lyc-V immune response and there was a theory that if you fed a shapeshifter enough panacea, vampirism would take. It didn’t.

There was a whole subplot about it and then we cut it. Because that’s what we do. ::looking at 45,000 cuts file for Ruby Fever:: All the things you will never see.

We get questions about revision sometimes, and whether or not experience equals less revision, and so on. Writers never become prefect, in a sense that there is never a novel that was written and published without revisions.

Curious about “put down that cow” … is it physical strength, or is it magic/levitation?

Why do you ask spoilery things?

Whatever happened to Yu Fong? “His character totally reminds me of one those brooding, tragically traumatized yet beautiful and yet way too skinny K-drama guys you can’t help but wonder about and try to feed.”

Yu Fong is Chinese. 🙂 Also he is more like Eddie Gu. Six foot tall and not skinny

Okay so I couldn’t find a picture of him with bare arms and looking menacing, but feel free to Google. You need to add Chinese actor to the search string otherwise it pulls up Eddie Guerrero.

You will probably see him in the sequel to Blood Heir. Or maybe not. We haven’t decided yet.

Will Steve West read Hugh 2?

Every effort will be made to book Mr. West. He is absolutely perfect for Hugh. But we need to write that books first. We are hoping to be done with Ruby Fever by the end of this month. Then we will spend a month prewriting Innkeeper, so we can start it during the holiday season. Hugh 2 will likely be written parallel to the Innkeeper. We will keep you posted.

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  4. If house Andrews ever released the “cuts files”, I would pay upwards of 99 cents to read it.

    Possibly more. ????

    Per month. Most likely daily.

  10. So if u start innkeeper during holidays when are u posting the first chapter on the blog..????

    • Hey Christina,

      These are tentative future plans, specific dates are not available at the moment 🙂

  12. Thank you for the stuff to look forward to. I really needed it today.
    Too much nonsense and someone made me sad, without meaning to, but I’m still sad. So good to have stuff to look forward to.

  17. The thing about Christopher knowing how to make panacea is more or less what I thought. Nice to know I get things right sometimes.

    Everything else you mention is stuff I want to know, too. But I can wait for it.

  18. Have we told you lately how much we love you? On behalf of the BDH: you are our favorite. Such exciting news!

      • Can’t wait for Ruby Fever, hoping for answers to questions. In Chapter 12 of Sapphire Flames, Alessandro calls himself an idiot for something he sees between Linus and Catalina. Linus clearly does not want him to tell Catalina and when she asks he says never mind and oddly she does (out of character for her).

        Which gets me thinking of the Linus is grandfather hypothesis, but that doesn’t make sense, maybe uncle, his twin is their grandfather!?! Or not….We know Arabella knows and I can’t see her keeping this information from her family as this would concern them all, especially Catalina and her relationship with Victoria.

        I think Cornelius would make a better Warden to replace Linus. No question Catalina can do the job, but at an extremely high price to her soul. Cornelius was raised in that type of scenario, the same one that would have had Rogan kill Augustine, one of his few friends for Nevada’s sake. It would also be interesting to see Cornelius make his way from Pierce’s whipping boy to Warden, which holds more power than being the Prime of his family….will we get any novella on Cornelius and perhaps a case he solves? He is a great character….

        Switching Universes here, when will the next Hugh book take place? Immediately after KD book ten (the showdown with Roland) or will it be around the time of Blood Heir?

        If these were answered and I missed it, please enlighten me!

        Ditto to the CJ post, you all are the best.

        • I didn’t mean this to be a reply to anyone, just meant it to be a post put out in the Ilona-Andrews Universe. I truly am a pothole on the technological highway….

      • ❤️❤️❤️❤️????????❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️????????????
        And thank you. ????

      • Je vous aime ????

        (I probably should have sent you the pictures I took in Paris but figured you’ve already so many of signings)

  23. Looking forward to it all! Especially Hugh dealing with his son ????.
    And Innkeeper holiday time!

    Sending all the good vibes your way so things will will go as planned as best as possible

  25. You are awesome thank you for answering questions and giving us an insight into your world! As someone who stares at numbers all day this is so appreciated!

  27. Thank you for the answers, and for the heads-up on Innkeeper too. I’m hoping that this is a sign that you’re feeling a little less pressured so are able to take on an ‘extra’. Thank you in advance for the gift that Innkeeper is to the BDH; I’m looking forward to reading the serial and buying the ebook and audio book when they drop.

  28. I’m always asked to do a review of books I’ve read. I’ve decided to be a hard grader. My criteria for 5 stars are books I’d read more than once. Books I’ve enjoyed, but probably not reread get 4 stars.

    Your books always get 5 stars from me. Keep up the great work and thanks for this update.

  30. Then we will spend a month prewriting Innkeeper, so we can start it during the holiday season. Hugh 2 will likely be written parallel to the Innkeeper.

    And there was much rejoicing!

    • The crescendo of Ode to Joy by Beethoven started to play in my head. Innkeeper…Joy. Hugh….joy!

  31. “Writers never become prefect,” but did you mean to do that? Either way it’s kind of awesome.

    Very happy to hear all of this. Hope your day improves exponentially.

  32. I am so excited! Yay!!

    I just finished rereading The Edge series. I had completely forgotten most of it.
    Now I am rereading Sweep with Me. I adore the Innkeeper series.

    You guys are the best!

  33. So much happiness in one little post.

    Innkeeper for CHRISTMAS (or, really, for my birthday, but I understand why you can’t show BDH favoritism.)

    AND working on Hugh #2?!?!

    Not to mention a photo of my new favorite actor, as of one minute ago when I saw that pic.

  34. You guys are the best. Not only are you superb authors that always leave me guessing; wonderful character development; amazing worlds; you are so gracious and generous as to share your lifetimes of experience with your craft to help others. Glimpses into your home life/chaos help me to put mine in perspective! My sincere prayer for you guys is to take time for self care, and don’t burn out! 🙂 I will happily wait longer for your words…

  35. A Dragon in the garden….????

    So many exciting project updates! Thank you! ????????

    “The People did a lot of experiments” is one of the scariest lines I’ve read in a long time…!! Yikes!!

    • I know, the thought of them experimenting on shifters trying to make them vampires is horrifying. But also seems in character for the people. ????

  36. Hurrah! Four books (including Kinsman) I can count on for the feels in the next couple of years. Thank you for giving me so much to look forward to.

  37. That guy in the photo = droooooool.

    I’m totally talking about that sweet smile, of course.

  38. Thank you. You are both wonderful and I so enjoy everything you write. So much to look forward to – this made my day. Hope your day has improved.

  39. Oh goody goody goody — thank you for the estimated timeline for writing projects. Something to look forward to during the Winter holidays.

    With the caveat that the BDH understands that writing timelines are flexible and subject to change, and we won’t hold you to the projects or timeframes above … we won’t do that, will we guys …?

    Thank you for the updates — happy Tuesday.

  42. Love you guys! Sometimes I love just rereading your blog posts versus looking for new books to read!

  44. Would love to know how you can write two different books at the same time. They are both set in different worlds and have different tones, but still, it seems it would be a real challenge and having two writers working together would make it even harder.

    • From Ilona, previously “Sometimes you have to switch gears creatively or you get really stuck.”. House Andrews usually work 4 days of the week on the main project and dedicate Fridays to Innkeeper 🙂

      I hope this helped 🙂

  45. Many thanks to you two for all that you do. I am always happy to read your stuff. Seriously, always.
    Also, gently laughing at the irony that no author is “prefect.”

  47. Question: what is pre-writing? Is it like plot brainstorming or also planning scenes or something else entirely?

  48. Yay!! Love this post and can’t wait for Innkeeper for the Holidays – that’s the best news!!

  49. I would happily buy your revision files. For every book.

    JF did an Outtakes book for Cat & Bones & I enjoyed it as much as the books.

    So not to be a punk by asking, because I love and will buy everything you write and don’t want to pressure or nag, but just out of curiosity, after Hugh 2 will you next work on a Blood Heir sequel?

    Wooing werewolf fans were wondering. . .

    • Will Wight has put “out takes” at the end of the past several books. They’re *hilarious*.

  52. JUST yesterday I was fantasizing about Yu Fong, what-ifs, who and what kind of equally-beautiful badass his leading lady would be, because it would have to be someone epic in badassery. Yes been reading too much historical manhua and manhwa…

  53. So if you put stuff in the “cut files” folder and then decide to use it after all, do you swap it out of the cut files? Seems like it would be hard to keep the files organized, especially if you have so many from just one book. Do you use keywords or something so you can search in what you’ve written and rejected in case you want to put something back?

  55. When I went to see Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the dragon in that movie — not the evil one, but the good one — totally made me think of Yu Fong.

  56. So happy to hear about all the writing projects. I am listening to Hugh 1 on my morning walks and loving it all over again.

  57. YU FONG *heavy breathing*!!! I would be so happy to hear what he has been up to! I have been reading a tonne of xianxia and danmei novels recently (I mean when reading something like Qiang Jin Jiu, which clocks in at 300 chapters, 1million+ words). They are larger novels in general.

    • Did the authors channel James Clavell? His books were so thick, they were doorstoppers. My favorite of James Clavell is still Shogun after all these years. Thank goodness for e-readers. 🙂

  58. I just wanted to say that while I completely agree with the community about how wonderful all of your books are, in some ways I value your blog even more. The time and attention that you have spent cultivating the community has resulted in something that is often the high point of my day and always valued. Thank you.

  59. Thanks for the info about Yu Fong visuals! I was also picturing him as a skinny teenager in my mind, but this new image is very welcome ????

  63. I’m totally willing to wait years for Hugh 2 audiobook just to have Mr. West read it. Absolutely perfect is an understatement.

  66. I’m so happy!!! You’re almost done with RF. There’s an Innkeeper coming too! And then Hugh 2. Giddy, I say!

    Yea HA! Great photo by the way.

  67. I might be misremembering a post, but wasn’t there a novel for Roman in the works/on the schedule/insert applicable phrasing here at one point?

  68. Sorry, did I miss it? You know, when ur taking your extended vacation on a deserted island in the Pacific trying to figure out how to make fire?

  70. As soon as I read that Innkeeper would likely start for the holidays, I literally went “eeee!” What is it about Innkeeper above your other books? I like all of the series, but Innkeeper is the only one that makes me “eeee!”

  71. Does anyone else love that they misspelled “prefect” when saying writers can’t be perfect?

  72. Innkeeper ahhhhh! I’m so excited. I’ve re-read all current Innkeeper material over and over and over, and I’ll start again soon. My ultimate fav.

  73. “hybridize vampires” I would have mind joing the Golden legion, if I had magical power and live in that world and have potential .

  74. Much appreciated. Theory fan of Yu Font taking over the pack for Jim, since Jim wants to retire. It will never happen, but its a fun thing in my head. Definitely want Yu Fong in Blood Heir 2! Whatever way we get him.

  75. Oooh innkeeper and Hugh 2 potentially on the slate for soon can’t wait.

    I’ve just got into audiobooks and Audible generally has the audio version cheap if you have the kindle so I’ve just burned through innkeeper (needed to answer my own question on where the ripper of souls came from).

    Im now on White Hot (unfortunately not on special offer like innkeeper but enjoying listening so much I don’t really mind). So after hidden legacy I might give the audio of Hugh 1 a go

  77. Thank you for this post, even without further information on the bovine.
    I’ve had to wait in two bank lines to reset debit cards, ???? not my doing just banks being “clever” with protecting you the client. Then running on gas fumes to fairly pricey grocery store in the damp, cold that is my area. So to read this, as all your posts, is a lovely way to lessen stress.

  79. Thank you so much! I love Innkeeper and Hugh 2 is like the cherry on top of my chocolate covered sundae!

  82. Oh, thanks for the answer on the Panacea question. After reading Magic Triumphs, I always felt that Christopher was so driven and so ruthless when he was Legatus that, of course he would know the formula for panacea. And anything else that would give him an advantage over his enemies and competitors.

    Looking forward to Innkeeper for Christmas! You’re so good to your readers.

  83. I can’t tell you how happy it made me to read that there might be Innkeeper coming soon. Such a joy to have your beautiful work to look forward to. Thank you so much!

  84. Thank you for the updates. So terribly excited for all the new upcoming books. Rereading HL now in preparation for RF. And I’m always excited for anything Innkeeper. But adding Hugh 2 to the list has me over the moon!

  86. Thank you for sharing the tidbits of the stories, your thought processes and your lives. These are little gems, like petit fours. Savored at the end of a rough day with a good cup of tea. Bless you.

  87. *silent incoherent shrieking at Hugh 2 being likely to be started soon*

    (Weird, all the neighborhood dogs are barking now…)

    Seriously though so excited for that one.

  89. Good to know RF is just about on its way. Glad to hear Innkeeper has not been forgotten. I was forced to read offerings from other authors as I have read KD, Innkeeper and legacy series over and over too many times. Although I have been entertained by others, you are my favorite. I just don’t ask when something will come out. I just wait.
    Thank you for the pic of Eddie Gu. Nice

  90. I have a KD question: how are you able to self publish books that feature characters and worlds that were originally published through contracted works? Do authors always retain the rights to their characters and the publisher has no say what you do with them after the contract is fulfilled?

  96. “There was a whole subplot about it and then we cut it. Because that’s what we do. ::looking at 45,000 cuts file for Ruby Fever:: All the things you will never see.”
    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  98. You guys are the thing getting me through my degree I swear ???? It’s my first time commenting because I read the NYT article “Who is the bad art friend” today and thought you guys might find it fun! Lots of escapist drama and pettiness. Anyways wishing you both a drama free last stretch for Ruby Fever! Thank you for your hard work!

  101. Ooo, would be fascinating to see how Yu Fong is as an adult! Am beyond thrilled about getting new Innkeeper and Hugh.

  103. Yu Fong is Chinese????

    I did not imagine him anything like that but I prefer yours ☺????
    Roll on Blood Heir 2.0!!

  105. I enjoy the Holiday Innkeeper serials. Even the missed dates add to the suspense. Remember Christmas, gift giving, is celebrated on different dates and longer periods than in the USA.

  106. Thanks for the updates!

    I’m also curious to know what “prewriting” a book like Innkeeper entails for House Andrews. Is it similar to what you outlined for Erin’s NaNoWriMo?

    • Hey Jennifer,

      It means a little bit of buffer in case anything goes wrong one week, House Andrews still wants to have something to post. So they like to have a part of the novel pre-written.

      Here on IA’s manner of outlining and plotting https://ilona-andrews.com/2017/on-outlining/. The details get figured out as they go along ????

      I hope this helped ????

  109. Completely appropo of nothing…I decided to spend COVID times learning new stuff and have been doing online drawing lessons. I have a collection of really interesting looking people that I’d like to practice drawing when I get better … I’m adding that young man.

    (No, they aren’t all handsome men, I have all ages and genders)

  110. I started to wonder …
    What was the impetus for Innkeeper? Meaning, did you guys look at each other one day and go “hey hon, the current book is getting to be work, lets take a break and clear our minds by writing a new story on off days ” or ….?
    Also or maybe its the same answer, where did you get the idea to serialize it on the website? I don’t know what it is, I have seen other authors try the same idea and its just not as entertaining. Personally, I went from Innkeeper (hey, free fantasy!) to following your blog to find out when the next innkeeper was coming to being a fully invested fan and blog reader. Was that the plan?

    • It goes without saying, but should be said, that if you guys weren’t such amazing writers, I for one would have wandered off … Really looking forward to all your planned books!

  116. +infinity for Inkeeper.

    Also, I noted with great interest this point related to Hugh: “But we need to write that books first.”

    Books. Plural? Typo? Please be a plural!!

  117. Yu fong is a great character, please let us see him again!!!! Also, wowzer on the photo!! I am so for it!!!

  119. Begging for crumbs from the 45, 000 cuts file…or maybe a slice –that you can throw over your shoulder as you run for your life. Thank you.

  120. Yay, I always wondered about competitiveness of Lyc-V and vampirism. I’ve read that Hot Zone book when I was a kid (I swear, everyone read this as a kid) and I know it’s more fiction than not, but it gave birth to my interest in viruses.

    Yup, don’t ask spoilery things. We do that when Gordon is unsupervised. 😛

  126. I love reading the comments about as much as I love the posts. I’d love to have coffee with you all sometime! 🙂

  127. I semi-remember a comment you made about Iron and Magic 2 about it being too dark to release in 2020. I “assumed”, (sorry) that meant you had written it but were not releasing it. So have you written any of it or are you writing it from scratch?

  130. So excited that there will be another innkeeper!!!!
    On another subject- shouldn’t Linus Duncan be on the House Baylor family tree, possibly a dotted line to grandma and Penelope?

  132. This sounds like the next Innkeeper will be serialized as you’ve done before. Am I interpreting that correctly?

  133. After this I want a Yu Fong series. A smoking hot dragon shifter, yes please!

    “Yu Fong is Chinese. ???? Also he is more like Eddie Gu. Six foot tall and not skinny”

  134. Awesome news! I’m waiting on the edge of my seat for Ruby Fever and Innkeeper. The suspense is killing me. Umm, if you wanted to share some of the cut scenes for RF, we’d be okay with that. ???? Just saying…

  135. i hate to disappoint you, i like every book you have put out their. swine and roses got me hooked!

  136. Thank you for Hugh 2 to come! Thank you for more Innkeeper! Looking forward to Ruby Fever! A big thank you for all you write!!

  137. You all. (Ilona, Gordon, and your amazing team) Are all awesome! Thankyou for all your Hard work. I & probs, we, all the fans. Love you guys! Thanks again & keep up the great work, pretty please!

    I will hope hard, with fingers crossed. At Mr. West to be available. lol

  138. Excited about Innkeepers and Hugh 2! I thought you said Hugh 2 was done but too dark to be released during a pandemic… did I dream that??

  140. Yay for all the new books!! Woohoo! Also as a side note – since the first mention of Hugh, my mind has always gone to the actor James Purefoy when he played Mark Antony in the BBC/HBO series ‘Rome’. Can’t get that “Hugh” out of my mind!

  141. Ruby Fever, another Innkeeper and Hugh….. visualise copious amounts of hugs and kisses floating your way

  143. Yea!!! A possible start time for Hugh 2!! I loved Steve West’s voice on the interview you posted so much that I debated a long time about buying a copy of the audio book of Iron and Magic. I finally decided to do a trial of AudioBooks so I am now able to listen to Steve West’s voice as much as I want. Okay, I reread the book every 6 months or so.

  144. You are one of two authors that I Brave the taxes at the dollar to buy on Amazon.
    Absolutely love everything you create.
    Lots of love!

  145. Ok, I’m re-reading Hugh 1 right now because I was re-reading Blood Heir and the scene in front of the grave marker made me realize I hadn’t read KD 10 nearly enough times. So of course I had to begin again at KD 1 (twist my rubber arm!). Anyway, I’m just wondering: is Bucky a relative of Tulip? Or am I drawing connections between glimmering coats that do not exist?
    Also, equine genealogies aside, I’d just like to let you know that all of your books have really helped me get through not only this pandemic, but also a very trying year personally. Thanks so much! ❤

  146. Speaking of Hugh 2 spoilers, does anyone have a theory on Elara and the chicken? See Magic Triumphs.

  147. How did you come up with the idea for blood armor and weapons? Is that based in a cultural legend or is that from your imagination?

  149. I believe I know the cow answer but why spoil it for everyone? Also another Hugh book, Blood HEIR and an Inn Keeper Book? You spoil us with your literary munificence. Even if they happen over several years thank you in advance.

  151. Thank you for answering the question about panacea and Christopher! I would love to see the sub-plot you cut, but you are already so generous. ❤️

  154. Lovely and exciting news! Thank you so much for the update!

    Here is a cute autumny picture to go with this comment.

  156. A little late to this party, but I’m jumping up and down at the idea of Hugh2 inching even the slightest bit closer! And if you get on a roll, please feel free to keep right on going with Hugh3 (and Hugh4 and so on)! 🙂 So excited by this news.

  157. Thank you, Ilona Andrews for the post.

    We appreciate all your hard work. Okay i do. The bovine, canine and feline just like the fact that human stops for awhile to read so they get TLC while said activity is ongoing. ????. Yes we are all spoiled.

    Enjoy fall weather. Here we are currying daily as summer fur coats are being “shedded” for winter coats.

    Thanks for picture.

  158. Thank you so much for the hope of a Bood Heir sequel!!!! Ive been waiting for ages to see what Julie and Derek come to 🙂

  159. Wow. Prewriting and parallel writing. Thank you. You guys make me so dang happy.
    I just reread all the Innkeeper books; now in the midst of Hidden Legacy . Comfort reading when stressed.

  160. Thank you very much for the updates. Really looking forward those books. I adore the inkeeper’series. And I’m so happy to hear about Hugh’s book. I grew very fond of Stoyan and Lamar, can’t wait to read about them again.

  161. Why do we, your faithful readers, ask “spoilery things” like “Is ‘put down that cow’ a strength thing or a magic thing?”?

    Because inquiring minds want to know. Still a funny scene…and it shows how far some people have progressed/healed in the interim.????

  162. Love your books, world building & your characters! A wonderful way to escape on a lazy day! Keep to the incredible work! Cheers to many more years of reading pleasure!

  163. Just finished my reread of kd and on blood heir so this was a fun treat to see. Always enjoy this world and all you do. Dark is good, it’s part of tall dark and handsome. Lol.
    Not at all the same thing but when Im crafting, I have multiple scrapbooks or cards going at once so if I get stuck I can see if creative juices unblock with a change. Mind you it’s not different worlds, just a way to express something else. Is that similar to why multiple books at a time?

    Take care!

  165. Thank you for this post about many things KD. And for including the snippet about Innkeeper. My heart did cartwheels! I love all of your works and worlds, but Innkeeper is especially resonant. This feels like an early Christmas present!

  167. Ooh! Second Elara book!

    (What? All of my questions about Hugh got answered. I’m all about learning more about Elara and her Departed.)

  168. How did I miss this post??! Just saw you’re going to give us another Innkeeper holiday visit: SO HAPPY!!! I love ALL HA works but Innkeeper is def my favorite child;) Hoping one day to see more on A. Kline’s world (and more of her story)!

  169. Thank you for your churn! You two are really literary beasts when it comes to how much content you produce, and since I love it, thank you.

  171. I love innkeeper! I love hidden legacy! I love the blood heir series too. Not picky at all. Thanks for continuing to be productive, I think we are all weary of that (being productive) , so appreciate your efforts even more.

  172. Slipping in the new innkeeper line at the end of this post. Did I miss it being announced elsewhere? Either way, thrilled.

  173. Innkeeper and Hugh?! Rejoice! I just re-listened(bc reading at work is frowned upon) kate/hugh/julie novels and am feeling very nostalgic for their continuation. I appreciate your authorship’s continuation of writing.

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