Hi everyone, Mod R here, happy Friday! Today, I serve as Herald for House Andrews, who send apologies that they cannot be here to entertain you, but they are knee-deep in rewrites. The first beta and specialist feedback for Magic Claims landed last night, you see. I love this period in a book’s life the
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The Roof, the Barking, and the Failed Quest for Inner Peace
It’s day 8 of the roof construction. We were told it would take 2 weeks. We knew it would be a major disruption. We know the crew is working as hard as they can around the Texas weather. That said, I’ve got to vent. This is a whiny post. You have been warned. I’m so
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How My Day Is Going
I have not one but technology-related professional crises on my hands. Two! This is me today. Bleargh.
Happy Book Birthday to Both Feet in the Grave
As the title says, it’s a release day for Both Feet In the Grave, the next Night Huntress retelling from Bones’ point of view. If you thought you learned more about the dangerous and sexy alpha vampire, Bones, in the USA Today bestselling scorcher, THE OTHER HALF OF THE GRAVE, you haven’t seen anything yet… Two hundred years
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Looking for a Paleontologist
We need a paleontologist to help us with some Curran-related issues. Our expert fell through, so this is a rush job. There is a small compensation of $200 and a chance to read Magic Claims early. Please reach out if you yourself are a paleontologist or zoologist with an interest in North American megafauna. Please
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Yarn Love: Expect the Unexpected
Gordon collects action figures. (Please don’t send him any. He already has pretty much everything.) When a new package arrives to the house, he almost always informs me that the purchase is a “preorder.” As in, it wasn’t a recent splurge, but something that was paid for long ago. I don’t care if it’s preorder
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The Beauty of the Audio Performance
This is the current state of our roof. We’ve had a thunderstorm last night and before that we had 2 days of hammering on the roof and the dogs barking in the yard. My apologies in advance if I make less sense than usual. Somehow the image seems appropriate to the subject matter of the
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Magic Claims Updates
Magic Claims is finished. Woooo, made it! Yay! I have good news and bad news. Good news: Magic Claims is officially a novel at 63,000 words. What does that mean? Pages are not a good indicator. Magic Tides was 96 pages. These are not the actual book pages but manuscript pages. Magic Claims is somehow
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Magic Bites Release on Graphic Audio
Hi everyone, Mod R here. The dramatized adaptation of Magic Bites was released today on the Graphic Audio website! It downloaded on my phone around 5 am this morning, just as I was preparing to go to bed (you can take the girl out of Transylvania, but not the vampire sleeping patterns out of the
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Ilona Andrews chats with Jeaniene Frost at Ashland
Hi BDH, Mod R here with a fun announcement for you today. Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews are celebrating books – and you know you want to be there for this BFF chat! Jeaniene’s new book, BOTH FEET IN THE GRAVE, will be released next week, on April 18. Ilona and Gordon are set to
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Demise of Book Depository and Other News
Book Depository We have some bad news. Book Depository is going out of business. We are sorry to let you know that Book Depository will be closing on 26 April 2023.You can still place orders until midday (12pm BST) on 26 April 2023 and we will continue to deliver your purchases and provide support for any order issues
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Final Option (A very short story)
This morning’s news item from BBC: York student uses AI chatbot to get parking fine revoked. Final Option Written in the last 45 minutes for your enjoyment Nothing depressed Tamara more than looking at her bank account. It wasn’t that she bought extravagant things. There were no splurges on the latest designer handbags with integrated
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