From Mod R: From our Montlake Editor: Congratulations, Ilona and Gordon! What a way to end the first day on preorder! We have never before hit #8 overall on kind. #18? Yes. But no #8. That is a lot of copies. A lot. Me last night, sending email to BFF Jeanine, “The power of Amazon.”
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Fated Blades Available for Preorder
Fated Blades SHORT NOVELKINSMEN WORLD AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 23, 2021 An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews. At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power—and none more
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NFT Me, Baby
Have you thought of offering NFTs of your work? This question keeps coming up for some reason. To understand what NFT is, you have to first learn about etherium and blockchains. Etherium is a cryptocurrency, like bitcoin. You know how you go to an arcade and you buy tokens? Same principle, but digital. To really
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Winter Is Coming
Winter is coming to Texas… Okay, well that might have been a slight exaggeration. But this is not. This was last year. Yeah. Four days without power, I think? One of the kids sent over a lovely prediction for this winter. For this year, the Almanac has predicted that parts of the country will experience
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Tropical Storms and Fake Bank Accounts
Kid 1 and her boyfriend went down to South Padre for a short getaway. Once the school ends, prices at South Padre beach fall dramatically, and they were very excited about their 4 days getaway. They are supposed to be back Tuesday. Except there is a tropical storm and the area they are in is
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Snippet from the Awful Book
The hill around the Compound was pitted with large holes, as if someone had tossed a handful of grenades about. A crushed metal wreck that might have once been a vehicle smoked slightly on one side of the road. On the other side, three other wrecks, wrinkled and smashed like discarded coke cans, formed a
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Erin’s NanoWrimo Part 2
We are back to Erin’s NanoWrimo. Much thanks to Mod R for chatting a bit more with Erin to gather background info. Worldbuilding Erin’s world is a place where magic is relatively mundane. Some people have the ability to sense the energy or the patterns within the world and can manipulate it in minor ways,
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Was it Pretty?
This is your pick me up, in case you are struggling with writing or something else today. Number of times Gordon and I looked at the manuscript: 6. Number of professional editors who also looked at it: 4. Number of beta readers who looked at it: 6. Around them the forest breathed. Swarms of purple
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So Much Work, So Little Time
Have to finish the final proofread of Fated Blades today. Have to write Ruby Fever, the book that will never end. Have to do an interview for French publisher. Have to look at 2 chapters of someone else’s work. Have to make tacos. So I decided to tackle a complicate cross stitch project for stress
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Erin’s NanoWrimo, Part 1
One of our longtime readers would like to participate in NanoWrimo. What is NanoWrimo? NanoWrimo is a way to accomplish something most people will never do in their lifetime – to complete a novel. People do this for different reasons. Some want to try writing, others are attracted to the challenge, or want to be
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It’s Friday
When you are writing, it kind of eats up your brain, so you get 25% processing power for everything else. Quotes from this week for your laughing pressure. Me: I need lamps. Gordon: Yes? Me: Lamps! For pantry. Gordon: … Me: It’s not working. Gordon: Do you mean fluorescent bulbs? Me: Yes! The light is
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Kinsmen Trivia Quiz
Will you ever write any more in the Kinsman universe? I love those books and read them like reward cookies/ treats at the end of particularly hard days. S I can take this one! I love delivering good news first thing in the morning 🤩. Fated Blades, the new novella in the Kinsmen series, is
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