It’s time for that post again. It is no secret that the news cycle feeds us endless bad news. I haven’t checked mine this morning but I know what I will find: war, natural disaster, climate calamity, unemployment, retirees in poverty, a story about someone who had symptoms for a while ignored by doctors and
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The Disaster in Western North Carolina
The scale of devastation in Western North Carolina is unprecedented. When you combine mountains and heavy rain, all of the water runs downhill into valleys and rivers and the flooding can be catastrophic. All images are from the Durham Downtown Facebook page. Why didn’t people evacuate? I see this question a lot, and I can
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Back to Work, Back to Reality
Effective communication was vital to competent leadership. It avoided confusion, inspired trust, and clearly detailed the leader’s goal, the path to achieve it, and the consequences of failure. “Drop the crossbows and step away from the baby direbear or I will gut you like a fish.” The two poachers jerked. I had come up through
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Bouncy Pork, Pesto and Spare Heirs
Why are bouncy pork and pesto ruling the internet at the moment? Because they’re adorable! Don’t worry, it’s not a riddle you need to figure out, like a culinary version of the raven and the writing desk, just baby animals of extreme viral cuteness. Meet Moo Deng, aka Bouncy Pork, the most adorable baby pygmy
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Giveaway Winners and Kate 7 Samples
The Dushegub Tote Giveaway has concluded. Thank you all for your comments and so much reminiscing on all the cracktastic and emotional scenes we love in Ilona Andrews books. Because of the overwhelming response, House Andrews have decided to pick two winners instead of one. The lucky people are: International Winner: Maggie Berney Anything to
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New Nightingale by Inflexion Games
A few months ago someone in the comments on this blog recommended Nightingale, a new survival fantasy game that had just hit Early Access on Steam. In the game, humans encountered the Fae during the Victorian Age and learned to access the Realms, pocket worlds that could be travelled to via portals. Some worlds were
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Hidden Legacy Acquired by Graphic Audio
Ilona Andrews and Graphic Audio are delighted to announce that the Hidden Legacy series will be released as full-cast dramatized adaptations. I don’t know about life, but the Book Devouring Horde always finds a way! Thank you for all your messages, questions, comments and support that made this happen. We did it! We’re getting the
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Tote Bag Dushegub Giveaway
Hehehe. Happy Monday! At Dragoncon, Jeaniene Frost and we gave away tote bags with a vampire on one side and a dushegub on the other. They turned out much cuter than expected. We printed 250 and they were gone – whooosh. For anyone looking into their own merch, we used 4imprint, and had a great
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The Irony
On the phone with Jeaniene Frost Me: I haven’t done anything for a whole week. J: I hear you. Dragoncon was a lot. Me: I might take the next week off too. J: This is so unlike you. I’m starting the new project next week. Me: But why? J: List of reasons that make sense.
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Happy Graphic Audio Anniversary Sale
The dramatized adaptation of “Magic Strikes: Kate Daniels 3” was released an entire year ago. Tempus is as fugit as ever, because it does not seem that long since I first had the full cast Midnight Games experience and was blown away! In my humble experience as the Mod who has been reading all your
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Many Thousands of Words
It is 85 degrees Fahrenheit in Texas this morning. Y’all, it’s chilly. Hehe. Why are your books around the 300-400 page range when they are so good and literally could be double the size and still be awesome and other books from other authors are 400-700 pages. You mention a word count limit. Why is
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The Time Between
We all have a routine that keeps our lives running. Get up, brush teeth, make coffee, drink a cup, get dressed, head out the door. Don’t forget phone-keys-wallet. We run our dishwashers, we sweep our kitchens, we vacuum our floors, and feed our pets. Being writers, we work from home, and our cycle of routines
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