Dina: Welcome, everyone. Please help yourself to the tea and cookies. Curran: Question – why are these cookies shaped like little beer barrels? Dina: Our chef watched a documentary on St. Bernard dogs who rescue people from avalanches. Apparently there is an urban legend of them carrying small kegs of brandy to warm up people
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Mission Nav-possible
Conifers rose like black candles in a demonic mass, the heady scent of pine intoxicating and thick. Only the soft whisper of falling snowflakes punctuated the silen… “Are we there yet?” …punctuated the silenc… “For the LAST time, it’s the Grueling Field, then the Evening Forest, then the Glades of Remembrance!” …punctuated the silence of
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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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Friday Foodies
“I live in constant terror that someone around me might be even a little bit peckish” said Nigella Lawson once, and honestly, she gets me. My Notes app is full of recipes that look good, my counters with food experiments, and my thoughts are occupied by yumminess I remember and want to have again. It’s
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“Potato” for Dessert
I’m having one of those days. Actually it has been one of those weeks. I didn’t even know what day today was – I just checked, it’s Wednesday. How? One of the worst things about copyedits is that it requires you to make a chain of instant decisions. Replace this word or not. Clarify this
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Food, It’s Complicated, Actually
Happy Monday! Huge thank you to Mod R for a week of awesome posts. It’s a beautiful, although overcast day. I have a mountain of work ahead of me, all of which needs to be done asap. Good news, I can sit in the chair a bit longer now, and I no longer wince when
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555- RUMORS
“What’s the number again?” “555-RUMORS” “Who’s dialing, I can’t see?” “It’s Steve. And you’re treading on my feet.” “Sorry! Tell him to put it on speaker so we can hear in the back.” Beep beep beep. “Welcome to the Book Rumors hotline. If you’ve been waiting for longer than seven years, please press 1 for
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Dramatized Innkeeper on Humble Bundle
Graphic Audio have collaborated with Humble Bundle to feature the dramatized adaptations of Clean Sweep and Sweep in Peace in a Romantasy Promotion which will run until February 24th. Humble Bundle is a digital storefront for video games, books, comics and other entertainment, and they release collections that are sold at a price determined by
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Gmail Newsletter Malware Situation
We know Gmail erroneously flagged the newsletter as malware. Thank you for letting us know. We have made a support ticket with our new newsletter provider. If you are missing our newsletter, please check your spam and whitelist us. Edit from Ilona: Guys, you are killing us with error reports. There is no malware. Look
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Coastal Magic Con: February 22-25
It’s been a very busy Monday, complete with trips to the vet, the pharmacy, art payments, and other things. Gordon and I will be joining Jeaniene Frost at Coastal Magic Con on February 22-25. It’s a small casual con in Daytona. The schedule is still being adjusted but right now it looks like we will
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AI Usage
Instead of finishing Roman’s chapter, we, unfortunately, have to address concerns about the AI usage. The Sanctuary chapter will be posted in an hour or two. Final Cover of Magic Gifts audio book. Images used: I put the cover together in Photoshop. It is a composite of the three images above that was tinted and
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Call Mom
Having finished the final pass at Maggie on Thursday, I took the weekend off to play Satisfactory, an old favorite game. I had my phone on silent while playing. I walked away to get some evening decaff and when I came back, I saw Kid 2 called. I checked the family group chat. Kid 2
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