Yesterday we officially typed The End on the first draft of SAPPHIRE FLAMES and sent it to our long-suffering editor, Erika Tsang. The manuscript is a bit long, almost 110, 000 words. so about 7,000 words longer than WILDFIRE. It was a big book, and it had to start the relationship and the trilogy arc.
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Kinsmen Collector Edition Giveaway
Hey Yall, I’m back, and this time with an exciting & exclusive giveaway! Y’all have probably realized from the title that Ilona Andrews’s has placed me in charge of hosting the giveaway of 5 signedKinsmen Collector edition copies. This is a super awesome event, for obvious reasons. The copies the lucky winners will be receiving
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From Pages to The Big Screen
Hey everyone, Brandi here. Ilona Andrews are currently crunching to meet their deadlines, so in the meantime I’ve been tasked with updating the blog. I was trying to find something entertaining to talk about, and I remembered something I had thought about earlier and wanted to hear yall’s opinions. Recently, I saw a trailer for
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On How Nobody Listens To Me
Husband Me: We have all these delicious coffee beans. We should buy a grinder. Gordon: Eh. Folgers is fine. Me, calling from Target: Would you like me to buy a coffee grinder? The coffee will taste better. Gordon: Nah. Me: I bought a coffee grinder. Gordon: Okay. Me, grinding coffee beans, making a pot of
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Should You Have a Webpage
Today’s question comes from H., who is just starting out on a path to publication: As an unpublished author, should I start an author webpage?Should I share snippets of my story on my social media? I’m very nervous about putting my work out there, but I also know I’m never going to get anywhere if
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Plagiarism, Ghostwriting, and Award Craziness
Christiane Serruya, a USA Today bestselling self-published author of contemporary romances, plagiarized massive chunks of other writers’ books, specifically Courtney Milan and Tessa Dare. The plagiarism isn’t in question. It’s blatant. Text in Green is copied word for word. Caught red-handed, Christiane came up with a dog ate my homework excuse. She hired some guy
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Consent for Assault
As you are probably aware, Jussie Smollett, one of the actors on the show Empire, has been in the news lately. Initially, Jussie claimed that he had been assaulted but now it appears he might have hired his assailants. I don’t want to go into discussion of Jussie’s actions, because the matter is still under
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On Friends’ Emergencies of
I frequent an author forum and I just saw that CE Murphy accidentally deleted her newsletter and all the backups. She asked for help in posting this message. In an epic scale user error, @ce_murphy just deleted her ENTIRE newsletter email list! If you were on it, or would like to be, you can (re)sign
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On Changes
Some of you have noticed that the website looks different. Some of you are terribly disturbed by this. Also some of you pointed out that the website looks different on mobile devices This is the current breakdown of the visitors to the website. As you can see, more than 50% of you access it on
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Sapphire Flames
The green exit sign flashed over our heads, an orange warning strip across it screaming, “EXIT CLOSED.” If h is the difference in height between the two sides of the gap, θ is the angle of the exit’s slope, V is the velocity, and g is the standard acceleration of free fall at 9.8 m/s
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On Shortcuts
Getting close to the end of the book is exhausting. You’ve put your characters and yourself through hell and you are just as tired as they are. At the end of the book, I find myself looking for little shortcuts. Everything seems to be too hard; the normal chores are too much. I can’t quit
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On Husbands and Curly Girls
One week after using Curly Girl Method. Me: What do you think? Gordon: It looks… Me, thinking, cute, wavy, pretty… Gordon: Unbrushed. Men just don’t understand. 🙂
