I followed the series since I was ten years old… Please write a little snippet so we know it’s not the end… Pllllllllleesas Pleeeeeease… If you write it, it will be real. I just want to know it’s real. It was a long email, the gist of which is that if we write something in
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Urgent Update About Cat Video
Turns out that the cat video mentioned in the writing post is not showing the cat mourning his deceased owner. It is showing a cat watching another cat playing with a turtle. Full story here. My day is made! Yes!
Silent Blade Is Now Available
There are no changes to either of these novellas. No new material. They are simply available again with updated covers. Silent Blade Amazon | BN | iTunes | Kobo Silver Shark Amazon | BN | iTunes | Kobo If you want to wait, we will be putting out an ebook compilation, but I am not
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Writing Questions: Characters, Part 1
Most of us as would-be writers want to get out books into someone’s hands, but don’t always understand how to make the characters in our heads as likeable or engaging to someone who only has the black-magic-marks-on-white-paper to go by. Kate Daniels, for example, was raised to be an unfeeling killer and is often kind
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Grace Draven’s PHOENIX UNBOUND
Happy Book Birthday to Grace Draven! The first book in her new Fallen Empire trilogy comes out today. Gordon and I both loved the book. It has both beauty and savagery, wild magic, and insane odds. We are friends with Grace and her husband, Patrick, so we are understandably biased, but still we recommend this
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Writing Questions: NaNoWriMo Edition
Disclaimer: this is an article on the craft and business of writing. We are going to answer the questions raised within with honestly and bluntness. If you are here as a fan of our work, sometimes that can be jarring, so proceed at your own risk. In a recent blog post you asked for questions
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No Innkeeper on Friday
I have a routine but necessary doctor’s appointment, which I have to keep, or I will end up waiting months for it, so I will be out. If you are looking for Innkeeper, it was posted on Thursday.
Emails enabled again & Ilona Andrews Murder by The Book Appearance
Hey everyone, Brandi here. First off, I wanted to announce that I will once again be receiving reader emails after that recent hiatus. Please, feel free to to email me directly regarding any questions or fan mail for Ilona Andrews. I will try my best to be of assistance! I’m super excited to hear from
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Review of How To Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps
So this is a bit of an unusual book review. I was browsing Amazon and saw this book, HOW TO DRAW FANTASY ART AND RPG MAPS by Jared Blando. I always wanted to draw maps, except I suck at drawing. This isn’t false modesty. I suck at drawing. You should’ve seen my awesome map of
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Discombobulated
At some point in my life I have realized a simple fact: I can’t lose something if I always put it in the same place. Car keys? Always in a certain pocket of my purse. Glasses? Always on the bathroom counter or on the night table. Medicine? Always in the medicine cabinet by the office.
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Romance Novelist Arrested for the Murder of Her Husband
That’s a hell of a thing. A romance novelist was arrested on suspicion of murder, three months after her chef husband was found fatally shot inside the culinary institute where he taught. Read more here… She looks like such a harmless lady. Has anybody here read anything by her? I am not sure why that
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Diamond Fire: Sneak Peek
Happily Ever After at USA Today is offering a non-spoilery snippet of Diamond Fire. Have fun!
