We have fun news. If all goes well, we should have some free fiction available for you on the blog soon, hopefully before the month’s end.
We’ve received edits for Ruby Fever. They are extensive, as we expected, so Ruby Fever will be ready for the beta read in late January/ early February.
We also concurrently have this other project that we can’t discuss yet. It’s a bit labor intensive.
Due to the volume of our current professional obligations, we are going to step back from blogging. During the pandemic, so many of you sent us messages letting us know how much the blog and the community meant to you, and in response, we’ve tried to blog every weekday because it was that little bit we could do to keep everyone’s spirits up.
The pandemic has lingered but one can’t exist in a state of crisis forever. From now on, we will blogging a couple of times a week. We will still have fun content like free fiction, quizzes, and upcoming zoom chats with other authors. This doesn’t mean we are divorcing or quitting writing. It just means that after doing our best to be a cheerful spot, we are shifting back into a more professional lane. It’s time.
We’ll have more for you on the upcoming releases and other news when we get a bit more words on the page.
Thank you, House Andrews and Moderator R, for keeping the spirits up during the crisis! I went to your blog immediately after reading the news, to bring things to balance again. Many times I even skipped the news 🙂
But the times, they a’changin. So free fiction soon, more interesting projects, and Moderator R stays – all of them fun news, indeed.
Happy and enjoy-full writing and moderating!
Thanks for all you have given us. Happy for you to do what you need to do.
Thank you for going the extra mile.
You guys rock the house. That is all.
Thank you for your blog posts. I’ll look forward to whatever you can post whenever you can do it.
Thank you for being here for us. We will be here for you now, take the time you need.
But please keep Mod R around, she is very helpful !
I’ll be around, no worries 🙂
Thanks. I enjoy your blog so much. It’s a sunny spot when I need cheering up. Go catch up. We can get along okay. But free fiction would be wonderful! I will keep checking in every few days. Yours is the only blog I follow. Hope your edits go well and the holidays are joyful.
I have really enjoyed your posts. I look forward to Ruby Fever.
Merry Christmas
Thank you. I’ve really appreciated staying connected to you, your family, and the rest of the horde ????
Thank you for entertaining us through the pandemic with interesting blog posts and awesome stories. I’m sure the blog takes up a lot of your time! I look forward to your novels and short stories!!
Thanks for everything, look forward to future blogs whenever we get them.
Thank you so much for entertaining and keeping us company during these last two years of horribleness.
With the change in blog posting schedule, I hope Mod R is going to stick around, having her as mod and seeing her comments has become such a staple in these posts!
Wish you all a cheerful holiday season, and thank you so much for what you do for us!
<3 I'm so happy to help!
Just putting the truth on digital paper. ;]
You do so much for us! <3 🙂
Super excited for the project you can’t talk about…it looks amazing!
I do hope Mod R. has job security, it’s been lovely having her around…please tell me she’s still going to be our Mod?
Thank you for all the entries you’ve posted to keep our morals up, it’s greatly appreciated. <3 =D
Hey Federica,
Lovely to hear from you, hope you are well!
I will continue to be your Mod R hehe :D. This is my dream job <3
Btw you're all making tear up being worried for me!
I’m doing very good, thank you so much! It’s such a joy to catch up with you now and then! 😉
Of course you’ll always be my Mod R, but I admit it wouldn’t be the same to not see your comments here on the blog. ^^
Sending you lots of love as always! <3
Thank you for being a spot of sunshine in a dreary time.
So very grateful for you, House Andrews – wishing you peace and joy!!
Yay! Excited to see this new project – it looks awesome!
I admit, I got spoiled with the daily blog posts, but totally understand how it’s a lot! Thank you for keeping it up for so long! Looking forward to the future couple times a week posts 🙂
You are a treat, House Andrews. Thank you for stepping into this bright space for so long. Wishing you flow and focus, and look forward to anything you post, at the rhythm that feels sustainable for you.
Everything you have done is very much appreciated. I hope you know that.
Thank you!
Hope your holidays are magnificent! And, thank you both for all you do.
Thank you so much for all the emotional, mental, and physical labor you have put into these blog posts (on top of your already demanding job.). They truly have been a bright spot in some dark times. I’m just so thankful that we are all slowly getting back to a better place. Good luck with your projects and Happy Holidays!
Awwww, I’ll miss you in my inbox! Thank you for helping all of us for so long.
Totally agree— too long in crisis mode. Thank you!
Thank you for everything and Blessings of the Season on HA and the BDH!!
Thank you, you are so amazing and so appreciated…
Squeeee! Happy dance.
Thank you for all the lovely snippets, stories and tales about your pets that you sent our way via the blog. They made the sometimes crazy situation these past two years instantly lighter every time an entry appeared.
This is very much appreciated and I’m looking forward to seeing items appear as they might whenever you feel like it, however often that may be.
Your secret projects on their reveal turn out to be amazing books. So whatever it is, I’m hoping it’ll be something as fun for you, as it’ll be for us.
Hope the Ruby Fever edits go well and won’t keep you from enjoying the coming holidays.
Thank you, Ilona Andrews for the post. I appreciate the heads up. I have enjoyed reading your blog daily. It has made the pandemic easier to endure. However all good things come to an end eventually. May you have a wonderful holiday season and whatever.
Understood. We ❤️ You for all you have done. I can’t imagine the time it all takes, but the BDH ultimately wants you to write! Thanks for all of the insight into the writing, editing and publishing process. It is so fascinating, something I never understood. Happy Holidays! Looking forward to Ruby Fever. Meanwhile, there’s always rereads and listening to the books on my bike!
Thank you to House Andrews for everything you do (especially on the blog during this time of pandemic), Mod R for herding cats, and the BDH for all of the great comments I have read. It was a nice way to stay plugged in and engaged with others especially at the beginning when many of us had to withdraw from public interaction. It felt safe, uplifting and fun while also acknowledging people’s struggles.
Thank you for the ast two years. I am glad you are stepping back, I hope you find the edits of Ruby Fever easier than the initial writing, that you enjoy the secret project, and that you get some rest too!
You’ve gone above and beyond for your readers with this blog, Ilona. Thank you for nurturing this refuge from the world’s craziness. The BDH can maintain the conversation, I suspect, while House Andews returns to normal patterns.
Thank you so much for creating a lovely space that I knew I could visit for a smile, a laugh, or just a cool bit of information about whatever was on your mind! It meant a lot and helped me get through this weird COVID time while keeping my sense of humor.
I am looking forward to whatever you tackle next, at whatever frequency works best for y’all!
Hey guys,
Would really like to thank you for brightening up my (and many people’s) day with your blogs. They helped, A LOT.
And as always…will look forward to devouring your next book…..
The almost daily blog posts truly have been a bright spot these last two years. Thank you for the safe space to stay connected when it was sorely needed. You are both awesome people. Big Hug.
Also, great to know Mod R will be staying on. The tin foil hat is a legend in the making……. 🙂
I feel like the last time we got told you weren’t going to be blogging, we got some form of update almost every day for a week…
But seriously. Take the time you need. BDH shall persevere with fewer updates!
???? Hiatus taking could use a bit of work, you’re right hehe. But this is not a hiatus, just a slower pace, so it will be easier to manage.
And easier for everyone to manage is important! Thank you for all your work House Andrews and Mod R!
Thank you House Andrews for all the extra time and attention you’ve given us – it really has been a huge help in keeping spirits up!
Mod R has been a wonderful addition to your team – thanks much to her too! Managing the BDH is a job and a half! ????
Not quitting writing, not getting divorced, I guess we also needed a sentence on Mod R’s continued presence lol …thank you all for helping to keep spirits up during difficult times!
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Thank you for the time you spent on the blog, it was super lovely to look forward to. And it makes a ton of sense to step back into a speed that works better for you all! Thank you for the thoughtfulness and sharing insights into your life too!
Thank you for helping us survive the pandemic. I look forward to the gifts you give, whether it’s daily or just a few times each week.
Thanks so much for all you all do! But take care of yourselves too! don’t worry so much about us…we’ve got booze.
Stay physically safe and mentally sound!
You guys are the best! You did keep my spirits up, so thanks. Now we have the anticipation of new fiction.
Looking forward to any and all content. Thanks for everything!
Thank you for your dovotion to the BDH’s emotional health and for being such amazing people. You’ve done an outstanding job keeping this blog a shiny spot during the worst of the pandemic. I also want to applaud you on the addition of Moderator R to Team Andrews. Her warmth and lightheartedness compliment your style beautifully.
Love the blog. Thanks so much for posting frequently for so long. One of the first things I check each morning. 🙂
I believe that in spite of the lift your blog posts have given us, it is time to put on our grownup pants and start coping on our own. You’ve shown us the small joys and whimsy that can be found in your daily life, it’s time to start looking for those things in our own lives.
We can cope. We may be kinda whiny for a little bit, but it’s time. Thank you so much for all your help during the worst of the pandemic times.
Thank you so much for entertaining us fans for so long. It really has been a bright spot in my life, and I appreciate how much work it has been to keep up with the blogs on a daily basis. I will continue to enjoy the blog posts when they come out whenever that might be, and in the meantime I will reread some of your fabulous books.
Less blogging and more writing sounds fine to me! Yay, even!
Thank you so much.
I am one of those, for whom the blog and the community means a lot, and it helped me more than I could ever explain in words during the darkest times of the pandemic.
Thank you, thanks a lot.
I am looking forward to all new entries -whenever they come- and all the lovely new books 🙂
Have I mentioned already that I thank you? 🙂
It’s a bit of a comforting shift to normalcy… the entire IA crew is so appreciated. Thank you for the bright spots! Looking forward to more – and hopefully stepping back from blogging takes some pressure off of you all.
Dear House Andrews, please take all the time you need to rest and recuperate! I hope you will have wonderful Christmas holidays! All love!
And thank you, Mod R, for all the comments and responses and being awesome in general :).