If it’s Friday, it’s winner time! It is my Elf R privilege to announce the winner of the Arcane Society Hidden Legacy Special Edition box, containing Nevada’s trilogy in beautiful hardbound, spray-edged glory. Our Winner is Jalane Locke! Congratulations! I will contact Jalane from the modr@ilona-andrews.com address. If we don’t hear back from them by
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The Chimney and the Plague
Today I bring you a laugh at my expense. Normally our life is boring. Writing Maggie is very consuming, and having a set routine really helps. I’m not going to bore you with our daily schedule. Most of it revolves around writing the sequel to This Kingdom and signing the tip sheets. The never ending
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The Moment Everything Changed: Part 1
Every writer has a moment when the world shifted. For me, it happened when I was 14 years old. Once the Iron Curtain fell, Russia was flooded with bootleg translations. I had plenty of exposure to hard science fiction, but what I got after Perestroika was fantasy, sword and sorcery, sword and planet, and light
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Audio Discounts
I come bearing sales! And interviews that call us “a force” and “insatiable” ::preens in Dushegubness:: Audible is currently running a sitewide sale for members’ purchases (including preorders) until December 8th. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me preorder is 51% off! If you were thinking of listening along to the fabulously talented Kristen Sieh as
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Adulthood Bucket List
I recently had a milestone birthday, and it made me realise something: I am still carrying around a lot of innocent childhood expectations about what adulthood was meant to look like. My life was supposed to feature a lot more fake bookcases concealing secret doors, for a start. No hidden rooms for Mod R. Where
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Merchandise: B. A. Bookish Boutique
Dear BDH, We know you love merchandise. It’s fun. You know we hate doing merchandise. It takes a long time and a lot of effort, and it’s stressful. We don’t have the time or the bandwidth to deal with the merchandise this year, although we may reopen briefly for broken mug replacement. (To put things
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An Arcane Hidden Legacy Giveaway
House Andrews have received their author copies of the Arcane Society Hidden Legacy Special Edition Box, which contains Nevada’s trilogy: Burn for Me, White Hot and Wildfire. They are stunning hardcovers, with sprayed edges and dust jacket illustrations by the very talented @helena.illustrated. I have it on good authority that Kid 2, a book connoisseur,
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Electricity Ferrets Snippet
Warning: this post contains a Hidden Legacy world bribe snippet. Once upon a time, there was a viral ferret video… A certain Horde I know and love saw this and then decided their fellow BDH and House Andrews had to see it too. So they shared it. And they shared it some more. Approximately 18
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Turkey, Cooking, and BDH questions
There will not be a traditional Thanksgiving post this year, because I’m not hosting a Thanksgiving. Instead, Kid 1 will be stepping in and hosting at her house, because her boyfriend’s family will be joining us, and their house is a convenient midway point for everyone. This is, however, your reminder that if you want
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Entomologist/Biologist
Thank you, expert found! Dear BDH, I’m looking for an insect expert for some brainstorming regarding research for the book involving imaginary oversized insect monsters. If you are reading this and happen to be an entomologist who doesn’t mind answering a few questions, please email me at ilona@ilona-andrews.com. Dear BDH, please do not volunteer your
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Characters: Stories and Descriptions
You do such a wonderful job describing people so that we can almost visually see them, the little details that just make a person come alive in our imaginations. How do you keep from everyone blending together? Do you search for images? Do you just imagine that person? Do you people watch and think, that
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Friday Snippet
It’s Friday. How did that happen? We haven’t had a snippet for a bit, so here is Augustine being impersonating an impressive business owner. Augustine’s office lay on the seventeenth floor. He’d chosen that location precisely because it was just under the top two floors. The eighteenth floor held a private training space. The penthouse
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