On this day, in 2015, an innocent April Fools book-themed prank was played on an unsuspecting Horde. Or so a certain mischievous author duo thought. It read: Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, bowed to only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master is gone and Hugh
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Reminder for Ilona Andrews Book Box
This is your scheduled reminder that the Ilona Andrews Special Edition Box goes live on preorder from Arcane Society tomorrow, November 15: If you click on it now, it will prompt you for a passcode. This is because it is not live. I know some people were confused- we have to w*it until tomorrow. I
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Goodreads Nomination and Other Things
I’m running on about 3 hours of sleep. I would love more sleep and if I could, I would get it, but every time I fall asleep, I start choking in about 30 minutes. So not fun. I’m improving, but at a crawl. Between dad’s visit and this plague, we are now catastrophically behind schedule.
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IRON AND MAGIC Audio is now live
I told you we would let you know as soon as it was up. Order on Audible | Amazon
How to Pronounce D Names
So many of you asked this question, that we decided to fire off a quick post. When there is a D in front of a name that starts on a vowel, they are glued together in pronunciation. That is the correct way to pronounce it and when Steve asked about it, we confirmed it. But
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Audio Sample of IRON AND MAGIC
Behold! Hugh has a voice. Finally. Finally, finally, finally. Okay, so the audio file is amazing and it has already been submitted to ACX, meaning that in less than 14 days it should be up for sale. The actor’s name is Steve West. Here is his website and Twitter.
Happy Pub Day Everybody
Hey Everybody, We wanted to thank you all for supporting us through this journey from April Fool’s joke to actual book coming out today. We are both so grateful to everyone who encouraged us, waited patiently and even ordered or per-ordered the book. We couldn’t have done it without you. A huge shoot out to
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Iron and Magic now available in paperback
Happy Monday, ya’ll We are pleased to announce that the book is available in trade paperback version as well as E format. Preorder at Amazon | and BN If you are a librarian or an indie bookstore, we have the Ingram info for you: Ingram specific ISBN is: 978-1641970402. We are not sure when it
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More Iron and Magic Updates and Prerelease Jitters
Hugh is smirking, the bastard, while the prerelease stress is getting to me. So the book listing and series page have been updated. Somebody asked about the hands and keyboard issue. Yesterday I used the regular keyboard. Today the hands are hurting. Took ibuprofein. Debating going to the doctor, who will most likely advise me
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Friday Announcements
Hey Guys, I have three things that we need to announce and or discuss, Warning: If my tone in this post seems brisk it is because we are super busy trying to get everything done. Innkeeper. The Next Innkeeper installment will be tonight or tomorrow. That is all I’m going to say about that. Proofreading.
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ARCs of IRON AND MAGIC.
The ARCs for IRON AND MAGIC are now available on Netgalley. If you are a reviewer, you can request your copy here. The number of ARCs is limited. First reviews are popping up. This process never gets any less stressful, and there is a lot of work to do, so I threw in the towel
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Hugh’s Beta Read and Dina – Macht des Zaubers Galleys
Today we are working on organizing beta read for Iron and Magic. I keep having to warn people that the book is pushing the envelope when it comes to violence and sex. Hugh starts the book as a suicidal alcoholic and he was a villain for most of the KD series. On one hand, he
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