From Mod R: If it’s Friday, it’s winner time! The much-coveted prize of last week’s Secret Giveaway was a galley of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying 1), the new fantasy isekai series by Ilona Andrews. A galley is a plain-bound (no illustrated cover, sprayed edges, very likely pre copy-edits version of
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Wednesday, Thursday, Hughday… Chapter 5: Part 1
Elara bent over the map, spread over the table. The herb patch… The berry bushes… The maples on the north side… A presence tugged on her. She raised her head. Hugh stood in the doorway. Alive. Uninjured. She let out a mental breath and straightened. “You’re back.” “I am.” His voice held no bravado. He
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Oh no, not the Hughday?
There might not be a Hughday next week. We have to push through on the editing. But meanwhile we offer extra today. Bucky clopped down the road, stamping his hooves into the old asphalt with cheerful abandon. The day was bright and lovely. A clear blue sky, flooded with crystalline sunshine and feathered with white clouds,
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It’s Hughday Again! Chapter 3
Thank you for kind comments and support this week. Usually we post scene by scene, but today we will do the whole chapter. Hugh stepped out of the woods and started up the road to Baile. The old castle rose atop the low hill like some ancient fort built by a Norman knight intent on
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Chapter 2 Part 2
The lavender was dying. Elara surveyed the wilted stalks, with drooping leaves and sagging buds. There were five main causes of lavender wilt: overwatering, underwatering, poor drainage, not enough light, and too much heat. None of it applied. They had grown lavender in this greenhouse for years. Next to her Jean Bradshaw twisted her hands. A
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Happy Hughday!
I know that the previous post was Chapter 2 Part 1 but it actually should be Chapter 1 part 3. Chapter 2 Part 1 Druidism was a strange religion, Hugh reflected. He stood on the edge of the hollow, his arms crossed. Around him the woods were waking up. Golden sunshine spilled from the early
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It’s Hughday!
Hey guys. Do you remember when I said this in a blog post? So, for the foreseeable future, we are going to have something fun here on Friday. Something that will give you a break from the constant stress and daily grind. For now, it’s Hughday. Some Fridays, it might be something else. What this
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Hugh’s Question Corner
We’ve been getting a lot of questions in the comments and emails of Hughday snippets, and since not everyone reads the replies, here they are in one convenient place. Hugh 2– when does it happen? The action picks up right after Iron and Magic (three weeks later according to chapter 1). As the notice in
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Wait, Is It Hughday Again?
Is it a serial? No. It’s going slow, and we are having to backtrack, so it is probably not suitable for serialization. However, people are really stressed. We are seeing an uptick in “My emotions are frayed right now, and the snippets are helping” messages. The political ban is still in effect, so Mod R
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Hughday
The Dushegub Faction of the BDH informed us that today is a Hughday. Contrary to their initial statement, they were not willing to discuss. First half here. Three months ago, he had come to Baile with 332 soldiers, all that remained of the Iron Dogs, the elite army he once built and led for Roland,
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Warlord
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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