Greeting, oh terrifying and mighty Horde! We are trying to finalize the Sushi items for the merch store, and we need your opinions. We are terribly excited because Leesha Hannigan had time for more art. Feast your eyes upon this mug. Woo! Before you ask, the Leaf Water is the reference to the
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Why Does Traditional Publishing Take So Long?
Why does traditional publishing take so long, and does the extended publication process actually increase sales? From Mod R: There's a perception that once an author finishes a book, the traditional publisher simply sits on it for months, deliberately delaying release to manufacture
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Embers and Ice Shawl
Before we dive into the knitting, dear Horde, you have sent melodramatic messages claiming that your favorite series has been orphaned, making demands, offering organs and firstborns, and generally being very chalant. I asked Mod R how her inbox was, and she sent this. View this post
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The Horde Has Spoken
::Looking over massive amount of BDH suggestions and questions:: Mod R helpfully summarized some of them for us. Roughly 1 in every 3 comments and most of the people who sent emails made the request for more fiction over any other topic. New serial, snippets, bonus scenes, alternate
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Lazy Friday
I am on strike today. I'm not doing nothing. (Double negative, take that English grammar.) Fair warning: below is a personal post rambling about my fish tanks. No book information whatsoever. Last Christmas Kid 2 gifted me a 10 gallon fish tank. It's been 30 years since I had one, so I was a bit
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Going to London. Not Going to RARE.
You know things are bad when the "Zen" butterfly header shows up. A first time convention organizer made an LGBTQI+ book event in Melbourne, Australia. The event coincided in some way with RARE Australia 2028. I am not even going to go into who announced what when etc. Needless to say, the
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Android App Beta and New Maps
The Android version of the app has been coded, and we are ready for the beta testers. Same plan as before: if you would like to beta test the app, please comment below. Our developer will pick out some random names from the comments. If you are chosen, we will email you with a link to Discord where
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The Plural Of Beef
Me: Hey, sorry to bother you. Grace Draven: No problem. What's up? Me: Do you know what chevon is? Grace: ... No. Never heard that before. It sounds French. What is it? Me: Goat meat. Grace: Huh. Me: Apparently, it's chevon, except if you are in India or Pakistan where it is
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The App Guide
The app is live! Wooo! ::waits to se if something explodes:: We have a handy, dandy app install guide for you. If you are experiencing troubles or see something weird on there, quit the app and restart it. The turn it off and turn it back on solution is still, apparently, the best,
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The App and Other Adventures
Happy Monday. We were out of town this weekend. ::looks at a previous post featuring a Friday bonus scene:: 994 comments? 994? 28,513 views. ::rubs face:: Okay. Message received. Horde has spoken. I have a bunch of boring updates for you. Vellum. I am so sorry, we are
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Favorite Species
Dizzy Hill Studios asked us to clarify some things. Ilona Andrews App - this is a book-journaling style app that's being beta tested right now. It lists our series, presents blog posts, has quotes, progress rewards, etc. Wanderer Chronicles: Out Of Orbit - this is a farming sim video game set
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Coworker Conversations
Me, reading editorial notes out loud: ... doesn’t currently feel like a strong enough reason for Maggie to go through this whole ordeal. Could we get a more emotional moment... Gordon: Really? I thought it was strong enough. Me: It's not. Gordon: Why? Me, trying to rub away fatigue with
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