Happy Friday, everyone. First things first, the editorial meeting for Maggie 2 went great. We are given green light, but we do have a ton of work to do before September 1st. They are not asking us to cut for length. ::pauses:: They actually ask for more stuff. This book will be the size of
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The Moment Everything Changed: Part 4
Today we bring you stories from T.A. White and Shalini Abeysekara. T.A. White I’ve kind of always been drawn to the art of storytelling. From a very young age, I can remember sitting at my grandparents’ feet and listening to tales of yesteryear. That wonder later manifested into attempting to
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Crash Friday
There is usually a post on Friday, but Mod R had some real life stuff, so I was in charge. I crashed. Quick recap below. I will make a better post tomorrow, hopefully, with more details. The edits for This Redacted came in and while our editorial team really liked the book, it needs a
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This Kingdom Refuses To Panic
Me, last Tuesday: Columbus write up, a cursory mention that one of the authors present was dropped by the publisher. BDH: What does drop mean? Mod R, to me: They want to know what dropped means. Me, this Monday: Explanatory post of what dropped means. BDH: Are your series getting
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Drop and Pow
What does it mean when a publisher drops a book? It means they are either cancelling the book's release or ending the author's future partnership, meaning they will let the contract run its course and are not interested in continuing. Why would a publisher drop a book/author? The most
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Columbus Book Festival
The festival was amazing. We thought we were well prepared. I brought 175 pieces of vellum, 10 maps, 100 bookmarks, 250 bookplates. I thought we would have to drag some of it back. We were not well prepared. So imagine this old library with beautiful marble facade in the middle of a
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Winner of the ACOBAM Giveaway, Australia, and Orders
Congratulations to Ntombi, the winner of US Hardcover ACOBAM giveaway. Congratulations to Tajanka, the winner of the International Ebook ACOBAM giveaway. We will be reaching out to both winners asking for contact details. If we cannot reach a winner in 3 days, a different winner will be
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This Kingdom is Best So Far
Tor sent over a little something, and by “little something” I mean THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME has been featured on not one but two of Amazon’s Best Books of 2026 So Far lists! Maggie is at number 14 on Amazon’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2026 So Far And also
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A Public Apology to Becka Moon
When we were first working on Kair Toren, we commissioned a map from Becka Moon of Becka Designs Cartography. Becka is a map artist who works with Inkarnate. To clarify before some misunderstanding might occur: Inkarnate is not generative AI and has never been one. It is illustrative software
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The Golden Butterflies
Warning: this post contains mild non-essential spoilers for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me and a discussion of insects. The golden butterflies of Ciste. So lovely, so deadly, and surprisingly rooted in reality. This is Calyptra thalictri, otherwise known as vampire moth. It is thought that
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Hello, Hello
I've received a concerned email asking if Something Bad happened due to my prolonged blog absence. This is the actual wordcount. 7 scenes left. This is a massive epic story. This sounds terrible, but neither one of us want to take anything out. We could tighten some scenes, but taking
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