People sometimes ask about the admin side of things. People are interested to see what’s behind the curtain, so here is a small sampling of our emails. Looking behind the curtain is a huge mistake. Who is who: Erika Tsang, our Avon Editor (Hidden Legacy) Anne Sowards, our former Ace editor (Kate Daniels) Nancy Yost
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When You Spam, But You Can’t Be Bothered
We receive a lot of email. Here is the latest. Hello Nalini, I hope you are doing well today! Our company REDACTED is one of the reputed companies with 6+ years of experience in eBook conversion, book composing, design & typesetting. Till now we have work for many authors and publishers from all over the
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Brandi is sick. Gordon and I are hovering on the edge of sick. Kid 1 is patient zero who infected all of us. Because Brandi is sick, I decided to look at the emails this week. I had to reach for a bit of tranquility before responding to the one below, so here is a
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Audio, Hips, and Other Things
I did something to myself at the gym. I’m pretty sure how I did it, too. I had an exercise where I knelt on a bench supporting myself with one arm and one knee, one leg extended and the opposite arm curling 25 lbs. At the time I didn’t notice anything and finished my work
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Hybrid Authors
First things first: if you want the collector edition of Kinsmen from Subterranean, it’s on sale now for $37.50, 50% off. Click this link, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and it will be the 8th title up. Thank you to Aarya for heads up. Quick update on SWEEP OF THE BLADE: thank
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Plagiarism, Ghostwriting, and Award Craziness
Christiane Serruya, a USA Today bestselling self-published author of contemporary romances, plagiarized massive chunks of other writers’ books, specifically Courtney Milan and Tessa Dare. The plagiarism isn’t in question. It’s blatant. Text in Green is copied word for word. Caught red-handed, Christiane came up with a dog ate my homework excuse. She hired some guy
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KU Availability
N. writes, I am wondering if you are going to continue to allow Kindle Unlimited readers to enjoy your Innkeeper series. If not, will the books be in the libraries? I’m shamelessly addicted to your books, and when we actually had a bookstore, I swore I’d never own a Kindle, but small town Zanesville, Ohio
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What’s Next?
You guys are insatiable. Ok, let’s see if I can do this correctly. We usually operate in twelve month chunks so, here we go. This is all tentative and subject to change. Things in italics are supertentative. 2018 Sep 10 Begin work on Hidden Legacy #4. Nov 6 Diamond Fire, Hidden Legacy 3.5, goes
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Innkeeper later in the day.
We have finally repaired damage to the office and yesterday and today was spent fixing it back up. Writing in a flood damaged office kind of sucked. So we are working on Innkeeper installment now and we will try to get it to you today. This installment is kind of a two-scene deal, otherwise it
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PSA: Typical Industry Practices
On a deadline, so a short post for the authors who are just starting out on their career path. Publishing industry has some typical practices. Established writers view it as the cost of doing business. 1. Reoccurring Titles. This is normal. Happens all the time. You can’t copyright your titles. Copyrighting your titles in a
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RWA Meeting Tomorrow
We are visiting our local RWA chapter tomorrow and answering questions, so if you are an RWA member in Austin and you want to ask us something about industry or writing, now if your chance. More details here: http://austinrwa.org/ilona-andrews/
Scammers and Kindle Unlimited
Sometimes we’re asked why our books are not in Kindle Unlimited. Usually we mention two reasons. One, KU is an exclusive kind of game. Once you’re in KU, you can’t sell your titles anywhere else, unless you are a BNA (Big Name Author) like Hugh Howey, for example. We want our books to be widely
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