When you start out in traditional publishing, you are very eager. You’ve heard rumors about this other Big Name Author who is “difficult” and is “a bitch” and you don’t want to be difficult. Then you gain experience and realize that bringing a story from the manuscript to the book isn’t the smooth road you
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Happy Book Birthday to FATED BLADES
Today is Mathias and Ramona day. FATED BLADES is finally out and you can order it here: Ebook | Print | Audio. As you can see, the print version will be available at a later date. Fun pandemic times. This was so much fun to write. Now that it’s out, I can finally say that.
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A Grave Girls’ Getaway
In case you missed it, Jeaniene Frost, Melissa Marr, and Kelley Armstrong recently released an anthology titled Hex on the Beach. The audio book of Jeaniene’s story, A Grave Girls’ Getaway, came out today from Audible. It is read by Talia Hilbert. Vampire Cat Crawfield is experiencing a new role as a mother. Turns out,
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Print Editions of Small Magics and Kinsmen Universe
The last few days have been just a flurry of admin craziness. I am stuffing all of it into this one post. Also please see Gordon’s announcement regarding Steve West. You get double post today. We had to divide and conquer. Fated Blades India The Amazon India algorithm suppresses releases without covers. This is by
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That’s the way she goes.
Bad news. Despite an earlier announcement, Steve West will not be reading for the audio version of Fated Blades. When we made the announcement, we were under the impression that Steve was hired for the job. Then we got an email from Steve himself explaining that he was contacted but that an agreement was never
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Fated Blades Available for Preorder
Fated Blades SHORT NOVELKINSMEN WORLD AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 23, 2021 An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews. At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power—and none more
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Cover Art Reveal: Fated Blades
We are delighted to present to you the cover art for Fated Blades painted by Luisa J. Preißler. Drumroll, please… It is so gorgeous. It was also a huge challenge. You should’ve seen the brief for this. “Well, they have forcefields coming out of their arms that can be shaped into shields of blades and
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We are not taking a year off
For some bizarre reason, some of you decided that we are taking a year off from writing. Here is a quote from the previous post. For this and other reasons, we are going to take the year off from traditional publishing. When we say “traditional publishing,” we mean that we are not planning signing a
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Bestseller Lists and Blood Heir’s Future
New York Times BLOOD HEIR is #5 on Combined Print and Ebook List. New York Times is a very prestigious list. This isn’t the highest we’ve hit, but it is still very high for a self-published release, because NYT relies heavily on counting the print sales. Our “print” sales are POD, print-on-demand. We don’t have
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200 Registrations Available
We have roughly 800 people registered for both BLOOD HEIR Zoom events. Because we “sold out” so fast and a lot of people felt left out, Gordon and I decided to add 200 slots to the Tuesday event. The registration has just been opened. If you want in, now is your chance to register. We
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Monday, Monday
We will have a giveaway for you later either today or tomorrow, but for now some quick notes. Ingram Spark BLOOD HEIR is live on Ingram Spark. That number is 9781641971652. We are currently working with our bookstore partners to get preorders for signed copies up. Due to COVID, “signed” means the book will have
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BLOOD HEIR ARCs
Update: here is the ARC link. The ARCs of BLOOD HEIR will go live on Netgalley on 12/01/2020, so tomorrow. We anticipate a high volume of requests, so please be patient. Here is what an early ARC reader had to say. I read it and there’s great news & not so good news. The great
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