A while ago I bought a lounger from Costco. It arrived shrink-wrapped in a largish but not overly huge box. We unwrapped the stuffing, filled the lounger, and placed it in the living room. Overnight the lounger expanded to a rather large size. The animals soon discovered its existence, and now the lounger is a
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Secret Snippet Questions and Other Things
Answers to some questions regarding the secret project
Paint, Names, and Fussy Chancellors
BDH has all the questions. Some were paraphrased slightly for clarity and conciseness. I’m wondering how much this massive redecorating is draining the Inn’s resources. Hopefully the magic of the 300 guests will more than make up for it? Or will the Dominion pay for the upgrades in addition to giving access to Karron? Emily
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Sweep of the Heart Questions
Dushegubs? Love the name, literally means soul killers/strangelers in Russian. Curious, how often do you guys use foreign language words to name an alien species? Juliana We do it quite a bit, because the inns are international. They are located all over the planet. Some species, like the koo-ko, have easily pronounceable names and some,
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Now is Your Chance
Hi Everyone, Mod R here. Hope you are all enjoying the festive season! First thing first, since some of you are still wondering: please check the blog on Friday, 31st of December, for the second instalment of This Sweeping Heart, the new Innkeeper blog serial. We will find out more about Sean, the most coveted
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Switching Sides
We have some fun questions from you. I will try to do it justice. ::girds her loins:: Will there be a blog serial this year? Waiting for “magic Friday” when Ilona posts the serial update is the best feeling! I told you, those who attend the chat will get to read the first chapter early.
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Fated Blades Q&A Video and Transcript
Hi everyone, As promised, here is the recording of the Fated Blades release virtual session with House Andrews, in all of its zombie body heat, bastard wasps and secret one-eyed French Bulldog pirate baby glory hehe. I also made a transcript, if you want to follow along or have trouble hearing or understanding something. Yes,
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On Time, Weird Perception Of
I was talking with a friend – not Jeaniene, before you ask, heh. This is a friend with whom I have a weekly phone call. Last Friday we found out that Fated Blades had peaked at #4 on Amazon, which surprised the hell out of me. The series is 10 years old. By every measure
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Baylor Family Tree
“Do we have a family chart for the Baylors and all their cousins? Even one with unnamed relatives/ unknown people listed? I have a really hard time when reading the books or the blog comments connecting everyone outside of the Grandmas, Mama P and three sisters.” T. Ok, strap in! 🚨 There are no spoilers
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Choices
Yesterday. Editor: Marketing Blurb 1 or 2? Art Department: Cover 1 or Cover 2? Agent: Alien 1 or Alien 2? Kid 2: Sentence 1 or 2? Optometrist: Better 1 or better 2? ::sigh:: Quick answers: The map was made with Inkarnate. Watch Tulip and I is grammatically incorrect. Watch I do things is not English.
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Innkeeper Questions, Part 1
Since we linked that podcast, here are some answers to your Innkeeper questions. Will there be more Maud centric novels? Yes. Will Maud’s ex-in laws get their comeuppance? Yes. When could we possibly learn how Maud and Klaus meeting up at the end of “Sweep of the Blade” went? That’s a more complicated question. We
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Dialogue and Drones
Do you ever take dialogue heard in real life and use it in your books? Absolutely. We steal from the blog comments as well, although we always say when we do it. Hey Hannah. ::wiggles fingers in Hannah’s direction:: Credit will be given in Acknowledgments. When co-writing dialogue, do you split characters between you or
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