If you haven’t seen Thor, you should go. It was hilarious, over the top, with lots of cool action and fantastic visuals. Everything a comic book movie should be. Take the kids, they will enjoy it. Jeff Goldblum was to die for. Chris Hemsworth has spectacular comedic timing. Cate Blanchett was amazing, Idris Elba was
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On Identity and Buggies vs Carts
Gwenda Bond linked an interesting article from Southern Cultures. The author, Meredith McCarroll, who comes from Western North Carolina, talks about her efforts to blend in and hide her cultural heritage and eventual acceptance of who she is. Yet while I was proud of my home, I was also learning that powerful stereotypes about Appalachia
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Sunday’s Child
Sunday’s Child, a novella by Grace Draven is out today. So yesterday Grace calls me. She: I finally uploaded it. Me: Oh good. Send me the cover. I’ll post it on the blog. She: Thank you. Me: Of course I would be able to do a better post if someone had sent me an early
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Drafts, On Adequate Number Of
Saw this mug advertised on Facebook at Writing Is My Lfe Page. You can buy your own version at Gearbubble, but it’s only offered for a limited time. Behold. Gordon is working on a new Rogan POV. If we give you the POV, do you think there is any possibility you will stop emailing about
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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/
Fear Overload
This is a personal and not very entertaining post. I will ask you to keep your political views to yourself, please. Feel free to comment on the subject of the post, but if you feel the need to express your frustration with Republicans or Democrats, please do it elsewhere. You’ve been warned. Because of my
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On Outlining
C. writes I was wondering if for a future blog post on writing or writing tricks, if you could describe your story outlining process a little? And/or post a small example of your typical outline? Even just a short blurb would be really awesome. I’m a very visual person, and I struggle with ADHD (diagnosed
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Repetitive Redundancies
Have you ever seen a phrase Free Gift? Buy this and get a free gift? Open an account and get a free gift? gift noun noun: gift; plural noun: gifts 1. a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present. “a Christmas gift” synonyms: present, handout, donation, offering, bestowal, bonus, award, endowment; Colloquial English
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Home
Saturday email box: Why are you not answering our questions??? Me: Post saying have fun discussing stuff; good job on catching stuff; no, it doesn’t really help at this point, but that’s okay; some of the stuff was kind of deliberate, because writing stuff happens. Sorry, tired, will get to emails later. Today email box:
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Comicon and Ripped Bodice
We hope to see you at the Comicon or Ripped Bodice in LA. Friday SDCC 5:00 PM – Harper Collins Booth #1029. Saturday SDCC 11:00 AM Penguin Booth #1515-G 2:00 PM Panel: World Mythology in Contemporary Fantasy, San Diego Convention Center, 111 Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101 (Room 9) 3:15 PM-4:15PM – After-panel signing. Sunday 4:00
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Pre-packing Day
Things to do today: AMA at r/books. We’ll start answering at 11:00 am, but you can ask questions now. Do laundry. Fold laundry. Figure out how many days for the first leg of the trip. Pack for West Coast and San Diego Comicon: printed T-shirts and capris and shorts. Schedule an appointment to do my
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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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