We have an official title for Kate 5, it is now officially Magic Slays. We like it, Anne likes it, and we feel it fits the book.
In appearance news, we will be at Borders in Olympia WA Saturday July 10th. Here is all the info:
July 10, 2010 – Hot Summer Nights
3:00pm-5:00pm
Olympia Borders
2415 4th Ave. West
Olympia, WA 98502
Other authors in attendance:
Yasmine Galenorn
Stella Cameron
Margaret Mallory
Anthea Lawson
Kimberly Fisk
Laurie Ryan
In believe it or not news, our friend J. Frost is taking a train from FL to CO for the RomCon. It is in her honor that I dedicate Concrete Blonde’s “100 Games of Solitaire.”
The weather has finally turned nice and Ilona enjoy sitting outside sipping beer and reading.
We are always looking for good books and I have found one. Australian author Rowena Cory Daniels sent us a really nice signed copy of her book The King’s Bastard and I have to say I am enjoying it so far. It’s a good read and the cover art is way cool. Check it out.






Magic Slays! Awesome! Wish you a great time at Borders. Oh how I wish I could be there.
Love love love!!!!!! Have fun at Borders!
MAGIC SLAYS Sound Awesooooome! I cannot wait. I have a feeling, it ‘fits’ the book because there shall be an excessive amount of slaying, hmm? :p Not that there’s every been a shortage of killing and detruction in each of the books.
Have fun in Borders! I love that shop. I wish there were Borders in the UK again. Stupid going into administration.
I notice that all 5 books are either Magic B – Bites, Burns, Bleeds or Magic S – Strikes Slays. Interesting…
Well of course there was Magic Mourns, kinda breaks the chain.
YEA!! I like that title-though Magic Kicks Arse had a nice ring to.
MAGIC SLAYS!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!
Congrats on the name. We’ve had such fun on the threads speculating. The King’s Bastard looks cool. Oddly I am, right at this moment reading Farseer trilogy which is also about a King’s bastard.
What a great title! Congrats on the decision
I hear Olympia is beautiful, I hope you guys have an awesome time.
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Love the title for Kate 5- Magic Slays
Had never heard of Concrete Blonde before …very nice ….Thanks!
Ohh, awesome title. I absolutely love it!
Ooh ‘Magic Slays’ I love!! Awesome title! Now if we could just have the book please? …
Magic Slays… I love it! Double meaning there, huh? Magic Slays as in kills or slays as in Magic is cool. I’m so hip.
A title…How exciting, and fiting from the snippets you have posted thus far! I tell everyone I know about this series! It’s amazing!
Cheers…Enjoy your beer! Wish I lived closer I’d love to meet you both!
Happy Weekend!
Magic Slays sounds awesome! But I’m going to get even more confused with all the b and s titles
And thankyouthankyouthankyou! I’ve been looking for Cory Daniells’ books since I found “Broken Vows” and couldn’t find the next one
At least I’ll have a new series if not the rest of the T’en trilogy. :/
Great title! Congrats. Also, I love Julie’s graffiti at the top.
congrats on the epic title, and i wish that one day you guys will come to san fran.
Magic slays sounds great! Can’t wait to read it.
Yay for the title! Can’t wait to see major Slayer action.
I love the title.
But I have a question for you. When Bayou Moon comes out will it have an excerpt from Magic Slays in the back like On the Edge did? Cause that would be completely awesome.
I second that emotion. All those in favor?
I love it, and how appropri eh?
Cutting Edge, indeed!
Wish you guys visit London one day, that’ll be the day when work and all things will be abandoned!
July 10th as in tomorrow?! ‘Cause I iz in Auburn for the weekend… How fortuitous… Detour! Also, Magic Slays: Luv it!
LOVE the new title! WooT!!!
Magic Slays…Love it! Want to come to Ohio? We need some cheering up…we just lost Lebron!
Doing any kind of coffee outing for Olympia? One thing we do well up here…a Starbucks on every corner!
Oh, man… magic slays sounds great-and much better than some of the titles Ilona was tossing around on twitter one day. O.o
I like it now there is two S words with magic. and 3 B words lol.
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Magic Slays — great name, but I mainly wanted to thank you for the daily dose of Concrete Blonde. Put a huge smile on my face. Great band/album. So… Thanx.
(Or should I thank Jeaniene for taking the train????)
Hi,
Love the name for Kate 5! Can’t wait for Magic Slays to hit the shelves or my nook.
Also, typed somethig about looking for new good books. Try Michelle Sagara’s Chronicles of Elantra Series. It is totally awsome! The second book Cast in Courtlight is my favorite of the series.