::braces self: If you missed the previous post, here are the highlights: You can find the link to the store in the banner above or you can click this button. Update: as of now, the orders have exceeded the initial print run expectations by 50% 150%. We are at 500% now. To celebrate,
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Life, Merch, and Other Trauma
It is the weekend so Mod R is off. You are in my moderating hands. - Ilona Important merch news first: we will be opening for the vellum preorders on Monday. Availability Right now it is US only. Canada: The cheapest shipping is $20, takes 4 weeks, and there is no guarantee it gets
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A Public Apology to Becka Moon
When we were first working on Kair Toren, we commissioned a map from Becka Moon of Becka Designs Cartography. Becka is a map artist who works with Inkarnate. To clarify before some misunderstanding might occur: Inkarnate is not generative AI and has never been one. It is illustrative software
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The Golden Butterflies
Warning: this post contains mild non-essential spoilers for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me and a discussion of insects. The golden butterflies of Ciste. So lovely, so deadly, and surprisingly rooted in reality. This is Calyptra thalictri, otherwise known as vampire moth. It is thought that
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Hello, Hello
I've received a concerned email asking if Something Bad happened due to my prolonged blog absence. This is the actual wordcount. 7 scenes left. This is a massive epic story. This sounds terrible, but neither one of us want to take anything out. We could tighten some scenes, but taking
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Happy Book Birthday to A Curse of Beasts and Magic
By now everyone probably knows that Jeaniene Frost is my BFF, so I am very biased, but I loved this book. Raine Stone is living a nightmare. Ever since she survived the attack that killed her family, she’s been hiding a terrible secret–and a Beast inside her. It feeds on violence and chaos,
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Pack an Order with Us
I have a couple of posts I would like to write, but they must wait till tomorrow. A difficult scene is coming up, and it must be done right. The only way to do it to live through the emotions it requires. We will walk this path with Maggie, because that is the price we pay for
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This Kingdom Sells Vellum
UPDATE from ModR: "They've sold out before I got the chance to format the pictures and write the caption for Instagram…" Level of BDH chalantness: 100. Okay, let us get this processed. Here we go. ::deep breath:: We are doing the first trial run of This Kingdom Vellum Overlays. This is our
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Cats and Bookmarks
I overslept, and my day started with an outraged cat. Over the past few days, a road crew has been working on the street next to our house. They are repaving it. The road is closed, and Gordon observed the workers having heated words with a driver of a delivery truck this morning. We might be
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This Kingdom Gives Away Vellum Overlays
We have beautiful overlays from Helena Elias, and today is you chance to win a set. We made you this video explaining what the overlays are, so you have a chance to listen to me in my Sell Products Online era. If you are reading this in your inbox and can't see the video, here is a direct link
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Slice of Life Monday
Mod R is out today, so you are in my semi-capable hands. This is a slice of life post. When I was a child, time seemed to move in a straight forward way, like floating down the stream of a slow, gentle river in a little boat. Then I became an adult, and the passage of time stopped being a
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Snippet Wednesday: the Glamor
Pressida grimaced and unhooked a small barrel secured to her saddle. Her Andican mare gave the barrel a derisive snort. Pressida had tied her on the other side of the log, well out of Keraengle’s kicking range. “That is what I love about knighthood.” Pressida pulled a knife out, pried the lid off
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