Dizzy Hill Studios asked us to clarify some things. Ilona Andrews App - this is a book-journaling style app that's being beta tested right now. It lists our series, presents blog posts, has quotes, progress rewards, etc. Wanderer Chronicles: Out Of Orbit - this is a farming sim video game set
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Coworker Conversations
Me, reading editorial notes out loud: ... doesn’t currently feel like a strong enough reason for Maggie to go through this whole ordeal. Could we get a more emotional moment... Gordon: Really? I thought it was strong enough. Me: It's not. Gordon: Why? Me, trying to rub away fatigue with
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Falling Prices and Other Adventures
First things first. This Kingdom Lowers The Price The ebook of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is $6.99 across most retailers. We are not sure if it's a permanent or temporary reduction. It is very possible that someone at some point told us, but we have been writing and editing, and we are not
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Medieval Breads and Time Sink
This post includes recipe videos, so if you are reading through email, it might help to read online instead. People often ask about research: how does it happen, what does it look like, and so on. Authors do research some very strange things, so I thought I would share a small snippet of this
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Friday Rabbit Holes
Happy Friday, Horde! I come bearing procrastination. It is currently 32C (apparently 90 in freedom units) in my corner of England, which may not seem like a particular lot until you realise that British homes were designed to capture all of the heat and carefully preserve it for future
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Vellum Update
We have gotten several emails worrying about the vellum orders, so to catch everyone up. 06/08 Preorder opened. 07/08 Preorder closed. 07/08 -07/18 Adjustment period: we checked addresses, fixed issues, and merged the addon packs with the original orders. 07/20 Fulfillment started,
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Eclipse Loopholes and Other Updates
Ilona and Gordon are currently deep in the Maggie 2 rewrite cave - which, for everyone who asked for ferret directions, lies somewhere beyond the Merch Mountains, through the Vellum Vale. All those air vents are sensor-trapped, don't even try it. I'll soon be off to watch the partial solar
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Maggie’s Midnight Whispers Box
Remember how there was one more mysterious This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me Special Edition Ilona mentioned a little while ago? Of course you do, because the Horde has asked about it every day since. Guess what's just been revealed on the Midnight Whispers website? Our girl! And she is a
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In Progress and
Today we bring you a cute in-progress trailer for the Innkeeper game. If you missed these news, we are developing it in house, so this is not quite solo developer, but dual developer project. It will take a while for it to reach playable stage. We estimate about 2 years. To be honest, several
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Audible Sale and Maggie in the Wild
I have a quick audiobook sale alert and a couple of lovely This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me sightings to share. Audible US Sitewide Sale Audible is currently running a sitewide cash sale, with titles discounted by up to 85% - including books available for preorder. The sale runs from
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Blade and Dagger: a new series by Grace Draven
Grace Draven needs no introduction, but I will introduce her anyway. She is a USA Today bestselling author known for her lyrical romantic fantasy novels. She writes love stories that demand steep sacrifices, set in the worlds where arcane magic mixes with volatile currents of human passion, and
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Yo-ho-ho, and a Bottle of Rum
It is editing time, which means we are rewriting one sentence 7 times. Argh. Must brain better. We finished a small bonus bit for the trade paperback, our editor read it and pronounced it good, so full speed ahead. As always, the bonus scene is a true bonus, so you don't have to buy, but I would
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