This weekend Gordon and I finally figured out Catalina’s character arc for Ruby Fever. We had written it in. We had grounded it in the previous novels. We had dove-tailed Alessandro’s conflict into hers. And neither of us had recognized that we had done all that, because in one of the pivotal scenes we had
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Snippet from the Awful Book
The hill around the Compound was pitted with large holes, as if someone had tossed a handful of grenades about. A crushed metal wreck that might have once been a vehicle smoked slightly on one side of the road. On the other side, three other wrecks, wrinkled and smashed like discarded coke cans, formed a
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Back to Life, Back to Reality…
Gordon and I spent 4 days at South Padre. We needed a break. This was our first South Padre and it was great. The water was clear, we had a calm day, a wave day, and a choppy day, and we both really enjoyed it. Huge thanks to Mod R for holding down the fort.
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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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Unexpected Visitors
He was a very large man. It was an unfair description. There were other things one noted about him, things that were more concerning and carried greater weight. The way he moved, for example, with athletic grace. The way he sat, elegant, poised, relaxed, but conveying a coiled readiness. The razor-sharp intellect shining in his
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Augustine Montgomery, Man of Mystery
Mod R: The Question Fairy has visited the BDH 😁. Yes, and apparently it’s all about Augustine. ::rolls up sleeves:: Why did you say Ruby Fever is terrible? I love this. I didn’t say it was terrible to read, I said it’s terrible to write. It will read just like any other Hidden Legacy novel.
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The Pleasure Is All Mine…
Running behind this morning. Here is a snippet. Got to run to work. The Keeper of Records turned to me. He was of average height, slim, and old. Time had wrinkled his brown skin, carving a roadmap of years around his eyes and mouth, and turned his hair white. He wore a brown three-piece suit
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A Favor
Hidden Legacy Questions, Part 1, the Silly Edition
Is there a possibility that the Baylors’ dad was actually a Prime with a subtle ability to increase the magic potential of people around him? All of his descendants are primes and the boys he helped raise seem to have higher-tiered abilities than one might expect. If there is no indication that his wife and
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Luisa Preissler Prints Now Available
A lot of you asked about prints of the recent BLOOD HEIR and Baylor Sisters art. We are happy to announce that they are available. From Luisa: “The prints are open editions, sold via INPRNT and available until further notice. Due to the pandemic they are printed and shipped directly from the U.S. These are high
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Too Much
“Do you need to rest?” I asked. Alessandro paused midway up the stairs and pivoted to me, [Redacted] draped over his shoulders and back in classic fireman’s carry. “Why?” Because you are carrying a two-hundred-pound man up a narrow winding stairway consisting of seventy-five steps? “I thought you might want to take a short break.”
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New Art from Luisa Preissler
I always wanted a painted family portrait. For sheer coolness of it. I am pretty sure Baylor sisters wanted one too, so we asked Luisa Preissler to paint one and here it is. It is absolutely amazing. Isn’t that just gorgeous? So thrilled with this, I can’t even tell you. And she put in so
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