Hi, guys. I am writing this by dictating to Dragon Naturally Speaking. Wheee. For those of you who missed the twitch chat, I got my doctor results back. The good news is that I’m neither diabetic nor pre-diabetic, which was my biggest fear. My glucose level is normal. In fact, it was so ordinary, my
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Live Q&A Twitch Session
LIVE Q&A, When Are Y’all Free? Hey guys, Brandi here. I’ve been on standby and answering all of your questions and emails, but now I have a question for y’all. Ilona Andrews will be hosting a live Q&A session on the streaming platform Twitch. What date is this awesome event happening? That’s where you come
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More Iron and Magic Updates and Prerelease Jitters
Hugh is smirking, the bastard, while the prerelease stress is getting to me. So the book listing and series page have been updated. Somebody asked about the hands and keyboard issue. Yesterday I used the regular keyboard. Today the hands are hurting. Took ibuprofein. Debating going to the doctor, who will most likely advise me
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Houston, September, Be There Or Be… Somewhere Else!
My work here is done.
It’s Monday! Yay! Or not.
Today is Monday and we have a full plate. Edits on IRON AND MAGIC have come in, so they need to be implemented. Also the beta reads are trickling in and most people dug the book, so that’s great. As usual, we have to expand the epilogue. Galleys for Magic Triumphs are here, and we
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Why Does It Take So Long?
Email this morning: Why does it take you so long to write a chapter? Because it requires thinking. Here, I wrote the beginning of the scene in Google Docs for you. Now I am off to work some more. Fast, cheap, or good, you can have any of two, but not all three. 🙂 Have
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Innkeeper later in the day.
We have finally repaired damage to the office and yesterday and today was spent fixing it back up. Writing in a flood damaged office kind of sucked. So we are working on Innkeeper installment now and we will try to get it to you today. This installment is kind of a two-scene deal, otherwise it
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PSA: Typical Industry Practices
On a deadline, so a short post for the authors who are just starting out on their career path. Publishing industry has some typical practices. Established writers view it as the cost of doing business. 1. Reoccurring Titles. This is normal. Happens all the time. You can’t copyright your titles. Copyrighting your titles in a
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Sweep Of the Blade: Chapter 7 Part 2
https://innkeeper.ilona-andrews.com/2018/04/13/chapter-7-part-2/
Research: I love this so much.
IRON AND MAGIC and Contest
On April 1st, 2015, we’ve made an April Fools post. We thought we were being quite clever. Below are the contents of that post. The announcements just keep on coming. So without further ado, here is the cover and blurb. Click to enlarge. Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of
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Adventures of dogs & mud
Before Rain After Rain