Mod R: They want recipes for everything. Me: O_o. Beer Stew The key to beer stew is, well, beer. I found that Mexican lagers and Belgian ales tend to work well. I made my last batch with Corona Extra. Don’t put IPA into this. It’s way too bitter, and the stew will be inedible. Just
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A Blustery Day
It is cold here in Texas. Dense clouds are choking the sky. The world is grey and wet. Yesterday the temperature dropped from the high of 75F all the way to 50F, and today we are in the low 40s. For the first time since February this year I’m wearing a sweatshirt. Alert the media.
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On Crafty Things: Catching Up
Did you ever make the fall wreath? To recap: I didn’t do a lot of decorating this year for the fall because we are so swamped with work, but Gordon wanted a pretty fall wreath for the door, so I went to Michael’s, got some supplies, and made one. Since this wreath is 50% of
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On Panini Press, Fine Qualities Of
Mod R has been mentioning the panini press lately and the need for some recipes. Warning: stock pictures of delicious food ahead. What is a panini press? Panini comes to us from Italy. It is thought to have originated in Lombardy, and was mentioned in some Italian writing as early as 16th century. In very
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It’s a Good Life, Just Unexpected
Awhile ago, someone commented on the blog asking if I ever felt out of place. She said she lived a truly boring life, and it was good but unexpected, and sometimes she wondered how she even got there. As I look back at the frenzy of this weekend, this seems especially relevant. I have a
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Please Stop Harassing the Audio Reader And Doing Other Things
I have now seen the ACX documents from the pirated edition of Magic Claims, and I am satisfied that the audio reader, Christy Hodson, was also a victim of fraud. Someone posed as us, hired her to do this through ACX, she recorded the book in good faith, and having put in all of the
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DO NOT Purchase Individual Audio of Magic Claims
Here we go again. An unauthorized copy of Magic Claims appeared on Audible. It is copyrighted to ©2023 Ilona Andrews (P)2023 Kate Steel. All of our audio is always copyrighted to Ilona Andrews, Inc. On Amazon, the publisher of this audio is Zenith Publishing. They have one other listing, for which they’ve used exactly the
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What is it?
We’ve received so many requests and comments regarding the current project that I am going to take pity on poor Mod R and announce what it is, since we are almost done. We are working on another world fantasy with prominent romantic elements. It’s an isekai, also known as a portal fantasy. Not sure if
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Freebie on Friday
We are going to have a free short story for you on Friday, as an early Halloween present. It’s not connected to any of our existing worlds, and it’s a bit old, but it is suitably scary. We have gotten so many comments concerned about the results of the dress dying. How ever will Maggie
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On wolves and voices
We have bad news for you this morning. Unfortunately, Ryan H. Reid, the voice of Sean in the Innkeeper series, and Graphic Audio have parted ways. We are all heartbroken over this, but sometimes life happens. We wish him al the best. His performance was amazing, and BDH will miss him. A new Sean had
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Webtoon Recommendations
I would love some more webcomic recommendations. I went through a lot of them after Innkeeper was published on Tapas, and wonder if there are any new ones you enjoyed. My latest favorites are Baroness Goes On Strike, and Little Rabbit and the Big Bad Leopard. We always do Tapas, so today let’s do some
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New Calendar from Luisa Preissler
I have some cool news from Luisa Preissler for you. “Due to fan requests I’ve decided to publish another calendar with my favorite fantasy cover illustrations I painted over the years. It will include four of our Kate Daniels illustrations, as well as book covers I did for authors Rachel Aaron and Lindsay Buroker.” WARRIOR
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