I really do my best to, as the French say, m’occuper de mes oignons. Every week is a good week to stay hydrated and mind my own business. But then the algorithms shove these AITA posts with clickbaity titles at me and I can’t help checking them out. AITA stands for Am I the Asshole?
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That Good Eastern European Stock
We are all storytellers. Stories allow us to examine what it means to be human. Back when reading and writing were skills only a few possessed, stories were shared by word of mouth. With each oral retelling, narratives would mutate, until they became the product of a collective mind, the heritage of a particular corner
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Arcane Society Shipping & Other Updates
Arcane Society have updated the information on the Ilona Andrews Special Box, containing exclusive hardcover editions of both Iron and Magic and Blood Heir. The books are expected to arrive from the printer and into the Arcane Society warehouse this Friday, April 19th. That means shipping to customers is estimated to begin next week. You
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555- RUMORS
“What’s the number again?” “555-RUMORS” “Who’s dialing, I can’t see?” “It’s Steve. And you’re treading on my feet.” “Sorry! Tell him to put it on speaker so we can hear in the back.” Beep beep beep. “Welcome to the Book Rumors hotline. If you’ve been waiting for longer than seven years, please press 1 for
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Favorite IA Supporting Character Quiz
Something we say a lot as a Horde is that our authors could turn every single one of their supporting characters into the lead of a story we couldn’t wait to read. In honor of one of the most beloved secondary characters who recently broke into the protagonist club, let’s see if the quiz can
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Math is a 4-letter Word
Graphic Audio updates first: I know a few of you who purchased the mp3 zip download version of the Magic Slays dramatized adaptation had problems with the file. The issues have been addressed, the file was updated with the correct format, you only need to redownload it. Here is the contact for the Graphic Audio
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The Merch Store Demands Sanctuary
Any plans for the merch shop reopening at Sanctuary release time? – M in the comments This is a tentative yes: when the Sanctuary novella is published this summer we will likely be able to celebrate with official merch. I say tentative, because releases are busy times and House Andrews have to fully recover to
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It Will Be A Book
Friday’s chapter of Sanctuary (tomorrow) will be the last one of the blog serial. I know, I know. Morena understands our sadness. Is it really the end? Not really, no hehe. The manuscript has a juicy, volhvylicious, not to say Rubenesque, epilogue that will only be available in the published book. We like big epilogues
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Magic Slays Release and Guest Interview
The Kate Daniels dramatized adaptations have reached the half-way point already: today, Graphic Audio released book 5, Magic Slays, across all retailers and library systems. How time flies when we’re having horde fun! To celebrate the release, we bring you a guest interview with Nora Achrati, who voices our beloved Kate, adapts the scripts and
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Audible Searches and Missing Books
Several readers have written in to let us know that Kate Daniels audiobooks have disappeared from their Audible library. The issue is affecting the traditional audio version (the ones narrated by Renee Raudman), books 1-4 of the main series and the Magic Stars novella. The licenses for the original audiobook versions from the 2000s expired
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Warlord
On this day, in 2015, an innocent April Fools book-themed prank was played on an unsuspecting Horde. Or so a certain mischievous author duo thought. It read: Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, bowed to only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master is gone and Hugh
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Magic Slays Exclusives and Bloopers
The Graphic Audio dramatized adaptation of Magic Slays will be released next week, on Wednesday, April 3rd. That will be the release day for all the retailers! You heard that right, from now on, no more wait times between the release on the GA website and the date it reaches all your other preferred places
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