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Whale Mail snippet

The Whale Mail Kickstarter is now funded so it’s definitely happening. I’ve finished recording the audio and am now doing the illustrations. There will be a map and six illustrations in the book as well as chapter headings. You can see some of these on the Kickstarter page. The ebook…

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September 19, 2023 September 19, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, Kickstarter Whale Mail

The big day has arrived!

Dragon Soup goes live on retailers today and I’ve just started the kickstarter campaign for Whale Mail, a follow-up novel in the same world of the Bureau of Magic Abuse. This is cozy fantasy. I’m probably showing my age now, but there used to be this very British show Heartbeat….

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September 8, 2023 September 8, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, Kickstarter Dragon Soup, Whale Mail

A weird issue

I’ve spent the past few days trying to sort a weird and nettly issue with my website for people who order print. Hint #1: very very few people buy in print anymore, so it’s rare, inconsistent and hard to diagnose. It seems to apply primarily to US addresses so it’s…

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September 1, 2023 September 1, 2023Ambassador series, Bureau of Magic Abuse, news, print books, Return of the Aghyrians, Seven Days to Save the World audio books, bureau of magic abuse

Whale Mail trailer

The world of the Bureau of Magic Abuse, as you can probably guess, doesn’t take itself too seriously, so the trailer required a lighthearted theme. I made the images and recorded the music myself as part of the Dragon Soup Kickstarter. It’s a very old medieval tune called Packingston’s Pound….

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August 21, 2023 August 21, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, Kickstarter book trailer, YouTube

Now up for preorder! Dragon Soup

Dragon Soup is now up for preorder on the retail sites! It will go live on 8 September, roughly at the same time the second volume, Whale Mail, will be live on Kickstarter. The version on the retailers will be the plain version, without illustrations and map. When Perrin was…

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August 14, 2023 August 14, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, news Dragon Soup

Upcoming: Whale Mail

In September, I will run another Kickstarter for Whale Mail, which is a follow-up volume for Dragon Soup, in the world of the Bureau of Magic Abuse. Picture this: you’ve somehow come into the possession of a dragon (long story–you can read the previous book if you really want to…

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August 1, 2023 August 1, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, Kickstarter bureau of magic abuse, Whale Mail

Whale Mail

I’m about to start recording the audio for Whale Mail, now that the pool guys have finished making noise in the back yard. Whale Mail is a standalone novel in the Bureau of Magic Abuse world. In the first book, Dragon Soup, which went up for a Kickstarter last year…

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July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, news artwork, bureau of magic abuse, merchandise

Change of tack

I’ve finished setting up the Kickstarter rewards and am starting to think about the next Kickstarter, for Whale Mail later this year. This book is written and now that the pool guys have almost finished making noise in the back yard, I’m looking at doing the audio recording so that…

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July 17, 2023 July 17, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, news, Project Charon, Return of the Aghyrians, Seven Days to Save the World news, paperbacks

It has taken a while, but…

I’ve finally put up a pretty landing page for Dragon Soup, the first book in the Bureau of Magic Abuse. These are standalone cozy fantasy stories set in the same world with the same set of characters. I’m planning my next Kickstarter with book 2 in this series, which will…

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July 14, 2023 July 14, 2023Bureau of Magic Abuse, news bureau of magic abuse, fantasy
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