Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Liselle Sambury
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Debut Diaries: Changing My Title [CC]
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![Debut Diaries: The 10 Best and Worst Parts of My Debut Author Year - The Final Episode [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hJnzcyvj0M0/mqdefault.jpg "Debut Diaries: The 10 Best and Worst Parts of My Debut Author Year - The Final Episode [CC]
Its finally time to say goodbye to the Debut Diaries series as I end off with what the 10 best and worst parts of debut year were for me, and as requested, I also include a bit where I chat about my wins during the year and finish with a final reflection.
*small note: I mention that a got a book deal, I actually technically did this in 2020 but announced in 2021 so I got mixed up lol. I’m talking about my Butcherbirds deal, not a random new one.
Timestamps
00:00 - 01:28 Intro
01:28 - 20:08 10 Best and Worst of Debut Year
20:08 - 29:09 My Debut Year Wins
29:09 - 37:00 Final Reflection
🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
Debut Diaries: Post Pub Feels. What Comes Next After Pub Day?: https://youtu.be/mbaZzu7KD5Q
Debut Diaries Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0W2VBaFFFrn8GFAYkP5NvG1nImxRtkoy
💻 YOUTUBERS I MENTIONED
@AlexaDonne
@MichelleSchustermanAuthor
📘 AUTHORS I MENTIONED
Alexa Donne: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16817128.Alexa_Donne
Michelle Schusterman: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6522087.Michelle_Schusterman
Claribel A. Ortega: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17330741.Claribel_A_Ortega
Kat Cho: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17734732.Kat_Cho
Tracy Deonn: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19593708.Tracy_Deonn
Aiden Thomas: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17960047.Aiden_Thomas
Leigh Bardugo: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4575289.Leigh_Bardugo
☀️ ANYTHING ELSE I MENTIONED
My Write or Die Podcast Interview: https://anchor.fm/writeordiepodcast/episodes/S3-E26-Liselle-Sambury The-Werewolf-Romance-e12ko4n/a-a5ruh6h
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Butcherbirds: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57215937-butcherbirds
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![Creative Author Chat: Discussing Being Close to Release Day While Anime Glass Painting [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j8ME9BWJTcM/mqdefault.jpg "Creative Author Chat: Discussing Being Close to Release Day While Anime Glass Painting [CC]
Now that Im less than a month away from debut, I figured I would have a chat about how Im feeling while trying anime glass painting for the first time.
🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
Creative Author chat while journaling: https://youtu.be/t088fCpMPj0
Anime glass painting tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQQ8sk24Sxw
10 things to know before anime glass painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZOmphhMb3Q
Anime glass painting skin tone tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_UDgCGbWsQ
STOPASIANHATE
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✊🏾 BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER
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📗 PRE-ORDER MY DEBUT BLOOD LIKE MAGIC
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![Save the Cat Deep Dive: Finale & Final Image [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kF0Tx9nbiaU/mqdefault.jpg "Save the Cat Deep Dive: Finale & Final Image [CC]
In the FINAL installment of this Save the Cat deep dive series, I discuss the Finale and the Final Image. I share both the STC definition and method, and how I interpret that into my own works.
Timestamps
00:00 - 01:56 Intro
01:56 - 04:55 Finale - Definition & Five-Point Finale
04:55 - 07:41 Finale - Jumping into it
07:41 - 10:31 Finale - They need to fail
10:31 - 12:23 Finale - Adding in a twist
12:23 - 14:44 Finale - The win
14:44 - 18:10 Finale - Wrapping everything up
18:10 - 19:51 Finale - Last note
19:51 - 20:42 The Final Image - Definition
20:42 - 22:52 The Final Image - Compare and contrast
22:52 - 24:53 The Final Image - Peek into future
24:53 - 25:51 The Final Image - Last note
25:51 - 28:46 Final Thoughts
🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
Save the Cat Deep Dive Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0W2VBaFFFrnVVTG10UAaPiuGH6_Z-zNH
How to Craft Compelling Characters: https://youtu.be/eIFyT7dYbBM
📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED
Save the Cat by Blake Synder: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49464.Save_the_Cat?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GqI3tORiGQ&rank=1
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32805475-save-the-cat-writes-a-novel?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=aHhoUtgsvt&rank=1
Save the Cat Writes a Young Adult Novel by Jessica Brody: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59756809-save-the-cat-writes-a-young-adult-novel?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=omBQsL4Nlg&rank=1
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EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Please consider donating to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society, and educating yourself about the experiences of Survivors and their families and communities so we can help foster truth and reconciliation
https://www.irsss.ca/home
https://nctr.ca/
STOPASIANHATE
https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
✊🏾 BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER
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#Authortube #SaveTheCat #SaveTheCatDeepDive
📗 BUY MY BOOKS
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Blood Like Magic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305778-blood-like-magic
Blood Like Fate: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305972-blood-like-fate
Delicious Monsters: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61273084-delicious-monsters
Tender Beasts: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176530010-tender-beasts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=KjgnX40tek&rank=2
Tales of Eternia: Lost in the Void: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61875088-he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe
All These Sunken Souls: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59749380-all-these-sunken-souls
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🎶 MUSIC CREDITS
Music by 8thDimensions - Shining - https://thmatc.co/?l=2579F04F
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![Best Books I Read in January [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l8h3fR3orOU/mqdefault.jpg "Best Books I Read in January [CC]
Welcome to the first of my monthly wrap up videos where I share 3 of the best books I read in January, plus honorable mentions for other books that I loved this month.
🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
The Best Books I Read in 2021: https://youtu.be/v06oR7gf58U
📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED
Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42872940-rules-for-vanishing?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=7cI5dNJvEk&rank=1
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55754225-these-fleeting-shadows
Nightingale by Amy Lukavics: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37004950-nightingale?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=3Grqp1dvd9&rank=1
The Ravenous by Amy Lukavics: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31123250-the-ravenous
Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18748653-daughters-unto-devils
The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics (this is the book whose name I couldnt remember): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28367592-the-women-in-the-walls
Twice as Perfect by Louisa Onomé: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58484168-twice-as-perfect?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=MK2DfdqllZ&rank=1
The Red Palace by June Hur: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56978115-the-red-palace?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1WEPVO27ky&rank=1
His & Hers by Alice Feeney: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45885495-his-hers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=f5SKVhN1Sp&rank=1
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53240817-amari-and-the-night-brothers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6XpkBeUvFE&rank=1
EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Please consider donating to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society, and educating yourself about the experiences of Survivors and their families and communities so we can help foster truth and reconciliation
https://www.irsss.ca/home
https://nctr.ca/
STOPASIANHATE
https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
✊🏾 BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER
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#Booktube #BookWrapUp #BestBooks
📗 BUY A COPY OF BLOOD LIKE MAGIC
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📗 BUY A COPY OF BLOOD LIKE FATE
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📗 ADD MY BOOKS ON GOODREADS
Blood Like Magic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305778-blood-like-magic
Blood Like Fate: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305972-blood-like-fate
Butcherbirds: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57215937-butcherbirds
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chill. by sakura Hz https://soundcloud.com/sakurahertz
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![How Often Do I Actually Write as a Full-Time Author? [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lcvV_N1WBII/mqdefault.jpg "How Often Do I Actually Write as a Full-Time Author? [CC]
I thought it would be fun to take a look back at 2021 and see how much writing that I did in my first year of being a full-time author. In this video, I share some stats and talk about the time I spent on projects.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - 03:28 Intro
03:28 - 05:59 Project Time Tracking: Blood Like Fate
05:59 - 06:53 Project Time Tracking: Six Days and Five Nights
06:53 - 08:09 Project Time Tracking: The Newlyweds
08:09 - 09:14 Project Time Tracking: Bear Hunt
09:14 - 10:37 Project Time Tracking: BLM Spin-Off
10:37 - 11:32 Project Time Tracking: Butcherbirds
11:32 - 12:44 Project Time Tracking: Overview
12:44 - 16:32 Author Adjacent Time Tracking
16:32 - 20:22 Reflection/Closing
🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
Writing Vlog: I Wrote a Book in 8 Days: https://youtu.be/b2G3JSKXeuw
EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Please consider donating to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society, and educating yourself about the experiences of Survivors and their families and communities so we can help foster truth and reconciliation
https://www.irsss.ca/home
https://nctr.ca/
STOPASIANHATE
https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
✊🏾 BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
https://blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co/
#Authortube #AuthorLife
📗 BUY A COPY OF BLOOD LIKE MAGIC
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📗 BUY A COPY OF BLOOD LIKE FATE
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📗 ADD MY BOOKS ON GOODREADS
Blood Like Magic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305778-blood-like-magic
Blood Like Fate: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305972-blood-like-fate
Butcherbirds: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57215937-butcherbirds
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![Camp NaNoWriMo Writing Vlog: Writing 20k in a Week?! Race to the Finish! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lzDM-w0dvAM/mqdefault.jpg "Camp NaNoWriMo Writing Vlog: Writing 20k in a Week?! Race to the Finish! [CC]
We get into the final two weeks of Camp NaNoWrimo for April 2022 where I decide to double up my word count for the final week to finish the first draft of Bear Hunt, my upcoming 2024 novel.
🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
First two weeks of camp vlog: https://youtu.be/CB3eOqPWQJI
📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED
Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42872940-rules-for-vanishing?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=eUlY3JbbcG&rank=1
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50520939-the-atlas-six?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wMrA5LQfzU&rank=1
EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Please consider donating to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society, and educating yourself about the experiences of Survivors and their families and communities so we can help foster truth and reconciliation
https://www.irsss.ca/home
https://nctr.ca/
STOPASIANHATE
https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
✊🏾 BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
https://blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co/
#Authortube #CampNaNo #CampNaNoWriMo #WritingVlog
📗 BUY A COPY OF BLOOD LIKE MAGIC
https://www.bit.ly/bloodlikemagic
📗 BUY A COPY OF BLOOD LIKE FATE
https://www.bit.ly/bloodlikefate
📗 ADD MY BOOKS ON GOODREADS
Blood Like Magic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305778-blood-like-magic
Blood Like Fate: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305972-blood-like-fate
Butcherbirds: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57215937-butcherbirds
✨ CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIAL
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Music by HOAX - soju - https://thmatc.co/?l=B6BA3AA5
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![Debut Diaries: Post Pub Feels. What Comes Next After Pub Day? [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mbaZzu7KD5Q/mqdefault.jpg "Debut Diaries: Post Pub Feels. What Comes Next After Pub Day? [CC]
In this months episode of Debut Diaries, I chat about the experience of being post-debut as an author. Discussing the feelings around it, the fear of being forgotten, and whats changed between being a pre pub day debut to being a post pub day debut.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:28 What is Better Post-Debut?
04:17 What Goes Away Post-Debut?
06:16 The Fear of Being Forgotten
10:21 How Priorities Have Changed
14:12 How Does it Feel to be Post Debut?
19:52 What Do I Expect Going Further Into My Post-Pub Journey
🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
Debut Diaries Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0W2VBaFFFrn8GFAYkP5NvG1nImxRtkoy
📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED (I mentioned these authors but check out their latest books!)
The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55710883-the-wild-ones?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=19t0Bkdkbf&rank=1
Made in Korea by Sarah Suk: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53141483-made-in-korea?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=o7ryg9r8G2&rank=1
STOPASIANHATE
https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
✊🏾 BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
https://blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co/
#Authortube #DebutDiaries
📗 BUY A COPY OF BLOOD LIKE MAGIC
https://www.bit.ly/bloodlikemagic
📗 ADD BLOOD LIKE MAGIC ON GOODREADS
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305778-blood-like-magic
✨ CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIAL
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🎶 MUSIC CREDITS
chill. by sakura Hz https://soundcloud.com/sakurahertz
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/chill-sakuraHz
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pF2tXC1pXNo
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