Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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So very excited to share the book deal news for my new dark academia fantasy series starting in spring 2025 with A Mastery of Monsters! In this video, I talk about the project and its journey, the very unconventional submission experience, and more.

Art in the thumbnail and video by peach.pod - check her out on IG: instagram.com/peach.pod

Deal description: Author of the Blood Like Magic duology and Delicious Monsters, A MASTERY OF MONSTERS, a YA dark academia fantasy in which a girl must join a secret society that may be responsible for the disappearance of her brother. To infiltrate their ranks, she agrees to team up with a boy who is only months away from becoming a flesh-eating monster—and in exchange, she has to win a deadly competition to master control of his monstrosity, to Sarah McCabe at Margaret K. McElderry, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2025 by Kristy Hunter at The Knight Agency (NA)

Timestamps
00:00 - 02:45 Introduction
02:45 - 07:04 The Journey of A Mastery of Monsters
07:04 - 31:15 The Submission Experience
31:15 - 34:19 What’s Next?
34:19 - 43:54 Final Thoughts

🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED
The Journey of A Mastery of Monsters Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0W2VBaFFFrk0kd90g9UKaltm6sucYQMt&si=FWLrtMMmffG4BNzN

Writing Vlog: My "Bad" Book is Actually Good?! - youtu.be/YPiGAeMYNA0

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Delicious Monsters: goodreads.com/book/show/61273084-delicious-monsters
Tender Beasts: goodreads.com/book/show/176530010-tender-beasts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=KjgnX40tek&rank=2
Tales of Eternia: Lost in the Void: goodreads.com/book/show/61875088-he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe
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