Of the Publishing Persuasion

We were so lucky to get to chat with the absolute QUEEN that is Hayley Dennings @pagesofhayley 🤩👑✨ today we're talking Arcane, we're talking murderous sapphic vamps and all things of the publishing persuasion.

We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first, here's more about Hayley ✨️

Hayley Dennings is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, where she double majored in English and French with a concentration in diversity and inclusion. Hayley loves stories centered on queer female characters and dedicates her writing to actively resisting misogynoir. She currently resides in the Bay Area, working as an editorial and marketing associate for Fable. When Hayley is not working, she is spending time with her dogs, reading, painting, and baking.

https://hayleydennings.com/

Her debut Novel THIS RAVENOUS FATE is out now!! 

About THIS RAVENOUS FATE :

The first book in a decadent fantasy duology set in Jazz Age Harlem, where at night the dance halls come to life—and death waits in the dark.
It's 1926 and reapers, the once-human vampires with a terrifying affliction, are on the rise in New York. But the Saint family's thriving reaper-hunting enterprise holds reign over the city, giving them more power than even the organized criminals who run the nightclubs. Eighteen year-old Elise Saint, home after five years in Paris, is the reluctant heir to the empire. Only one thing weighs heavier on Elise's mind than her family obligations: the knowledge that the Harlem reapers want her dead.

Layla Quinn is a young reaper haunted by her past. Though reapers have existed in America for three centuries, created by New World atrocities and cruel experiments, Layla became one just five years ago. The night she was turned, she lost her parents, the protection of the Saints, and her humanity, and she'll never forget how Elise Saint betrayed her.

But some reapers are inexplicably turning part human again, leaving a wake of mysterious and brutal killings. When Layla is framed for one of these attacks, the Saint patriarch offers her a deal she can't refuse: to work with Elise to investigate how these murders might be linked to shocking rumors of a reaper cure. Once close friends, now bitter enemies, Elise and Layla explore the city's underworld, confronting their intense feelings for one another and uncovering the sinister truths about a growing threat to reapers and humans alike.

Get your copy of THIS RAVENOUS FATE here: https://hayleydennings.com/books-1

Add THIS RAVENOUS FATE to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200174131-this-ravenous-fate

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We had such a great, big energy chat with the legend that is THE Byron Graves!! @makwa_giniw 🤩🥳💫💫 We can't wait for you all to tune in!🕺✨️ But first here's a bit more about Byron!

Byron Graves is Ojibwe and was born and raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, where he played high school basketball. When he isn't writing, he can be found playing retro video games, spending time with his family, or cheering on his beloved Minnesota Timberwolves. Rez Ball is his debut novel.

Get your copy of REZ BALL here: ⁠https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rez-ball-byron-graves?variant=41468066136098

Add REZ BALL to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71490642-rez-ball

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We had the best chat with the beautiful soul that is THE Amanda Carbonell!! @amandacarbonell25 🤩💖💫

Amanda is a  Junior Literary Agent @belcastroagency, Shes also an  author, a Freelance Editor/Owner of Editing Tales and and an agent sibling to your friendly Australian cohost Melanie 🤩✨️We can't wait for you all to tune in!

But first here's a bit more about Amanda!

Amanda Carbonell’s passion for all things scary came at the age of five thanks to her mother for introducing her to Buffy. Soon after, her world became consumed by books. While receiving her bachelor’s and distinction in Journalism from Western Connecticut State University, Amanda interned with ArtHouse Literary before interning with CMA, Inc. She went on to agent-apprentice with Belcastro Literary Agency before being promoted to junior agent. When she is not reading through queries and building her client list, you can find her writing Latinx stories within the paranormal/speculative genres with her agent. She is a New York native living with her husband, son, and two dogs who loves watching reruns of Gilmore Girls, Jersey Shore, and Real Housewives.

Find Amanda's Editing Services here: https://editingtales.com/services/

Find Amanda's MSWL here: https://www.amandacarbonell.com/agent-page

You can also find her here on her agency website: https://www.belcastroagency.com/submit-a-story/

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We got right into the big energy chats with THE Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks today on the podcast! We can't wait for you all to tune in 🤩✨️

But first here's a bit more about Ted!

Ted Fox writes funny things, except for this bio, which is mildly amusing at best. His second novel, Date Week, is out now, and his first, Schooled, is currently in development for film/TV. He is also the author of the joke book You Know Who’s Awesome? (Not You).

Ted lives in the Midwest with his wife, their two kids, and two German shorthaired pointers who are frankly baffled there aren’t more dogs in his books. He once solved The New York Times crossword puzzle 127* days in a row (not a joke), and he is the recipient of a prestigious “No. 1 Dad” keychain.

His latest novel Date Week came out in June!

About Date Week:

Will Easterly leads a great life in Chicago. The postcollege uncertainty of his twenties behind him, he’s married to Rachel Armas, love of his life, and in just a few months he’ll become a father too. But instead of feeling excited, he finds himself doubting his ability to be a good parent. Probably because his own dad walked out when Will was only a kid.
So the day Rachel comes home in tears, he jumps at the chance to bury his own insecurities and focus on her. Turns out she was just offered her dream job…in Los Angeles. Already overwhelmed by the prospect of motherhood, Rachel turns it down, leaving Will to worry she’ll come to regret the decision.
Inspired by their binge-watching of the hit reality show Date Me Now!, Will plans a date week for a weeklong road trip filled with adventures. But when Will uses the trip to go behind Rachel’s back and get involved in her career, their future together is suddenly in doubt.

Get Teds books here: https://www.thetedfox.com/books

Add Teds books to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6153505.Ted_Fox

Find Ted's Podcast WORKING DRAFTS here: https://www.thetedfox.com/podcast

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We had the very best chat with THE Sofia Robleda👑✨️ @sofiarobleda who took us on a dazzling journey telling us about her incredible new book, DAUGHTER OF FIRE 🤩🔥

We can't wait for you all to tune in to the episode. But first, here's more about Sofia!

Sofia is a Mexican writer. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. She completed her degrees in psychology at the University of Queensland, in Australia. 
She currently lives in the UK with her husband and son, and splits her time writing, raising her son, and working as a psychologist, supporting people with brain injuries and neurological conditions.

https://sofiarobleda.com/

About Sofia's book 😍

DAUGHTER OF FIRE :

Catalina de Cerrato is being raised by her widowed father, Don Alonso, in 1551 Guatemala, scarcely thirty years since the Spanish invasion. A ruling member of the oppressive Spanish hierarchy, Don Alonso holds sway over the newly relegated lower class of Indigenous communities. Fiercely independent, Catalina struggles to honor her father and her late mother, a Maya noblewoman to whom Catalina made a vow that only she can keep: preserve the lost sacred text of the Popol Vuh, the treasured and now forbidden history of the K’iche’ people.
Urged on by her mother’s spirit voice, and possessing the gift of committing the invaluable stories to memory, Catalina embarks on a secret and transcendent quest to rewrite them. Through ancient pyramids, Spanish villas, and caves of masked devils, she finds an ally in the captivating Juan de Rojas, a lord whose rule was compromised by the invasion. But as their love and trust unfold, and Don Alonso’s tyranny escalates, Catalina must confront her conflicted blood heritage—and its secrets—once and for all if she’s to follow her dangerous quest to its historic end.

Get your copy of DAUGHTER OF FIRE here: https://rb.gy/d4v88c

Add to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196218541-daughter-of-fire

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You know when you are chatting with a wise old soul, because they aren't afraid to go straight into deep chat mode. And that's exactly how our conversation with THE Abigail O'Bryan @abigail_obryan_author went!🦉💖✨️
We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first, here's more about Abigail!
Abigail O’Bryan writes fairytale-inspired stories for teens (and the young at heart) filled with curses, adventures, and happily ever afters.
When not writing, you can find her playing D&D with her friends (or plying them with experimental baked goods), trying to do entirely too much in her garden, or just enjoying hanging out with her favorite people---her husband and two children---in their century-old house in the shadow of the Wasatch Range. Iron Rose is her debut novel...and it's out today!!!

http://www.authorabigailobryan.com/

About IRON ROSE:

No Kiss Can Break This Curse.
There is no future for Lydia Brightwood.
The Crimson Lord, a tyrant bent on destroying Lydia's country, made sure of that. Her only hope of a different life is to find the one person who could unite her a royal heir. There's just one problem...
They're all dead.
The Beast's humanity is slipping away.
Shut away from the world by a horrible secret, Adam watches the destruction of his homeland from the ruins of a fortress all the while holding the devastating truth in his
It's his fault.
Adam and Lydia's paths cross in the ruins of the north where they must find a way to conquer the curse before everything they love collapses...but being truly human has its price.

Get your copy of IRON ROSE here: https://linktr.ee/authorabigailobryan

Add IRON ROSE to goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213496502-iron-rose?from_search=true&from_srp=aSrB3y4d5F&qid=1

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We love our Aussie publishing fam!! And we were over the moon to have the legend that is THE Keshe Chow ⁠@keshewrites⁠ join us recently on the podcast!! 

We can't wait for you all to tune in!  But first, here's a bit about Keshe:

Keshe Chow (she/her) is a multi-award-winning Chinese-Australian author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. Born in Malaysia, Keshe moved to Australia when she was two years old. Currently she resides in Naarm (Melbourne) with her partner, two kids, one cat, and way too many house plants.⁠

https://www.keshe.com.au/⁠  

Her debut novel THE GIRL WITH NO REFLECTION releases August 6th!

More about THE GIRL WITH NO REFLECTION Princess Ying Yue believed in love...once upon a time. Yet when she’s chosen to wed the crown prince, Ying’s dreams of a fairy tale marriage quickly fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and indifferent, confining Ying to her room for reasons he won’t explain. Worse still are the rumors that swirl around the imperial whispers of seven other royal brides who, after their own weddings, mysteriously disappeared. 

Left alone with only her own reflection for company, Ying begins to see things. Strange things. Movements in the corners of her mirror. Colorful lights upon its surface. And when, on the eve of her wedding, she unwittingly tears open a gateway, she is pulled into a mirror world. This realm is full of sentient reflections, including the enigmatic Mirror Prince. Unlike his real-world counterpart, the Mirror Prince is kind and compassionate, and before long Ying falls in love—the kind of love she always dreamed of. 

But there is darkness in this new world, too. It turns out the two worlds have a long and blood-soaked history, and Ying has a part to play in the future of them both. And the brides who came before Ying? By the time they discovered what their role was, it was already too late.  

Get your copy here: ⁠https://linktr.ee/keshewrites⁠

Add to Goodreads here: ⁠https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201785804-the-girl-with-no-reflection
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Sometimes our guests are just too cool and this week's guest was beyond! 😍 We are low key, (high key) obsessed with Codie Crowley @spirit.bored and can't wait for you all to tune in to her episode!

But first, here's a bit about Codie!

Codie Crowley once told a scary story that caused mass hysteria at a slumber party, and she’s been chasing that high ever since. When she isn't writing chilling fiction, she's probably out looking for ghosts in Salem, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband, their cat, and a collection of creepy dolls.

Her debut novel, Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch, is coming August 2024 from Disney-Hyperion.

More about Codie's book: HERE LIES A VENGEFUL BITCH :

Murdered bad girl Annie Lane is back from the grave and hellbent on revenge . . . she just has to figure out who killed her.

This fast-paced thriller by a talented debut delivers a horror-infused hunt for justice that’s at once furiously feminist, darkly funny, and utterly satisfying.

Between her careless mom, her cheating ex-boyfriend, and her rotten reputation around town, Annie Lane is used to being left behind. But she’s never been left for dead before—until she wakes up to find her body’s been dumped on a mountain rumored to raise the dead.

Annie can’t remember who killed her, but she’ll stop at nothing to figure it out and make them pay. Because girls like her don’t get justice unless they take it for themselves.
Codie Crowley’s propulsive debut presents a furious and cathartic thriller skewering society’s condemnation of “unlikeable” girls.

https://www.codiecrowley.com/

Get your copy of HERE LIES A VENGEFUL BITCH here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746212/here-lies-a-vengeful-bitch-by-codie-crowley/

Add HERE LIES A VENGEFUL BITCH to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201632616-here-lies-a-vengeful-bitch

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We had so much fun chatting with the absolute STAR that is THE Miranda Sun @themirandasun 🤩✨️We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first, here's a bit about Miranda!

Miranda Sun is a storyteller by nature and wordsmith by trade. A lover of science as well as mythology, she’s fond of exploring museums and aquariums wherever she goes. She makes her home in Chicagoland, where she drinks iced coffee in the dead of winter and keeps an eye out for magic hidden in plain sight. Her first novel, a YA contemporary fantasy called If I Have to Be Haunted, released from HarperCollins on September 26, 2023 and was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller.

More about Miranda's bestselling YA, IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED:

Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn in this thrillingly romantic, irresistibly fun YA contemporary fantasy debut following a teenage Chinese American ghost speaker who (reluctantly) makes a deal to raise her nemesis from the dead.
Cara Tang doesn’t want to be haunted.
Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own. Her overbearing mother insists she be the “perfect” Chinese American daughter—which means suppressing her ghost-speaking powers—and she keeps getting into fights with Zacharias Coleson, the local golden boy whose smirk makes her want to set things on fire.
Then she stumbles across Zach’s dead body in the woods. He’s even more infuriating as a ghost, but Cara’s the only one who can see him—and save him.
Agreeing to resurrect him puts her at odds with her mother, draws her into a dangerous liminal world of monsters and magic—and worse, leaves her stuck with Zach. Yet as she and Zach grow closer, forced to depend on each other to survive, Cara finds the most terrifying thing is that she might not hate him so much after all.
Maybe this is why her mother warned her about ghosts.
Delightful and compulsively readable, this contemporary fantasy has something for every reader: a snarky voice, a magnetic enemies-to-lovers romance, and a spirited adventure through a magical, unpredictable world hidden within our own.

https://www.themirandasun.com/

Get your copy of IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED here: https://www.themirandasun.com/books

IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75498172-if-i-have-to-be-haunted

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Finally we are able to release this incredible episode. Which is extra full of Big Magic for two reasons - first of all, because we got to chat with the incredible human that is THE Rosalie M. Lin. BUT ALSO!!! Because our intro features a chat that happened not even an hour after your Aussie cloaca queen Melanie HAD THE CALL WITH HER BRAND NEW AGENT!!!

We can finally share it now the news is out!! So excited for you all to tune in. But first, here's more about Rosalie!

Rosalie M. Lin is a Chinese-American writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She has, at various points in the past decade, graduated with a degree in Comparative Literature, pole-danced in two Beijing nightclubs, and dropped out of a biomedical PhD program, before seriously pursuing her original dream of becoming an author. Rosalie was a Pitch Wars mentee in 2020.

https://rosaliemlin.com/

About DAUGHTER OF CALAMITY :Jingwen spends her nights as a showgirl at the Paramount, one of the most lavish clubs in Shanghai, competing ruthlessly to charm wealthy patrons. To cap off her shifts, she runs money for her grandmother, the exclusive surgeon to the most powerful gang in the city. A position her grandmother is pressuring her to inherit…
When a series of cabaret dancers are targeted―the attacker stealing their faces―Jingwen fears she could be next. And as the faces of the dancers start appearing on wealthy foreign socialites, she realizes Shanghai's glittering mirage of carefree luxury comes at a terrible price.
Fighting not just for her own safety but that of the other dancers―women who have simultaneously been her bitterest rivals and only friends―Jingwen has no choice but to delve into the city's underworld. In this treacherous realm of tangled alliances and ancient grudges, silver-armed gangsters haunt every alley, foreign playboys broker deals in exclusive back rooms, and the power of gods is wielded and traded like yuan. Jingwen will have to become something far stranger and more dangerous than her grandmother ever imagined if she hopes to survive the forces waiting to sell Shanghai's bones.

(from goodreads)

Get your copy of DAUGHTER OF CALAMITY here: https://linktr.ee/rosaliemlin

Add DAUGHTER OF CALAMITY to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790991-daughter-of-calamity

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