neopetscookbook

This is a good story! I did. I've been an active player since 2001 and whenever people would ask me what I wanted to be when I was older, I'd say a writer or a member of TNT.

I stared working full-time in publishing in 2014. I've always worked in licensing, meaning I've edited and written books like the Kung Fu Panda 3 movie, Voltron: Legendary Defender, LEGO, Harry Potter, Peppa Pig, Peanuts, etc.

In about 2017-2018, I was working at a different publisher and a different cookbook entirely. The idea of an official Neopets cookbook came about. My coworkers and I contacted the agent who we'd worked with on other properties. It didn't go through (that publisher was a very specific kids' publisher and thought Neopets has too much of an adult fanbase, which, fair). But I held onto hopeeeee....

In 2021, I joined Andrews McMeel. Actually, I talked about wanting to publish a Neopets cookbook in my interview. My Publisher was really excited about the idea, so we resumed conversations with the agent. Then I put together a proposal, compiled an offer, and we got a licensing deal with Neopets for the cookbook that they approved :D

TNT has been incredibly supportive throughout the entire process. They'd also wanted a cookbook, so it was a match made in Faerieland.

~Erinn

Yep! The Iced Fish Cake is actually one of my favorites visually. I squealed when we got photos from the photographer. It's fondant, but I guess it doesn't have to be. ~ Erinn

Wocky Tacos for sure. The original recipe has halloumi but I'm vegan so I substitute with Violife's Mediterranean Style Grill Me cheese. ~ Erinn

Howdy! I did not design the avatar. Woooof, it would be terrible if I did haha, I'm not a designer. TNT did amazing work on it.

It will count towards avatar score.

I'm not the biggest fan of paywalling an avatar, and I also want to make sure the avatar feels unique and special. I think people will be pleasantly surprised by what we've managed to do. ~ Erinn

Yeah I explained a bit ago how the deal came to be. Basically, I'm a Neopets player. And a licensing book editor. And this is dreams. ~ Erinn

Edited to add: Oops didn't realize this was a reply to that comment! Glad it's there :-)