Taylor Epperson

18 months from selling to publishing is actually on the faster side of things! Now from finishing a manuscript to getting an agent can take anywhere from days to a year, and it still a gamble. Then editing that book and taking it on submission is another ballgame.

Creepy old Victorian in autumn

LEGENDBORN x ACE OF ♠️ in MYSTIC FALLS

When a 16 yo girl’s rage-induced powers lead her to a boarding school in the NC mountains, she’ll unravel a tale that spans generations & uncover her family’s ties to the town’s insidious past—but the truth comes at a cost…

becoming a prophecy incarnate.

🔗⬇️

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS

EEEEPPP goosebumps and chills and thrills

Digital art of Asaru and Wren. Text reads Black as Diamond. Asaru is a brown skinned man on the left with braided hair, spotted wings, and a tail, wearing a tunic with black tights. Wren is a brown skinned man on the right with curly black hair, a scarred face, and black arms, wearing a red shirt and blue necklace.

Publisher's marketplace deal report for Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike from the imprint Bindery Books. Dated January 7, 2025

i'm BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS to finally announce that my debut novel (zoinks!) is being published by @binderybooks.bsky.social in 2026!!

thanks so much to @emilykaitlin.bsky.social and @ezeekat.bsky.social for allowing me the opportunity to bring this self-indulgent story into the world!

(art by me)

A teal green organic shape used as a background to “An agents guide to (in one font) THE BONE COLLECTOR (shaded in another font)” there’s a woodland picture in the background

Pitch & Vibes in black lettering below the title is a series of inserts with three book covers: “I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons,” “Daughter of the Bone Forest,” and “The Last Unicorn.” the pictures in between are of a girl looking off to the side, a girl with a deer skull looking at the camera, a girl drinking wine looking at the viewer, and a stain glass window depicting a knight fighting a dragon. below that is an organic brown/gray bubble with text that reads “After a deadly sickness known as Chuma begins to infect her siblings, Olena Thunderchild—secret bone magic user who can make deals with the dead—plunges into the mythical forest to find the cure.”

A Simple Snippet “‘They haunt you. You let them haunt your dreams,’ Olena states the obvious. She’s the one who should be haunted in dreams and life. She is the one that speaks to spirits and has one stored in her pocket at this very moment, yet she never sees them in her dreams. When she’s done with a spirit, they simply fade from all existence. ‘They’re a piece of me now. I can’t erase how I used them.’” there is character art on the bottom and a background of dragons flying.

Reader Reviews: the list of screenshotted reactions to the story: -her giving her braid to the fish is so clever. I’m obsessed -the end here just makes you want to keep going! -i think it’s progressing perfectly. i don’t think it’s slow at all. the magic system [is] so really unique. i love the conflict. -i am excited about this book very much -read chapter 1. the ending is gorgeous, i literally widened my eyes. i loveee the setting, the religion, the moon castle -Well!! that chapter took a turn! I really enjoyed this. You have a very rich world and characters. And I’m very intrigued to see what will happen next! -i read this chapter so fast! so good - suzanne’s dzia dziu: “good.” the background is a girl and in a dress staring out the window

ONE DARK WINDOW x THE LAST UNICORN

🌿witch clans, dead cave women, & angry spirits
🌝three magic users go on a quest to find a rumored cure to the personification of death
🍁a girl with bone magic, & a dead mom
🌝dark, consequential magic
🌿inspired by ukrainian folklore

#Bluepit #YA #Q 📖

A screenshot from Amazon that reads: Artifice & Access: a disability in fantasy anthology Paperback – January 25, 2025 by Ella T Holmes (Compiler) In orange, it reads: #1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tale & Folklore Anthologies See all formats and editions

A screenshot from Amazon that reads: Ella T Holmes Artifice & Access: a disability in fantasy anthology In orange, it reads: “Top New Release” short story in Teen and young adult literature Beneath is the teal cover of Artifice and Access

I’ll shut up in a minute but only after I SCREAM ABOUT THIS ORANGE BANNER!! AAAAHHHHHHHHH

AAYYYEEEEE LOVE THIS

ALT: Dark and moody grid of 7 pictures: ornate mirrors on a grey way with golden frames, abstract texture of muted pinks, beige, bluish grey, top-down view of a squared spiral staircase with gold handrails and black/pink stairs, a red illuminated NO VACANCY sign, a grey liminal hall with gold around the doorways, hands covered in blood, small rectangular cubbies with ornate keys and gold tassels.

On their last night abroad, Dakota& friends check into Hotel Adair, where a sinister force amplifies their deepest insecurities. As reality warps& bodies pile up, Dakota must confront the hotel’s twisted past—& its hunger for unresolved conflict—if she wants to ever check out.



#W #A #H #BluePit 📖

AAHHH CONGRATULATIONS

Screenshot of a Publisher's Marketplace deal report for debut fiction. ROBBIE MCNEIL'S HIT LIST By Brianna Heath Imprint: Sourcebooks Brianna Heath's ROBBIE MCNEIL'S HIT LIST, a mystery romp following a contract killer who wants to run her karaoke bar with her queerplatonic soulmate in peace, but when one of her targets vanishes without a trace suddenly all of her rules go out the window, to MJ Johnston at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency (NA).

The vague era is over! I'm beyond excited to share the news that my debut novel will be coming to you in spring 2026 from Sourcebooks/Poisoned Pen Press. I'm so thrilled MJ gets my vision for this book & grateful to the amazing @jennaschmenna.bsky.social for helping find a perfect home for it ❤️🧡🤍

I'll be honest I forgot I had this app

sign me up!

MY BOOK COMES OUT NEXT YEAR!!!! HEY HEY!!!

omg just added! This sounds great!!

A Fate Unwoven A heretical storyteller partners with an ancient spirit…

Hello to all the new folk! Thank you for following :) as it is debut year's eve, I thought I'd remind everyone that my YA fantasy debut, A Fate Unwoven, comes out in September 2025 and I'd be honoured if you felt like adding it to your TBR shelf on Goodreads :)

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

casually nods to self while editing, not knowing if I'm making this book better or worse, sure mhhmmm

Looovveeee

A snippet of prose, reading: "I would tear this world apart and then stitch it back together again, thread by frayed thread, if only for a heartbeat’s worth of that smile."

A little snippet to celebrate finishing the first draft of the mother-daughter dual POV, eco-horror-romantasy novel that has consumed me for the past few months 🖤✨ #writingcommunity

Want to read a book ft a FMC with these vibes? Then you might like my debut YA fantasy A Fate Unwoven, out in the US next fall with Peachtree Teen ❄️

Add it to GR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... #BookSky

ABSOLUTELY

my background writing noise for the past three days has been lord of the rings fellowship of the ring. You'll never not be loved by me

OMGGGG THIS IS THE BEST THING

DELICIOUS

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY TO A WRITING MENTORSHIP (ft the old guard of mentorships, my experience as a mentee, and Roundtable Mentor)

in 2022, I was a mentee hopeful with a manuscript that would later become my debut novel. Why did i choose to do a mentorship?

my brain is in 3 different worlds right now

being an author is so funny because you're announcing book 1 and marketing book 1 while writing and editing book 2 while brainstorming and plotting books 3-7

AHHHHHHHHHHHH Beyond thrilled to join the DAW team with my debut trilogy ✨💜🚀

omg Jenny!!!! This is so sweet 😭🤍

Thank youuu!