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Taylor Epperson
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romance + fantasy author
if not writing, probably chasing my kids
rep: Emily Forney at BookEnds Literary Agency
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Taylor Epperson @bytaylorepperson.bsky.social · Dec 10
✨I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR✨

I am so very excited to announce my adult fantasy romcom, SECOND TIME'S A CHARM, will be published with @grand central in summer 2026 🤍
Publishers Marketplace Category: Fiction: Romantasy SECOND TIME'S A CHARM By Taylor Epperson Imprint: Grand Central Deal Report December 9, 2024 Taylor Epperson's SECOND TIME'S A CHARM, a cozy fantasy rom-com, in which a disgraced witch, who inherits her father's sanctuary for magical creatures, is reunited with the town golden boy, who is also her ex-turned-possible-assassin, to save her family's legacy, to Kirsiah Depp at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Emily Forney at BookEnds (world). Summer 2026
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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.

🔗⬇️
Creepy old Victorian in autumn
February 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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EEEEPPP goosebumps and chills and thrills
zillawrites.bsky.social zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · Feb 12
Squid Game x 1984
🔪📺🩸

To find her bestie, Tate lies her way onto the Trinity Trials—televised games in which viewers decide all:magic players are 💉 with, the hunter, &each twist. She must survive not only the games+hunter but other desperate players who follow their own rules.
#QuestPit #YA #Q #SFF
[photo grid] 7 pictures: woman looking into a broken mirror, only the bottom portion of her face is visible; a camera pointing at a blurred man on a red couch; a note with red handwriting: STAYING ISN’T WORTH THE PRICE <3 XO; two off-white surveillance cameras; a man adjusting a navy suit; two young kids watching a parody news channel; a liminal, dilapidated hallways with red coloring
February 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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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)
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
January 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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 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
January 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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I’ll shut up in a minute but only after I SCREAM ABOUT THIS ORANGE BANNER!! AAAAHHHHHHHHH
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
January 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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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 📖
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.
January 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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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 ❤️🧡🤍
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).
January 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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I'll be honest I forgot I had this app
January 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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MY BOOK COMES OUT NEXT YEAR!!!! HEY HEY!!!
January 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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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...
A Fate Unwoven
A heretical storyteller partners with an ancient spirit…
www.goodreads.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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casually nods to self while editing, not knowing if I'm making this book better or worse, sure mhhmmm
December 22, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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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
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."
December 17, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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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
December 15, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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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
December 13, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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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?
December 12, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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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
December 12, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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AHHHHHHHHHHHH Beyond thrilled to join the DAW team with my debut trilogy ✨💜🚀
dawbooks.bsky.social DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social · Dec 11
Join us in welcoming Sierra Branham to DAW Books and brace yourselves for murder, mayhem, and royal intrigue on the set of the galaxy's hottest dating show!

Learn more about her 2026 debut on the blog: astrapublishinghouse.com/2024/12/11/d...
Acquisition Announcement: LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham
December 11, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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We’re ✨PM OFFICIAL✨ friends! My debut romantic and political space opera coming Spring 2026!

I’m over the actual moon about this 🚀🥹✨
December 11, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Join us in welcoming Sierra Branham to DAW Books and brace yourselves for murder, mayhem, and royal intrigue on the set of the galaxy's hottest dating show!

Learn more about her 2026 debut on the blog: astrapublishinghouse.com/2024/12/11/d...
Acquisition Announcement: LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham
December 11, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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✨I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR✨

I am so very excited to announce my adult fantasy romcom, SECOND TIME'S A CHARM, will be published with @grand central in summer 2026 🤍
Publishers Marketplace Category: Fiction: Romantasy SECOND TIME'S A CHARM By Taylor Epperson Imprint: Grand Central Deal Report December 9, 2024 Taylor Epperson's SECOND TIME'S A CHARM, a cozy fantasy rom-com, in which a disgraced witch, who inherits her father's sanctuary for magical creatures, is reunited with the town golden boy, who is also her ex-turned-possible-assassin, to save her family's legacy, to Kirsiah Depp at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Emily Forney at BookEnds (world). Summer 2026
December 10, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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I'm still getting used to this place but WATCH THIS SPACE TOMORROW!!! (Or one of my other 100000 platforms)
December 9, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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if my characters don't stop gazing and staring and looking idk what I'm going to do
December 7, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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HEY YOU 🫵🏽

DO YOU LOVE BONNIE BENNETT AND THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE HER VERY OWN STORY?

DO YOU LOVE THE VIBES OF EARLY 2000s PARANORMAL ROMANCE? (BUT MAKE IT BLACK)

DO YOU LOVE TWO GRUMPY TRAUMATIZED JERKS YEARNING FOR EACH OTHER AT A HAUNTED BOARDING SCHOOL?

OK GREAT ADD MY BOOK ON GOODREADS ⬇️
Noelle Monét with deal announcement mug
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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the best thing about this wip is how pathetic the LI is ... we're tucking locks of hair behind the ear, brushing knuckles down her cheek, and wait I HAVE TO BREAK HIS HEART
December 5, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Every night I battle: staying up late to edit OR going to sleep so I can edit better tomorrow

and every day I face the consequences of either one
December 5, 2024 at 5:21 PM