Incredibly happy to announce that after two years of querying two different manuscripts, I'm now represented by Ben Miller-Callihan at Hanspun Literary! I'm so excited for this part of my publishing journey, especially with such an incredible advocate and team behind me.

An AMA with a UTA agent discussing AI use, encouraging authors to "absolutely" use AI to draft submission letters, & saying she uses it to write letters to publishers. I did not know this was normal, are most agents using AI to pitch editors now? #writingcommunity www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAGM...

I am. Vague. 👀

an agent's guide to OUR BODIES ARE MADE OF SUGAR, my dystopian fantasy for fans of BABEL and THE HUNGER GAMES! 🍰 i #amquerying, so if you'd like to see this project, let me know (if i am not already in your inbox ;) ) #writingcommmunity

WE HARVEST THE CARNAGE a fantasy horror about a college freshman who joins a club of pre-meds to harvest the organs of the elite with body magic 🫀dark academia x body horror x STEM 🫀south asian rep x bi4bi 🫀vengeance, moral ambiguity, & guts galore #questpit #W #A #F #H

TAMSYN MUIR x HUNGER GAMES x BACHELORETTE Pretending to be a man, Dorian enters a deadly tournament to kill the priestess whose magic is draining the planet & pursue her interests: swords & women. But in the labyrinth, the cameras aren't the only thing she must evade. #A #SF #F #LGBT #W #QuestPit

Introducing ✨ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE✨ #QuestPit #AgentsGuide #Q Reluctant medium Alice accidentally lands a job cleaning haunted houses & chasing down a serial killer... 🌊 ghosts by the coast 🏡 dead roommate 👻 possessions & poltergeists 🐈 psychic cat lady 🧠 autistic FMC 🏳️‍🌈 queer & trans rep

SUPERNATURAL x FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS After a starved+beaten girl runs through the donut shop where he's working alone, Grayson has to convince his teammates she's in danger & hiding in the woods The only problem? She's a famous influencer & her accounts are posting as usual #QuestPit #YA #W #MY #PR

Locke Lamora X ODW To save her sick sister, visually-impaired thief Nefeli agrees to a treasure hunt for a lost relic. As her sight declines with each use of magic, she must outwit dragons, powerful magic, and—worst of all—politicians before her world goes dark for good. #questpit #Q #A #F

An Agent's Guide to CALL OF THE ELDER. 🐉 Jewish Fantasy 🐉 Agent interest 🐉🐉 DRAGONS 🐉🐉 When a dragon elder summons Eila, the last priestess of her people, she must travel across hostile lands to find him before insanity sets in and she fails her family. #QuestPit #A #Q #F #agentsguide

Now #amquerying: LEARNING FOR YOU, the teaching/karaoke romance of my heart 💜 YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER When budget cuts threaten her district, new teacher Jules must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her dream job—and avoid falling for him. #QuestPit #A #R

Want to participate in the Publishing for Minnesota auction but items ballooned out of your budget? If you donate to any of the listed charities and send me a screenshot of your receipt, I will gladly give your a query or synopsis a critique. No minimums as I know everyone’s financial status differs

ICE and CBP agents are out of control and put everyone in danger. We're calling for ICE agents to withdraw from Minneapolis, and for Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.

This section of the conference has been quietly replaced on their schedule but without acknowledgement or comment from the organizers. I remain concerned that WDW will continue to include pro-gen-AI content within their workshops given their silence.

🕯️✨Taylor Leigh✨🕯️ (is vague)@authortaylorleigh.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Heads up #writers and #literaryagents, Writing Day Workshops is now actively promoting the use of AI in their programming.

Apparently Writing Day Workshops now has genAI-related programming for “writing with ChatGPT” and I have to say, I’m NOT impressed. GenAI has no place in creative spaces or education. I’d been thinking of attending a workshop but not if that’s on the lineup! 🙅‍♀️

Heads up #writers and #literaryagents, Writing Day Workshops is now actively promoting the use of AI in their programming.

I'm over on Threads more @ authortaylorleigh if you want to follow my daily shenanigans 🤣 (If you mention that you followed me from here I'll like...give you a cookie or something?)

Dear #literaryagents, for your consideration: To save her sick sister, visually-impaired thief Nefeli agrees to a treasure hunt for a lost relic. As her sight declines with each use of magic, she must outwit dragons, powerful magic, and—worst of all—politicians before her world goes dark for good.

LET THEM *BE* CAKE 🍰 Under a fascist empire led by a queen whose touch can turn bodies into sugar, a grieving royal translator finds solace in outlawed books. But when caught, she must escape and lead the revolution inspired by her defiance, or face being turned into royal dessert. #roundtablementor

Hey y'all, I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. You can enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages over on their website! @reviseresub.bsky.social

the scammers are back on their bullshit. if we’ve emailed you from a random hotmail account? (literally) no we didn’t.

Locke Lamora X ODW To save her sick sister, visually-impaired thief Nefeli agrees to a treasure hunt for a lost relic. As her sight declines with each use of magic, she must outwit dragons, powerful magic, and—worst of all—politicians before her world goes dark for good. #DVpit #A #F #DIS #OWN #CI

Hide her abilities. Escape the war. After her erratic magic leads to murder, conscripted mage Astraea is captured by an enigmatic enemy who understands her power better than she does. If she can’t escape, she’ll become a weapon of the queendom responsible for her father’s death. #DVpit #A #F #MH #CI

Conscripted spirit mage Astraea just wants to escape the battlefield that took her father’s life—but her magic could be the key to solving mysterious deaths on the warfront, and an enigmatic enemy is the only person who can help her understand her growing power. #DVpit #A #F #DIS #MH #LGBT #ND #CI

Locke Lamora X One Dark Window Nefeli's a thief who'd agree to anything to save her sick sister—even a treasure hunt in a dragon-riddled palace. Her sight declines with each use of magic, so she must con everyone (and avoid her ex) to find the relic before her world goes dark. #DVpit #A #F #DIS #OWN

Locke Lamora X A Dance of Lies To save her sick sister, a visually-impaired thief agrees to a lucrative treasure-hunting con amidst magic, dragons and—even worse—politicians. If only her smooth-talking former fling wasn't around and able to blow her cover at any moment. #DVpit #A #F #DIS #MH #OWN

Captured, Astraea would rather die than ally with the country who killed her father. But when desiccated bodies burned with an ancient rune litter the warfront, her magic might be the key to finding out why. If only her enemy wasn’t the sole person who understood her magic. #DVpit #A #F #DIS #MH #ND

Locke Lamora X ODW To save her sick sister, visually-impaired thief Nefeli agrees to a treasure hunt for a lost relic. As her sight declines with each use of magic, she must outwit dragons, powerful magic, and—worst of all—politicians before her world goes dark for good. #DVpit #A #F #DIS #OWN #CI