🕯️✨Taylor Leigh✨🕯️ (is vague)

@authortaylorleigh.bsky.social

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Writer of adult fantasy with Really Bad Eyes™ and ADHD. Come for the books, stay for the chaos. Rep: Handspun Literary https://authortaylorleigh.carrd.co

Black and white background of desert sand dunes with white script "The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh Agent Guide"
Background is a watercolor made of oranges, blues, and blacks of what appears to be a cave with skulls lining the walls (an ossuary). In the foreground is a white woman with silver curly hair from mid-thigh up with one arm stretched out palm up and the other reaching out palm down. Her eyes are glowing silver and there is a bloodied symbol across her chest and abdomen. She is dressed in brown pants and a cream band across her chest. Silver threads extend from her body and hands
Background is a watercolor made of oranges, blues, and blacks of what appears to be a cave with skulls lining the walls (an ossuary). In the foreground is a white woman with silver curly hair from mid-thigh up with one arm stretched out palm up and the other reaching out palm down. Her eyes are glowing silver and there is a bloodied symbol across her chest and abdomen. She is dressed in brown pants and a cream band across her chest. Silver threads extend from her body and hands
Background is a watercolor made of oranges, blues, and blacks of what appears to be a cave with skulls lining the walls (an ossuary). In the foreground is a white woman with silver curly hair from mid-thigh up with one arm stretched out palm up and the other reaching out palm down. Her eyes are glowing silver and there is a bloodied symbol across her chest and abdomen. She is dressed in brown pants and a cream band across her chest. Silver threads extend from her body and hands
Calico cat sitting on the left looking into a brick fireplace full of lit white candles
Black and grey background of desert sands Tan overlay that looks like torn paper with the title "The City of Dragon Glass Agent Guide". Upper right corner has an illustration of white jasmine and in the lower left a cream rose
Black and grey background of desert sands Tan overlay that looks like torn paper with the title "The City of Dragon Glass Agent Guide". Upper right corner has an illustration of white jasmine and in the lower left a cream rose
Black and grey background of desert sands Tan overlay that looks like torn paper with the title "The City of Dragon Glass Agent Guide". Upper right corner has an illustration of white jasmine and in the lower left a cream rose
grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead with text that reads "THE CITY OF DRAGON GLASS...AS MEMES" Upper left: screenshot of a white tweet with black text saying: "wow you're so mature for your age" thanks it was the trauma Upper right: screenshot of a white tweet with black text saying: god: I have made mankind! angels: you have fucked up a perfectly good monkey is what you did. look at it it's got anxiety middle left: black and tan chihuahua who looks to be tensely smiling with text above saying "then there's a deep rage burning inside of you but you gotta act nice coz you at work" center: image of a white man with short hair in a blue suit, white shirt, and blue and white striped tie smiling at a man with his back to the camera. text says: interviewer: so why do you want this job? Well, I've always been really passionate about not starving to death middle right: Doctor: do you exercise? Me: I'm a runner. I run from my problems, I run late, and I run my mouth Left under mid-left: white goose with a knife in its beak and a rainbow background with blue text that says "be gay do crime" Under mid-right: black with white text that reads: Guys like girls that can take charge. Ask him out. Plan a date. Take some hostages. Overthrow a government. Burn down his ex's house. Maybe buy him a puppy. bottom left: background of a bowl of what appears to be spaghetti-o's in alphabet shapes. foreground is a spoon with noodles spelling "send money" bottom middle: white background black text me: today is going really well and I don't trust it some shit: *starts happening* me: ah there it is...the Fuckening Bottom right: woman torso in backless white lace wedding dress with a person in a suit with their hand on her waist (no faces shown) with the white text: Marriage is like a walk in a park. Jurassic Park. the word "marriage" is crossed out in blue with "lust" written above
background of a sea rippling at night with a semi-transparent grey rectangle with a quote in black that reads: "For just a moment, she was sixteen again. Sand clung to the sticky sweat coating her trembling limbs as she dragged Amal's limp body beyond the break of the waves. The skin was cold beneath Nefeli's lips as she pressed a tender kiss to Amal's brow one final time. Her friend's thick hair swirled around her face, veiling her from view before the sea embraced her corpse. And it'd been all Nefeli's fault. THE CITY OF DRAGON GLASS by Taylor Leigh"
grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead White text reads: The City of Dragon Glass five photos with black and gold borders top left: dark photo of hand on skin top middle: person from neck down in beige scarf and black clothing in a desert environment top right: dark architecture with arches bottom left: round gem with stone removed in the center to reveal a red opal with green flashes bottom right: woman from neck up with tan skin, gold hoop earrings, long curly black hair staring at the photographer slightly through her bangs with her chin raised
Golden puff pastry in a white pie tin
grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead White text reads: The City of Dragon Glass five photos with black and gold borders top left: dark photo of hand on skin top middle: person from neck down in beige scarf and black clothing in a desert environment top right: dark architecture with arches bottom left: round gem with stone removed in the center to reveal a red opal with green flashes bottom right: woman from neck up with tan skin, gold hoop earrings, long curly black hair staring at the photographer slightly through her bangs with her chin raised
grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead White text reads: Fourth Wing X One Dark Window The City of Dragon Glass five photos with black and gold borders top left: dark photo of hand on skin top middle: person from neck down in beige scarf and black clothing in a desert environment top right: dark architecture with arches bottom left: round gem with stone removed in the center to reveal a red opal with green flashes bottom right: woman from neck up with tan skin, gold hoop earrings, long curly black hair staring at the photographer slightly through her bangs with her chin raised
White text reads: THE SOUL WEAVER by Taylor Leigh Background is a watercolor made of oranges, blues, and blacks of what appears to be a cave with skulls lining the walls (an ossuary). In the foreground is a white woman with silver curly hair from mid-thigh up with one arm stretched out palm up and the other reaching out palm down. Her eyes are glowing silver and there is a bloodied symbol across her chest and abdomen. She is dressed in brown pants and a cream band across her chest. Silver lines extend from her body and hands and a white decorative scrollwork decorates the top corners of the page.
Desert/sandy background with hazy sunset colors and some very distant mountains, a fire pit in bottom left surrounded by rocks, and two girls dressed in black with white shoes sitting in camping blue chairs, holding cups, and hugging. Girl on left is blonde, girl on right has black hair.
grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead with text that reads The dragon released a growling trill. "Cairn would like me to remind you that if you do not treat them with respect, you will meet the same fate." The translator stopped for a Moment, her scale-painted eyelids fluttering as the green dragon communicated. "He also hopes that any who choose to disrespect them from now on will be a bit less gamey." In the middle of four photos of book covers reads "COMP TITLES" top left cover: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, tan cover with a large white moon background and antlered elk in front; arrows coming off the photo pointing to "disability rep" and "queer-normative world" top right: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, yellow/tan background with black lettering and dragon illustrations; arrows pointing to "dragons", "queer-normative world", and "enemies to lovers (with blades)" bottom left: The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (I also have NO idea how to describe this cover) arrows pointing to "political machinations" and "atmospheric setting" bottom right: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, blue-green background with a woman walking across a bridge; arrows pointing to "atmospheric setting", "magic with consequences", and "broken magic needs fixing"
grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead White text reads: Fourth Wing X One Dark Window The City of Dragon Glass five photos with black and gold borders top left: dark photo of hand on skin top middle: person from neck down in beige scarf and black clothing in a desert environment top right: dark architecture with arches bottom left: round gem with stone removed in the center to reveal a red opal with green flashes bottom right: woman from neck up with tan skin, gold hoop earrings, long curly black hair staring at the photographer slightly through her bangs with her chin raised
Black and tan German shepherd laying on his side
Background is black sand dunes with two grey dragons overhead. Text reads: FOURTH WING X ONE DARK WINDOW The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh upper left has a dark photo of a hand caressing skin upper middle is a person from the neck down standing with a tan scarf wrapped around them upper right is a dark photo of the stone interior of what appears to be an old cathedral or other important building lower left is a photo of a round fire opal. The edges are dull and the center is polished to reveal dark and bright red, some orange, and some bright green bottom right is a light brown-skinned girl from the neck up who appears to be in her mid-20s. Her eyes are either light brown or dark hazel and her hair is long, black, and curly. She is staring at the camera without smiling.
Blue background with white borders Agent Comments I enjoyed how Astraea's powers were described, vividly showing her strength and how fearsome she appears You clearly have a solid plot and a premise that is intriguing. There's a lot of good craft here and I believe given the underrepresented folklore and culture you're tapping into, this can stand out. The prologue was really well-done I really enjoyed some of the descriptions of the setting and especially the mechanics of the magic I think magic that is very specific is so important in fantasy these days given how saturated the market is, and you do a great job here of making Astraea's talent seem unique I love the imagery
watercolor of a woman with silver curly hair and a carved rune in her chest in a cave-like location with skulls around her and threads of magic streaming from her body. Title: The Soul Weaver by Taylor Leigh