Kelly Peterson
Literary Agent
Rees Literary Agency
Literary Agent at @reesagency . Twitter Valkyrie. Philadelphian. Pisces. She/her. Multitasks #LikeABoss . Gandalf of #TheFellowship . Tweets are my own.✌🏻
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#MSWL The Bold Type.
That is all...
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#MSWL An immigration story that will make me cry and also shout with joy. Take me on your journey. Bonus points if it can be comped in loss, family, and/or romance to the movie Brooklyn.
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#MSWL I'm still looking for this gem: Maybe a YA fantasy about the lowly shop sweeper or something? Give me a literal "nobody" and make her story remarkable w/o royalty.
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#MSWL Guys, I still need a pirate manuscript in my life ASAP. Who has one they can query me with that's female driven? Bonus points if you have a character with a personality or traits like Tia Dalma/Calypso with a hard pirate/sailing edge.
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#MSWL A knight/guard who doesn't or doesn't fully identify as male, and where they don't have to hide their gender or sexual orientation and it's perfectly accepted. The story isn't about gender or sexual preferences, but is simply a natural part of fully accepted life.
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#MSWL I have LITERALLY been begging for YA Fantasy rooted in a Native American tribe's mythology. If any native writers feel confident enough to send me their work, I'd be so happy to read it!
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#MSWL I had put this out before, but... can I get Greer's story from Reign with Greer being in love with the cook instead of the POV of Mary, Queen of Scots royalty-like story? Greer is definitely my favorite romance.
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#MSWL I had a MG Wolf shapeshifter story slip through my fingers and I was slightly devastated. If you have one (and they're not actually called werewolves), I want it. I'm still hesitant on the vampires unless done differently, but wolves... Wolves are a must!
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#MSWL As always, I'm so in love with YA. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Contemporary, Historical, etc.. The things I'm not all that into are actually time travel (in any age range) and alternate dimensions (as of right now...little tired of them...).
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Meredith @Gryphongirl2007
@LitAgentKelly @SaadiaFaruqi Yesss. I love the “what-if’s” the most - like what if she HAD married Prince Edward of England? What if she HAD gained the English throne instead of Elizabeth? What if Francis HADN’T died? What if she had made different choices in Scotland and HADN’T been forced to flee?There's also so much questioning around what really happened, since it was so long ago and not many people really liked her, so I feel like there's very little actual information/truth! I'd love to see someone's interpretation based on history! #MSWL #MaryQueenofScots
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#MSWL MG is usually where you'll see my love of space adventures come into play, as well! I'm not a huge fan of space, but for whatever reason, I love them in MG. Imaginations galore!
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#MSWL MG Diverse and LGBTQIA+ voices. Middle grade is really some of the toughest years of my life, and anything that can help them realize it's okay to be different, is helpful. Love ghost stories and stories of crushes and friendship at this age.
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#MSWL My Adult Romance loves are enemies to lovers tropes, as well as best friend to lovers tropes, and I really fall for some wounded military heroes and alpha males with a strong softness, as well as women who can hold their own but realize they don't necessarily need to.
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#MSWL I think I need another adult romance manuscript in my life. I really seem to like romances that straddle the border between romance and WF, with enough growth that makes the romance believable, but based enough on the romance that without it, you wouldn't have a story.
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#MSWL My ET preference is more so that I don't want the story to be ONLY on the emotional turmoil of depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, etc.. There has to be another story in there for me to latch onto. I personally don't want to spend that much time in a darker emotional state.
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#MSWL Also fully watching The Crown and Reign right now and looking for court intrigue, especially in courts we haven't seen much from! Mary Queen of Scots? The Spain monarchy? Maybe French Sun King type of court intrigue? Especially with LGBTQIA+ characters and maybe magic?
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#MSWL Historical Fiction in YA! I'm so in love with Ruby from Cold Mountain. I love her voice and if you could put that into a YA Gunslinger Girl in Colonial times, I'd be so in love. <3
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It's #MSWL day, and I'll be doing a thread right here throughout the day! Remember if you're ready to submit your manuscript and see me ask for it today with the hashtag, feel free to go over to @SavvyAuthors WriterCon Pitchfest and pitch me your work! 😍 savvyauthors.com/blog/pitch-boo…
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Also, I've started watching Reign, and I hate to admit it but I really miss court intrigue and historical YA. 😭 But can I get Greer's story being in love with the cook instead of Mary, Queen of Scots royalty like story? Greer is definitely my favorite romance. #MSWL
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Quressa Robinson (she/her/queen) @qnrisawesome
@bhvide I would love to see stories about bucking gender roles as a girl who loves wearing pants and dresses, but it would be nice for the girl to become a knight without having to hide her gender and in a dress even. I loved how it was handled in ATLAB.This. 👇🏻 Seconding this #MSWL.