Saba Sulaiman
Literary Agent
Talcott Notch Literary
Senior agent at Talcott Notch Literary. Eternally recovering from maternity leave. Probably hiding somewhere eating cake. Closed to unsolicited queries. @pocpub
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Delightfully spooky and strange MG stories with humor and depth and lush literary-leaning writing. #MSWLStories featuring South Asians. Where are my queer/disabled Desis? Where are my Desi immigrants realizing they aren’t FOBs anymore? #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Stories that challenge children to think critically about things without being prescriptive or instructive. #MSWLDelightfully spooky and strange MG stories with humor and depth and lush literary-leaning writing. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Did you know I was in a multilingual acapella group in college? Well, now you know. #MSWLStories that challenge children to think critically about things without being prescriptive or instructive. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Stories set OUTSIDE of New York City. Preferably outside of the US. Stories that incorporate multilingualism with craft and purpose. #MSWLDid you know I was in a multilingual acapella group in college? Well, now you know. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Correction: stories about meaningful relationships between people across the gender and sexuality spectrums. #MSWLStories set OUTSIDE of New York City. Preferably outside of the US. Stories that incorporate multilingualism with craft and purpose. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Stories that engage w/ intersectional feminism. Meaningful non-cishet relationships across the platonic/romantic/aromantic spectrum. #MSWLCorrection: stories about meaningful relationships between people across the gender and sexuality spectrums. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Stories with very flawed but somehow personable characters making poor decisions. Stories with bold plotting and big character arcs. #MSWLStories that engage w/ intersectional feminism. Meaningful non-cishet relationships across the platonic/romantic/aromantic spectrum. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Stories that inspire spirited discussion and deep self-reflection; stories that make me feel powerful, unexpected emotions. #MSWLStories with very flawed but somehow personable characters making poor decisions. Stories with bold plotting and big character arcs. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
Stories that explore the messy boundary b/w selfishness + selflessness; that explore the significance/nature of personal motivation. #MSWLStories that inspire spirited discussion and deep self-reflection; stories that make me feel powerful, unexpected emotions. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
First and foremost, I want stories that center marginalized experiences. Stories where being atypical in any way is not a curiosity. #MSWLStories that explore the messy boundary b/w selfishness + selflessness; that explore the significance/nature of personal motivation. #MSWL
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Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
(also you can mute this thread if you're not a querying writer but can't unfollow me b/c of my A+ mom tweets and bracing sense of humor)First and foremost, I want stories that center marginalized experiences. Stories where being atypical in any way is not a curiosity. #MSWL
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Nur Nasreen @Nuri_ibrahim
I want to see strange, dysfunctional #MuslimWomenInLove on film and TV #MuslimsInLoveYESS and I want to see multidimensional #muslimsinlove that don't pander to the Western gaze; stories where they aren't curiosities. #MSWL
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Amanda Foody @AmandaFoody
It's always a good time to talk about why I've never loved the expression "strong female character." amandafoody.tumblr.com/post/159041218…-Read @AmandaFoody's post (whose book is out now!)
-Read this: writingmastery.tumblr.com/post/145567674… (#MSWL)
-Write multidimensional characters.
#WriteTip
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There's a space between what your characters want to think/say and what they actually think/say. That's the space I want to live in. #MSWL
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In which I talk about the themes/topics that particularly excite me + other sundries on the @rnatweets blog: …velistsassociationblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/ask-in…
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.@Ellethevillain on the importance of writing carefree, pain-free, struggle-free blackness: mildmanneredmuse.tumblr.com/post/135878093…
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.@GabbyBellot on writing in exile while being haunted by memories of a land whose pulse you can't quite capture anymore.
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