Michelle Witte
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Mansion Street Literary Management
Publishing professional and mental health advocate. I write craptastic books. Some people think I'm funny. You should probably be worried about those people.
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Oh, and I have a soft spot for Southern Gothic. Especially from/about POC. And I don’t mean just tossing a side character who practices hoodoo/voodoo into a mostly white story. *side eyes Hollywood* #MSWL YA/MG
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Dark fantasy or magical realism à la Pan’s Labryinth is another love of mine. I’ve been reading the novelization by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke, and it has that creepy, ethereal feel of magical realism and folklore mixed with a dash of horror. #MSWL Again YA/MG ONLY.
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But not just ghost stories, but anything dark and creepy. I just watched We Have Always Lived in the Castle (which is fantastic, btw), so creepy/gothic with an unreliable narrator is a plus. #MSWL YA/MG only.
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Michelle Witte @michellewitte
Pull out the popcorn, because this is a fascinating story from history with a fantastic ending. twitter.com/michaelharriot…Oh, and I should mention that a MG or YA retelling of this (or similar type of story) is most definitely #MSWL.
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BBC News (World) @BBCWorld
Olga Misik: Russia’s ‘Tiananmen teen’ protester on front line bbc.in/2yJF5sUThis will forever be a #MSWL for YA/MG: kids/teens leading rebellions and speaking truth to power.
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Just watched the second episode of The Passage and man, I would give anything for an MG with heroine like Amy. Or pretty much anything that could star @SaniyyaSidney. #MSWL youtube.com/watch?v=m--WB1…
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Kaleigh Rogers @KaleighRogers
Meet Saga, an 8-year-old Swedish girl who went into a lake and pulled out an ancient viking sword and whom I will follow into battle anywhere, any time. ALL HAIL SAGA! motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/… pic.twitter.com/3x6uzcs667I will #MSWL this forever, especially for mg. Note: Looking for girl MC, as there are already so many stories of boys discovering swords and such (magical or not).
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Anne Thériault @anne_theriault
There’s a post circulating tumblr/Facebook asking why so many tween girls go through a witchy “let’s read fortunes and levitate” sleepover/jr. coven phase. I actually talked to an expert about this exact thing two years ago! medium.com/the-establishm…I would die for a YA/MG along these lines. #MSWL Real magic or just imagined, doesn't matter. I especially like stories that focus on girl friendships/sisterhood.
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Sara Kenigsberg @skenigsberg
ok this is my new fav letter to the editor pic.twitter.com/KGfX8BgZlHA middle grade novel starring a girl like this would be amazing. Something along the lines of Frankie Landau-Banks for the mg set. #MSWL
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Jeff Sharlet @JeffSharlet
So here's a new picture. I don't put my kids' pictures on the public internet, but with my daughter's approval -- this is part of her "burning anger" -- here she is, adding her slogan, #keepourcountrycolorful, to one of which she approves, not far south of the border. pic.twitter.com/aQLniu1USF#MSWL When I eventually reopen to queries, I want to see all the middle grade manuscripts about girls burning with anger at injustice in the world and how they’re fighting back, especially by and about POC and other marginalized groups.
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Paul 🌹📚 Cooper @PaulMMCooper
One of the most chilling abandoned places in the world is France's Red Zone, or "Zone Rouge".Over 100 years ago, the First World War so devastated the landscape here that people are still forbidden to enter, & the zone has become a ghostly & overgrown place. pic.twitter.com/fPDL4URKmV
Incredible thread on how nature has been reclaiming stretches of land in France that have been uninhabitable since WWI.
Now for an #MSWL: A post-apocalyptic story set in a place like this could be amazing. There's something eerily beautiful yet sinister in those photos. MG/YA
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Zak Toscani @zaktoscani
Co-worker got his lunch stolen and they’ve agreed to let him watch the security camera tape. This is the most excited I’ve ever been at any job ever. Ever.A middle grade novel adaptation of this story would be amazing. I mean, that suspense. . . #mswl
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B.N. Harrison @bnharrison
"My math teacher is low-key terrified of all of us," the tween in my house told us tonight at dinner.And then she explained why. (thread)
#MSWL Like, seriously. I would lol for an MG Frankie Landau-Banks. Maybe not kill, but it might get bloody if another agent tries to take it from me. *puts on brass knuckles*
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A couple of #MSWL before I head off to bed for the night: Always at the top of my list is children's nonfiction, MG and YA in particular.
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Merry Whitta 🎄 @garywhitta
I want THIS movie. twitter.com/MuslimIQ/statu…I fully support this. Also, if you've got something similar in YA/MG, HIT ME WITH IT. #MSWL
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Ebony Elizabeth @Ebonyteach
(One day before I leave this Earth, someone is going to put a Black woman or girl atop a dragon. She will fly & 🔥🐉. And I will LIVE, honey.)Definitely on my #MSWL. Definitely definitely. (YA/MG)
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Michelle Witte @michellewitte
Ooh, @SarahAddisonAll's Peach Keeper is $1.99 on Kindle amzn.to/2tIH3qe & Nook barnesandnoble.com/w/peach-keeper… Magical realism at its finest#MSWL I'm dying to find great magical realism (YA/MG). One of my fave writers is Sarah Addison Allen, so like her books but for teens.