Molly O'Neill
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Root Literary
Literary agent & builder of bookmakers @RootLiterary . Collector & connector of words + art + people + stories. Shameless sharer of cat pics. @MarquetteU alum.
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But for more comprehensive look at my tastes overall, check my website, not only #MSWL tweets. Like difference b/w snack & full meal. (2/2)
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My #MSWL posts = like grabbing coffee w/a friend: quick, off-the-cuff, often reactive to current events or inbox trends I'm noticing. (1/2)
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Ally Carter @OfficiallyAlly
There's a huge hole in the market where funny and/or sweet YA used to be. And as someone who would have read those books as a teen 😥.My kingdom for funny YA! Bring on the characters I desperately want to be friends with b/c they make me laugh. #MSWL twitter.com/OfficiallyAlly…
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I'd love a MG or YA w/ a big ensemble cast where even minor characters are vivid & true & original & rise far past tropes/stereotypes. #MSWL
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#MSWL YA w/ main characters who are vivid & compex yet utterly ordinary (read: NOT the Chosen One) but facing extraordinary circumstances.
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My kingdom for a picture book as pitch-perfect (read: smart, sly, & gleefully kid-and-read-aloud-friendly) as: amazon.com/Hungry-Lion-Dw… #MSWL
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This is 4 kinds of delightful! Also, it’s the kind of wit & prank-ish humor I wish I saw more in manuscripts. gizmodo.com/four-sets-of-i… #MSWL
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Re: that last #MSWL item: getting the balance of authentic feel w/ the social media stuff while not making it instantly dated = a huge key.
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#MSWL I'd love a YA re: 2 teens who meet b/c both have hugely popular online identities & go thru 1st love/heartbreak in the v. public eye.
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#MSWL Bring me your MG orphan stories! (Kid-reader me was so convinced that all best stories happen to orphans that I wanted to become one.)
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#MSWL MG/YA books re: (any) faith that aren't 1-dimensional, moralistic, or simplistic,but authentic re: role it can play in Becoming Human.
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#MSWL YA/MG novels where sense of place is so vivid & real, the setting almost becomes a character itself. Bonus points if it's southern.
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I'll always/forever be looking for YA best described as the "love story of a friendship," where romance isn't core; close f'ship is. #MSWL
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(Aside to previous #MSWL re: science-based MG/YA: not seeking climate change stories; I get tons of those. Looking for less common science.)
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#MSWL YA or MG novel w/ interesting scientific elements woven into the plot or somehow forming narrative/structural backbone.
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My YA inbox is so dark & angsty! Would love to see YA HUMOR. Specifically: voice-driven, smart, witty humor, not snarky or belittling. #MSWL
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#MSWL Think LOVE ACTUALLY's structure or one of my fave adult reads: IF NOBODY SPEAKS OF REMARKABLE THINGS. (3/3) amazon.com/If-Nobody-Spea…
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#MSWL YA/MG made of multiple characters' linked lives-NOT a short story collection-that add up to a larger story/highlight connectivity(2/3)
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But reading adult deals today made me realize something that I'd LOVE to see: (1/3)