Literary Assistant
first, I'm someone who's always been gripped by VOICE, WRITING STYLE, and PROSE. so I'm looking for:
- anything in the book club, upmarket, literary spaces
- lush, poetic writing
- deep and intricate world/lore-building (when applicable)
#MSWL
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My #MSWL is live! For querying authors: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kend…
#amquerying #amwriting #amagenting #WritingCommunity
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Half-formed #MSWL thought: give me a novel or story collection that addresses the subculture of shitty Asian frat boys (who grow into shitty Asian finance bros) with both well-deserved derision but also a touch of empathy that acknowledges why and how they got to be like that
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where oh where is my upmarket/literary retelling of the Tiresias myth from a trans perspective, I will beg for it once a month until it materialises into existence by sheer force of will #mswl
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or a female-led gothic thriller set in rural Yorkshire. or a dark academia story, rife with ghosts and hauntings and murder, set in Scotland against the lashes and winds of the North Sea
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I'm trying to put my #mswl together for y'all but every time I write something I want to read I get way too specific about it
like yes please I would like a queer retelling of the Morrígan myth set during the Irish War of Independence with speculative magic vibes
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Anyone with queer or BIPOC centered fiction/nonfiction/short story collections and humor, feminist memoirs & essays, please send my way! #MSWL
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Robin Stevens @redbreastedbird
As it’s non-binary awareness week, may I remind you all about the Public Universal Friend (1752-1819) who in 1776 had an experience that led them to renounce their birth name and gendered pronouns for the rest of their life: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Un…pls pls pls #mswl for a historical novel about this fascinating character!!!
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Matt Bell @mdbell79
One of the side benefits of going to a state school is that you’ll probably never be tempted to write a whole insufferable novel about going there. It’s a real drawback of attending an Ivy.Hi send me your campus novels set at mid-tier or otherwise decidedly non-elite institutions, thanks! Would also consider nonfiction taking a critical perspective on the value vs. real cost of prestige academia, for students and for society #MSWL
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New #MSWL (mine) just dropped: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/roma… Special bonus feature: find out which musical always makes me cry!
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Roma Panganiban @romapancake
I have strong feelings about people who blithely sort coming of age novels about young people into YA or adult based on their narrow view of what constitutes "literary" writing, but that's a long-winded thread for another day. TL;DR: adults can have "coming of age" stories, tooAnyway if you're writing a coming of age (coming of self!) story about young protagonists or older protagonists, for young readers or older readers, that challenges traditional ideas of what "coming of age" means, who gets to do it, how, and when...send it to me #MSWL #AmAgenting
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Hi, #WritingCommunity! At long last, my #MSWL is finally up. 🎉 If you read my wish list and want to query me, please follow the submission guidelines at the bottom of my MSWL page.
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/jane…
#amwriting #amquerying
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Read through my #MSWL in my first #FlipPit tweet and think we'll be a good fit? To query me, please follow J&N's submission guidelines and include "Jane Chun" in the email subject line: janklowandnesbit.com/submissions
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
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yea yea we're all sick of Greek myth retellings but WHAT IF: a retelling of Tiresias's life (and death)??? clairvoyant blind prophet ... transformed into a woman for 7 years (trans myth! trans myth!!!) ... occupying the liminal space between humanity and godhood ... #mswl pls 🙏