Happy #MSWL Day!

I would love to a funny and uplifting friendship break-up / make-up story, or a fraught and complicated friend break-up story (perhaps a thriller?). #MG, #YA, #Adult Surprise me! #MSWL

For my wish list + more about me, see:

manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/jenn…

refreshing a relevant thread on this beautiful #MSWL day:

I'd love to see more true crime books that speak to a broader social issue, with a strong platform. #MSWL

#mswl Contained/closed-room mysteries or thrillers with an SFF or historical setting

#MSWL HORROR. Especially if you can comp The Luminous Dead

#MSWL: Looking for #ownvoices Jewish lit! Either contemporary adult romance or YA. Does *not* have to be a story about religion or faith specifically.

I always want #ownvoices books. If a book isn't #ownvoices I'm much more hesitant to take it on. #MSWL

#mswl A found-family heist team with great worldbuilding a la THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA with a more female-heavy cast

Mixed Media/Epistolary/Other Unique Forms—I love stories that are told in unique formats like letters, emails, texts, transcripts, journal entries, etc. #MSWL

Always HIGH on my #mswl priority: YA; queer friends of color from the hood, or lower-middle class a la failed NY industry. Full of heart, promise, and school skipping hijinks to idk attempt to skate the Statue of Liberty. Fast talking, no-nonsense kids w/a tight bond. Funny!

Jumping on the bandwagon to say: I would love to see more fun, upbeat middle grade focusing on siblings, friendship, crushes, and/or that silly joy of tween schemes. Show me failed matchmaking, plotting that got out of hand, the awkwardness of a friend-breakup. #MSWL

I want strong villains/antagonists where we can track their turn.

Think Catra from She-Ra, Xifeng from Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, Walter White from Breaking Bad.

#MSWL

#MSWL arranged marriages, marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers —in a fresh SFF setting!

#mswl - YA thrillers and mysteries. If you comp to ONE OF US IS LYING, MONDAY'S NOT COMING, or SADIE, please -- query me!

#mswl A darker #MG fantasy--think The Bartimaeus Trilogy

A little too busy for a long #MSWL thread - but I always want high concept, X meets Y, big ideas books across the age ranges, packed full of humour and fun. Characters must be determined, goal oriented, chipper. I want joyful books. Books that make me smile. Nothing joyless!

A thread of more specific #mswl items I'd love to see:

A #YA about lady knights with the feel of SONG OF THE LIONESS/Alanna of Trebond

I'm always looking for culturally relevant stories that won't be out of date five years from now. In other words, focus on the social issue, not the specific people involved. This goes for fiction and nonfiction. #MSWL

Always and forever looking for #ownvoices and contemporary stories that reflect today's world and the issues kids face every day in a powerful way. #MSWL

#MSWL high-concept MG fantasy w/ series potential, preferably with a female MC