Sci-fi
In adult, I'm mainly looking for SFF & historical, especially the kind that's both gripping & intimate. I want a really deep dive into a character's (or community's) emotional journey. #mswl
I would love to see some really grounded sci-fi in my query inbox, the kind where you come to care deeply about the characters and their relationships. Basically, I want something that reminds me of watching Battlestar Galactica. #mswl
Hannah Allaman @hallaman13 · 3d
I have finally FINALLY made my #MSWL page. Already itching to update it. Check me out, agent friends: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hann…
P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary · 5d
"Action-packed sci-fi with powerful characters & motivations. Bonus: A big sprawling world." @kurestinarmada #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · 5d
Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
YES—give me “Bring It On” at wizard (or space) school! #mswlI want #SFF stories about socioeconomic disparities at academic institutions.
Public school zoning on Mars? Affirmative action at fantasy college? Exploitation of student athletes at interstellar universities? PLEASE. twitter.com/samsykesswears…
I love these ideas! #MSWL
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · 6d
On my fantasy/scifi #MSWL I often say I like stories to play with time. This doesn't necessarily mean time travel. My FAVORITE movie/short story is Arrival/Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang. The way time is used in that RUINED ME in the best way. Play with big concepts like time.
Mandy Hubbard @MandyHubbard · 6d
#MSWL: I would love a scifi YA where--and just hear me out here--someone takes a werewolf and puts it ON the moon, and also puts a vampire on the sun, and somehow this makes sense.
Sam Sykes @SamSykesSwears
Breakfast Club, but they are at wizard school.Bring It On, but they are at wizard school.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but he’s at wizard school.
It’s just that easy to make a new genre of film, fellas.
YES—give me “Bring It On” at wizard (or space) school! #mswl
I want #SFF stories about socioeconomic disparities at academic institutions.
Public school zoning on Mars? Affirmative action at fantasy college? Exploitation of student athletes at interstellar universities? PLEASE.
P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary · Apr 11
"Actively and hungrily seeking diverse YA fantasy and sci-fi." @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl/
Jennie Goloboy @JennieGoloboy · Apr 9
This song came out the year before I was born, and I'm disappointed none of it has come true yet. But at least I can #mswl it? Send me some of that optimistic, aspirational sci-fi and fantasy please. Don't let Susan down! youtu.be/46FOlF5bZPQ
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · Apr 9
Most of all, MOST OF ALL, if you're worried your character is not the usual star of a sci-fi fantasy because of elements of diversity (color, religion, LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, disability) QUERY ME PLZ plz plz plz plz! #MSWL
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · Apr 9
And if you're feeling sorta "This character isn't typically the focus in sci-fi/fantasy (the King's chef; the ship Captain's errand boy), so it might not grab any attention..." QUERY ME PLZ #MSWL
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · Apr 9
And if you're like "I'm not 100% sure this sci-fi/fantasy works for the genre because it's more about the sibling/BFF relationship as they navigate the speculative world..." QUERY ME PLZ #MSWL
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · Apr 9
And if you're like "I've heard sex sells but really that didn't fit with my sci fi so I left it out, and the relationships are totally different than usual pairings in sci-fi or fantasy, so I'm not sure..." QUERY ME PLZ #MSWL
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · Apr 9
And if you're like "My sci fi is also maybe a little fantasy, bcuz it has weird fantasy creatures and relationships but is dependent on a structure of advanced science, so I dunno..." QUERY ME PLZ #MSWL
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · Apr 9
So if you're like "Well, I don't really have time travel in my book, but I make my characters question whether time exists at all as their relationships explode in fiery cataclysmic ways..." QUERY ME PLZ #MSWL
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix · Apr 9
I also want to see unique, cinematic sci-fi that's heavy on the fi, light on the sci. And I like to see time, or other elements of life we accept as "reality" played with, too. #MSWL
Quressa "Tryna be the Beyanna of Agents" Robinson @qnrisawesome · Apr 6
Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
I can’t stop thinking about this.Someone write me a reverse, PoC Howard Carter #SFF novel where cultural artifacts are repatriated to their rightful inheritors. Give me the fantasy or future tech inverse heist novel. #MSWL twitter.com/_iwakeli_i/sta…
Umm...give it to me first so I can give it to Sarah #mswl
Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan · Apr 6
Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
Anyway, there are so many tropes about magical artifacts. How about a ring quest where the colonizers took all the gold—ring included? How about conquerors who couldn’t get the sword out of the stone, so they took the whole damn stone as a trophy, like with the Egyptian obelisks?How about an anticolonial twist on the scholar-hero who seeks “lost” or “underutilized” arcana from cultures not their own? #MSWL
Read this @hopkins_exhibit article on the questions that one #SFF work, #BlackPanther, asks of the museum studies field:
jhuexhibitionist.com/2018/02/22/why…
Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan · Apr 6
E. TONG @_iwakeli_i
hey @guardian, i fixed your headline for you pic.twitter.com/p0Fu06bZgCI can’t stop thinking about this.
Someone write me a reverse, PoC Howard Carter #SFF novel where cultural artifacts are repatriated to their rightful inheritors. Give me the fantasy or future tech inverse heist novel. #MSWL twitter.com/_iwakeli_i/sta…