Why are we sleeping on Sidelined: The QB and Me oh myyyyyy #MSWL 🥹😍

#MSWL I'm in the mood this weekend to dive into manuscripts with:

🗡️Fantasy with deadly competitions/games and high-stakes

🗡️Rich historical fiction infused with grounded fantasy elements

🗡️Unique retellings

Send them my way if you think we might be a fit! 📚✨

Would love a holiday romcom in my inbox but without the usual career woman moves to small town and falls in love with Christmas tree farmer trope

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Happy Thanksgiving to family and friends! And please someone send me a surf book or anything ocean or nature or sports related! Check this out: Surfing Pipeline Massive Opening EPIC PIPELINE MAX XII ... youtu.be/hn-D9b2aIVI?si=J1UQ1FmJ7rcRWcG9 via @YouTube #mswl @mswishlist #literaryagent

Really in the mood for an Appalachian witchy/folk magic novel that I can curl up with this winter. Think dark forests, mountain ranges older than civilizations, and creepy beings that live between the trees. #mswl

also!

- indigenous writers of all genres, especially in horror, romcom, thrillers, upmarket & litfic
- novels with biting humor and tons of heart a la THE RACHEL INCIDENT and GOOD MATERIAL
- anything that feels like a warm hug, a sweater knitted with love, a hot cup of tea (& still has some bite!)

looking ahead to my holiday reading, here’s a quick #mswl :

- family dramas with a romantic subplot (non-xmas the family stone!)
- lit fic that explores sexuality, relationships (give me a bisexual protagonist pls!)
- romantic thriller, romantic sci fi
- genre mash ups!!

#amquerying #romancelandia

someone please send me a marriage of convenience YA/NA romantasy to publish #mswl

I'm actively looking for some new Indigenous horror authors (my biggest #MSWL item at the moment)! If you want to send me a query and you're an Indigenous horror writer, mention you saw my post on bluesky so I can flag your query. Info on how to query here: www.psliterary.com/submissions/

In general, we accept #YAlit and #MGlit in all genres. And if you think your manuscript would be banned by the next administration, I’d love to see it! Both now and in later open submission periods.
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Hi all! Just a heads up that we’re closing to submissions on December 1 to catch up on our reading. If you’re interested in submitting to us but unable to submit in that timeline, we’ll be opening again on February 1. Full #mswl here:

www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

I'm not sure who needs to hear this...

But if your manuscript comps to the sapphic subtext of Wicked...or is thinly veiled fan fiction in an original world...my god do I want to read this🙏 #mswl

Babbles from Scott Eagan: Trends Change and Some Thoughts #MSWL scotteagan.blogspot.com/2024/11/trends-change-and-some-thoughts.html

I’m still looking for something similar to CHALLENGERS in my inbox 👀👀

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Happy #MSWLMonday ! This was supposed to be part 2 of our women's fiction video, but we realized while editing that a lot of this advice can be applied more generally as well!
Get to know a little more about Jennifer's taste in books and her process for agenting.
#mswl #amagenting #writingcommunity

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And if your novel is completely realistic, GREAT. I'd be thrilled to see more fiction submissions that engage with our fractured society exactly as it exists and hopefully find something new, thought-provoking, moving, and true to say about it. #MSWL

More details on the kind of speculative fiction that would be most at home on my list:
YES - near future, primary world, humans or mostly humans, plausible tech, the supernatural
NO - alien races, fantasy creatures, swords & sorcery, invented languages, magical kingdoms, intergalactic anything
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There's a difference between a "Renaissance-era historical novel with fantasy elements" and a "fantasy novel set in a kingdom inspired by the Italian Renaissance." The first is likely to pique my interest; the second is likely a pass. #MSWL

The border between speculative literary fiction and SFF genre fiction is porous, but in general, if the very first word you'd use to describe your project is "sci-fi" or "fantasy," it's unlikely to be a fit for me at this time. #MSWL

I'm currently most interested in contemporary or deeply researched historical literary/upmarket fiction by BIPOC writers and nonfiction from authors with existing platforms or previous publications (including academics), and I'm closed to kidlit except by referral or request #MSWL