Alyssa Jennette
@AlyssaJennette
I ask a lot of questions. Hufflepuff. Lawful Good. Literary #Agentry at @StonesongNYC . Silence is not peace.
Jersey City, NJ
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Apr 3
Sarah Halzack @sarahhalzack
This is fascinating: A former vintage clothing buyer uses her knowledge of things like fasteners, fabrications, and bra construction techniques to solve crimes.theguardian.com/global/2019/ma…
Wow I need it #MSWL
(I have so many costumer friends who would adore this!)
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Mar 14
rachel syme @rachsyme
the teeeeeeens are at it agaiiiiiiin theatlantic.com/technology/arc… pic.twitter.com/eKRyLCWTzA#MSWL These are the kinds of details that build a convincing, contemporary YA world. Teens are intertwined with digital communication, and they're secretive, which means they're going to figure this shit out on their own. So much to mine! Write it true.
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Mar 12
Hannah Wood @notsowiseowl
I'm disgusted yet obsessed by this clusterf*ck of college cheating. I really want someone to write a book called TOO RICH TO FAIL, about the lengths parents will go to immunize their children from failure; the psychological consequences for those kids; and the social cost.Oh god, yes. Yes. Yes please. #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Mar 12
hannah capin @tldaaollf
anyone who thinks YA is "unrealistically dramatic" needs to sit down following today's college admissions bribery adventureblair waldorf has NOTHING on aunt becky
NGL I'd LOVE a YA about a student finding out their parents did this to get them into an elite school and now the student has to reckon publicly and personally with their privilege, whiteness, and wealth + how these contributed to their own ignorance of their parents' plot. #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Mar 11
A picture book or a literary novel about "Boston marriages." (Notably, Katharine Lee Bates--who wrote America the Beautiful--and Katharine Coman, or Amelia Van Buren and Eva Watson-Schutze.) #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Mar 7
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of reading/discovering EXTRA YARN by @macbarnett, illustrated by @burstofbeaden. I would love to see a another picture book like that--generous, warm, and service-driven. #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Feb 28
I'm very much a fan of characters who make the wrong decisions and fuck up and are flawed. I would ALSO like to see stories about people who do all the "right" things, but stuff falls apart anyway because it's impossible to control the world! That's real too. #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Feb 21
A domestic/Mommy thriller, but about a play group with parent/s who don't vaccinate their children. #MSWL
(Please vaccinate your kids, thanks.)
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Feb 9
inorganic african feminist @ztsamudzi
Currently behind a paywall, but I’ve written a piece for @thedailybeast about how black inhumanity (not simply “algorithmic bias”) is coded into facial recognition software and that’s why it can’t see us, and black people in tech can’t fix thatthedailybeast.com/bots-are-terri…
#MSWL The underground anti-tech resistance are black people who aren't detected/recognized by the evil corporate tech.
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Jan 13
Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks
Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii yes #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · Jan 9
Sarah Zhang @sarahzhang
This is such an incredible bit of sleuthing.Scientists found mysterious blue particles in a 1000-year-old woman's dental plaque, only to realized they had stumbled into a forgotten history of female scribes.
theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 10 Dec 2018
Adam Satariano @satariano
HUGE new NYT investigation about location data. Your whereabouts (home, school, church), pulled from apps on your phone, then sold to advertisers and even hedge funds. A weather app is doing an alarming amount more with your data than providing a forecast. nyti.ms/2GaRyweThis is terrifying BUT also a great jumping off point for a thriller... #MSWL
(Turn your location off, people! <3)
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 9 Dec 2018
41 Strange @41Strange
A storm-damaged tree at Durand-Eastman Park, Rochester, New York, is attracting a lot of attention due to it's resemblance to a famous local ghost named 'White Lady' pic.twitter.com/xHg7KpuU2L#MSWL, especially in conjunction with the Bella in the Wych Elm project I’ve wanted for years!!!
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 29 Nov 2018
Just had a great talk with @CharacterShrink about (adult fiction) books set in museums and libraries and campuses. We want ‘em! #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 25 Nov 2018
Ed Solomon @ed_solomon
I'd so rather have a "flawed" screenplay with an original voice than a perfectly structured one that feels like literally anyone could have written it. (And with the plethora of "how to" books out there, pretty much anyone *can* write one, though very few can write a good one.)I've often heard discussion about where story beats in kids' fiction are "supposed" to be (for commercial effect/familiarity), and it bugs me. I really appreciate this thread that reminds us that a standard is a common point of reference, not a rubric for success. #writetip #mswl
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 2 Nov 2018
Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman
I've often said I'd LOVE a YA retelling of Much Ado, and I stand by that, but I'd love a feminist reclaiming of it, too. That's a #MSWL, by the way--YA graphic novel retelling of Much Ado about Nothing starring modern-day POC teens. What would such a retelling look like?I would EXTREMELY love this. #MSWL