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 · 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
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 2 Oct 2018
Tiffany Shelton, Witch-in-Training 🕸️ @TiffanyDiahann
I can't tell you how much I say I want to acquire books about friendships, especially how to deal with either growing up and apart or having an incident that breaks the friendship apart. #MSWL twitter.com/Jene_e_edwards…How many times have I asked for this? Give me my friendship breakup book—it hurts at every age. #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 2 Oct 2018
I saw a tween girl on a unicycle in the park yesterday. As she left the park she stopped, dismounted, and called to a boy her age, on his stoop across the street. He was also holding a unicycle. I want to know more! #MSWL
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 12 Sep 2018
Jessica Felleman @jmfelleman
Illustrated memoir or graphic novel where the main character has synesthesia or somehow experiences the world in a non-traditional way #mswlHello I will fight Jess for this. #MSWL
(Love you, Jess!)
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 12 Sep 2018
#MSWL YR/MG/YA graphic novels! Great art is the priority: by great I mean clean, expressive, well--and cleverly!--laid-out. You can do a lot with a little, but if you do a lot, those details better suck my face into the page. That+adorable, funny, heartbreaking characters.
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 12 Sep 2018
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette
Yo I would be VERY HERE to read all about a (magical?) Arctic culture in which the people communicate and bond with whales. Maybe pairing with a specific whale pal is a coming-of-age thing! #MSWLhakaimagazine.com/features/when-…
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette · 12 Sep 2018
Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette
#MSWL: A near-future novel about the end of the open internet, and how a grassroots rebellion is communicated and grown BOTH analog/off the grid and by circumventing Big Brother online. Give me handwritten codes, brilliant strategy, and principled hackers, please!I just think the worldbuilding for this could be SO cool, particularly when it comes to analog codes. #MSWL