Erica Bauman
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Aevitas Creative Management
Literary Agent at @AevitasCreative , writer, cat lady, musical theater superfan, TV watcher, donut obsessed, she/her. All views are my own.
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#MSWL:
MG Genres I’m looking for: fantasy, contemporary, mystery, historical, horror, light/near-future sci-fi
YA: fantasy, contemporary, mystery, historical, horror, light sci-fi, romcom
Adult: light SFF, upmarket, horror, romcom
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Erica Bauman @Erica_Bauman
To start, at the moment I am only looking for MG, YA, and adult commercial and upmarket fiction. I’ll list the genres for each in the thread below. Unfortunately, I’m not the right person for adult literary fiction or nonfic, and (for now) I’m not actively looking for PBs.Across the board (MG, YA, and adult), I’m drawn to:
-stories with a strong family element, whether that’s biological or found family
-protagonists who aren’t the best at whatever they do or The Chosen One, but who try really *really* hard, even when they screw up
#MSWL
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I love quiet magic, MG fantasy that showcases small wonders rather than earth-shaking feats. #MSWL
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Send me all the creepy MG! Something eerie and spooky, but not too gory (more Coraline than It). Make me worry about the things that go bump in the night. #MSWL
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Hey, remember how in the 90s we had a wealth of MG novels about haunted dollhouses reenacting murders? I miss those. #MSWL
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The New York Times @nytimes
A superhuman group of adolescents broke the Scripps National Spelling Bee with 8 contestants crowned co-champions after the competition said it was running out of challenging words nyti.ms/2EIOpQYWoooooooow!!!
#MSWL, if anyone’s writing *this* MG!
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Also, more MG and YA graphic novels! #MSWL
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Erica Bauman @Erica_Bauman
Seeing a couple #MSWL tweets today, so jumping in with some ideas I’ve been tossing around.I’d love to see more MCs in MG and YA who are literal monsters, but soft and sweet. #MSWL
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5) Send me your quiet, lyrical magic. Your tales of discovery and wonder. Give me a MG bedtime story that paints my dreams. #MSWL
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3) Send me your intelligent absurdists, your Monty Pythons and Terry Pratchetts for MG. Make my brain giggle. Fart jokes need not apply. #MSWL
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2) I have two different laughs: the snort and the guffaw. The snort is easy. I want an MG that makes me guffaw. #MSWL
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Also, mystery MG. Give me all the precocious kid sleuths. #mswl
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Erica Bauman @Erica_Bauman
I’m reopening to queries starting 1/2/18, so in anticipation I’m going to tweet out my #mswl...Over all, I’d love to see more:
-high concept MG and YA
-commercial adult fiction
-#ownvoices stories
-MCs with strong, distinct voices
-comedy across the board
-stories that break my heart and then put it back together
#mswl
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In MG and YA, I'm looking for more diversity and especially #ownvoices, in all genres. #MSWL
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#MSWL Complex, morally-grey MCs in MG or YA.
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#MSWL I'd LOVE a really funny MG. Any genre.
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Excited to jump on the #MSWL feed today. I'll tweet out some specifics, but what I'm looking for can be found here: ericadbauman.wordpress.com/mswl/
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