Ali Herring
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Spencerhill Associates
Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 π Eclectic in life & books. I π Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens π½ rock!
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Ian Miles Cheong @stillgray
Heβs a legend for this. Men, this is how you should be. twitter.com/i/status/1765310739844382977Please tell me they got married. So cute. #mswl
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#MSWL . I am closed to queries with the exception of the following:
A YA Trapped-in-Time hook: QueryManager.com/Ali/YATrappediTrappedinTime.
YA Romantasy: QueryManager.com/Ali/YARomantasy
If you submit anything outside these parameters, they will be deleted without response.
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Quenby "is actually Norwegian" Olson @QEisenacher
I find there to be more difficulty for my 14yo to find YA as she ages out of middle grade. A lot of YA is... well, it's adult, really. And she doesn't want that. She wants Percy Jackson and she wants Nevermoor and The Mysterious Benedict Society, but with 16 year olds. twitter.com/erikhane/status/1747005342519587036If there was ever an #MSWL .
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Folks look at this thread 𧡠for a sort of anti #MSWL . Word counts (except for me not repoing young kid lit) arenβt hard and fast rules so donβt count yourself out if your in the neighborhood.
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#MSWL for when I reopen. I love spacefaring stuff. But I donβt like LONG word counts.
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I know I'm closing to queries tomorrow, but authors keep me on your list for a "rowdy family book," preferably middle grade but YA might work too. Think in the spirit of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever or Cheaper by the Dozen. #MSWL
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Who is writing a Black Indiana Jones? A Black Tomb Raider? Uncharted? Anything adventurous, thrilling, funny, fast-paced, action packed, globe-trotting, twisty and turny? I WANT IT. #MSWL .
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fran @galacticidiots
Just once I want to read a summer romance novel about someone who quits their city job to run a lighthouse in a remote location only to realize the single ship theyβre monitoring is the one that carries souls to the underworld and hey, the captain is kind of hot#MSWL 100% would rep (if executed to perfection of course!)
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#MSWL middle grade projects by Black authors that center Black kids/teens that spin (ie make new & unique) old school & current favs like Babysitters Club, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Harry Potter, Matilda, Peter Pan, a modern Narnia, Treasure Island + more.
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Reminder that these aren't the limit of my wish list items. I'm open to fiction in a lot of genres and age groups, from MG to YA to adult. Please see the full #MSWL here:
aliherringwrites.wordpress.com/mswl-manuscript-wish-list/
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#MSWL Also space ships, generation ships, small ships, big ships, near-future, far-future, aliens, human or not, space exploration for the joy of adventure, space exploration to save earth from disaster, aliens come to us, nice aliens, bad aliens, neutral aliens.
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#MSWL I love the voices of Andy Weir & Martha Wells in science fiction. Andy is so smart but the science feels approachable. Plus his voice is real & smart, witty, real. And totally same vibes from Martha. They make science fiction approachable & easy. Give me that.
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Ellery Arden @ElleryArden
I don't have anything for you, but I just want to echo that this is what my 10-year-old kid is wanting to read too! (Especially queer crushes.)#MSWL Cool, yeah, I almost want some of those sweet romance harlequin romance writers, maybe LI and LIS authors, to try their hand at a novel for tweens with those Hallmark vibes. Think around 55K words would work great.
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#MSWL Remember the movie Warm Bodies? Well I want that but with Vampires instead of Zombies. Not pining Edward and submissive Bella, give me funny, regretful but also okay with himself vamp meets kick-butt heroine who's his match because she outmatches him.
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#MSWL Still looking for an MG Romance Writer exploring 1st love & crushes like Natalie Blitt Carols & Crushes for MIDDLE GRADE to YA girls, 12-15yos. Yes I want something that straddles that weird line. Want them to read like Hallmark movies for kids and could go series.
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#MSWL Contemporary YA and MG fiction.
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#MSWL Fiction, across age groups, that explores the afterlife, but NOT set on Earth with ghosts. Think "waypoint" locations. I loved the movie "Defending Your Life," so a riff on that would be cool. But open to more settings, like an MG/YA kid ends up in the underworld.
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#MSWL An MG ghost story that leans heavily into the fun and funny and not the scary. While I'm always open to MG horror, I'm looking not so much for chills in this wishlist item.