Ali Herring

Ali Herring @HerringAli · May 21

The older sister's story'd be told to the younger & of course that would relate & also contrast to younger's life (b/c I don't see her being sick too). Younger sister gets to live her life, but also gets to see her older sister "lived" vibrantly too, as long as she could. #MSWL

Ali Herring @HerringAli · May 21

Would love a YA contemporary that's a series of letters written to a younger sister (now 15) from a sister who died at 16/17 when girl was a 3-yo. Imagine a serious GOOD LUCK CHARLIE meets THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. Could alternate between letters & new sibling's perspective. #MSWL

• Contemporary
• YA

Ali Herring @HerringAli · May 1

Oh that’s sooooo cool!!! I call #MSWL. Someone give me an awesome middle grade novel about a group of normal everyday neighborhood kids who go into a forest everyday after school and live out magical lives. Like a happy Bridge to Terabithia.

• MG

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Apr 16

Remember MRS. FRISBY & THE RATS OF NIMH? I’m not much for animal protagonists but if you can give me RATS OF NY, entrenched societies, famine, turf wars, kings, democracies, dictators, but a FRISBY w/heart & make it a little scary & 3D world building, I might be in. #MSWL

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Apr 15

Would love an adult sci-fi, or spec-fi with strong world-building centered on a Latinx culture, but also want it to have a very strong science fiction plot line. Would love Dune vibes. #MSWL

• Sci-fi
• Adult
• Speculative Fiction

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Apr 14

#MSWL I will rep it! High-fantasy Rom-Com! Pleasssseee...

• Fantasy
• Romantic Comedy

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 31

Also give me some contemporary fantasy rooted in myth, lore and legends 1- #MSWL. I also specifically would love a Korean author to send me a YA contemporary fantasy w/the story of Jacheongbi as foundation! 2- #MSWL.

• Fantasy
• Contemporary
• YA
• Myth

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 31

Where are my joyful stories featuring #POC characters? Diversity pls! Black, Latinx, Asian, Indian, Native American, etc. This term gets read over a lot in my #MSWL’s. For those who don’t know, POC refers to the term "person of color” & describes any person NOT considered white.

• Diverse
• POC

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 31

Where is my ya contemporary story of a black male gymnast’s rise to glory? #MSWL

• Contemporary
• YA
• POC

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 31

#MSWL Looking for very commercial, highly aspirational YA with own-voices, diverse characters, especially contemporary YA, or contemporary fantasy YA. Please put in referral line of Query manager link: "#MSWL: some combo of the above language."

• Fantasy
• Contemporary
• YA
• Diverse
• OwnVoices

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 31

If you can comp a YA contemporary to Princess Diaries, I want to see it in my inbox. In referral line, please put #MSWL Princess Diaries.

• Contemporary
• YA

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 25

I’d 🖤 a scifi novel about all the aliens who’ve been quietly monitoring us for years who suddenly show up all at the same time when they start getting satellite images back of our planet after it went “quiet” due to coronavirus #MSWL so I want worried mothering alien overlords!

• Sci-fi

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 5

Can I please, #MSWL, have an adult fiction written documentary style (as if memoir maybe, or interview style like SLEEPING GIANTS) where a woman becomes president and overcomes all the crap.

• Adult
• Women
• Memoir

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 1

Oh my goodness, also Scooby Doo! #MSWL with diverse characters!

• Diverse

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Mar 1

This is one of my eternal #MSWL’s. I’d really love some middle grade here. Think Goonies. Think space adventure. Think Indiana Jones. Think Flipped. Think Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys. Maybe a contemporary about a boy gymnast. Something! Anything light & fun with diverse characters.

• Contemporary
• MG
• Adventure
• Diverse

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Feb 21

I’m all for YA sci-fi, but totally agree 👇👇👇, so if you can show me how your YA SF aligns to teen struggles, then #MSWL, y’all.

• YA
• Sci-fi

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Feb 4

I would love to see this, but I kinda want it as an MG. #MSWL

• MG

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Feb 2

I would REALLY REALLY like a “Dumplin” for the middle grade audience. In these formative years, there needs to be a book about accepting/loving yourself, how to handle bullies, positive coping mechs, finding true friends, and just general body positivity. #MSWL

• MG
• Friendship

Ali Herring @HerringAli · Jan 23

#MSWL This for me, but adult fiction.

• Adult
• Speculative Fiction

Ali Herring @HerringAli · 5 Dec 2019

#MSWL Same feel as The Space Between Us—that isolation, but the action/romance/loss takes place at her remote location rather than the girl going to “civilization.”

• YA